André Schiffrin papers, 1944-2014

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Series I.: Correspondence Files, 1944-2010

Pantheon correspondence, i.e. 1944-1962, including letters of Kurt and Hellen Wolff (original owners of Pantheon before they sold it to Random House) and Jacques Schiffrin, followed by André Schiffrin's correspondence at Pantheon until 1990 and shortly after his removal, including in-house correspondence as well as letters to authors, editors, colleagues abroad and agents, among others. These also include letters written by editors and authors to him in solidarity with his dismissal from Pantheon and a number of angry letters addressed to Pantheon, as well as letters of a personal nature between him and his aunt and uncle (Bella and Serge). Later correspondence in this section consists of letters (and later, e-mails) addressed to Schiffrin after his removal from Pantheon in 1990.

Arranged chronologically.



Box 1 Folder 1 Schiffrin, Jacques, 1941 September -1948 July, 1941


Box 1 Folder 2-3 Pantheon, 1944 November -1963 February, 1971, 1944, February, 1971, (2 folders)


Box 1 Folder 4 Pantheon, Wolff, Helen and Kurt, 1958 November -1960 September, 1958


Box 1 Folder 5 Schiffrin, André, Bella and Serge, 1961-2003


Box 1 Folder 6-8 Schiffrin, André, 1983 March-September (3 folders), 1983



Box 2 Folder 1-3 Schiffrin, André, 1983 October -1984 May (3 folders), 1983


Box 2 Folder 4-6 Schiffrin, André1984 May -November (3 folders)



Box 3 Folder 1-3 Schiffrin, André, 1984 December -1985 July (3 folders), 1984


Box 3 Folder 4-5 Schiffrin, André, Bjurström, C. G., 1984 December -1986 December (2 folders), 1984



Box 4 Folder 1-3 Schiffrin, André, 1985 August -1986 February(3 folders), 1985


Box 4 Folder 4-6 Schiffrin, André, 1986 February-July (3 folders), 1986



Box 5 Folder 1-3 Schiffrin, André, 1986 September -1987 August (3 folders), 1986


Box 5 Folder 4-6 Schiffrin, André-Bjurström, C. G., 1987 January -1990 May (3 folders), 1987



Box 6 Folder 1-3 Schiffrin, André, 1987 August -1988 December (3 folders), 1987


Box 6 Folder 4-6 Schiffrin, André, 1988 December -1990 February(3 folders), 1988



Box 7 Folder 1 Schiffrin, André, NOWA, 1989 June -1990 April, 1989

(Polish underground publishing house)


Box 7 Folder 2-4 Schiffrin, André, 1990 February-2010 March(3 folders), 1990


Box 7 Folder 5 Schiffrin, André, Book projects, 1999-2006