Alan H. Kempner papers, 1809-1981

Creator:: Kempner, Alan H.
Extent:: 0.5 linear feet 1 box
Language:: English .
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.
Biographical / historical:: 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.

Acquisition information:

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.

Custodial history:

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

Processing information:

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

4 books Processed HR 02/12/93.

Arrangement:

Selected items cataloged; remainder arranged.

Accruals:

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

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Alternative form available:

Pearl S. Buck letter is on: microfilm.

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms of access:

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.

Location of this collection:: Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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