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Additional authors

1. Austin, Mary, 1868-1934
2. Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937
3. Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962
4. Colvin, Sidney, 1845-1927
5. Curle, Richard, 1883-1968
6. Dent, J. M. (Joseph Malaby), 1849-1926
7. Douglas, Norman, 1868-1952
8. Follett, Wilson, 1887-1963
9. Ford, Ford Madox, 1873-1939
10. Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933
11. Garnett, Edward, 1868-1937
12. Gissing, George, 1857-1903
13. Hastings, Basil Macdonald, 1881-1928
14. Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup), 1868-1939
15. James, Henry, 1843-1916
16. Jean-Aubry, G. (Georges), 1882-1950
17. Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936
18. Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957
19. Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward), 1864-1940
20. Pinker, James B., 1863-1922
21. Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970
22. Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926
23. Unwin, T. Fisher (Thomas Fisher), 1848-1935
24. Willard, Catherine
25. Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937
26. Wood, Cecil Thomas, 1903-
27. Gordan, John D., 1907-1968
28. Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup), 1868-1939
29. Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945
30. Pforzheimer, Arthur
31. Quinn, John, 1870-1924
32. Robertson, Struan, Mrs
33. Young, Owen D., 1874-
34. Doubleday, Page & Company
35. J.M. Dent & Sons
36. Heinemann (Firm)
37. Metheun & Co.
38. James B. Pinker and Son
39. T. Fisher Unwin (Firm)

Description

1. 4,563 items.

Summary

1. This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts by and about the author, correspondence, financial and legal documents, portraits, and pictorial works. The manuscripts and typescripts include novels, stories, plays, and essays by the author, including the holograph of "The Secret Sharer" and the typescript of "Victory," as well as essays, reviews, bibliographies, and notes on his works by Richard Curle, Wilson Follett, Ford Madox Ford, John Galsworthy, Cecil Thomas Wood, and others. The correspondence, dating from 1885 to 1924, includes letters from the author to J. M. Barrie, Sir Sidney Colvin, J. M. Dent, Ford Madox Ford, Edward Garnett, W. T. H. Howe, James B. Pinker, T. Fisher Unwin, Catherine Willard, and others. Also present are letters relating to the author, dating from 1900 through 1956, between various correspondents including Georges Aubry, Sir Sidney Carlyle Cockerell, Sir Sidney Colvin, Norman Douglas, John Galsworthy, Christopher Morley, Bertrand Russell, Clement King Shorter, Thomas James Wise, J. M. Dent & Sons, William Heinemann, Ltd., Metheun & Co., James B. Pinker and Son, T. Fisher Unwin, and others. There are letters to Conrad from Mary Austin, Richard Curle, J. M. Dent and Sons, Doubleday, Page & Co., Ford Madox Ford, George Gissing, Basil Macdonald Hastings, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, Clement King Shorter, T. Fisher Unwin, and others, dating from 1896 to 1923.

Subject

1. Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.

Genre/Form

1. Correspondence.

Call number

1. Berg Coll MSS Conrad

Language

1. English

Note

1. Planter of Malata in *Z-10366

Biography (note)

1. Joseph Conrad was a British novelist, essayist, short-story writer, playwright, and translator.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.

Provenance (note)

1. This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. The bulk of the materials were donated as a bequest of John D. Gordan. Other former owners include W. T. H. Howe, Owen D. Young, Jerome Kern, A. Edward Newton, Arthur Pforzheimer, John Quinn, and Mrs. Struan Robertson.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged
2. Will microfilm;

Processing action

1. Will microfilm; 20080603

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding Aid

Research call number

1. Berg Coll MSS Conrad [Text]
2. *Z-10343 [Microfilm]
3. *Z-10366 [Microfilm]