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{"value"=>"Berg Coll MSS Doyle", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19164", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1881-1944", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1881/1944"}
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1881
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1944
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1881
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 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, an undated notebook, financial and legal documents, and a photographic portrait."}
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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"=>"Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a British novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and playwright.</p>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>The bulk of the materials was formerly owned by Denis Conan Doyle, W. T. H. Howe, Vincent Starrett, Owen D. Young, the American Play Company, the literary agency A. P. Watt and Son, and Henry W. and Albert A. Berg. The letters between A. P. Watt and Son and J. B. Pinker and Son relating to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle are a bequest of John D. Gordan.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, an undated notebook, financial and legal documents, and a photographic portrait. The manuscripts and typescripts comprise plays, stories, chapters from novels, poems, essays, and drafts of a Sherlock Holmes play by W. H. Gillette. The correspondence consists of letters from the author, dating from 1881 to 1930, to John Kendrick Bangs, his sons Denis and Malcolm (later Adrian) Doyle, his daughter Jean Doyle, Amy Ratcliff Hoare, Sir Wemyss Reid, Clement King Shorter, Greenhough Smith, the literary agency A. P. Watt & Son, and others. Also present are letters relating to the author and his works, dating from 1896 to 1944, between various correspondents, including Adrian Conan Doyle, Denis Conan Doyle, Jean Doyle, Louise Conan Doyle, M. F. Doyle, Leon M. Lion, Clement King Shorter, and the literary agency A. P. Watt & Son. There is also a 16-volume letter book of A. P. Watt and Son, dating from 1879-1891, with letters to Conan Doyle and others.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle collection of papers are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19164#c245150'>Manuscripts and Typescripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19164#c245180'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19164#c245219'>Financial and Legal Documents</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19164#c245222'>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>"}
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1,208 items
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1881
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1944