Series I: Book Trade, 1930-1994
This series consists of four boxes of material relating to the operation of the University Place Book Shop. The majority of the material is correspondence to and from the Book Shop's proprietor, Walter Goldwater. Although nearly all of the correspondence relates to the book trade or the shop, some of it is also personal in nature, documenting Goldwater's personal friendships, rivalries, and partnerships. Correspondence with university departments and libraries during the 1960s and 1970s documents the growing interest in African and African diaspora literature in that period. Also included is a small amount of material relating to Goldwater's professional activities as an appraiser and seller of rare books and manuscript collections, including the papers of Trotskyist leader Max Shachtman.
Box 1 Folder 1 to 2
Undated, (2 Folders)
Box 1 Folder 3
1930-1959
Box 1 Folder 4
1960-1969
Box 1 Folder 5
1970
Box 1 Folder 6
1971
Box 1 Folder 7
1972
Box 1 Folder 8 to 12
1973, (5 Folders)
Box 1 Folder 13
1974
Box 2 Folder 1 to 6
1974, (6 Folders)
Box 2 Folder 7 to 12
1975, (6 Folders)
Box 2 Folder 13 to 14
1976, (2 Folders)
Box 3 Folder 1 to 2
1976, (2 Folders)
Box 3 Folder 3 to 6
Max Shachtman, 1976-1979, (4 Folders)
Box 3 Folder 7 to 9
1977, (3 Folders)
Box 3 Folder 10 to 13
1978, (4 Folders)
Box 3 Folder 14
1979
Box 4 Folder 1 to 3
1979, (3 Folders)
Box 4 Folder 4 to 8
1980, (5 Folders)
Box 4 Folder 9 to 10
1981, (2 Folders)
Box 4 Folder 11
1982
Box 4 Folder 12 to 13
1983, (2 Folders)
Box 4 Folder 14
1984
Box 4 Folder 15
1985-1994
Series II: Chess, 1941-1990
The materials in this two-box series document Walter Goldwater's interest and involvement in the game of chess. Some of the material related to Goldwater's membership in the Marshall Chess Club. Other materials include records and photographs of the Harlem Chess Tournament he helped to organize, and correspondence from Book Shop customers interested in books on chess and other board games.
Box 5 Folder 1
Undated
Box 5 Folder 2 to 3
Score sheets, undated, (2 Folders)
Box 5 Folder 4 to 7
Score sheets, 1941-1953, (4 Folders)
Box 5 Folder 8
1958-1973
Box 5 Folder 9
1974
Box 5 Folder 10 to 12
1975, (3 Folders)
Box 5 Folder 13 to 15
1976, (3 Folders)
Box 6 Folder 1
Photographs, 1976-1978
Box 6 Folder 2 to 5
1977, (4 Folders)
Box 6 Folder 6 to 9
1978, (4 Folders)
Box 6 Folder 10
1979
Box 6 Folder 11
1980
Box 6 Folder 12
1981
Box 6 Folder 13
1982-1990