Ralph Waldo Emerson collection of papers

id
8663
origination
Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882
date statement
1821-1912,(1837-1882)
key date
1821
identifier (local_mss)
22322
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Emerson
b-number
b19738382
total components
208
total series
6
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Berg Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-09-06 21:16:43 UTC
updated
2026-08-15 02:39:43 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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origination
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unitdate
{"value"=>"1821-1912", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1821/1912"}
{"value"=>"(1837-1882)", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1837/1882"}
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physdesc
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bibliography
{"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
{"value"=>"<p>The Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and his circle contains 1 autograph letter, signed, by Emerson to A. H. Clough</p>"}
acqinfo
{"accession_number"=>"hsb"}
physloc
{"value"=>"Berg Coll MSS Emerson", "type"=>"local_call", "supress_display"=>true}
scopecontent
{"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"}
date_inclusive_start
1821
date_inclusive_end
1912
keydate
1821
prefercite
{"value"=>"Ralph Waldo Emerson collection of papers, Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library"}
extent_statement
180 items
abstract
{"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
{"value"=>"Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation."}
date_start
1821
date_end
1912

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