Records, [ca. 1930]-1994.

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Records, [ca. 1930]-1994.

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Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, book lists, financial records, and printed materials. The bulk of the correspondence is for the period 1970-1990. There is also one box of material dealing with Goldwater's membership in the Marshall Chess Club.

3 linear ft. (ca. 3,000 items in 6 boxes)

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7295404

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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University Place Book Shop (New York, N.Y.)

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These files of Walter Goldwater, the proprietor, reflect the store's specialty of Afro-American literature and history. From the description of Records, [ca. 1930]-1994. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309774982 ...

Goldwater, Walter.

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Walter Goldwater first opened the University Place Book Shop in 1932. He financed the Shop, situated in a loft at 821 Broadway at 12th Street, with the help of a six hundred dollar loan from "a Communist uncle by marriage." Goldwater specialized in African and African American literature, as well as old and rare books. As proprietor of University Place, Goldwater became part of the vibrant community of booksellers whose shops crowded Fourth Avenue from 9th to 14th ...