Samuel Taylor Coleridge collection of papers

id
5516
origination
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834
date statement
1791-1894 [bulk 1798-1838]
key date
1791
identifier (local_mss)
19170
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Coleridge
b-number
b15893392
total components
161
total series
3
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:05:20 UTC
updated
2026-08-16 02:09:58 UTC
status note
(missing)
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unittitle
{"value"=>"Samuel Taylor Coleridge 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 that includes manuscripts, correspondence, a journal for 1798, notebooks kept for 1814 through 1832, legal documents, and a commonplace book."}
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"=>"Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, essayist, and literary critic. Born on October 21, 1772 in Devonshire, Coleridge became renowned throughout Britain and Europe as one of the Romantic Lake Poets.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>The bulk of the material was formerly owned by W. T. H. Howe, Owen D. Young, and Henry W. and Albert A. Berg.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection that includes manuscripts, correspondence, a journal for 1798, notebooks kept for 1814 through 1832, legal documents, and a commonplace book. The manuscripts include poems, essays, lectures, notes for Greek and Latin language studies, and other holograph material by the author, as well as essays, incomplete manuscripts, and poems relating to the author by Thomas De Quincey, James Russell Lowell, Algernon Charles Swinburne and others. The correspondence includes letters, dating from 1791 to 1834, from the author to Thomas Allsop, his brother George Coleridge, his wife Sara, Joseph Cottle, John Hookham Frere, James Gillman Jr., Joseph Henry Green, J. A. Hessey, Francis Jeffrey, Thomas Poole, and others. Also present are letters relating to the author, dating from 1835 to 1894, between various correspondents including Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey, Hartley Coleridge, Joseph Henry Green, Joseph Cottle, James Gillman, Robert Southey, and John Edmund Reade. Also present is a 122-page letter-book of copies in Thomas Ward's hand, of letters to Sara Coleridge, Thomas Poole, the Rev. Roskilly, and Thomas Wedgwood. There are letters to Coleridge from Charles Lamb, Thomas Poole, Dorothy and William Wordsworth, dating from 1797 to 1829.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Samuel Taylor Coleridge collection of papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19170#c244306'>Manuscripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19170#c244361'>Legal Documents</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19170#c244363'>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.</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>"}
date_inclusive_start
1791
date_inclusive_end
1894
note
{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
keydate
1791
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
extent_statement
189 items
date_start
1791
date_end
1894
date_bulk_start
1798
date_bulk_end
1838

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