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Description: This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts, correspondence, and legal documents. The typescripts consist of plays and an apologia by the author, as well as plays and musical comedies co-written by the author with Guy Bolton, Menyhert Lengyel, and John Stapleton. The correspondence consists of letters from Wodehouse to the literary agency James B. Pinker and Son, dating from 1905 to 1934, and letters from Herbert Mitgang to Wodehouse dating from 1967 to 1975.
Names: Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975 (Creator); Bolton, Guy, 1884-1979 (Author); Lengyel, Menyhért, 1880-1974 (Author); Mitgang, Herbert (Author); Stapleton, John (Author); American Play Company (Former owner); James B. Pinker and Son (Addressee); Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975 (Author); Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975 (Addressee)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1905 - 1975
Library locations: Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature; Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Wodehouse
Genres: Typescripts; Correspondence; Documents; legal documents; Drama
Notes: Biographical/historical: P. G. Wodehouse was an American and English novelist, poet, playwright, journalist, and short-story writer.; Acquisition: This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.
Physical Description: Extent: 97 items
Type of Resource: Text
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15966047; MSS Unit ID: 19280; RLIN/OCLC: NYPW04-A172; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 76702bb0-7b8f-0139-f253-0242ac110002

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