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Creator
Watson, William, 1858-1935
Call number
Berg Coll MSS Watson, W
Physical description
143 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 manuscripts and correspondence.

Biographical/historical information

William Watson was an English poet, essayist, and editor.

Scope and arrangement

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and correspondence. The manuscripts comprise poems by the author and a tribute to him, written by Humbert Wolfe. The correspondence comprises letters from the author, dating from [1881] to 1926, to Sir Hall Caine, William Leonard Courtney, Florence Ellen Hungerford Milnes Henniker, Clement King Shorter, the literary agency T. Fisher Unwin, and others.

The William Watson collection of papers are arranged in two series:

Administrative information

Custodial history

Previous owners include Sir Hall Caine, Florence Ellen Henniker, and Clement King Shorter.

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.