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Arthur Symons collection of papers

Title: Arthur Symons collection of papers, 1888-1933.
Author: Symons, Arthur, 1865-1945.
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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 Symons, A	Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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Description

159 items.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Correspondence.

Biography (note)

Arthur Symons was a Welsh poet, playwright, art and literary critic, essayist, translator, and biographer.

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. Previous owners include Frank Fletcher, Lady Gregory, W. T. H. Howe, John Quinn, and W. Van R. Whitall. Some materials are from a bequest by John D. Gordan.

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Berg Coll MSS Symons, A

Author

Symons, Arthur, 1865-1945.

Title

Arthur Symons collection of papers, 1888-1933.

Summary

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, and correspondence. The manuscripts and typescripts consist of poems, essays, plays, and lists of works by the author, as well as translations of Arthur Rimbaud in Symons's hand, and a reader's report on Symons by Edward Garnett. The correspondence consists of letters by the author, dating from [1890] to 1933, to Mackenzie Bell, Lady Isabella Augusta Persse Gregory, Elkin Mathews, Clement King Shorter, Algernon Charles Swinburne, and others, as well as letters relating to the author, dating from [1908] to 1924, between various correspondents including Rhoda Symons, William Butler Yeats, the literary agency J. B. Pinker and Son, and others.

Biography

Arthur Symons was a Welsh poet, playwright, art and literary critic, essayist, translator, and biographer.

Indexes

Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.

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Bell, Mackenzie, 1856-1930.

Garnett, Edward, 1868-1937.

Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932.

Mathews, Elkin, 1851-1921.

Rimbaud, Arthur, 1854-1891.

Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926.

Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909.

Symons, Rhoda, 1874?-1936.

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

Fletcher, Frank, 1870-1954. Former owner

Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932. Former owner

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

Quinn, John, 1870-1924. Former owner

Whitall, William Van R.. Former owner

James B. Pinker and Son.

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