- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"237 items"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"Berg Coll MSS West", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19150", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1916-1975", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1916/1975"}
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1916
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1975
- keydate
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1916
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Rebecca West collection of papers"}
- repository
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{"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
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{"value"=>"This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, correspondence, legal and financial documents, as well as portraits."}
- prefercite
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{"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
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{"value"=>"West, Rebecca, Dame, 1892-1983", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Rebecca West, born Cicely Isabel Fairfield, was a British novelist, biographer, literary critic, and essayist.</p>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>Some of the materials were formerly owned by Carl Van Vechten, and others are from the files of the American Play Company.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, correspondence, legal and financial documents, as well as portraits. The manuscripts include a holograph review and essay. The bulk of the collection consists of letters, dating from 1916 to 1960, from the author to Anne Fremantle, Violet Hunt, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, Beverly Nichols, Edward Sackville-West, May Sarton, Carl Van Vechten, Humbert Wolfe, Virginia Woolf, and others. Also present are letters relating to the author, from 1919 to 1975, between various correspondents including Gerald Gould, Harold Monro, James B. Pinker and son, and others. There are also letters to West from Herbert Mitgang, dating from 1967 to 1975.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Rebecca West collection of papers are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19150#c242426'>Manuscripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19150#c242430'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19150#c242461'>Legal and Financial Documents</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19150#c242466'>Portraits</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.</p>"}
- note
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{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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237 items
- date_start
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1916
- date_end
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1975