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Edward Weeks Papers

ca. 1934-1989

Offsite Storage Inventory

The Edward Weeks papers are stored offsite and must be requested at least one business day in advance. Contact the Library at library@masshist.org or (617) 536-1608 to request materials. Please discuss your request with the reading room staff before requesting cartons by barcode.

Note: This collection is UNPROCESSED and closed to researchers pending processing.

There are restrictions on the use of this collection. Users must sign an agreement stating that they understand these restrictions before they will be given access to the collection.

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Collection Summary

Related Materials

Arrangement

Acquisition Information

Restrictions on Access

Restrictions on Use

Summary Description of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Access Terms


Collection Summary

Creator: Weeks, Edward, 1898-1989
Title:Edward Weeks papers
Dates:ca. 1934-1989
Physical Description:10 record cartons
Call Number:OFFSITE STORAGE
Repository:Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215
library@masshist.org
Abstract:

This collection consists of personal papers of Edward Weeks, writer and editor of the Atlantic Monthly magazine. Papers include personal correspondence, lectures, notes on writings, and materials on fishing.

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Related Materials

The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin holds a collection of Edward Weeks papers, consisting of 69 boxes of correspondence, manuscript works, proof copies, clippings, and other materials. Please contact the HRC library staff for more information.

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Arrangement

The contents remain in the same arrangement as when they arrived at the MHS but have been reboxed for offsite storage. Dates and subjects may overlap.

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Acquisition Information

Gift of Phoebe-Lou Adams Weeks, July 1999.

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Restrictions on Access

The Edward Weeks papers are stored offsite and must be requested at least one business day in advance. Contact the Library at library@masshist.org or (617) 536-1608 to request materials. Please discuss your request with the reading room staff before requesting cartons by barcode.

Note: This collection is UNPROCESSED and closed to researchers pending processing.

There are restrictions on the use of this collection. Users must sign an agreement stating that they understand these restrictions before they will be given access to the collection.

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Restrictions on Use

The Massachusetts Historical Society does not claim ownership to the literary rights (copyright) of letters and manuscripts written by individuals other than Edward Weeks in this collection. The Massachusetts Historical Society cannot give permission to publish or quote from documents by individuals for whom it does not hold copyright. Use of these materials does not imply permission to publish. It is the sole responsibility of the researcher to obtain formal permission from the owners of the literary rights (copyright) to publish or quote from documents in this collection.

Photocopies are for personal use only. Personal use photocopies may not be donated or deposited in other libraries or archives, or made available to other researchers without the written permission of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

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Summary Description of the Collection

CartonBarcodeContents
Carton 1SH 13IU BPersonal, 1934-36, 1945-47
Carton 2SH 13IV CPersonal, 1948-53
Carton 3SH 13IW DPersonal, 1954-58
Carton 4SH 13IX EPersonal, 1958 (another sequence)-59, 1967-70
Carton 5SH 13IY FPersonal, 1988
Carton 5SH 13IY FPersonal, A-C (rest of alphabetical sequence missing)
Carton 6SH 13IZ GLectures
Carton 7SH 13J1 QEmmanuel Church book series
Carton 7SH 13J1 QBoston Globe book reviews
Carton 7SH 13J1 QDegrees
Carton 8SH 13J2 RAtlantic History
Carton 8SH 13J2 R"This Trade of Writing" (1935)
Carton 8SH 13J2 R"Signs of the Times" (article)
Carton 8SH 13J2 RChautauqua (speeches, correspondence)
Carton 9SH 13J3 SMoisie Salmon Club
Carton 9SH 13J3 SFishing
Carton 10SH 13J4 TMiscellaneous, family ("hodge-podge")

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Preferred Citation

Edward Weeks papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.

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Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.

Organizations:
Atlantic Monthly Magazine.

Subjects:
Authors.
Editors.
Fishing.

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Send reference questions to library@masshist.org.
Prepared by Brenda Lawson, July 2002.
Revised 23 Mar. 2005
Encoded by Aimée Primeaux, Nov. 2004


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