Chester Kallman collection of papers

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Description: This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, notebooks, financial documents, certificates, and portraits. The manuscripts and typescripts include poems, essays, librettos, and translations. The correspondence, dating from 1939 to 1972, includes letters by the author to Alan Ansen, W. H. Auden, Christopher Isherwood, Lincoln Kirstein, Nicolas Nabokov, Caroline Newton, and others. Also present are letters relating to the author, dating from 1942 to 1970, between various correspondents including David Protech. There are letters to Kallman from W. H. Auden, Lincoln Kirstein, William Meredith, William A. Rogers, Peter Salus, and others, dating from 1944 to 1973.
Names: Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975 (Creator); Ansen, Alan (Addressee); Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 (Author); Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 (Addressee); Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996 (Author); Meredith, William, 1919-2007 (Author); Nabokov, Nicolas, 1903- (Addressee); Newton, Caroline, 1893-; Newton, Caroline, 1893- (Former owner); Rogers, Willam A (Author); Salus, Peter H. (Author); Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975 (Author); Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975 (Addressee); Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 (Addressee); Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996 (Addressee)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1937 - 1973
Library locations: Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature; Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Kallman
Topics: Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975
Genres: Manuscripts; Typescripts; Correspondence; Notebooks; Certificates
Notes: Biographical/historical: Chester Kallman was an American poet and librettist.; Content: Card catalog available.; Ownership: Some of the materials were formerly owned by Caroline Newton and William Meredith.; Acquisition: This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.
Physical Description: Extent: 344 items
Type of Resource: Text; Still image
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15922520; MSS Unit ID: 19193; RLIN/OCLC: NYPW04-A26; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6860d860-7923-0139-0a72-0242ac110002

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