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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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