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Finding Aid for Lascelles Abercrombie collection of papers, 1911-1939.

Guide to the Lascelles Abercrombie collection of papers, 1911-1939

Berg Coll MSS Abercrombie
The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. New York Public Library. Room 320.
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Date Completed:
2006
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Table of Contents

Descriptive Summary Table of Contents

Title
Lascelles Abercrombie collection of papers, 1911-1939
Creator
Abercrombie, Lascelles, 1881-1938
Call Number
Berg Coll MSS Abercrombie
Size
174 items
Repository
The New York Public Library. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American LiteratureNew York, New York
Abstract
This is a synthetic collection consisting of one manuscript and correspondence written by the author, as well as letters written to the author and about the author.

Administration Information Table of Contents

Source

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.

Access

Collection is restricted to qualified scholars and researchers through the Office of Special Collections, Room 316

Restrictions on Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

Preferred Citation

[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.

Biography Table of Contents

Lascelles Abercrombie was an English poet, playwright, and literary critic.

Scope and Content Note Table of Contents

This is a synthetic collection consisting of one manuscript and correspondence by, to and about the author. The manuscript is a copy of the poem, "R[upert] B[rooke]," in the hand of Sir Edward Howard Marsh. The correspondence consists of letters from the author, dating from 1911 to 1938, to John Freeman, Lady Gregory, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, de Vincheles Payen-Payne, and Isaac Rosenberg, as well as letters dating from [1913] to 1939, relating to the author, between various correspondents including Richard Church, D. H. Lawrence, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, George M. Trevelyan, and others. Letters to the author from John Betjeman, Richard Church, Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, Padraic Colum, Isaac Rosenberg, and others.

Series Descriptions Table of Contents

   
Manuscripts Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
R[upert] B[rooke]. Manuscript copy of poem, in the hand of Sir Edward Howard Marsh n.d.
ms.
( 1 p. )

Came with Sir Edward Howard Marsh's correspondence

   
Correspondence Table of Contents
   
Outgoing Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Freeman, John. 7 ALS, 2 postcards [1915 Nov. 8 - 1926(?) June 22]
corr. out
( 9 items in 2 folders )
Manuscript box     
Gregory, Lady. ALS [n.y.] Dec. 7
corr. out
( 2 p. )
Manuscript box     
Gregory, Lady. ALS [n.y.] Dec. 13
corr. out
( 1 p. )

Removed from his: Mary and the bramble. Much Marcle Herefordshire, 1910

Manuscript box     
Marsh, Sir Edward Howard. 128 ALS 1912 Oct. 13 - 1938 Mar. 22
corr. out
( 128 items in 24 folders )

With 12 ALS from Catherine Abercrombie Chronology preserved in the order in which it came from the Marsh archives

Manuscript box     
Payen-Payne, de Vincheles. 4 ALS 1911 May 28 - 1911 Aug. 28
corr. out
( 4 items )
Manuscript box     
Rosenberg, Isaac. ALS [1915] Nov. 29
corr. out
( 1 item )

Includes: Rosenberg, Isaac. The troopship. Holograph. On verso

   
Incoming Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Betjeman, John. ALS to Abercrombie. Correspondent is either Ralph or Lascelles Abercrombie 1950 Aug. 14
corr. in
( 1 item )
Manuscript box     
Church, Richard. 3 ALS to Abercrombie 1930 Dec. 29 - 1931 Mar. 17
corr. in
( 3 items )
Manuscript box     
Cockerell, Sir Sydney Carlyle. ALS to Abercrombie. Relates to Thomas Hardy 1935 Sept. 2
corr. in
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Colum, Padraic. TLS to Abercrombie 1931 July 24
corr. in
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Drinkwater, John. ALS to Abercrombie 1910 Feb. 1
corr. in
( 3 p. )
Manuscript box     
Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson. ALS to Abercrombie 1910 July 13
corr. in
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Graves, Alfred Perceval. ALS to Abercrombie 1910 Sept. 25
corr. in
( 1 item )
Manuscript box     
Hinkson, Katharine Tynan. ALS to Abercrombie 1909 July 2
corr. in
( 2 p. )
Manuscript box     
Housman, Laurence. ALS to Abercrombie. Relates to Rupert Brooke 1930 May 25
corr. in
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Huxley, Aldous. ALS to Abercrombie. Refers to D. H. Lawrence's letters 1931 July 24
corr. in
( 1 item )
Manuscript box     
Macaulay, Rose. TLS to Abercrombie [n.d.]
corr. in
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Noyes, Alfred. 2 ALS to Abercrombie 1931 July 21; 1931 Aug. 26
corr. in
( 2 items )
Manuscript box     
Plomer, William. 2 ALS to Abercrombie. Correspondent is either Ralph or Lascelles Abercrombie 1957 May 16; 1957 May 24
corr. in
( 2 items )
Manuscript box     
Rhys, Ernest. ALS to Abercrombie 1937 July 14
corr. in
( 1 item )

Encloses his: The Ninth Wave. Holograph poem, undated. 1 p.

Manuscript box     
Rosenberg, Isaac. ALS to Abercrombie [1915] after Nov. 29
corr. in
( 1 p. )

Accompanied by his: Sleep. Holograph poem. Spring 1916. Typescript of poem

Manuscript box     
Rosenberg, Isaac. ALS to Abercrombie [1916]
corr. in
( 1 p. )

Envelope postmarked June 3, 1916. May or may not belong with this letter. Follows(?) letter [after Nov. 29, 1915]

Manuscript box     
Sackville-West, Victoria Mary. TNS to Abercrombie 1931 July 24
corr. in
( 1 p. )
   
Related Correspondence Table of Contents
Manuscript box (Abercrombie)     
Church, Richard. 3 ALS to Sir Edward Howard Marsh. Relates to Lascelles Abercrombie 1932 June 4 - 1932 June 20
corr. About
( 3 items )
Manuscript box (Abercrombie)     
Church, Richard. TLS to Sir Edward Howard Marsh. Relates to Lascelles Abercrombie 1939 June 22
corr. About
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Abercrombie)     
Haines, John. ALS to Sir Edward Howard Marsh. Relates to Lascelles Abercrombie 1939 Dec. 21
corr. About
( 3 p. )
Manuscript box     
Lawrence, David Herbert. Postcard to Sir Edward Howard Marsh [1913 Nov. 29]
corr. About
( 1 item )

Signed by: W. W. Gibson, Lascelles Abercrombie, R. C. Trevelyan, Catherine Abercrombie and D. H. and Frieda Lawrence

Manuscript box (Abercrombie)     
Trevelyan, George Macaulay. ALS to Sir Edward Howard Marsh. Relates to Lascelles Abercrombie 1932 June 12
corr. About
( 1 item )
Manuscript box (Abercrombie)     
Woods, J[--?] H[--?] TLS to Sir Edward Howard Marsh. Relates to Lascelles Abercrombie 1932 June 18
corr. About
( 1 p. )

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