- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"39 items"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"Berg Coll MSS Lewis", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19244", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1914-1937", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1914/1937"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1914
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1937
- keydate
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1914
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Sinclair Lewis 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, typescripts, correspondence by the author, and legal documents."}
- 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"=>"Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist, short-story writer, essayist, playwright, poet, and journalist.</p>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>Previous owners includes W. T. H. Howe; Sid Hydeman; the literary agent, Ann Watkins; and the American Play Company.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence by the author, and legal documents. The manuscripts and typescripts consist of novels, articles, reviews and essays by the author, as well as reviews, plays, and articles relating to the author by Harvey Jerrold O'Higgins, Harriet Ford, and Mark Schorer. The correspondence includes letters from the author, dating from [1920] to 1937, to Sir Edward Howard Marsh, Sir Hugh Walpole, and others.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Sinclair Lewis collection of papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19244#c245111'>Manuscripts and Typescripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19244#c245124'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19244#c245147'>Legal Documents</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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39 items
- date_start
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1914
- date_end
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1937