]> BRGFORST Guide to the E. M. Forster collection of papers, 1904-1969 Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.

Machine readable finding aid created 2006. Description is in English Berg Coll MSS ForsterGuide to the E. M. Forster collection of papers, 1904-1969 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 with the generous support of the Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.

Descriptive Summary E. M. Forster collection of papers, 1904-1969 Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970. Berg Coll MSS Forster656 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 correspondence. Subjects Personal Names Ackerley, J. R. (Joe Randolph), 1896-1967. Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931. Ford, Ford Madox, 1873-1939. Hart, Elizabeth. Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, 1872-1953. Plomer, William, 1903-1973. Sackville-West, Edward, Hon., 1901-1965. Woolf, Leonard, 1880-1969. Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. Johnson, Wendell Stacy, 1927- donor. Edge, Elizabeth (Dillingham) Hart, donor. Organizations Edward Arnold (Publishers) Society of Authors (Great Britain) Subjects Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970. Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. Document Types Correspondence Administration Information Source

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. Donors include Wendell Stacy Johnson and the estate of Elizabeth (Dillingham) Hart Edge.

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

E. M. Forster was a British novelist, essayist, and critic.

Scope and Content Note

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and correspondence. The manuscripts include a holograph poem, an essay on Virginia Woolf, and drafts of essays. There are manuscripts by Joe Randolph Ackerley, William Plomer, and others relating to the author. The correspondence includes letters by the author, dating from [1904] to 1969, to Edward Arnold & Co., publishers; Arnold Bennett, Ford Madox Ford, Elizabeth Hart, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, Edward Sackville-West, the Society of Authors, Leonard Woolf, Virginia Woolf, and others. Also included are letters relating to the author, dating from 1904-1960, between various correspondents including Sir Edward Howard Marsh, Leonard Woolf, Virginia Woolf, and others.There are letters written to the author from Robin Mayor, Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols, and Virginia Woolf, dating from 1922 to 1942.

Series Descriptions/Container List Manuscripts Manuscripts written by Forster Manuscript box Anniversary ode on the death of the Duchess of Connaught, An. 1916-1917. Holograph poem. On Turf Club, Cairo, notepaper. n.d. ms. 5 p.

Sent to Virginia Woolf

Manuscript box Answers to national service questionnaire [1939?] ms. 4 p. Manuscript box India and the crisis. Holograph draft of article, with the author's extensive alterations, deletions and additions n.d. ms. (emended) 6 p. Manuscript box Introduction [to Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson's Letters from John Chinaman]. Holograph draft n.d. ms. 7 p.

Accompanied by his: ALS to Sir Stanley Unwin. West Hailhurst, Abinger Hammer, Dorking [Eng.] Sept. 2, 1945. 1 l.; Published London, G. Allen & Unwin, 1946

Cased Rose show, The. Holograph draft of review of The press and poetry of modern Persia by Edward G. Browne 1914 July 8 ms. 6 p.

With instructions to printer pencilled on manuscript

Cased Virginia Woolf. Holograph essay n.d. ms. 19 p.

Published in his Abinger Harvest

Manuscripts relating to Forster Manuscript box Ackerley, Joe Randolph. E. M. Forster. Holograph and typescript memoir n.d. ms. 38 p. Manuscript box (Forster) Davies, John (1565?-1618). "Faustinus, Sextus, Cinna, Ponticus." Manuscript poem in E. M. Forster's hand n.d. ms. 1 p.

Sent to Virginia Woolf

Manuscript box Plomer, William. E. M. Forster. Holograph n.d. ms. 2 p.

Signed with initials. With author's note authenticating that it was written "for the Aldeburgh Festival programme (?date)"

Manuscript box Plomer, William. Forster, Edward Morgan (1879- ). Holograph [1961] ms. 6 p.

Signed with initials. With author's note authenticating that it was written for the Encyclopedia Britannica, 1961

Correspondence Outgoing Correspondence Manuscript box ANS to Ralph Abercrombie. On card 1949 Jan. 4 corr. out 1 item Manuscript box 69 ALS, 22 ANS, 19 TLS, 8 TNS to Edward Arnold & Co. publishers 1908 Sept. 10 - 1939 Apr. 24 corr. out 118 items in 14 folders Manuscript box 5 ALS to Arnold Bennett. 1928 Aug. 27 - 1928 Nov. 8 corr. out 5 items

With TL (carbon) reply, Sept. 1, 1928

Manuscript box ALS to Bramley (?) 1924 Oct. 2 corr. out 1 p.

Manuscript box. In his: 43 ALS, 1 TLS, 4 postcards to Virginia Woolf. At top of p. 1 of letter of July 19, 1926. Folder 4 AN to Lady Sibyl Halsey Colefax 1926 July 19 corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box ALS to Rupert Doone 193[9?] Dec. 13 corr. out 1 p.

