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Van Wyck Brooks papers, 1872-1983 (bulk 1900-1963).
LIBRA - Manuscripts Storage Ms. Coll. 650
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- Format:
- Other
- Author/Creator:
- Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Manuscripts for publication.
- Manuscripts, American.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gift of the estate of Van Wyck Brooks, 1964.
- Physical Description:
- 142 boxes
- Place of Publication:
- 1872-1983
- Biography/History:
- American writer, critic, and editor; husband of Eleanor Stimson Brooks; father of Charles Van Wyck Brooks.
- Summary:
- Collection contains 54 boxes of professional and family correspondence; 68 boxes of writings by Brooks, including typescripts, galleys, and notes for books, articles, prefaces, and addresses, as well as juvenalia, diaries, and notebooks; and 20 boxes of memorabilia, photographs, and newspaper clippings.
- Finding Aid/Index:
- Finding aid available through the World Wide Web.
- For a listing of the 2,815 principal correspondents, do the following title search: Van Wyck Brooks papers.
- OCLC:
- 437427279
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