Alan H. Kempner papers, 1809-1981

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

Series I: Correspondence & Manuscripts


Box 1

Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker To Alan H. Kempner, 9 November 1940. (, (Typed letter signed)


Box 1

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor To J. P. Kennard, 13, August 1832, (Manuscript ltter, 3 pages)

(copy, including signature, not in author's hand; note on page 4 concerning the original letter, by J. Wright Oxberry, who made the copy)


Box 1

Dibden, Thomas Frognall To Edard Blore, 25 October 1923., (Autograph letter signed, 1 page)


Box 1

Dickens, Charles To "Dear Madam", 13 December 1852., (Authgraph letter signed, 1 page)

(Fragment, middle of the page cut away)


Box 1

De Quincey, Thomas Confessions of an English Opium Eater., (Autograph manuscript, 2 pages)

(Numbered "Cc")


Box 1

Fuller, Hester Thackeray Ritchie To Anthony [Philip Martineau Walker], (Autograph letter signed, 4 pages)


Box 1

Gladstone, William. [Irish Church Bill], 21, June 1869, (Autograph manuscript, 1 page)

(Written on an envelope; note on Lord Gray's amendment in Gladstone's hand)


Box 1

Gosse, Edmund To William Canton, 23, March 1894, (Autograph letter signed, 2 pages)


Box 1

Kent, Rockwell To Elmer Adler, 1, July 1937, (Typed letter signed, 1 page)


Box 1

Kingsley, Charles To _____, 23, April 1850, (Autograph letter signed, 2 pages)


Box 1

Lytton, Edward George Bulwer To Charles Olliver, 5, December 1828, (Autograph letter signed, 3 pages)

(Fregile, broken at the folds)


Box 1

Masefield, John To Mary Dowdall, 6, February 1920, (Autograph letter signed, 2 pages)


Box 1

Rogers, Samuel To Horace Twiss (1787-1849), [no date] and 1809-8 July 1944., (5 Autograph letters signed; 1 autographed letter; 3 autographed notes signed)


Box 1

Scollard, Clinton To Mrs de Lima, 5 July [n.y.], (Autographed letter signed)


Box 1

Whitman, Walt To William Sloane Kennedy, 11, August 1886, (Autographed post-card signed, with initials)


Box 1

Wordsworth, William To "My dear Sir", [no date], (Autograph letter, 1 page)

(Fragmant of letter, with manuscript note on verso in another hand)

Series II: Photographs, Memorabilia and Miscellaneous


Box 1

Photographs of Alan H. Kempner, 1 folders


Box 1

Photographs of Margaret L. Kempner, 1 folders


Box 1

Kempner, Margaret Loeb. 2 letters to her from Michael Sovern and Ernest W. Michel


Box 1

Play Schools Association calligraphic broadside


Miscellaneous:


Box 1

List of the Alan H. Kempner Library, (60 pages, 2 copies)


Box 1

Prints from the Collection of Alan Kempner. Printed, 3 copies


Box 1

Blank watermarked leaf by Thomar Prado


Box 1

Envelope relating to Samuel Rogers purchase

Series III: Books


Box 1

Kempner, Alan H. The Lane, (2 copies)


Box 1

Kempner, Alan H. Recollection: a Personal Memoir of Alan H. Kempner, (2 copies)


Box 1

Michel, Ernest W. Promises To Keep