Sean O'Casey collection of papers

id
5578
origination
O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964
date statement
1904-1964 [bulk 1918-1964]
key date
1904
identifier (local_mss)
19128
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS O'Casey
b-number
b15846321
total components
433
total series
4
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:05:21 UTC
updated
2026-08-16 02:09:29 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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physdesc
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unitid
{"value"=>"Berg Coll MSS O'Casey", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19128", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1904-1964", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1904/1964"}
{"value"=>"1918-1964", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1918/1964"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Sean O'Casey 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 and typescripts, correspondence, diaries kept from 1904-1960, notebooks, financial and legal documents, portraits and pictorial works."}
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"=>"O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Sean O'Casey was an Irish playwright and theater critic.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>Former owners include Lady Gregory, Maire O'Neill and the American Play Company.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence by and about the author, diaries kept from 1904-1960, notebooks, financial and legal documents, portraits and pictorial works. The manuscripts include drafts of essays and plays, poems, notes toward works, reading notes, criticism, and other holograph materials. The typescripts include articles, emended typescripts of plays, early and later drafts of play, poems, essays, and other typewritten materials. The financial documents include accounts for the period 1917 through 1962. The holdings also comprise 24 volumes of holograph notebooks. The correspondence includes letters written by the author from 1911 to 1964, to Sara Allgood, Robert Emmentt Ginna, Lady Gregory, Breon O'Casey, Fergus O'Connor, Clara Rotter, Jane Rubin, George Bernard Shaw, William Butler Yeats, and to others. There are also letters relating to the author, dating from 1925 to 1963, exchanged between various correspondents including Samuel Beckett, Lady Gregory, Lennox Robinson, and others. There are letters to O'Casey from The Abbey Theatre, Canon, Brookes & Odgers, Samuel French Ltd., Lady Gregory, MacMillan & Co., Lennox Robinson, Arthur Sinclair, W. B. Yeats, and others, dating from 1924 to 1960.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Sean O'Casey collection of papers are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19128#c244535'>Manuscripts and Typescripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19128#c244819'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19128#c244940'>Financial and Legal Documents</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19128#c244960'>Portraits and Pictorial Works</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
1904
date_inclusive_end
1964
note
{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
keydate
1904
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
extent_statement
855 items
date_start
1904
date_end
1964
date_bulk_start
1918
date_bulk_end
1964

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