Research Catalog

W. H. Auden collection of papers

Title: W. H. Auden collection of papers, 1809-1979 bulk (1927-1973).
Author: Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973.
Supplementary Content: Finding Aid

Available Online

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

Item details
Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
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 Auden	Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

Details

Additional Authors

Description

2,978 items.

Summary

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, notebooks dating from [1928] to [1973], undated commonplace books, diaries for 1959 through 1973, journals for 1929 through 1964, legal and financial documents, a certificate, portraits, and pictorial works.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Certificates.
Commonplace books.
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Notebooks.

Access (note)

Restricted access;

Biography (note)

Wystan Hugh Auden was a poet, translator, literary critic, librettist, and playwright.

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. The bulk of the materials is from Elizabeth Mayer, Caroline Newton, and the Group Theatre archive. Other items came with Auden's correspondence to various individuals or with material relating to him. Some of the material was a gift from Dr. John Auden, Wendell Stacy Johnson, Eric Sheffield, and Monroe Spears.

Call Number

Berg Coll MSS Auden

OCLC

NYPW03-A241

Author

Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973.

Title

W. H. Auden collection of papers, 1809-1979 bulk (1927-1973).

Access

Restricted access; Berg Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

Wystan Hugh Auden was a poet, translator, literary critic, librettist, and playwright.

Provenance

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. The bulk of the materials is from Elizabeth Mayer, Caroline Newton, and the Group Theatre archive. Other items came with Auden's correspondence to various individuals or with material relating to him. Some of the material was a gift from Dr. John Auden, Wendell Stacy Johnson, Eric Sheffield, and Monroe Spears.

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.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Finding Aid

Added Author

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Coghill, Nevill, 1899-

Cogswell, Wayne.

Doone, Rupert, 1903-1966.

Fox, Orlan.

Griffin, Howard, 1915-1975.

Jaffe, Rhoda.

Kenmore, Noemi.

Luke, David, 1921-

Mayer, Elizabeth.

Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927-2019.

Newton, Caroline, 1893-

Salus, Peter H.

Sarton, May, 1912-1995.

Spears, Monroe Kirklyndorf.

Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995.

Stern, James, 1904-

Stern, Tania.

Ansen, Alan.

Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975.

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.

Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986.

Merrill, James, 1926-1995.

Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964.

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

Mayer, Elizabeth. Former owner

Newton, Caroline, 1893- Former owner

Johnson, Wendell Stacy, 1927- dnr.

Sheffield, Eric. dnr.

Spears, Monroe Kirklyndorf. dnr.

Group Theatre (U.S.) Former owner

Research Call Number

Berg Coll MSS Auden

View in Legacy Catalog