Vincent Sheean collection of papers

id
6287
origination
Sheean, Vincent, 1899-
date statement
1929]-1973 [bulk 1938-1959]
key date
1929
identifier (local_mss)
19214
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Sheean
b-number
b15934719
total components
61
total series
3
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:05:33 UTC
updated
2018-06-04 19:21:04 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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physdesc
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unitid
{"value"=>"Berg Coll MSS Sheean", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19214", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1929]-1973", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1929/1973", "certainty"=>"inferred"}
{"value"=>"1938-1959", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1938/1959"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Vincent Sheean 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 typescripts and manuscripts, correspondence, and legal 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"=>"Sheean, Vincent, 1899-", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Vincent Sheean was an American journalist, novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>Some of the materials are from the files of Harper & Row, Inc. The letter to Warren Randolph Burgess came with Agatha Brooks Young gift.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts and manuscripts, correspondence, and legal documents. The typescripts and manuscripts include drafts of novels, articles, reviews, and radio addresses. The correspondence, dating from [1929] through 1973, includes letters from the author to Warren Randolph Burgess, Sir Winston Churchill, Norma Millay, Edward Sackville-West, Agatha Brooks Young, and Harper & Bros. publishers. There are also letters relating to the author, dating from 1940 to 1959, between various correspondents including Allan Ross Macdougall, Norma Millay, Harper & Bros., and others. There are letters to Sheean from Sir Winston Churchill, Barnard D. N. Grebanier, Walter S. Minot, and others, dating from 1938 to 1973.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Vincent Sheean collection of papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19214#c248013'>Manuscripts and Typescripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19214#c248047'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19214#c248071'>Legal Documents</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
1929
date_inclusive_end
1973
note
{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
keydate
1929
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
extent_statement
383 items
date_start
1929
date_end
1973
date_bulk_start
1938
date_bulk_end
1959

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