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Creator
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973
Call number
Berg Coll MSS Aiken
Physical description
63 linear feet (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 manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence by and about the author, and notebooks for 1913 through 1927.

Biographical/historical information

Conrad Aiken was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet.

Scope and arrangement

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence by and about the author, and notebooks for 1913 through 1927. The manuscripts and typescripts consists of novels, poems, outlines of stories, notes for works, and essays, as well as essays and reviews about the author by Randall Jarrell and Alfred Kreymborg. The correspondence consists of letters from the author, dating from 1935 to 1963, to Muriel Rukeyser, May Sarton, Frances Steloff, Julian Symons, Louis Untermeyer, and others, as well as letters relating to the author, dating from 1920 to [1963], between various correspondents including Maurice Firuski, Kathleen Raine, Frances Steloff, and others.

The Conrad Aiken collection of papers are arranged in two series:

Administrative information

Custodial history

Previous owners include Maurice Firuski.

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.

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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