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Creator
Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955
Call number
Berg Coll MSS Stevens
Physical description
30 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, a typescript, and correspondence.

Biographical/historical information

Wallace Stevens was an American essayist, playwright, and poet.

Scope and arrangement

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, a typescript, and correspondence by and about the author. The manuscripts and typescript consist of articles, essays, and lectures related to the author by Conrad Aiken, W. H. Auden, and Randall Jarrell. The correspondence consists of letters by the author, dating from 1935 to 1954, to Babette Deutsch, May Sarton, Frances Steloff, Julian Symons, Ruth Witt-Diamant, and others, as well as letters relating to the author, dating from 1935 to 1964, between various correspondents including Randall Jarrell, Michael Roberts, Holly Bright Stevens, and the publishing firm of Alfred A. Knopf.

The Wallace Stevens collection of papers are arranged in two series:

Administrative information

Custodial history

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

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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