Research Catalog

Title

John Masefield collection of papers, 1894-[1966] bulk (1902-[1956]).

Author

Masefield, John, 1878-1967.

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

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Details

Additional Authors

• Clark, Leonard.
• Freeman, Marilla Waite.
• Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933.
• Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932.
• Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, 1872-1953.
• Mooney, Ria, 1903-1973.
• O'Connor, Ann, Mrs.
• Richards, Grant, 1872-1948.
• Robins, Elizabeth, 1862-1952.
• Yeats, Jack B. (Jack Butler), 1871-1957.
• Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.

Description

952 items.

Subjects

• Masefield, John, 1878-1967
• Notebooks
• Masefield, John, 1878-1967 > Portraits
• Correspondence

Genre/Form

• Correspondence.
• Notebooks.

Biography (note)

• John Masefield was a British poet, novelist, essayist and playwright.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.

Provenance (note)

• This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. The bulk of the materials is from W. T. H. Howe, from the estate of Gerald D. McDonald, and Henry W. and Albert A. Berg. Other materials came with Masefield's correspondence with Elizabeth Robins and with Lady Gregory's papers. His "Ballades of cold corpses" was a gift of Sally and Lew David Feldman in memory of John Dozier Gordan.

Call Number

Berg Coll MSS Masefield

Author

Masefield, John, 1878-1967.

Title

John Masefield collection of papers, 1894-[1966] bulk (1902-[1956]).

Summary

This is a synthetic collection consisting of portraits, pictorial works, manuscripts, typescripts by and about the author; a diary for 1894, a notebook, legal documents, and correspondence. There is an original water color sketch of the author by Jack B. Yeats and an original water color and ink drawing by Yeats. The manuscripts include holographs of stories, poems and drafts of poems, plays and play synopses, and autogbiographical notes. The typescripts include poems and essays.

The correspondence includes letters, from 1901-[1966], from the author to Leonard Clark, Marilla Waite Freeman, Lady Gregory (1903-[1930]), to Sir Edward Howard Marsh (1912-[1937]); to his typist, Ann O'Connor ([1960?]-[1966]); to Grant Richards, Elizabeth Robins (1909-1912), William Butler Yeats, and others. There are also letters, from [1902]-[1955], from Jack Butler Yeats to Ria Mooney, and between various correspondents relating to, or mentioning, the author. There are letters to the author from John Galsworthy, Elizabeth Robins, and others, dating from 1909 to 1910.

Biography

John Masefield was a British poet, novelist, essayist and playwright.

Indexes

Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.

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Finding Aid

Added Author

Clark, Leonard.

Freeman, Marilla Waite.

Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933.

Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932.

Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, 1872-1953.

Mooney, Ria, 1903-1973.

O'Connor, Ann, Mrs.

Richards, Grant, 1872-1948.

Robins, Elizabeth, 1862-1952.

Yeats, Jack B. (Jack Butler), 1871-1957.

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.

Berg, Albert Ashton, 1872-1950. Former owner

Berg, Henry W., 1858-1938. Former owner

Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932. Former owner

Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup) Former owner

McDonald, Gerald D. (Gerald Doan), 1905- Former owner

Feldman, Lew David. Donor

Feldman, Sally. Donor

Research Call Number

Berg Coll MSS Masefield