urn:taro:utexas.hrc.00435 Alfred A Knopf Inc.: A Preliminary Inventory of an Addition to Its Editorial Files and Editorial Department Files in the Manuscript Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Finding aid created by Hope Rider Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, 2007 Finding aid encoded by Katy Hill, 7 August 2008 Finding aid written in English. The University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Alfred A Knopf, Inc. Alfred A Knopf Inc., Addition to Editorial Files and Editorial Department Files 1949-1984 54 boxes (22.68 linear feet) This additional material for the Alfred A. Knopf Inc. Records contains editorial files spanning 1949-1984, concentrated in the latter years 1970-1984. English Scope and Contents

This additional material for the Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records contains editorial files spanning 1949-1984, concentrated in the latter years 1970-1984. The files, received at the Ransom Center in 1996, are arranged in two series: I. Editor Files, 1965-1984; II. Editorial Department Files, 1949-1983.

Series I. contains the working files of three Knopf editors: Subseries A. Angus Cameron, 1965-1973; Subseries B. William Koshland, 1971-1977; and Subseries C. Vicky Wilson, 1972-1984. The Cameron files, the largest group spanning twenty-eight boxes, are arranged alphabetically by the author with whom, or on whose behalf, Cameron worked. Koshland's files are arranged in three date sequences: 1971-1975, including larger files on specific authors such as Simone Beck, Elizabeth Bowen, Willa Cather, Julia Child, Dietrick Fischer-Dieskau, Dashiell Hammett, John Hersey, William Humphrey, Irving Kolodin, Margaret Lane, and H. L. Mencken; and two additional date sequences, 1975 and 1976-1977, which contain straight alphabetical listings without individual author folders. Wilson's files are arranged by specific authors and their works with standard subheadings such as editorial, legal, production, and publicity. In general, the editor files contain incoming and outgoing correspondence, internal memoranda, and related documents pertaining to publications.

Series II. is further subdivided into three subseries. Subseries A. Contract Data Sheets is arranged alphabetically by author in folders labeled A to L for the years 1949-1971, completing earlier accessions that contained only letters M to Z. As with the latter part of the alphabet, these data sheets contain information on the author's contract and sales records, highlighting rights, contract options, translations, and royalties.

The Foreign Rights files in Subseries B. contain correspondence and internal forms relating to the publication of Knopf books in other countries, primarily European nations, but also Japan, Canada, and South Africa. Arranged alphabetically by author, each file pertains to one author and one book for the years 1981-1983.

As with the Contract Data Sheets, the Rejection Sheets in Subseries C. contain the alphabetical segment for C-H, 1970-1974, lacking from earlier accessions. The rejection sheets contain information on the author's name, manuscript title and form (whether typescript, proofs or sheets), name of the person submitting it, a list of the manuscript's readers, and a space for comments on the work. A few forms are accompanied by correspondence (such as a letter of recommendation for the author), narrative manuscript abstracts, internal notes, and blue manuscript reader's forms.

 Acquisition:

Gift, 1996 (Gift no. 10631)

 Access:

Open for research

 Processed by:

