Oscar Wilde collection of papers

id
4747
origination
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
date statement
1880-1932
key date
1880
identifier (local_mss)
19125
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Wilde [Text]
b-number
b15823746
total components
68
total series
3
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:05:07 UTC
updated
2026-08-16 02:09:18 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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physdesc
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unitid
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{"value"=>"19125", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1880]-1932", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"inferred", "normal"=>"1880/1932"}
date_inclusive_start
1880
date_inclusive_end
1932
keydate
1880
unittitle
{"value"=>"Oscar Wilde 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, correspondence, and two undated notebooks."}
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"=>"Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Oscar Wilde was a British poet, playwright, novelist, and critic.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>The bulk of the materials was formerly owned by W. T. H. Howe, Owen D. Young, and Henry W. and Albert A. Berg. Other materials were owned by Alfred S. Austrian, Frank Fletcher, Richard Le Gallienne, John B. Stetson, Jr., and the American Play Company.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p> This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, correspondence, a portrait photograph, and two undated notebooks. The manuscripts include holographs and holograph drafts of poems, notes on travel in Greece, portions of \"The Picture of Dorian Gray,\" an emended manuscript of a play and other holograph materials. There is also an undated manuscript forgery of \"Salome,\" believed to be in the hand of Fabian Lloyd. The manuscripts also include holographs by Max Beerbohm, one dated 1894, relating to the author. The legal documents include agreements between the author and the American Play Company. The correspondence includes letters, dating from 1880 to 1900, from the author to George Webb Appleton, Frank Harris, Arthur Humphreys, James Stanley Little, Aimee Lowther, E. W. Pratt, John Ruskin, James MacNeill Whistler, and others. There are also letters relating to the author, dating from [1881] to 1932, between various correspondents including Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas, Herman Finck, Theodore Watts-Dunton, Bernard Shaw, Cynthia Stockley, the literary agency James B. Pinker and son, and others. There are letters to Wilde from W. F. Morse, Marie Prescott, John Ruskin, and A. P. Watt and son, dating from 1882 to 1891.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Oscar Wilde collection of papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19125#c241268'>Manuscripts and Typescripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19125#c241293'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19125#c241334'>Portraits</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.</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>"}
physloc
{"value"=>"*Z-10355 [Microfilm]", "type"=>"local_call", "supress_display"=>true}
note
{"value"=>"<p>The bound manuscript in the author's holograph of \"The Soul of Man Under Socialism\" cataloged separately</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>Napoleon Sarony's 1882 portrait photograph of Wilde cataloged separately</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
langmaterial_code
eng
gre
lat
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
extent_statement
110 items
date_start
1880
date_end
1932

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