Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Wagner, Charles A. (Abraham), 1899-
- Extent:
- 0.5 linear feet and 1 box (9 items)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Charles A. Wagner papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Background
- Scope and Content:
Correspondence & an autobiography. This small collection consists of eight miscellaneous letters, all of which (with the exception of the letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt) are addressed to Charles Wagner. The correspondents include: Whittaker Chambers; Albert Einstein; Eva Le Gallienne; Archibald Macleish; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Carl Sandburg; George Bernard Shaw; and Adlai Stevenson. In several cases the correspondent's purpose is to decline an invitation offered by Mr. Wagner. There is also a typescript autobiography of 168 pages
- Biographical / Historical:
Charles Abraham Wagner, 1899-1986. (Columbia A.B., 1923) Executive in literary publishing.
- Acquisition information:
Source of acquisition--Wagner, Charles A. estate. Method of acquisition--Bequest; Date of acquisition--02/20/91. Accession number--M-91-02-20.
Autobiography: Source of acquisition--Wagner, Susan F. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1991. Accession number--M-1991.
- Custodial history:
Gift of the estate of Charles H. Wagner, 1991.
Gift of Susan F. Wagner, 1991.
- Processing information:
Processed MK 03/22/91.
Autobiography Cataloged HR 10/15/91.
- Arrangement:
Cataloged.
- 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
Indexed Terms
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Single photocopies 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:
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Charles A. Wagner papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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6th Floor East Butler Library535 West 114th St.New York, NY 10027, United States
- CONTACT:
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(212) 854-5590rbml@library.columbia.edu