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Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1916-1947.

Title: Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1916-1947.

Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser from Alfred A. Knopf, Director, and various members of the editorial staff of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Correspondence which postdates Dreiser's death is to Doubleday, Doran & Company concerning Dreiser's work.

ArchivalResource: 36 items (42 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155897004 View

Alfred H. Knopf, Inc. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1927-1971.

Title: Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1927-1971.

Most of the correspondence concerns the 1942 publication by Knopf of Zigrosser's book, The Artist in America. The many issues involved in publishing this book are covered in letters from J. R. de la Torre-Bueno, Sidney Jacobs, and Alfred Knopf. Zigrosser also read manuscripts for art books for Knopf and submitted his critical opinion. Over time, a personal relationship developed between Zigrosser and Knopf, both Columbia graduates.

ArchivalResource: 100 items (121 leaves and 2 pamphlets).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155899150 View

New Directions Publishing records

Title: New Directions Publishing records

Records of the New Directions Publishing Corporation largely from the Norfolk, Connecticut office of the founder, James Laughlin.

ArchivalResource: 344 linear feet (910 boxes and 4 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00077/catalog View

Paulson, Arvid. Papers, 1912-1974 (inclusive). 1940-1960 (bulk).

Title: Papers, 1912-1974 (inclusive). 1940-1960 (bulk).

Series I, Correspondence, includes copies of letters to Harriet Bosse, whose correspondence with Strindberg was translated by Paulson; correspondence with Bobker Ben-Ali regarding the Pasadena Playhouse production of Strindberg's The Great Highway; and letters from theatrical and literary notables such as Lillian Gish, William Saroyan, Lowell Thomas, H. L. Mencken, Carlotta O'Neill, and publishers Blanche and Alfred Knopf. Series II, Manuscripts, includes Paulson's Ibsen and Strindberg translations, as well as other translations or writings. Series III, Printed Material, is divided into five subseries: Subseries A contains Arvid Paulson's published articles and translations of writings about Strindberg or his work. Subseries B contains published articles about Strindberg by other people; Subseries C contains printed programs, playbills, photographs and memorabilia relating to productions of Strindberg's plays and to Arvid Paulson's career as both actor and translator; Subseries D contains galley proofs of Paulson's books; and Subseries E contains legal and over-sized printed material.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/477253036 View

O'Brien, Justin, 1906-1968. Papers, 1925-1968.

Title: Papers, 1925-1968.

Correspondence with André Gide, the manuscripts and notes for his biography PORTRAIT OF ANDRÉ GIDE, and for his translations of the JOURNALS OF ANDRÉ GIDE, SO BE IT, and PRETEXTS, and other notes and articles about André Gide. Also, correspondence with many contemporary French writers including Albert Camus, Jean Cocteau, Julian Green, Valéry Larbaud, Jean Malaquais, Roger Martin du Gard, André Maurois, Henry de Montherlant, and Georges Simenon. Prof. O'Brien translated works by Baidouy, Albert Camus, Jean Cocteau, Henry de Montherlant, Nathalie Sarraute, and Jean-Paul Sartre; the typescript of Camus' L'EXILE ET LE ROYAUME is of special interest. Prof. O'Brien's files cover a broad range of French culture including correspondence with other French scholars, educational organizations, editors, publishers (notably Blanche W. Knopf), with members of the OSS in wartime France, and with other literary figures such as Gilbert Highet, Dwight Macdonald, and Klaus Mann.

ArchivalResource: ca. 12,000 items (55 boxes, 15 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122482716 View

Joseph Barnes Papers, 1923-1970

Title: Joseph Barnes Papers, 1923-1970

ArchivalResource: 18.5 linear ft. (ca.18,000 items in 40 boxes).

http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_4079827 View

Jameson, Margaret. Constable Correspondence, 1918-1943.

Title: Constable Correspondence, 1918-1943.

A series of letters from a prominent British novelist to Michael Sadleir of the British publishing firm, Constable & Co., concerning family problems, her personal relationship with Sadleir, and her association with Blanche and Alfred Knopf. In her correspondence Jameson discusses her work including "The Pot Boils," "The Clash", "A Richer Dust," and "No Time Like the Present," as well as essays she edited.

ArchivalResource: 0.2 c.f. (2 archives folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122628019 View

Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984. Letters, 1928-1944, to Lewis Mumford.

Title: Letters, 1928-1944, to Lewis Mumford.

ArchivalResource: 3 items (3 l.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155870929 View

Anne O'Hare McCormick papers, 1931-1954, bulk (1936-1954).

Title: Anne O'Hare McCormick papers, 1931-1954, bulk (1936-1954).

Collection consists of general correspondence, manuscripts of McCormick's writings and printed matter.

ArchivalResource: 6.7 linear feet (16 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122597480 View

John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967.

Title: John Mason Brown papers

Papers of American author and drama critic John Mason Brown.

ArchivalResource: 144 boxes (36 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00655/catalog View

Harry Levin papers

Title: Harry Levin papers

Papers of Harry Levin, American literary critic, scholar of modernism and comparative literature, and the Irving Babbitt Professor of Comparative Literature atHarvard University.

ArchivalResource: 41 linear feet (34 boxes)

http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou01917 View

Aileen Pringle papers, 1887-1970

Title: Aileen Pringle papers 1887-1970

The Aileen Pringle Papers consist of letters, photographs and personal papers relating to Pringle's career as a silent film actress and her relationship with H. L. Mencken.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 11; Other Storage Formats: Oversize; Linear Feet: 6.0

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.pringle View