Pantheon Books records, 1944-1968

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0970
Bib ID:
4079194 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Pantheon Books
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
18 linear feet (39 boxes)
Language(s):
English .
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.

Books published by Pantheon are located off-site. 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.

Description

Summary

The editorial and production files of Pantheon Books from 1944 through 1968. The correspondence from authors, agents, and publishers is written to Kurt and Helen Wolff, Jacques Schiffrin, André Schiffrin, and the editors of the firm. The files document the publication of works by A. Alvarez, Georges Bernanos, Hermann Broch, Jacob Burckhardt, Albert Camus, William Demby, Eugene Ionesco, Karl Jaspers, Winifred Bryher, Jacques Maritain, Isamu Noguchi, José Ortega y Gasset, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Sir Herbert Read, Ben Shahn, and others.

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged.

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.

Books published by Pantheon are located off-site. 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); Pantheon Books records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

A large unprocessed accession is not reflected in this finding aid. A partial box list is available in repository. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Random House via Donald Klopfer. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--04/16/1973. Accession number--M-73-04-16.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/1989.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2014-03-12 XML document instance created by Catherine C. Ricciardi

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

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Announcements CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Applications CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Book jackets CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Book reviews CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Contracts CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Dummies (printed matter) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Financial records CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Galley proofs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Invoices CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lists (document genres) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Memorandums CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Notes (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Page proofs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Press releases CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Proofs (printed matter) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Publishers' catalogs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Reports CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Alvarez, A (Alfred), 1929- CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bernanos, Georges, 1888-1948 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Broch, Hermann, 1886-1951 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bryher, 1894-1983 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Burckhardt, Jacob, 1818-1897 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Camus, Albert, 1913-1960 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Cousins, Norman CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Demby, William CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Eiseley, Loren C., 1907-1977 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Grass, Günter, 1927-2015 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Haydn, Hiram Collins, 1907-1973 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hollo, Anselm CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Ionesco, Eugène CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Jaspers, Karl, 1883-1969 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lynd, Robert Staughton, 1892-1970 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Maritain, Jacques, 1882-1973 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Marshall, Herbert, 1906-1991 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Moorehead, Alan, 1910-1983 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Myrdal, Gunnar, 1898-1987 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Ortega y Gasset, José, 1883-1955 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 1922-1975 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Pearson, Norman Holmes, 1909-1975 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Pusey, Nathan M (Nathan Marsh), 1907-2001 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Read, Herbert, 1893-1968 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Schiffrin, André CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Schiffrin, Jacques CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Spock, Benjamin, 1903-1998 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Wolff, Helen, 1906-1994 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Wolff, Kurt CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
American literature CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Authors CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Authors CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Authors and publishers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Book designers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Book editors CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Editors CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Literary agents CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Literature publishing CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Novelists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Poets CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Publishers and publishing CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Publishers and publishing CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Scholarly publishing CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID