Chilmark Press records, 1960-1976

Chilmark Press records, 1960-1976

Summary Information

Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, documents, photographs, printed art works, and printed material, 1960-1976, of Chilmark Press.

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0219
Bib ID:
4078601 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Chilmark Press
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
7 linear feet (16 boxes)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
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Description

Summary

Correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, documents, photographs, printed art works, and printed material of Chilmark Press. The files are mainly those kept by Louis G. Cowan. Correspondents include Roy Jenkins, David Jones (John) Frank Kermode, J.B. Priestley, John Sparrow, and Stephen Spender. Among the files are copies of paintings, engravings, graphic designs, and other works of art by David Jones, Will Carter, Henry Moore, Anthony Gross, Paul Standard, and others.

Arrangement

Selected Materials cataloged; remainder arranged. This collection is arranged in three series.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

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.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Chilmark Press records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Holly Cowan Shulman, 1981.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Shulman, Holly Cowan. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1981. Accession number--M-81.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 04/17/89.

Revision Description

2012-03-27 xml document instance created by Alison Rhonemus.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical / Historical

A small publishing house which specialized in contemporary English literature and in printing fine editions of classics. The president and editor of Chilmark Press was Louis G. Cowan (1909-1976).

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Art reproductions
Engravings (prints)
Photographic prints
Name
Carter, Will, 1912-2001
Cowan, Louis G., 1909-1976
Gross, Anthony, 1905-1984
Jenkins, Roy
Jones, David
Kermode, Frank, 1919-2010
Moore, Henry, 1898-1986
Priestley, J. B (John Boynton), 1894-1984
Sparrow, John
Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995
Standard, Paul, 1896-1992
Subject
Art
English literature -- 20th century
Literature publishing -- New York (State) -- New York
Publishers and publishing -- New York (State) -- New York

Series I: Catalogued Correspondence


Box 1

Barzun, Jacques


Box 1

Evans, Bergen


Box 1

Gingrich, Arnold


Box 1

Howe, Irving


Box 1

Jenkins, Roy


Box 1

Jones, David


Box 1

Kermode, (John) Frank


Box 1

Kredel, Fritz


Box 1

Pearson, Norman Holmes


Box 1

Phillips, William


Box 1

Priestley, J(ohn) B.


Box 1

Roethke, Theodore


Box 1

Sevareid, Eric


Box 1

Sparrow, John


Box 1

Spender, Stephen


Box 1

Standard, Paul


Box 1

Trilling, Lionel

Series II: Author Files


Box 2

Berkeley, Humphrey


Box 2

The Power of the Prime Minister


Coleridge, Samuel Taylor


Box 2

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Douglas Cleverdon, ed.; David Jones, illus.)


Craig, Edward Gordon


Box 2

[Limited Edition, Will Carter, ed.]


Box 3

Douglas, Keith


Box 3

Alamein to Zem Zem


Box 3

Collected Poems


Box 3

Selected Poems


Dunn, Douglas


Box 3

Terry Street


Jenkins, Roy


Box 3

Asquith


Box 4

Asquith


Box 4

Mr. Balfour's Poodle


Box 5

Profiles


Box 5

Victorian Scandal


Johnson, B.S


Box 5

Poems


Johnson, Samuel


Box 5

The Vanity of Human Wishes


Box 6

Jones, David


Box 6

Anathemata


Box 6

Epoch and Artist


Box 6

The Fatigue


Box 7

In Parenthesis


Box 7

General


Box 7

Agenda (Magazine)


Box 8

Pamphlet


Box 8

Profile


Box 8

Photographs


Kermode, (John) Frank


Box 8

Puzzles and Epiphanies


Box 8

Romantic Image


Marrin, Albert


Box 8

[Poster Book]


Milton, John


Box 8

Areopagitica (Henry Moore, illus.)


Box 8

Morgan, Edward


Box 9

Murphy, Richard


Box 9

Sailing to an Island


Box 9

The God Who Eats Corn


Box 9

U.S. Tour


Phillips, William


Box 9

A Sense of the Present


Piper, David


Box 9

I Am Well, Who Are You?


Box 9

Listener pieces


Box 9

Shades


Box 10

Trial by Battle


Priestley, J.B.


Box 10

All England Listened


Box 11

Reed, Henry


Box 11

Lessons of the War


Righter, William


Box 11

Logic and Criticism


Box 11

Rhetorical Hero


Sparrow, John


Box 11

After the Assassination


Box 11

Controversial Essays


Box 12

Stein, Norman


Box 12

Nothing Will be Restrained


Box 12

General


Stokes, Adrian


Box 12

Invitation in Art


Svolinsky, Karel


Box 12

Illustrations


Theocritus


Box 12

Sixe Illylia (Anthony Gross, illus.)


Box 13

Trypanos, Constantine


Box 13

General


Box 13

Elegies of a Glass Adonis


Box 13

Grooves in the Wind


Box 13

Oedipus Translation


Box 13

Pompeian Dog


Box 13

Sophocles

Series III: Business Files


Box 14

Correspondence


Box 14

General, (2 Folders)


Box 14

Addresses


Box 14

Catalogue copy


Box 14

Copyright forms


Box 14

Cowan, Louis - Notes and memos


Box 15

Distribution


Financial


Box 15

Bills


Box 15

Deposits


Box 15

Reports


Box 15

Fulfillment Center


Box 15

Knopf Ad - 50th Birthday


Box 15

Lecture Bureau


Box 15

Legal


Box 16

Limited Editions


Box 16

Mailing lists


Box 16

Promotion and Publicity


Random House


Box 16

Fact Sheets


Box 16

Catalogue Copy


Box 16

Royalty Statements


Box 16

Transfers


Box 16

Royalty Statements


Box 16

Shipping


Warehouse Printed