Burton Egbert Stevenson papers, 1900-1951 (original) (raw)

Collection Summary

Title Burton Egbert Stevenson papers, 1900-1951
Inclusive Dates 1900-1951
ID No. MSS41475
Creator Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872-1962
Extent 7,700 items
Extent 33 containers plus 1 oversize
Extent 13.2 linear feet
Language Collection material in English
Location Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012112
LCCN Permalink LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78041475
Summary Anthologist, author, and librarian. Correspondence with poets and other writers, comments on the origin of quotations, obscure biographical data on literary figures, and negotiations with publishers relating to the compilation of Stevenson's anthologies. Includes correspondence and administrative files from his service as European representative of the American Library Association, including material on the American Library in Paris, founded in 1918. Also contains drafts and copies of his own writings.