Title

James Stephens collection of papers, 1908-1939 bulk (1911-1938).

Author

Stephens, James, 1882-1950.

Supplementary Content

• Finding Aid
• Collection guide

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Additional Authors

• Blake, Warren Barton.
• Bodkin, Thomas.
• Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972.
• Dunsany, Lord, 1878-1957.
• Fraser, Claud Lovat, 1890-1921.
• Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932.
• Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup)
• Joyce, James, 1882-1941.
• Mackenna, Stephen, 1872-1934.
• Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, 1872-1953.
• Masefield, John, 1878-1967.
• Moore, George, 1852-1933.
• Russell, George William, 1867-1935.
• Sarton, May, 1912-1995.
• Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926.
• Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.

Description

524 items.

Subjects

• Stephens, James, 1882-1950 > Portraits
• Notebooks
• Correspondence

Genre/Form

• Correspondence.
• Notebooks.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• James Stephens was an Irish poet, short story writer, and novelist.

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 was formerly owned by W. T. H. Howe. There are also materials from Padraic Colum, Crosby Gaige, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, John Quinn, and Anne J. Smith.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

Berg Coll MSS Stephens

Author

Stephens, James, 1882-1950.

Title

James Stephens collection of papers, 1908-1939 bulk (1911-1938).

Summary

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, notebooks from 1911 to 1917, financial documents, portraits, and pictorial works. The manuscripts include holograph poems, stories, essays, criticism, and other material, some of which was published in "Adventures of Seumas Beg" or in his "Collected poems." The typescripts include emended drafts of stories, poems, and miscellaneous notes for works.

The correspondence includes letters from the author, dating from 1910 to 1935, to Warren Barton Blake, Thomas Bodkin, Padraic Colum, Baron Dunsany, Lady Gregory, W. T. H. Howe, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, Clement King Shorter, and others. There are also letters relating to the author, dating from 1913 to 1939, between various correspondents including W. T. H. Howe, George William Russell, and others. There are letters to Stephens from Claud Lovat Fraser, James Joyce, Stephen MacKenna, John Masefield, George Moore, George William Russell, May Sarton, and W. B. Yeats, dating from 1916 to [1938].

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Berg Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

James Stephens was an Irish poet, short story writer, and novelist.

Indexes

Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.

Local Note

Creation of collection-level record funded with the generous support of the Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.

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Collection guide

Added Author

Blake, Warren Barton.

Bodkin, Thomas.

Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972.

Dunsany, Lord, 1878-1957.

Fraser, Claud Lovat, 1890-1921.

Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932.

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

Joyce, James, 1882-1941.

Mackenna, Stephen, 1872-1934.

Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, 1872-1953.

Masefield, John, 1878-1967.

Moore, George, 1852-1933.

Russell, George William, 1867-1935.

Sarton, May, 1912-1995.

Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926.

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

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

Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972. Former owner

Gaige, Crosby, 1882-1949. Former owner

Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, 1872-1953. Former owner

Quinn, John, 1870-1924. Former owner

Smith, Anne J.. Former owner

Research Call Number

Berg Coll MSS Stephens