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Daniel Longwell papers, circa 1920-1974
90 boxesPapers documenting Longwell's influential career in publishing and journalism. There are files of correspondence with such notables as Sir Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Hart Benton, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Christopher Morley, and H.L. Mencken as well as artists such as Tom Lea and Peter Hurd. Also, correspondence and memoranda dealing with the Time-Life organization, among them an extensive series of letters from Henry R. Luce and various editors of the magazines.
New Press records, 1992-2014, bulk 1993-2011
99 linear feetJacob Rabinowitz letters, 1978-1993
0.5 linear feetLetters from William Burroughs, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, and others concerning his poetry and translations and about their own lives. There are also a few poems and photographs.
Humphrey Carpenter papers, 1978-1982
1 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, and documents gathered by Carpenter in writing his W.H. AUDEN: A BIOGRAPHY, including correspondence and recollections of Auden from friends and acquaintances, and the typescript of Carpenter's first draft of the book. Correspondents include Sir Cecil Beaton, Sir Isaiah Berlin, Christopher Isherwood, Sir Peter Pears, Frederick Prokosch, Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, and Stephen Spender.
Mike Jahn papers, 1976-2004
4 linear feetManuscripts, proofs and printed copies of eight novels by Jahn: Night Rituals (New York, W.W. Norton & Co., c1982); The Quark Maneuver (New York, Ballantine Books, c1977); Murder In Central Park; Murder In Coney Island; Murder On Fifth Avenue; Murder At The Museum Of Natural History; Murder On Theatre Row; Murder On The Waterfront
Independent Literary Agents Association records, 1975-1989
3 linear feetCorrespondence, by-laws, memoranda, contracts, permission forms, reports, bank statements and other legal papers, advertising, and printed materials.
Don Congdon records, 1973-2018
59 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, memoranda, contracts, and miscellaneous material from the files of Don Congdon Associates, Inc., literary agency, dealing with the editing and publishing of American and English books, serial rights, reprints, dramatic rights, translations, foreign rights, promotion, and copyright restrictions. Select files pre-date the firm's establishment because some clients of Harold Matson Company, Inc. became clients of Don Congdon Associates, Inc. The cataloged correspondence include: Ray Bradbury, Lillian Hellman, William Manchester, William Shirer, William Styron, and Francois Truffaut.
First Poems of American Poets records, 1969-1970
0.5 linear feetCorrespondence and manuscripts of many authors who were asked to contribute to the proposed anthology, as well as letters from publishers to whom the project had been offered. Among the cataloged correspondents are: John Ashbery, W.H. Auden, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, David Ignatow, W.S. Merwin, Ron Padgett, and May Sarton.
George Dowden papers on the Allen Ginsberg bibliography, 1966-1971
2 linear feetCorrespondence, working notes, and drafts used by Dowden (b. ca. 1933) in compiling his work A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS BY ALLEN GINSBERG. Dowden corresponded with many writers, publishers, editors, and libraries in compiling a comprehensive bibliography of Allen Ginsberg's poetry and prose, published before 1 July 1967. Among the correspondents are Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, John Clellon Holmes, Robert La Vigne, Gerard Malanga, Fernanda Pivano, and Gary Snyder.
John Cushman Associates records, 1965-1978
61.5 linear feetThe files of John Cushman Associates, Inc. include correspondence with authors, publishers, and other agents and deal with the editing and publishing of American and English books, serial rights, reprints, dramatic rights, translations, foreign rights, promotion, and copyright registration.