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):
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English
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- 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.
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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
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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 |
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)
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)
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