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Machine readable finding aid created 2006. Description is in English Berg Coll MSS CoppardGuide to the Alfred Edgar Coppard collection of papers,1920-1951 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 Alfred Edgar Coppard collection of papers, 1920-1951 Coppard, A. E. (Alfred Edgar), 1878-1957. Berg Coll MSS Coppard164 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 manuscript and typescripts, correspondence, and financial documents. Subjects Personal Names Gawsworth, John, 1912-1970. Nance, J. W. Schwartz, Jacob. Stone, Wilbur MaceySwinnerton, Frank ArthurHowe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup), former owner. Subjects Shiel, M. P. (Matthew Phipps), 1865-1947. Metcalfe, John, 1891- 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 Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong, and W. T. H. Howe.

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

Alfred Edgar Coppard was a British novelist, short-story writer, and poet.

Scope and Content Note

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscript and typescripts, correspondence to and from the author, and financial documents. The manuscripts and typescripts consist of poems, stories, articles, and other material. The correspondence consists of letters from the author, dating from 1920 to 1951, to Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong, J. W. Nance, Jacob Schwartz, Wilbur Macey Stone, and others. There are also letters to Coppard, from Terence Ian Fytton Armstong, Wilbur Macey Stone, and Frank Arthur Swinnerton, dating from 1930 to 1951.

Series Descriptions Manuscripts & Typescripts Manuscripts Manuscript box "As I was [ambling?] one morning in May." Holograph poem. Mutilated. Written on parchment n.d. ms. 1 p.

Sent to T. I. F. Armstrong; verso bears name and address of Vera Poliakoff written in an unknown hand

Manuscript box Autograph material, miscellaneous n.d. ms. 3 items

Manuscript box Cradle song [Music and words in Coppard's hand of his setting of a lyric by Padraic Colum] n.d. ms. 1 p.

With Wilbur Macey Stone's ms. notes; accompanied by ALS from Jacob Schwartz presenting the music to Wilbur Macey Stone, Jan. 11, 1934 [ie. 1935] 1 p.

Manuscript box Emergency exit. Holograph story 1934 Feb. 22 ms. 72 p.

Signed

Manuscript box Groggo's chimney. Holograph short story 1933 Apr. 2 ms. 11 p. Manuscript box Gruesome Fit, A. Holograph short story 1936 Jan. 31 ms. 24 p.

Signed

Italian whirligig [from Fishmonger's fiddle] Holograph n.d. ms. 7 p.

On versos: Mordecai & Cocking. Typescript. 7 p.; H.

Manuscript box Landmark, The. Holograph short story 1936 Apr. 3 ms. 12 p.

Signed

Manuscript box Nash's Pall Mall magazine. Many happy returns! Holograph and typescript contributions by various authors to the 25th anniversary issue of Nash's n.d. ms. 57 folders

Some contributions accompanied by correspondence. Detailed list of contents in Folder 1. Published in Nash's, v. 93, no. 494 (July, 1934) p. 58-59, 142-147

Manuscript box Pigmy, The. Holograph poem 1946 Oct. 20 ms. 1 p.

Signed. With facsimile published in the Literary Digest, summer 1949. Inscribed for John Gawsworth [pseud. Of T. I. F. Armstrong]

Manuscript box Tigers alive. Holograph short story 1937 June 29 ms. 11 p.

Signed

Manuscript box Two Nurses, The. Holograph short story 1934 Sept. 17 ms. 9 p.

Signed

Oversize (+) [Unpublished story] Holograph n.d. ms. 10 p.

Manuscript box What can I do? Holograph story 1934 June 10 ms. 35 p.

Signed

Typescripts Oversize (+) Eve Tregunno. Typescript with the author's ms. corrections n.d. typescripts (emended) 23 p.

With his: [Unpublished story] Holograph. H.

Mordecai & Cocking. Typescript n.d. typescripts 7 p.

