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William Plomer collection of papers
- Title
- William Plomer collection of papers, 1921-1973.
- Author
- Plomer, William, 1903-1973.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Permit needed | Berg Coll MSS Plomer | Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
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- Description
- 257 items.
- Biography (note)
- William Plomer was an English poet, novelist, short-story writer, librettist, and songwriter.
- Provenance (note)
- This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. Plomer's essay on Virginia Woolf was a gift of Simon Nowell-Smith.
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- Cataloged
- Call Number
- Berg Coll MSS Plomer
- Author
- Plomer, William, 1903-1973.
- Title
- William Plomer collection of papers, 1921-1973.
- Summary
- This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, and correspondence by the author. The manuscripts and typescripts consist of librettos, essays, interviews, lectures, and poems by the author. The correspondence consists of letters from the author, dating from 1921 to 1973, to Graham Ackroyd, Susan Hill, Simon Nowell-Smith, William Sansom, Leonard Woolf, Virginia Woolf, and others. There is also a letter to Plomer from W. S. Maugham, dated Sept. 30, 1934.
- Biography
- William Plomer was an English poet, novelist, short-story writer, librettist, and songwriter.
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- Added Author
- Ackroyd, Graham.Hill, Susan, 1942-Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965.Nowell-Smith, Simon, 1909-Sansom, William, 1912-Woolf, Leonard, 1880-1969.Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.Nowell-Smith, Simon, 1909- Donor
- Research Call Number
- Berg Coll MSS Plomer