- physdesc
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- unitid
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{"value"=>"Berg Coll MSS Maugham", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19184", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1897]-1964", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"inferred", "normal"=>"1897/1964"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1897
- date_inclusive_end
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1964
- keydate
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1897
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"William Somerset Maugham 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 typescripts, manuscripts, correspondence, 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"=>"Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>William Somerset Maugham was a British fiction and comedy writer, essayist, playwright, and literary critic.</p>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>The bulk of the materials was previously owned by W. T. H. Howe, the American Play Co., and the literary agency A. P. Watt and son.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts, manuscripts, correspondence, and legal documents. The typescripts and manuscripts include plays, short stories, novels, and other writings, as well as plays based on the author's works. Also included are agreements, forms, and statements from various theatrical agencies concerning the author. The correspondence consists of letters from the author, dating from [1897] to 1964, to Kate Mary Bruce, William Morris Colles, Violet Hunt, Edward Knoblock, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, Muriel Rukeyser, Clement King Shorter, Carl Van Vechten, the literary agency of A. P. Watt and Son, and others. Other letters, relating to the author, date from [1921] to 1956; the correspondents include Ian Fleming, Robert Graves, A. P. Watt and Son, the literary agency James B. Pinker and Son, and others. There are letters to Maugham from Shah Agha Khan, Felix Ferry, and Sir Stanley Unwin, dating from 1950 to [1954?].</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The William Somerset Maugham collection of papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19184#c255298'>Manuscripts and Typescripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19184#c255328'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19184#c255404'>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>"}
- altformavail
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{"value"=>"<p>William Somerset Maugham's outgoing correspondence Available on microfilm as part of William S.Maugham collection of papers; service copy classmark: *Z-10384</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>"}
- extent_statement
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746 items
- date_start
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1897
- date_end
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1964