This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Permission to see or photocopy must be obtained in writing from, Don Congdon Associates, Inc., 156 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y.
Correspondence, 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.
Selected items cataloged; remainder arranged. Boxes A-C: Cataloged correspondence; Box C: Cataloged manuscripts & documents; Boxes 1-31: Series 1; Boxes 32-71: Series 2; Boxes 72-112: Series 3; Series IV - Boxes 113 & 114.
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Permission to see or photocopy must be obtained in writing from, Don Congdon Associates, Inc., 156 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y.
Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Librarian for Rare Books and Manuscripts.
See also the records of the Harold Matson Company, Inc. (Ms Coll/Matson).
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Gift of Don Congdon Associates, Inc., 1988-1996.
Source of acquisition--Don Congdon Associates, Inc. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--03/08/1988. Accession number--M-88-03-08.
9 boxes records: Source of acquisition--Don Congdon Associates. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--01/10/1989. Accession number--M-89-01-10.
1986 files: Source of acquisition--Don Congdon Associates. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--02/06/1990. Accession number--M-90-02-06.
1987 files: Source of acquisition--Don Congdon Associates. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--03/10/1991. Accession number--M-91=03=10.
1988 files: Source of acquisition--Don Congdon Associates. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--02/20/1992. Accession number--M-92-02-20.
2 transfiles: Source of acquisition--Don Congdon Associates. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--02/--/1994. Accession number--M-94-02.
2 transfiles: Source of acquisition--Don Congdon Associates. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--08/--/1996. Accession number--M-96-08.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processed 06/02/1988.
9 boxes records Processed HR 03/09/1999.
1986 files Processed HR 03/09/1999.
1987 files Processed HR 03/09/1999.
1988 files Processed HR 03/09/1999.
2 transfiles Processed HR 03/09/1999.
2 transfiles Processed HR 03/09/1999.
2009-06-26 File created.
2017-03-30 Website Archive series added by JG
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Don Congdon Associates, Inc. was founded by Donald Congdon in l983. Congdon had previously served as Vice President of Harold Matson Company, Inc. Selected Matson clients became clients of Don Congdon Associates, Inc.