Research Catalog

Title

T. S. Eliot collection of papers, 1918-1989 bulk (1918-1957).

Author

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973.
• Gallup, Donald Clifford, 1913-
• Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965.
• Miller, Henry, 1891-1980.
• Morley, F. V. (Frank Vigor), 1899-
• O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964.
• Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972.
• Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995.
• Beach, Sylvia.
• Doone, Rupert, 1903-1966.
• Haigh-Wood, Ahme.
• Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927-2019.
• Rainer, Dachine.
• Roberts, Michael, 1902-1948.
• Sackville-West, Edward, 1901-1965.
• Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977.
• Watkins, Vernon Phillips, 1906-1967.
• Wolfe, Humbert, 1885-1940.
• Woolf, Leonard, 1880-1969.
• Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.
• Cather, Willa, 1873-1947.
• Kazin, Alfred, 1915-1998.
• Ozick, Cynthia.
• Read, Herbert, 1893-1968.
• Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980.
• Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964.
• Steloff, Frances, 1887-
• Strachey, Lytton, 1880-1932.
• James Joyce Society (New York, N.Y.)
• American Play Company. fmo
• Group Theatre (U.S.) fmo

Description

648 items.

Summary

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence by and about the author, an undated notebook, legal documents, and portraits of the author.

Subject

• Eliot, T. S (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 > Portraits

Biography (note)

• T. S. Eliot was an American and British poet, playwright, literary critic, and essayist.

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 material was previously owned by Frank V. Morley. Other materials were formerly owned by Louis C. Greene, Leonard Clark, Henry Miller, the American Play Company, the Group Theatre archive, and John Quinn, the former owner of "The Waste Land" typescript/manuscript. The collection also includes gifts by Robert Giroux and Eric Sheffield. Donald Gallup's volume of the "Lost Manuscripts" of T. S. Eliot is inscribed by the author to the Berg Collection.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

Berg Coll MSS Eliot, TS

OCLC

NYPW03-A219

Author

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.

Title

T. S. Eliot collection of papers, 1918-1989 bulk (1918-1957).

Biography

T. S. Eliot was an American and British poet, playwright, literary critic, and essayist.

Provenance

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. The bulk of the material was previously owned by Frank V. Morley. Other materials were formerly owned by Louis C. Greene, Leonard Clark, Henry Miller, the American Play Company, the Group Theatre archive, and John Quinn, the former owner of "The Waste Land" typescript/manuscript. The collection also includes gifts by Robert Giroux and Eric Sheffield. Donald Gallup's volume of the "Lost Manuscripts" of T. S. Eliot is inscribed by the author to the Berg Collection.

Indexes

Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Finding Aid

Added Author

Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973.

Gallup, Donald Clifford, 1913-

Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965.

Miller, Henry, 1891-1980.

Morley, F. V. (Frank Vigor), 1899-

O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964.

Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972.

Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995.

Beach, Sylvia.

Doone, Rupert, 1903-1966.

Haigh-Wood, Ahme.

Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927-2019.

Rainer, Dachine.

Roberts, Michael, 1902-1948.

Sackville-West, Edward, 1901-1965.

Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977.

Watkins, Vernon Phillips, 1906-1967.

Wolfe, Humbert, 1885-1940.

Woolf, Leonard, 1880-1969.

Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.

Cather, Willa, 1873-1947.

Kazin, Alfred, 1915-1998.

Ozick, Cynthia.

Read, Herbert, 1893-1968.

Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980.

Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964.

Steloff, Frances, 1887-

Strachey, Lytton, 1880-1932.

Morley, F. V. (Frank Vigor), 1899- Former owner

Greene, Louise C. Former owner

Clark, Leonard. Former owner

Miller, Henry, 1891-1980. Former owner

Quinn, John, 1870-1924. Former owner

Giroux, Robert. Donor

Sheffield, Eric. Donor

Gallup, Donald Clifford, 1913- Inscriber

James Joyce Society (New York, N.Y.)

American Play Company. Former owner

Group Theatre (U.S.) Former owner

Research Call Number

Berg Coll MSS Eliot, TS