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Machine readable finding aid created 2006. Description is in English Berg Coll MSS Anderson, SGuide to the Sherwood Anderson collection of papers,1922-1943 The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature The New York Public LibraryNew York, New York The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. New York Public Library. Room 320. Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street New York, NY 10018-2788 (212) 930-0802 brgref@nypl.org http://nypl.org/research/chss/spe/brg/berg.html Processed by: Staff Date Completed: 2006 Encoded By: Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider Processed and encoded through a gift from Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.

Descriptive Summary Sherwood Anderson collection of papers, 1922-1943 Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 Berg Coll MSS Anderson, S19 items The New York Public Library. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

New York, New York

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence by and about the author, legal documents and portraits. Subjects Personal Names Anderson, Eleanor Copenhaver, d. 1985. Glaspell, Susan, 1876-1948. Kazin, Alfred, 1915- Marcus, Lillian. Monnier, Adrienne. Rosenfeld, Paul, 1890-1946. Steloff, Frances, b. 1887. Organizations American Play Company, former owner. Subjects Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941. Document Types Correspondence. Administration Information Source

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

Custodial History

Previous owners include Adrienne Monnier and the American Play Company.

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

Sherwood Anderson was an American novelist and poet.

Scope and Content Note

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence by and about the author, legal documents and portraits. The manuscripts and typescripts include an essay by the author, as well as essays about him by Susan Glaspell and Paul Rosenfeld. The correspondence, dating from 1922 to [1927], includes letters from the author to Alfred Kazin, Lillian Marcus, Adrienne Monnier, Frances Steloff, and others, as well as a letter dated 1943 from Eleanor Anderson to Alfred Kazin relating to the author.

Series Descriptions Correspondence Outgoing Manuscript box Boni & Liveright, TLS 1926 Apr. 21 corr. Out 1 p.

Manuscript box Kazin, Alfred. ALS [n.d.] corr. Out 1 p.

Manuscript box Marcus, Lillian. 2 ALS, 1 TLS. Dates taken from accompanying envelopes 1922 Apr. 3 - 1922 [Apr. 15] corr. Out 3 items

With three envelopes

Manuscript box Monnier, Adrienne. 2 ALS. On letter undated. Undated letter mentions James Joyce [1927 ca. Mar. 16] corr. Out 2 items Manuscript box (Gotham) In: Gotham Book Mart, New York. We moderns. Folder 2 Steloff, Frances. TLS [n.d.] corr. Out 1 p.

Related Manuscript box (Kazin) Anderson, Eleanor. ALS to Alfred Kazin 1943 May 23 corr. About 1 item Manuscripts & Typescripts Manuscript box (Gotham) In: Gotham Book Mart, New York. We Moderns. Folder 2 William Faulkner. Typescript of contribution to We Moderns. n.d. typescripts 1 p.

Published in Gotham Book Mart catalog, no. 42, New York, 1940

Manuscript box Glaspell, Susan. [On reading Sherwood Anderson's letters to Van Wyck Brooks] Holograph notes n.d. ms. 3 p. Manuscript box (Gotham) In: Gotham Book Mart, New York. We Moderns. Folder 58 Rosenfeld, Paul. Sherwood Anderson. Typescript of contribution We Moderns n.d. typescripts 1 p.

With his TNS to Frances Steloff, Nov. 14 [1939], 1 p. enclosing proof of contribution, 1 p.; also another typescript (carbon) of the contribution, 1 p. Published in Gotham Book Mart catalog, no. 42, New York, 1940

Legal Documents Manuscript box (Anderson, S.) Agreements, correspondence, forms, statements from various theatrical agencies concerning Sherwood Anderson n.d. legal docs. 5 folders

From the files of the American Play Co.

Portraits Oversize (+++) Becat, Paul Emile. Photostat of pencil portrait of Sherwood Anderson, the original signed and dated 1927. 49 x 39 cm. n.d. portraits 1 item

Came with Adrienne Monnier's James Joyce archive

Manuscript box (Anderson, S.) Bonney, firm, photographers, Paris. Photograph of Sherwood Anderson and Paul-Emile Becat with Becat's pencil portrait of Anderson. Portrait dated 1927. 18 x 23 cm. n.d. portraits 1 item

Came with Adrienne Monnier's James Joyce archive