On verso of his: Italian whirligig. Holograph

Correspondence Outgoing Correspondence Manuscript box Armstrong, Terence Ian Fytton. 19 ALS, etc. to 1931 - 1951 corr. out 19 items Manuscript box Civil list pension fund. LS to. Form letter, relating to M. P. Shiel, signed at the request of T. I. F. Armstrong 1934 corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box Civil list pension fund. LS to. Form letter, relating to John Metcalfe, signed at the request of T. I. F. Armstrong 1951 June 21 corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box Clark, ALS to 1928 Dec. 29 corr. out 1 item

With copy of the letter in W. M. Stone's hand

Manuscript box Knopf[?], Alfred A. 3 ALS to. Name of correspondent erased 1928 July 18 - 1928 Dec. 2 corr. out 3 items Manuscript box Nance, J. W. ALS to 1930 Apr. 24 corr. out 3 p.

Manuscript box Nance, J. W. ALS to 1930 May 7 corr. out 1 item

Manuscript box Pinker, [J. B.]. ALS to 1920 Oct. 15 corr. out 1 p.

Manuscript box Schwartz, Jacob. 30 ALS to 1930 Mar. 28 - 1931 Dec. 14 corr. out 30 items

Manuscript box Stone, Wilbur Macey. ALS to 1930 Apr. 29 corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box Stone, [Wilbur Macey]. ALS to 1930 May 28 corr. out 1 p.

Manuscript box Stone, [Wilbur Macey]. ALS to 1930 July 8 corr. out 1 item

Manuscript box Stone, Wilbur Macey. ALS to 1930 Aug. 15 corr. out 1 item Manuscript box Stone, [Wilbur Macey]. ALS to 1930 Oct. 13 corr. out 1 p.

Manuscript box Stone, [Wilbur Macey]. ALS to 1930 Oct. 27 corr. out 1 p.

Manuscript box Stone, Wilbur [Macey]. ALS to 1930 Dec. 9 corr. out 3 p.

Manuscript box Stone, [Wilbur] Macey. ALS to 1931 Feb. 11 corr. out 1 item

Manuscript box Stone, [Wilbur] Macey. ALS to 1931 Apr. 22 corr. out 1 item

Manuscript box Stone, [Wilbur] Macey. ALS to 1931 May 20 corr. out 1 item

Manuscript box Stone, [Wilbur] Macey. ALS to 1931 June 9 corr. out 1 item

Manuscript box Stone, [Wilbur] Macey. ALS to 1931 July 20 corr. out 1 p.

Manuscript box Stone, [Wilbur] Macey. ALS to 1931 Sept. 26 corr. out 1 item

Manuscript box Stone, [Wilbur] Macey. ALS to 1931 Dec. 3 corr. out 1 item

Manuscript box Stone, [Wilbur] Macey. ALS to 1931 Dec. 28 corr. out 1 p.

Manuscript box Stone, [Wilbur] Macey. ALS to 1932 Dec. 19 corr. out 1 item

Manuscript box Stone, Wilbur [Macey]. ALS to 1933 Sept. 1 corr. out 1 item

Manuscript box Stone, Wilbur [Macey]. ALS to 1934 Jan. 14 corr. out 1 p.

Manuscript box Stone, [Wilbur] Macey. ALS to 1935 Mar. 4 corr. out 1 item

Stott, Raymond T. ALS to 1931 Sept. 28 corr. out 3 p.

Incoming Correspondence Manuscript box Armstrong, Terence Ian Fytton. 3 ALS and 1 TLS (carbon) to Coppard 1931 - 1946 corr. In 4 items Manuscript box (Coppard) Stone, Wilbur Macey. 6 letters (typewritten and holograph copies) to Coppard 1930 Apr. 14 - 1933 Aug. 19 corr. In 6 items Manuscript box. With his: Swinnerton, Frank Arthur. 88 ALS to Siegfried Sassoon, July 27, 1923-Dec. 30, 1963. Folder 10, enclosed in letter of June 25, 1951 Swinnerton, Frank Arthur. TL (carbon) to Coppard 1951 June 25 corr. In 1 p. Financial Documents Manuscript box (Coppard, A. E.) Check made out to Alfred Edgar Coppard by John Gawsworth 1932 Sept. 15 financial docs. 1 item

Endorsed by Coppard