Research Catalog
Frederick Rolfe collection of papers
- Title
- Frederick Rolfe collection of papers, 1891-1954 bulk (1891-1910)
- Author
- Rolfe, Frederick, 1860-1913.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
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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 Rolfe | Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Astor, William Waldorf Astor, Viscount, 1848-1919.
- Benson, Robert, 1850-1929.
- Deighton, Winifred.
- Green, Leonard.
- Kains-Jackson, Charles Philip.
- Maquay, G. T.
- Nicholson, John Gambril, 1861-1931.
- Ragg, Laura Maria Roberts.
- Ragg, Lonsdale, 1866-1945.
- White, Nancy Gleeson.
- John Shaw Billings Memorial Collection.
- Description
- 48 items.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence.
- Biography (note)
- Frederick Rolfe was an English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. He wrote under the pseudonym Baron Corvo.
- 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 W. T. H. Howe. The typescript was purchased with the John Shaw Billings Memorial Collection fund.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- Berg Coll MSS Rolfe
- Author
- Rolfe, Frederick, 1860-1913.
- Title
- Frederick Rolfe collection of papers, 1891-1954 bulk (1891-1910)
- Summary
- This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, a typescript, and correspondence. The manuscripts include a poem and lists of books and characters; the typescript is a carbon of "Unpublished Letters of Baron Corvo." The correspondence consists of letters from the author, dating from 1891 to 1911, to W. W. Astor, Charles Philip Kains-Jackson, G. T. Maquay, and Lonsdale Ragg, as well as letters relating to the author, dating from [1891?] to 1954, between various correspondents, including R. H. Benson, Winifred E. Deighton, Leonard H. Green, Charles Philip Kains-Jackson, John Gambril Nicholson, Laura Ragg, Lonsdale Ragg, Nancy Gleeson White, and others. There is also an August 1909 letter to Rolfe from Lonsdale Ragg.
- Biography
- Frederick Rolfe was an English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. He wrote under the pseudonym Baron Corvo.
- 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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- Added Author
- John Shaw Billings Memorial Collection.Astor, William Waldorf Astor, Viscount, 1848-1919.Benson, Robert, 1850-1929.Deighton, Winifred.Green, Leonard.Kains-Jackson, Charles Philip.Maquay, G. T.Nicholson, John Gambril, 1861-1931.Ragg, Laura Maria Roberts.Ragg, Lonsdale, 1866-1945.White, Nancy Gleeson.Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975. Former ownerHowe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup) Former owner
- Research Call Number
- Berg Coll MSS Rolfe