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Joseph Stiglitz papers, 1970s-2019
240 linear feetThe collection contains manuscript drafts for many of Stiglitz's books, as well as article drafts and copies of speeches and lectures from throughout his career. There are files related to his work with the White House on the Council of Economic Advisors and from his time as the Chief Economist of the World Bank. There is a small amount of material relating to his teaching and other academic activities such as conferences.
Women's National Book Association records, 1917-2020
72 linear feetAnn Durell, Children's Books Editor, Holt, Rinehart & Winston Box 129
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2004 Bookwoman of the Year Marta Salij, Book Editor, Detroit Free Press, 2004 Box 130
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- 2004 Bookwoman of the Year Marta Salij, Book Editor, Detroit Free Press, 2004
Random House records, 1925-1999
702 linear feetThe collection consists of the editorial and production archives of Random House, Inc. from its founding in 1925 to the 1990s. The correspondence and editorial files include many of the prominent novelists and short story writers from 20th-century American and European literature: Saul Bellow; Erskine Caldwell; Truman Capote; William Faulkner; Sinclair Lewis; André Malraux; Gertrude Stein and Thornton Wilder. Among the poets there are files for W. H. Auden; Allen Ginsberg; Robinson Jeffers; Robert Lowell; and Stephen Spender. In the area of theater there are files for Maxwell Anderson; Moss Hart; Lillian Hellman; Eugene O'Neill; and Tennessee Williams. Random House transacted business with many fine presses and noted typographers and the archives contain files for Nonesuch Press, Grabhorn Press and Golden Cockerel Press, as wll as for Bruce Rogers, Valenti Angelo, and Edwin, Jane, and Robert Grabhorn.
This Week's Glove-Compartment Auto Book, Editor: Howard Price, 1964 Box 686
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Elisabeth Sifton Papers, 1962-2010, bulk 1984-2000
11.75 linear feetThe Elisabeth Sifton Papers span much of Mrs. Sifton's working life. General correspondence is filed alphabetically by last name and includes correspondence related to the day-to-day business of publising, as well as correspondence related to projects ultimately not realized by Mrs. Sifton. Author-specific files deal with projects that Mrs. Sifton worked extensively on. Some files lack information that remains in the archives of the publishing house where the project was completed. Work life files deal with involvement in various professional associations, classes taught by Mrs. Sifton, and some of Mrs. Sifton's own published writing.
Sidney Kramer papers and library, 1940s-1980s
176 linear feetPapers and 50 boxes of paperback books.
New Press records, 1992-2014, bulk 1993-2011
99 linear feetAndré Schiffrin papers, 1944-2014
10.5 linear feetThe collection consists of a wide range of material from early Pantheon papers (1944-1963) pertaining to the presence of Jacques Schiffrin and Helen and Kurt Wolff, including correspondence, business files, manuscripts and proofs, book covers, and media clippings. Later papers include correspondence and business files from Andre Schiffrin's time at Pantheon, followed by press clippings and correspondence regarding his forced removal, his launch of New Press, books he published, and finally personal papers that include notebooks, travel diaries and journals, along with his articles in various publications and miscellaneous press that he'd collected for personal interest.
Donald C. Brace Papers, 1839-1991, bulk 1901-1955
3 linear feetSophie Wilkins papers, 1930s-2003
17.22 linear feetW. J. Strachan letters, 1954-1992
0.5 linear feetStrachan's correspondence with his primary publisher, Peter Owen of London relates chiefly to the nuts and bolts of translation and publication. The translations that are the subject matter of the letters are of Hermann Hesse, Caesar Pavese, Marc Chagall, Jean Cocteau, and Julien Gracq. The majority of the letters are accompanied by retained copies of the replies of Peter Owen. Included is Owen's correspondence with the American publisher George Wittenborn.