Hope Rider, 2007

 Container List Series I. Editor Files, 1965-1984 Subseries A. Angus Cameron, 1965-1973 1 1-2 A-Al 1 3 Am-Az 1 4 The American Sportsman 1 5 Artists and photographers 1 6 Ba 1 7 Bateson, Catherine 1 8 Be 2 1 Bean, L. L. 2 2 Bedini, Silvio A. 2 3 Bergman, Ray 2 4 Bergman, Ray and Lawrence Koller 2 5-6 Berton, Pierre 2 7 Beshoar, Barron B. 2 8 Bi 2 9 Bl 2 10 Bloch, Charles B. 2 11 Bo 2 12 Bourliere, François 3 1-2 Boyer, Richard O. 3 3 Br 3 4 Bronk, Detlev W. 3 5-6 Brucan, Silviu 3 7 Bu-By 3 8 Ca-Cd 3 9 Cairns, William and Herman Kessler 4 1-2 Calkins, Frank James 4 3-4 Calkins, Frank James, re Jackson Hole 4 5 Carroll, Peter 4 6 Ce-Ci 4 7 Chamberlain, Barbara Blau 4 8 Chambers, Ernest 4 9-10 Cl-Col 4 11 Com 5 1 Conservationists 5 2 Contests 5 3 Cr-Cz 5 4 Crampton, C. Gregory 5 5 Crampton, C. Gregory, re Standing up Country 5 6 Crunden, Robert M. 5 7-8 Da-Dh 5 9-10 Daniels, George H. 6 1-2 Daniels, George H., cont'd 6 3-4 Davids, Richard C. 6 5 Di-Do 6 6 Dolgoff, Samuel 6 7 Donoso, Jose 6 8 Dr-Du 6 9 Dunham, Barrows 7 1 Ea-El 7 2 Em-Es 7 3 Estergreen, Marion Morgan 7 4-5 Evans, George Bird 7 6 Fa-Fe 7 7 Father's Day circular 7 8 Fejes, Claire 7 9 Ferry, W. H. 8 1 Fi-Fl 8 2 Fireman, Bert M. 8 3 Fletcher, Colin 8 4-5 Fo-Fz 8 6-7 Freeland, Richard M. 8 8 Ga-Gh 8 9 Garrett, Wendell 8 10-11 Gaston, Paul M. 9 1-3 Gi-Go 9 4 Gilbert, Bil 9 5 Gilchriese, John D. 9 6 Gillmor, Daniel S. 9 7 Gr-Gz 9 8-9 Graham, Loren 10 1 Green, Ben K. 10 2 Greene, A. C. 10 3 Gresseley, Gene M. 10 4 Gutman, Judith and Herbert 10 5 Ha-Ham 10 6 Hampshire, Stuart 10 7-8 Han-Hay 11 1 Han-Hay, cont'd 11 2-4 Hancock, Lyn 11 5-6 He 11 7 Heizer, Robert F. 11 8 Helmericks, Harmon 12 1 Helmericks, Harmon, cont'd 12 2 Hi-Hok 12 3 Hiss, Alger 12 4 Hoagland, Hudson 12 5 Hodge, Carle 12 6 Hol-Hoz 12 7-8 Hoover, Helen 12 9 Hu-Hz 12 10 Hume, Ivor Noel 13 1 Hume, Ivor Noel, cont'd 13 2 I 13 3 J-Ja 13 4 Je-Jz 13 5 Josephy, Alvin 13 6-7 Ka-Ke 13 8 Kennard, J. Spencer, Jr. 13 9 Kh-Km 14 1 Klare, Michael 14 2 Klein, Herb Arthu 14 3 Kn-Kz 14 4 Knopf projects 14 5 Koller, Lawrence 14 6 Kortum, Karl 14 7-8 La-Ld 14 9 Le-Lh 14 10 Leaks, Sylvester 14 11 Lewis, Clarence E. 15 1 Li-Ln 15 2 Lillard, Richard 15 3-4 Lo-Lz 15 5 Ma-Mai 15 6 Maj-Maq 15 7 Mar 15 8 Mas-Mb 15 9-10 Mayer, Arno 16 1-2 Mc 16 3 McCarthy, Richard D. 16 4 McDonald, John 16 5-6 McElroy, Thomas P., Jr 16 7-8 McHugh, Tom 16 9 McLaughlin, Andrew 17 1 McWilliams, Jerry R. 17 2 Me 17 3 Meier, Hugo A. 17 4 Mesches, Arnold 17 5 Mi-Mol 17 6 Mon-Mop 17 7 Mor-Mz 17 8 Morgan, Dale L. and James Holliday 17 9 Na 17 10 Ne-Nz 17 11 O-Ol 18 1 O'Connor, Jack 18 2 Olsen, Fred 18 3-5 Olson, Sigurd F. 18 6 Om-Oz 18 7 Ovington, Ray 18 8 Pa-Pen 18 9 Peo-Phi 19 1 Pho-Pl 19 2 Piatt, Jean 19 3 Piel, Gerard 19 4 Po-Pz 19 5 Q 19 6 Ra-Rek 19 