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Finding Aid for Joe Randolph Ackerley collection of papers, 1919-1969.

Guide to the Joe Randolph Ackerley collection of papers, 1919-1969

Berg Coll MSS Ackerley
The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. New York Public Library. Room 320.
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Processed by:
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Date Completed:
2006
Encoded By:
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Processed and encoded through a gift from Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.

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Table of Contents

Descriptive Summary Table of Contents

Title
Joe Randolph Ackerley collection of papers, 1919-1969
Creator
Ackerley, J. R. (Joe Randolph), 1896-1967
Call Number
Berg Coll MSS Ackerley
Size
16 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 manuscripts, typescripts, and correspondence by 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

Joe Randolph Ackerley was an English novelist, playwright, poet, and editor.

Scope and Content Note Table of Contents

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, and correspondence by and about the author. The manuscripts and typescripts include notes and drafts of novels, incomplete essays, plays, and a biography of E. M. Forster. The correspondence includes letters from the author, dating from 1919 to 1967, to Sir Edward Howard Marsh, Edward Sackville-West, and Cecil Woolf, as well as a letter relating to the author, dated 1969, from Neville Braybrooke to George Barker.

Series Descriptions Table of Contents

   
Manuscripts & Typescripts Table of Contents
   
Manuscripts Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
E. M. Forster. Holograph and typescript memoir n.d.
ms.
( 38 p. )
    
[My dog Tulip]. Holograph and typescript notes and drafts n.d.
ms.
( 491 p. )
Manuscript box     
[My father and myself]. Holograph notes. 6 p. of the notes are on a note pad n.d.
ms.
( 59 p. )

On verso of p. 35 his: AL (draft) to W. J. H. ("Jack") Sprott. [n.d.] 1 p.

Manuscript box     
[On Siegfried Sassoon]. Holograph (incomplete) 1950 June 30
ms.
( 6 p. )
Manuscript box     
[Prisoners of war, The]. Holograph play n.d.
ms.
( 108 p. )
   
Typescripts Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
[My dog Tulip]. Chapter VII: Inconclusion. Typescript with his ms. corrections n.d.
typescripts (emended)
( 13 p. )
Manuscript box     
We think the world of you: or, a bit of fresh air: a fable. Typescript with his ms. corrections n.d.
typescripts (emended)
( 149 p. )

With TLS from T. H. Newby to Joe Randolph Ackerley. April 10, 1956. 1 p.

   
Correspondence Table of Contents
   
Outgoing Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Marsh, Sir Edward Howard. ALS 1919 June 2
corr. out
( 1 item )
Manuscript box     
Sackville-West, Edward. 5 ALS and 1 TLS 1941 Jan. 8 - 1941 Jan. 14
corr. out
( 6 items )
Manuscript box (Vietnam)     
Woolf, Cecil and John Bagguley, eds. Authors take sides on Vietnam. Correspondence with Joe Randolph Ackerley 1967
corr. out
( 1 folder )
   
Related Table of Contents
Manuscript box (Barker, G.)     
Braybooke, Neville. TLS to George Barker. Relates to Joe Randolph Ackerley's correspondence with Barker 1969 Aug. 22
corr. About
( 1 p. )

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