- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"241 items"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"Berg Coll MSS O'Connor, WD", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19249", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1863-1888", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1863/1888"}
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1863
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1888
- keydate
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1863
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"William Douglas O'Connor 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 and correspondence."}
- 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"=>"O'Connor, William Douglas, 1832-1889", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>William Douglas O'Connor was an American novelist, essayist, editor, and journalist.</p>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>Previous owners include Bliss Perry and W. T. H. Howe.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and correspondence by and relating to the author. The manuscripts consist of notes, essays, and articles, some of which relate to Walt Whitman. The correspondence consists of letters, dating from 1866 to 1883, from the author to Matthew Arnold, G. W. Curtis, J. R. Gilmore, and others, as well as a letter transcribed by the author, dated 1866, from Julius Bing to Joseph H. Ashton, and an undated letter to Moncure D. Conway transcribed by Walt Whitman but signed by O'Connor. There are letters to O'Connor from Charles Wesley Eldridge, Lafcadio Hearn, H. J. Raymond, Thomas Jefferson Whitman, Walt Whitman, and others, dating from 1863 to 1888.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The William Douglas O'Connor collection of papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19249#c253969'>Manuscripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19249#c253976'>Correspondence</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>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Consult the Berg Collection staff for additional unprocessed material of this author.</p>"}
- note
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{"value"=>"<p>Consult the Berg Collection staff regarding unprocessed correspondence from O'Connor to John Burroughs</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"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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241 items
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1863
- date_end
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1888