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- Creator
- Peck, Walter Edwin, 1891-1954
- Call number
- Pforz MS
- Physical description
- 80 items
- Preferred Citation
- Walter Edwin Peck manuscript material : 80 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
- Location
- Pforz MS
- Access to materials
- Restricted access. Request an in-person research appointment.
Walter Edwin Peck, American professor and literary scholar. The Walter Edwin Peck manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include a typescript introduction to a proposed printing of Shelley's will, and a holograph essay, "Shelley and 'Constantia' (Claire Clairmont)." The bulk of the correspondence is addressed to Carl H. Pforzheimer and dated between 1922 and 1931. Accompanying material includes a number of typescript letter copies from Pforzheimer to Peck, and documents from Houghton Mifflin Company relating to sales of Peck's biography of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Key terms
Names
- Barrett, Oliver R. (Oliver Roger), 1873-1950 (recipient)
- Barrett, Oliver R. (Oliver Roger), 1873-1950
- Clairmont, Claire, 1798-1879
- Harding, George L. (George Laban), 1893-1976
- Nippert, Alfred K.
- Peck, Walter Edwin, 1891-1954
- Pforzheimer, Carl H. (Carl Howard), 1879-1957
- Pforzheimer, Carl H. (Carl Howard), 1879-1957 (recipient)
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822
- Smith, Hester Travers
- Unger, Emma Va. (Emma Virginia) (recipient)
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Houghton Mifflin Company (recipient)
Subjects
- College teachers -- United States -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- Scholars -- United States -- 20th century -- Correspondence
Titles
Using the collection
Location
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His CircleStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 319