Came with the Group theatre archive

Manuscript box ALS to Ford Madox Ford 1908 Dec. 13 corr. out 2 p. Manuscript box ALS to John Freeman 1927 Nov. 13 corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box ALS to John Freeman 1928 June 28 corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box ALS to Florence Emily Dugdale Hardy 1936 June 10 corr. out 1 p.

Removed from his: Pharos and Pharillon. Richmond [Eng.]: By L. and V. Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1923

Manuscript box 40 ALS, 16 ANS, 3 TLS, 1 TNS, 8 postcards to Elizabeth Hart 1960 Oct. 20 - 1969 Dec. 30 corr. out 68 items in 14 folders

Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth (Dillingham) Hart Edge

Manuscript box ALS to Professor Hitchcock 1962 Dec. 13 corr. out 1 p.

Gift of Wendell Stacy Johnson

Manuscript box 27 ALS and 7 postcards to Sir Edward Howard Marsh 1909 Nov. 11 - 1938 Mar. 29 corr. out 34 items in 7 folders Manuscript box ALS to Samuel Menashe 1960 Aug. 22 corr. out 1 item Manuscript box ALS to Philip O'Connor 1957 Jan. 10 corr. out 2 p. Manuscript box ALS to Comtesse de Rosales 1924 Dec. 1 corr. out 3 p.

Accompanying material wanting. B.

Manuscript box ALS to Marchesa de Rosales 1924 Dec. 13 corr. out 1 item

Manuscript box 19 ALS and 4 postcards to Edward Sackville-West 1926 July 20 - 1948 Aug. 12 corr. out 23 items in 5 folders Manuscript box 141 ALS, 39 ANS, 19 TLS, 6 TNS, 2 TL, 2 telegrams, and 12 postcards to the Society of Authors 1920 Apr. 6 - 1966 Apr. 6 corr. out 221 items in 44 folders Manuscript box ALS to Sir Stanley Unwin 1945 Sept. 2 corr. out 1 item

With his: Introduction [to Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson's Letter from John Chinaman] Holograph draft

Manuscript box 9 ALS, 1 TLS, 1 postcard to [--?]. Mr. Wilson is a member of the firm Bumpus Wilson 1925 Jan. 28 - 1928 May 8 corr. out 11 items in 2 folders Manuscript box 43 ALS, 1 TLS, 4 postcards to Virginia Woolf 1915 July 10 - 1941 Mar. 3 corr. out 48 items in 9 folders

At top of p. 1 of letter of July 19, 1926, his: AN to Lady Sibyl (Halsey) Colefax. July 19, 1926. 1 p. Folder 4

Manuscript box 69 ALS, 3 TLS, and 11 postcards to Leonard Sidney Woolf [1904 Oct. 22] - 1942 Dec. 17 corr. out 83 items in 17 folders

Letter of [March 1942] is written on p. 2 of: Mayor, Robin. ALS to Edward Morgan Forster. March 5, 1942. 1 l. Folder 16

Incoming Correspondence Manuscript box Mayor, Robin. ALS to Forster 1942 Mar. 5 in. corr. 1 leaf

With: Forster, E. M. 69 ALS, 3 TLS, 11 postcards to Leonard Sidney Woolf. 1904-1942. Folder 16

Manuscript box Nichols, Robert Malise Bowyer. ALS to Forster 1924 Sept. 29 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box Woolf, Virginia. 3 ALS, 2 TLS to Forster 1922 Jan. 21 - 1930 Jan. 3 in. corr. 5 items Related Correspondence Manuscript box Marsh, Sir Edward Howard. ALS to Leonard Sidney Woolf. Relates to Virginia Woolf's The death of the moth; mentions E. M. Forster 1942 June 15 related corr. 1 item Manuscript box (Woolf) Martin, Kingsley. 3 ALS, 3 TLS to Leonard Sidney Woolf. Letters of Sept. 7 and 12, 1929, relate to J. M. Keynes; letter of Sept. 27, 1935 mentions E. M. Forster 1929 Sept. 7 - 1939 Sept. 17 related corr. 6 items Manuscript box (Woolf) Meredith, Hugh Owen. 2 ALS to Virginia Woolf. Letter of Feb. 9, 1912, mentions Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill and Edward Morgan Forster 1912 Feb. 9; 1912 Mar. 6 related corr. 2 items Manuscript box (Forster) Poston, Elizabeth. TLS to the Society of Authors. Relates to E. M. Forster 1960 Dec. 17 related corr. 1 item Manuscript box Trevelyan, Robert Calverley. 3 ALS to Leonard Sidney Woolf. Mention E. M. Forster, Desmond MacCarthy, Bernard Shaw, and Lytton Strachey 1904 Apr. 8 - 1905 Dec. related corr. 3 items

Enclosed in letter of Dec. 1905: MacCarthy, Desmond. The Irish plays. Clipping from The Speaker, Dec. 9, 1905, paginated 251-252. Relates to National theatre society, ltd., Dublin

Manuscript box Woolf, Virginia. ALS to Alice Clara Forster. Correspondent is mother of E. M. Forster [n.y.] Oct. 25 related corr. 1 item