Padraic Colum collection of papers

id
4775
origination
Colum, Padraic, 1880-1972
date statement
1901-1963
key date
1901
identifier (local_mss)
19133
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Colum
b-number
b15847220
total components
452
total series
3
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:05:08 UTC
updated
2018-06-04 19:13:59 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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physdesc
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unitdate
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date_inclusive_start
1901
date_inclusive_end
1963
keydate
1901
unittitle
{"value"=>"Padraic Colum collection of papers"}
repository
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abstract
{"value"=>"This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, notebooks for 1933 to 1957, a diary for 1910, and financial and legal documents."}
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"=>"Colum, Padraic, 1880-1972", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Padraic Colum was an Irish playwright, essayist, novelist, poet, and children's book author, as well as the co-founder of the Irish Review.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>The bulk of the materials is from W. T. H. Howe and William Turner Levy.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, notebooks for 1933 to 1957, a diary for 1910, and financial and legal documents. The manuscripts and typescripts include poems, drafts and synopses of plays, essays, notes toward works on Irish folklore, and other manuscript material. Also included are manuscripts relating to Colum by various authors including Sara Allgood and A. E. Coppard. The correspondence includes letters by the author, dating from 1903 to 1962, to Lascelles Abercrombie, Mary Maguire Colum, Lady Gregory, William Turner Levy, May Sarton, W. B. Yeats, and others. There are letters to the author from Hervey Allen, Ernest Boyd, W. T. Cosgrave, Babette Deutsch, Baron Dunsany, Robert Frost, Lady Gregory, the James Joyce Society, Edward Marsh, Harriet Converse Moody, John Quinn, George Russell, John Butler Yeats, William Butler Yeats, Katharine Younge, and others, dating from 1901-1962.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Padraic Colum collection of papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19133#c241336'>Manuscripts and Typescripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19133#c241442'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19133#c241780'>Financial and Legal Documents</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>"}
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
1,083 items
date_start
1901
date_end
1963

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