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Creator
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963
Call number
Berg Coll MSS Williams
Physical description
44 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 typescripts and correspondence.

Biographical/historical information

William Carlos Williams was an American poet, novelist, essayist, and translator.

Scope and arrangement

This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts and correspondence. The typescripts consist of essays, poems, and reviews by the author, as well as a review and article relating to the author by Randall Jarrell and Norman Holmes Pearson. The correspondence consists of letters, dating from 1927 to 1954, from the author to Babette Deutsch, Randall Jarrell, Alfred Kazin, Muriel Rukeyser, May Sarton, Frances Steloff, Ruth Witt-Diamant, and others, as well as letters relating to the author, dating from 1940 to 1965, between various correspondents, including Clayton Hoagland, Alfred Kreymborg, Frances Steloff, Mike Weaver, Ruth Witt-Diamant and others. There is also a letter, dated Aug. 29, 1957, from Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin to Williams.

The William Carlos Williams collection of papers are arranged in two series:

Administrative information

Custodial history

Previous owners include Ruth Witt-Diamant.

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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