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- unitid
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{"value"=>"Berg Coll MSS Collins [Text]", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19169", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1849-1890", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1849/1890"}
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1849
- date_inclusive_end
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1890
- keydate
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1849
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Wilkie Collins 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, correspondence to, from, and about the author, a diary for 1867 and 1868, 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"=>"Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Wilkie Collins was an English writer of short stories, biographies, and novels.</p>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>The bulk of the materials was formerly owned by W. T. H. Howe, the literary agency A. P. Watt & son, and Henry W. and Albert A. Berg. Other materials were previously owned by Oliver R. Barrett, Frederick Douglass Underwood, \"The Lighthouse\" contains a manuscript note: \"This was given by Wilkie Collins to Emile Forgues his French translator, Leon Forgues gave it to me in 1866. [signed] H.L.E.\"; and inscribed on verso of p. 98 of an incomplete holograph of \"Iris\": \"This manuscript came from the library of my father, Eugene Field. Nov. 9, 1931. Eugene Field II.\"</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, correspondence by and about the author, a diary for 1867 and 1868, and legal documents. The manuscripts include holographs of stories, bibliographies, and notes for various works, as well as a manuscript copy in the hand of an amanuensis with holograph sections of \"The Lighthouse.\" The correspondence includes letters, dating from 1849 to 1888, from the author to George Bentley, Richard Bentley, Peter Cunningham, George Smith, and others. Also included are letters relating to the author, dating from 1862 to 1898, between various correspondents including Harriet Elizabeth Bartley, Sir Walter Besant, Sir Hall Caine, Samuel Lucas, Harriet Martineau, the literary agency A. P. Watt & son, and others. There are letters to Collins from George Bentley, Charles Collins, Charles Dickens, A.P. Watt and Son, and others, dating from 1859-1891.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Wilkie Collins collection of papers are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19169#c253122'>Manuscripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19169#c253140'>Diaries</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19169#c253142'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19169#c253290'>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>"}
- physloc
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{"value"=>"*Z-10342 [Microfilm]", "type"=>"local_call", "supress_display"=>true}
- 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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325 items
- date_start
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1849
- date_end
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1890