Dalkey Archive Press records, 1972-2018, bulk 1990-2011

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Series VI: Correspondence, 1972, 1979-2007

The majority of the correspondence in the collection is filed in context within the Press' editorial and production files. This series contains John O'Brien's correspondence files and small amounts of other general correspondence from authors and other business contacts.


Subseries VI.1: John O'Brien Correspondence, 1972-1991

This subseries contains correspondence files related to John O'Brien. There is a general correspondence file that includes both incoming and outgoing correspondence. This subseries also contains a set of carbon copies of outgoing correspondence sent to Gilbert Sorrentino from 1972-1991.



Box 30 General, 1985-1988, 2 folders


Sorrentino, Gilbert

(These are photocopies of correspondence between O'Brien and Sorrentino kept by John O'Brien. There is original incoming correspondence from Sorrentino in Subseries VI.2 Author Correspondence and in Series II and Series III)


Box 30 Incoming Correspondence from Gilbert Sorrentino, 1972-1984, 3 folders


Box 30 Outgoing Correspondence to Gilbert Sorrentino, 1972-1991 (5 Folders.), 1972-1991


Subseries VI.2: Author Correspondence, 1979-2007

This subseries contains correspondence from specific authors that was not filed in context within the author and production files in the collection. The correspondence includes a large amount of correspondence from David Markson and Gilbert Sorrentino, as well as letters from Aidan Higgins, June Akers Seese, David Foster Wallace, and others.


Box 30 C-G, 1990-2000

(Includes correspondence from Anne Carson, Jerome Charyn, Marc Cholodenko, Cyrus Colter, Robert Coover, Leslie Fiedler, William Gass, C. Giscombe, Jaimy Gordon)


Box 30 Higgins, Aidan, 1989-2002


Box 30 K-M, 1994-2008 undated, 1994-2008, undated

(Includes correspondence from Matt Kessler, Séamas Mac Annaidh, D. Keith Mano, Wallace Markfield, Carl R. Martin, Hilary Masters, and Thomas McGonigle, )


Box 30 Markson, David, 1989-1996 undated, 1989-1996, undated


Box 30 Maso, Carole, 1992-2005


Box 30 Matthews, Harry, 1990-2002

(Includes photograph)


Box 30 Metcalf, Paul, 1975-1977 1997-1998 undated, 1975-1977, 1997-1998, undated

(Includes signed copies of "Appalachian Indian Places and Pathways" and "Land, Skin & Blindness")


Box 30 Millhauser, Steven, 1987-1998


Box 30 Mosley, Nicholas, 1992 2000 2007, 1992, 2000, 2007


Box 30 P-R, 1990-1995

(Includes correspondence from Joseph Papaleo, Ishmael Reed, and Jacques Roubaud)


Box 30 Seese, June Akers, circa, 1990


Box 30 Sorrentino, Christopher, 1992-1996


Box 30 Sorrentino, Gilbert, 1979-2000, 2 folders


Box 30 Theroux, Alexander, 2001


Box 30 Wallace, David Foster, 1997 2006, 1997, 2006


Box 30 Williams, Diane, 1998


Series VI.3: General Correspondence, 1988-2007

This subseries contains general business correspondence as well as a small file of legal correspondence related to the Press' move from Illinois State University.


General Correspondence


Box 30 1988-2006



Box 137 1996-2006, 4 folders



Box 30 Casebook Correspondence, 1999-2001, 3 folders


Box 30 Legal Correspondence, 2006-2007



Box 136 Literary Agency Correspondence, 1998


Translator's Correspondence


General



Box 137 1990-1995


Box 137 2002-2002


Box 137 Benjamin Sher, 1992


Miscellaneous



Box 30 Cards, 2005-2007 undated, 2005-2007, undated


Box 30 "The Correspondence of Brian Aidan Keefer, Susan (Ashley) Stanley, John O'Brien, and Evelin E. Sullivan",, 1989