Alan H. Kempner papers, 1809-1981

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0700
Bib ID:
4078412 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Kempner, Alan H.
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
0.5 linear feet (1 box)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Description

Scope and Content

A collection of letters and manuscripts of English and American authors, including one item from each of the following: Pearl S. Buck, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Thomas De Quincey, Thomas Frognall Dibden, Charles Dickens, William Ewart Gladstone, Edmund Gosse, Hester Thackeray Ritchie Fuller, Rockwell Kent, Charles Kingsley, Edward George Bulwer Lytton, John Masefield, Clinton Scollard, William Wordsworth and Walt Whitman. In addition, there are 8 letters from Samuel Rogers (1763-1855) to Mr. and Mrs. Horace Twiss (Annie Sterky Greenwood Twiss), photographs of Alan and Margaret Kempner and miscellaneous Kempner items.

Arrangement

Selected items cataloged; remainder arranged.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Readers must use microfilm of materials specified above.

Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Librarian for Rare Books and Manuscripts.

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Alan H. Kempner papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Alternate Form Available

Pearl S. Buck letter is on: microfilm.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Alan H. Kempner, 1975; Gift of Margaret L. Kempner, 1986.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Literary letters and mss: Source of acquisition--Kempner, Alan H. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1975. Accession number--M-1975.

Literary letters and mss: Source of acquisition--Kempner, Margaret L. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--01/02/86. Accession number--M-86-01-02.

4 books: Source of acquisition--Kempner, M.L. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--01/02/86. Accession number--M-86-01-02.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Literary letters and mss Processed BRC 06/--/86.

Literary letters and mss Processed BRC 06/--/86.

4 books Processed HR 02/12/93.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2012-04-17 EAD created by PTL

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical sketch

Alan Kempner (Columbia A.B., 1917) was a stockbroker, publishing executive, book collector and philanthropist who donated books, manuscripts and drawings to Columbia University Libraries.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Certificates CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lists (document genres) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Manuscripts (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Notes (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sheaf catalogs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Adler, Elmer, 1884-1962 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Blore, Edward, 1787-1879 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Buck, Pearl S (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Canton, William, 1845-1926 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776-1847 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Gladstone, W. E (William Ewart), 1809-1898 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kennedy, William Sloane, 1850-1929 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Masefield, John, 1878-1967 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Ollier, Charles, 1788-1859 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Scollard, Clinton, 1860-1932 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Twiss, Horace, 1787-1849 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Artists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Authors, American CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Authors, English CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Catalogs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Novelists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Poets CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Politicians CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Prime ministers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Statesmen CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Women authors, American CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID