Sir Walter Scott collection of papers

id
5693
origination
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
date statement
1796-1931 [bulk 1797-1837]
key date
1796
identifier (local_mss)
19146
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Scott
b-number
b15849935
total components
138
total series
4
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:05:23 UTC
updated
2026-08-16 02:09:41 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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physdesc
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unitid
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unitdate
{"value"=>"1796-1931", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1796/1931"}
{"value"=>"1797-1837", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1797/1837"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Sir Walter Scott 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, notebooks, correspondence, portraits of Scott, and drawings for his books, as well as legal and financial documents."}
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"=>"Scott, Walter, 1771-1832", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Sir Walter Scott was a Scottish novelist, poet and literary biographer.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>The bulk of the material is from Owen D. Young, W. T. H. Howe, Jerome Kern, William Winter, and Henry W. and Albert A. Berg. Hazlitt's poetry commonplace book includes a note on the fly-leaf: \"This book belonged to Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb, Mrs. Sarah Stoddart Hazlitt, Mr. William Hazlitt, John Payne Collier, [and] Harry B. Smith\" with S. Stoddart's name label.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection that includes manuscripts, notebooks, letters, portraits of Scott, and drawings for his books, as well as legal and financial documents. It also contains original water color drawings by T. Stothard and John Masey Wright for Scott's novels. Also included are two notebooks of Richard Harris Barham and a commonplace book of S. S. Hazlitt, both of which include poems by Scott. The correspondence includes letters, dating from 1796 to 1831, from Scott to James Ballantyne, Lord Byron, James Fenimore Cooper, John Gibson, Lady Anne Hamilton, Sir Robert Peel, Lady Shelley, Sarah Kemble Siddons, Robert Southey, and others. There are also letters from 1817 to 1931 relating to the author between various correspondents including Washinton Irving, Henry Brevoort, W. Maxwell-Scott, Gabriel Wells, Algernon Charles Swinburne, and others.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Sir Walter Scott collection of papers are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19146#c245596'>Manuscripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19146#c245621'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19146#c245708'>Legal and Financial Documents</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19146#c245716'>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. Barham's notebooks were a gift of Mr. & Mrs. Donald F. Hyde in honor of Dr. A. A. Berg.</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
1796
date_inclusive_end
1931
note
{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
keydate
1796
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
extent_statement
55 items
date_start
1796
date_end
1931
date_bulk_start
1797
date_bulk_end
1837

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