Max Beerbohm collection of papers

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Description: This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, a diary for 1911-1933, an undated notebook, legal documents, portraits and pictorial works, acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.
Names: Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956 (Creator); Bell, Clive, 1881-1964 (Correspondent); Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915 (Former owner); Fenn, Robert (Correspondent); Fletcher, Frank, 1870-1954 (Former owner); Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928 (Correspondent); Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup) (Former owner); Jepson, Selwyn, 1899-1989 (Correspondent); Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, 1872-1953 (Correspondent); Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965 (Correspondent); Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 (Correspondent); Young, Owen D., 1874- (Former owner); Heinemann (Firm) (Correspondent); Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956 (Author); Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956 (Artist)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1878 - 1964
Library locations: Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature; Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Beerbohm
Genres: Correspondence; Diaries; Notebooks; Manuscripts; Typescripts; Documents; Portraits
Notes: Biographical/historical: Sir Max Beerbohm was a British essayist, drama critic, and caricaturist.; Content: This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, a diary for 1911-1933, an undated notebook, legal documents, portraits and pictorial works. The manuscripts include holographs from "A Christmas Garland," "The Dreadful Dragon of Hay Hill," and other essays; notes toward works, and short stories. The typescripts include essays, stories, and contributions to a collection of tributes to the author for his 80th birthday. The legal documents include agreements and royalty statements for the author and the author's will. The correspondence includes letters, from 1885 to 1955, from the author to Edmund Gosse, Selwyn Jepson, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, and others. Also present are letters relating to the author and his 80th birthday tribute album, dating from 1903 to 1964, between various correspondents including Clive Bell, Robert W. Fenn, William Heinemann, Ltd., Selwyn Jepson, and others. There are letters to Beerbohm from Selwyn Jepson, W. S. Maugham, Bernard Shaw, and others, dating from 1898 to 1956.; Content: Card catalog available.; Ownership: Former owners include W. T. H. Howe, Owen D. Young, Frank Fletcher, and Rupert Brooke.; Content: Processing information: Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.
Physical Description: Extent: 546 items
Type of Resource: Text; Still image
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15822451; MSS Unit ID: 19114; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3b2114b0-af9d-013b-0f4e-0242ac110003