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Creator
Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka), 1859-1927
Call number
Berg Coll MSS Jerome
Physical description
51 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
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This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscript materials, typescripts, correspondence, and legal documents

Biographical/historical information

Jerome K. Jerome was an English novelist, biographer, playwright, essayist, and short-story writer.

Scope and arrangement

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscript materials, typescripts, correspondence, and legal documents.The manuscripts and typescripts include plays, autograph notes, and other miscellaneous material. The correspondence includes letters from the author, dating from 1892 to 1926, to Sir Hall Caine, Perriton Maxwell, Theodore Watts-Dunton, the literary agency James B. Pinker and Son, the literary agency A. P. Watt & Son, and others. There are letters to Jerome from the Daily Chronicle, G. H. Thring, and others dating from 1897 to 1914.

The Jerome Klapka Jerome collection of papers are arranged in three series:

Administrative information

Custodial history

Previous owners include W. T. H. Howe and the American Play Company.

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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