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Creator
O'Hara, Frank, 1926-1966
Call number
Berg Coll MSS O'Hara
Physical description
10 items
Preferred Citation

[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.

Repository
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Access to materials
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This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts, manuscripts, and correspondence.

Biographical/historical information

Frank O'Hara was an American art critic, essayist, playwright, and poet.

Scope and arrangement

This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts, manuscripts, and correspondence. The manuscripts and typescripts include two plays and notes for a work. The correspondence, dating from 1955 through 1957, includes letters from the author to Howard Griffin, as well as a letter from 1966 relating to the author from Joseph Le Seur to Howard Griffin. There is a letter to O'Hara from John Ashbery, dated "Sept. 6" [n.y.].

The Frank O'Hara collection of papers are arranged in two series:

Administrative information

Custodial history

The typescript of "Kenneth Koch, a Tragedy" was among Koch's papers.

Source of acquisition

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.

Processing information

Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.

Related Material

Consult the Berg Collection staff for additional unprocessed material of this author.

Using the collection

Location

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 320

Conditions Governing Use

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