Archibald MacLeish collection of papers

id
451
origination
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982
date statement
1923-1981
key date
1923
identifier (local_mss)
19154
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS MacLeish
b-number
b15858190
total components
53
total series
2
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 14:58:55 UTC
updated
2018-06-04 18:37:46 UTC
status note
(missing)
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physdesc
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unitid
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unitdate
{"value"=>"1923-1981", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1923/1981"}
date_inclusive_start
1923
date_inclusive_end
1981
keydate
1923
unittitle
{"value"=>"Archibald MacLeish 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 typescripts, manuscripts and correspondence."}
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"=>"MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Archibald MacLeish was an American essayist, literary critic, playwright, screenwriter, and poet.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts, manuscripts and correspondence by and about the author. The typescripts include poems by the author, reviews in holograph and typescript by Randall Jarrell, and an essay Arthur Mizener. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, dating from 1923 to 1981, to Kay Boyle, Maurice Firuski, Alfred Kazin, Vladimir Nabokov, Muriel Rukeyser, May Sarton, Frances Steloff, Louis Untermeyer, and others. Also included are letters relating to the author, dating from 1925 to 1975, between various correspondents including Kay Boyle, Henry Seidel Canby, Maurice Firuski, and others. There are letters to MacLeish from Kathleen Millay, Herbert Mitgang, Vladimir Nabokov, and Louis Untermeyer, dating from 1942 to 1975.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Archibald MacLeish collection of papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19154#c216457'>Manuscripts and Typescripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19154#c216473'>Correspondence</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 Maurice Firuski, the Gotham Book Mart archive, and the files of Harper & Row, inc.</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>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources including Maurice Firuski, the Gotham Book Mart archive, and the files of Harper & Row, inc.</p>"}
note
{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
extent_statement
133 items
date_start
1923
date_end
1981

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