Carl Van Vechten collection of papers

id
903
origination
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
date statement
1911-1964
key date
1911
identifier (local_mss)
19131
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Van Vechten
b-number
b15847218
total components
136
total series
3
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:03:29 UTC
updated
2022-08-18 22:06:18 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

Description data TOP

physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"618 items"}], "supress_display"=>true}
unitid
{"value"=>"Berg Coll MSS Van Vechten", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19131", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1911-1964", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1911/1964"}
date_inclusive_start
1911
date_inclusive_end
1964
keydate
1911
unittitle
{"value"=>"Carl Van Vechten collection of papers"}
repository
{"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
{"value"=>"This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, and financial documents."}
prefercite
{"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
{"value"=>"Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Carl Van Vechten was an American novelist, critic, essayist, book collector, and photographer.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>The bulk of the materials is from W. T. H. Howe.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence by and about the author, and financial documents. The typescripts include essays, notes toward works, and criticism. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence by the author, dating from 1922 to 1964, to Ronald Firbank, John D. Gordan (the first curator of the Berg Collection), Frances Steloff, and Sir Hugh Walpole. It also includes a number of letters related to papers of Gertrude Stein at Yale University. There are letters to Van Vechten from Ernest Augustus Boyd, Norman Douglas, Ronald Firbank, Robert Smythe Hichens, Edward James, Klaus W. Jonas, Arthur Machen, W. S. Maugham, George Moore, Marmaduke W. Pickthall, Muriel Pickthall, Matthew Phipps Shiel, Reginald Turner, Hugh Walpole, Alec Waugh, Rebecca West, and others, dating from 1911 to 1963.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Carl Van Vechten collection of papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19131#c218294'>Manuscripts and Typescripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19131#c218303'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19131#c218428'>Financial Documents</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.</p>"}
userestrict
{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.</p>"}
note
{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
extent_statement
618 items
date_start
1911
date_end
1964

Update Collection TOP

Update from EAD XML File

Resources TOP

PDF finding aid

No PDF finding aid attached.

File attachments

No files attached.

Repository Assets

No UUIDs attached.

Living at NYPL Archives

Sign in to add or edit a living at feature for this collection.

Export Collection to ArchivesSpace