Marianne Moore collection of papers

id
4096
origination
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972
date statement
1887-1975 [bulk 1921-1969]
key date
1887
identifier (local_mss)
19148
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Moore, M
b-number
b15858182
total components
102
total series
4
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:56 UTC
updated
2026-08-15 02:11:56 UTC
status note
(missing)
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physdesc
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unitdate
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{"value"=>"1921-1969", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1921/1969"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Marianne Moore collection of papers"}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library.</span> <span class=\"subarea\">The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.</span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, a notebook from 1923, financial documents, pictorial works, and portraits of the author."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Marianne Moore was an American poet, playwright, literary critic, essayist, translator, and childrens' book author.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, a notebook from 1923, financial documents, pictorial works, and portraits of the author. The manuscripts and typescripts include holograph and typescript poems, drafts of poems, and an essay. Also present are essays, poems, and fiction in typescript and manuscript by W. H. Auden, Kenneth Burke, Muriel Rukeyser, Glenway Wescott and others relating to the author. The collection includes correspondence by the author, from 1921 to 1971, to Kenneth Burke, Babette Deutsch, John Edmunds, Jean Garrigue, Howard Griffin, Randall Jarrell, Elizabeth Mayer, James Merrill, Howard Moss, May Sarton, Laurence Scott, Frances Steloff, James Sibley Watson, Jr., Glenway Westcott, Monroe Wheeler, and others. There are letters relating to the author, dating from 1945 to 1970, between various correspondents including Randall Jarrell, Frances Steloff, and others, as well as letters to the author from Herbert Mitgang. There are letters to Moore from W. H. Auden, Charles Baldwin, Gladys Edgerton, Robert Lowell, Herbert Mitgang, Howard Moss, David Posner, Louis Untermeyer, Monroe Wheeler, and others, dating from 1926 to 1975.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Marianne Moore collection of papers are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19148#c237750'>Manuscripts and Typescripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19148#c237775'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19148#c237843'>Financial Documents</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19148#c237845'>Portraits and Pictorial Works</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources, including May Sarton, Laurence Scott, Loren MacIver, Monroe Wheeler, Howard Moss, J. S. Watson, Randall Jarrell, the Dial Press, Gotham Book Mart, and Harper & Row Publishers.</p>"}
userestrict
{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.</p>"}
relatedmaterial
{"value"=>"<p>Related materials including additional papers and correspondence of Marianne Moore may be found in The James Sibley Watson/Dial Papers. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, New York Public Library. Collection number: BERG 86-001</p>"}
date_inclusive_start
1887
date_inclusive_end
1975
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources, including May Sarton, Laurence Scott, Loren MacIver, Monroe Wheeler, Howard Moss, J. S. Watson, Randall Jarrell, the Dial Press, Gotham Book Mart, and Harper & Row Publishers.</p>"}
note
{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
keydate
1887
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
extent_statement
1,209 items
date_start
1887
date_end
1975
date_bulk_start
1921
date_bulk_end
1969

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