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Creator
Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975
Call number
Berg Coll MSS Wodehouse
Physical description
97 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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Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online.

This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts, correspondence, and legal documents.

Biographical/historical information

P. G. Wodehouse was an American and English novelist, poet, playwright, journalist, and short-story writer.

Scope and arrangement

This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts, correspondence, and legal documents. The typescripts consist of plays and an apologia by the author, as well as plays and musical comedies co-written by the author with Guy Bolton, Menyhert Lengyel, and John Stapleton. The correspondence consists of letters from Wodehouse to the literary agency James B. Pinker and Son, dating from 1905 to 1934, and letters from Herbert Mitgang to Wodehouse dating from 1967 to 1975.

The Pelham Grenville Wodehouse collection of papers are arranged in three series:

Administrative information

Custodial history

The bulk of the material was formerly owned by 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

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.