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Henry James collection of papers, [1867]-1917 bulk (1882-1917).

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Creator

James, Henry, 1843-1916.

Location

Berg Collection of English and American Literature

Extent

  • 292 items.

Access Restrictions

Restricted access; Berg Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Scope/Contents Note

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, diaries kept from 1907 to1913, an undated notebook, and portraits. The manuscriptsinclude drafts of stories and reviews, as well as pieces about the author by Max Beerbohm, Randall Jarrell, and Logan Pearsall Smith. The correspondence includes letters from the author, dating from 1882-1915, to Sir Sidney Colvin, Edmund Gosse, Lady Gregory, William Heinemann, SirEdward Howard Marsh, Emma Wilkinson Pertz, Julia Prinsep Jackson Stephen, Sir Leslie Stephen, A. P. Watt and Son, and others, as well as letters relating to the author, dating from 1890 to 1917, between various individuals including Max Beerbohm, Edmund Gosse, Theodora Bosanquet, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, Virginia Woolf, and others. Thereare letters to the author from Arthur Christopher Benson, Gelett Burgess, Edward Howard Marsh, Robert Louis Stevenson, and A. P. Watt and son, dating from [1879] to 1915, as well as letters from his father and from his nephew to various correspondents.

Biographical/Historical Note

Henry James was an American novelist, essayist, and literary critic.

Controlled Access Terms

  • James, Henry, 1843-1916.
  • James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Portraits.
  • Correspondence.
  • Diaries.
  • Notebooks.

Additional Creator Names

  • Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956.
  • Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925.
  • Burgess, Gelett, 1866-1951.
  • Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965.
  • Smith, Logan Pearsall, 1865-1946.
  • Colvin, Sidney, Sir, 1845-1927.
  • Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928.
  • Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932.
  • Heinemann, William, 1863-1920.
  • Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, 1872-1953.
  • Pertz, Emma Wilkinson.
  • Stephen, Julia Duckworth, 1846-1895.
  • Stephen, Leslie, Sir, 1832-1904.
  • Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.
  • Bosanquet, Theodora.
  • Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.
  • A. P. Watt and Son.
  • Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. fmo
  • Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup) fmo
  • James B. Pinker and Son. fmo

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