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Creator
Ackerley, J. R. (Joe Randolph), 1896-1967
Call number
Berg Coll MSS Ackerley
Physical description
16 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, and correspondence by and about the author.

Biographical/historical information

Joe Randolph Ackerley was an English novelist, playwright, poet, and editor.

Scope and arrangement

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, and correspondence by and about the author. The manuscripts and typescripts include notes and drafts of novels, incomplete essays, plays, and a biography of E. M. Forster. The correspondence includes letters from the author, dating from 1919 to 1967, to Sir Edward Howard Marsh, Edward Sackville-West, and Cecil Woolf, as well as a letter relating to the author, dated 1969, from Neville Braybrooke to George Barker.

The Joe Randolph Ackerley 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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