7-9 Rabinowitz, Louis M. - Foundation 19 10 Random House projects 19 11 Reader's Digest 20 1 Reinhold, Robert 20 2 Rel-Roc 20 3-4 The Ridge Press 20 5 Rikhoff, James and Eugene Smith 20 6 Rod-Ros 20 7 Rosen, Samuel and Daniel Gillmor 20 8-9 Rossi, Paul and David Hunt, Gilcrease Institute 21 1-2 Rossi, Paul and David Hunt, cont'd 21 3 Rot-Rz 21 4-5 Russell, Andy 21 6 Russell, Carl 21 7 Sa 22 1 Sand, George X. 22 2-3 Sch 22 4-5 Schaller, George B. 22 6 Sci-Sd 22 7 Se-Sha 22 8-9 Sennett, Richard 23 1-2 Sennett, Richard and Jonathan Cobb 23 3 Sh 23 4-5 Si-Sn 23 6 Slavin, Arthur Joseph 23 7 So-Sta 23 8 Solomon, Maynard 24 1 Solomon, Maynard, cont'd 24 2 Starobin, Joseph Robert 24 3 Ste-Sty 24 4 Su-Sz 24 5 Sypher, Wylie 24 6 Ta-Tg 24 Terres, John K. 24 7-8 Encyclopedia of North American Birds, prior to 1973 24 9 Never Room with a Falcon, new book proposal 24 10 Wonders of Trees, project 25 1 Th-Tre 25 2 Thomas, Gertrude Z. 25 Tilden, Freeman 25 3-4 The National Parks 25 5 The State Parks 25 6 Yellowstone project 25 7 Trefousse, Hans L. 25 8 Tri-Tz 25 9 Turner, Justin 26 1-3 Turner, Justin and Walter Schmidt (Charles B. Bloch & Associates) 26 4 U 26 5 V 26 6 Van Tassel, David D. 26 7 Wa-Wam 26 8-10 Wallace, Anthony F. C. 27 1 Wan-Wes 27 2 Waterman, Charles 27 3-4 Weinstein, Allen 27 5 Wet-Wh 27 6 White, George Abbott 27 7-8 Who-Wim 27 9 Wilson, Steven C. 27 10 Win-Wol 28 1 Win-Wol, cont'd 28 2 Wom-Wz 28 3 Wormington, Marie 28 4-5 Wulff, Lee 28 6 X-Y 28 7 Z Subseries B. William Koshland, 1971-1977 28 1971-1975 28 8 A 28 9 B 29 1-3 B, cont'd 29 4 Beck, Simone 29 5 Blickensdorfer, Hans, re translation of Die Baskenmutze 29 6-8 Bowen, Elizabeth 29 9 British contract 29 10 Buchheim, Lothar-Gunther, re Das Boot 29 11 C 30 1-3 C, cont'd 30 4 Camus, Albert, La Mort Heureuse, Cahiers II 30 Cather, Willa 30 5 Estate, Edith Lewis 30 6-8 University of Nebraska 31 1 Child, Julia 31 2 D 31 3 E 31 4 Ellul, Jacques 31 5-6 F 31 7-8 Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich 31 9 Frank, Philipp, re Einstein 31 10 G 32 1 G, cont'd 32 2-4 H 32 5 Hammett, Dashiell, England 32 Hersey, John 32 6-7 General correspondence 32 8 The Writer's Craft 33 1 The Conspiracy (1972); My Petition for More Space (1974); The President (1975) 33 2 Herzen, Alexander 33 3 Himes, Chester 33 4 Humphrey, William 33 5 I-J 33 6 Johnson, James Weldon, Mrs. (Grace) 33 7-8 K 33 9 Kahn, Anthony, re Russian reader 33 10 Keller, Werner, The Etruscans 33 11 Kerman, Joseph, The Beethoven Quartets 33 12 Kolodin, Irving, The Interior Beethoven 34 1-2 L 34 3 Lane, Margaret, biography of Lord Chesterfield 34 4 Lawrence, D. H., re editions of his work 34 5-7 Lichine, Alexis 34 8-10 M 35 1 Marchand, Leslie A., Byron 35 2 Maximov, Vladimir 35 3 Mencken, H. L. 35 4 N-Z 35 1975 35 5 A 35 6 B 35 7-8 