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{"value"=>"22322", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882", "type"=>"persname"}
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{"value"=>"Ralph Waldo Emerson collection of papers"}
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{"value"=>"1821-1912", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1821/1912"}
{"value"=>"(1837-1882)", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1837/1882"}
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{"supress_display"=>true}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"180 items"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- bibliography
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{"value"=>"<p>Dictionary Catalog of the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1969-1983, 5 vols. plus 2 supplements. See Vol 2 pp 24-31, Vol 4 p 647 and the 1st supplement p 149</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>The Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and his circle contains 1 autograph letter, signed, by Emerson to A. H. Clough</p>"}
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{"accession_number"=>"hsb"}
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{"value"=>"Berg Coll MSS Emerson", "type"=>"local_call", "supress_display"=>true}
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{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection covering the years 1821 to 1912 (bulk 1837-1882) with some undated material. The collection is particularly strong on poetry, including over twenty poems in manuscript, most from Emerson's earlier period. The correspondence covers a wide range of correspondents, including Amos Bronson Alcott, H.G.O. Blake, Thomas Carlyle, Horace Greeley, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Sophie Peabody Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau. The collection also contains Whitman's notes about relations between Emerson and himself.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Ralph Waldo Emerson collection of papers is arranged in six series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/22322#c763363'>Series I: Manuscripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/22322#c763364'>Series II: Manuscripts relating to Emerson</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/22322#c763365'>Series III: Outgoing Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/22322#c763366'>Series IV: Incoming Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/22322#c763367'>Series V: Related Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/22322#c763368'>Series VI: Portraits and Pictorial Works</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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1821
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1912
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1821
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{"value"=>"Ralph Waldo Emerson collection of papers, Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library"}
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180 items
- abstract
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{"value"=>" This is a synthetic collection covering the years 1821 to 1912 (bulk 1837-1882) with some undated material. The collection is particularly strong on poetry, including over twenty poems in manuscript, most from Emerson's earlier period. The correspondence covers a wide range of correspondents, including Amos Bronson Alcott, H.G.O. Blake, Thomas Carlyle, Horace Greeley, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Sophie Peabody Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau. The collection also contains Whitman's notes about relations between Emerson and himself.", "generated"=>true}
- sponsor
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{"value"=>"Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation."}
- date_start
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1821
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1912