C 36 1 D 36 2 E-F 36 3 G 36 4-5 H 36 6 I-K 36 7 L 36 8 M 37 1-2 M, cont'd 37 3 N-Q 37 4 R 37 5-7 S 37 8 T 38 1 U-V 38 2 W 38 3 X-Z 38 1976-1977 38 4 A 38 5-6 B 38 7-8 C 38 9 D 38 10 E 39 1 F 39 2 G 39 3-4 H 39 5 I-K 39 6 L 39 7-8 M 39 9-10 Mann, Thomas, The Magic Mountain (television) 40 1 N-O 40 2 P-Q 40 3 R 40 4-5 S 40 6 T 40 7 U-V 40 8 W-Z 40 Subseries C. Vicky Wilson, ca. 1972-1984 40 Adams, Alice 40 Beautiful Girl (1979) 40 9 Editorial 40 10 Legal and production 41 1 Publicity 41 Rich Rewards (1980) 41 2 Editorial 41 3 Legal and production 41 4 Publicity 41 To See You Again (1982) 41 5 Editorial 41 6 Legal and production 41 7 Publicity 41 Babitz, Eve 41 Sex and Rage (1979) 41 8 Editorial 41 9 Legal and production 41 10 Publicity 41 Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L. A. Tales (1977) 41 11 Editorial 42 1 Legal 42 2 Permissions, production, and quotes 42 3 Publicity 42 Colwin, Laurie, Happy All the Time (1978) 42 4 Copy and editorial 42 5 Legal and production 42 6 Publication and quotes 42 Dahl-Wolfe, Louise, re book of photographs 42 7 Editorial and legal 42 8 Articles about Dahl-Wolfe 42 Fleming, James C., "The Catman" 42 9 Editorial 42 10 Legal 42 Freddi, Cris, Pork and Others (1981) 42 11 Editorial 42 12 Legal and production 42 13 Publicity 43 Giardina, Tony, Men with Debts (1984) 43 1 Editorial 43 2 Legal and production 43 3 Publicity 43 Johnson, Nunnally, The Letters of Nunnally Johnson (1981) 43 4-6 Editorial 43 7 Legal 43 8 Production 43 9 Publicity 43 Love, Iris Cornelia, untitled work re archaeology 43 10 Editorial 43 11 Legal 43 12 Articles about Love 43 13 Mark, Mary Ellen, untitled book of photographs of Mother Theresa; editorial, legal, and publicity 43 Pennwick Publishing projects, edited by Clark Worswick 43 14 India 44 1 India, cont'd 44 2 Japan 44 3-4 Legal 44 5 Publicity 44 6 The Exotic View, travel book 44 Ramati, Raquel, New York photography project 44 7 Editorial 44 8 Legal 44 9 Publicity 44 10 Rand, Christopher, untitled book on Egypt; legal 44 Schwartz, Nancy and Sheila, The Hollywood Writers' Wars (1982) 44 11 Editorial 45 1-2 Editorial, cont'd 45 3-4 Legal 45 5 Photographs 45 6 Production 45 7 Publicity 45 8 Shorris, Earl, untitled biographical novel on Pancho Villa 45 9 Wegman, Ann, untitled book on postcards; legal 45 10 Weidegger, Paula, re royalty statements 45 11 Whitney, Charles A., astronomy books 46 1-4 Whitney, Charles A., cont'd 46 Willis, Ellen, Beginning to See the Light (1981) 46 5 Editorial 46 6 Legal 46 7 Production 46 8 Publicity Series II. Editorial Department Files, 1949-1983 Subseries A. Contract Data Sheets, 1949-1971 46 9-10 A 47 1-2 Ba-Bl 47 3-4 Bo-Br 47 5 Bu-Bz 47 6 C-Ce 47 7 Ch 47 8-9 Cl-Co 48 1 Cr-Cu 48 2 D-De 48 3 Di-Dy 48 4 E 48 5 F-Fo 48 6 Fr-Fu 48 7 G-Gi 48 8 Gl-Gu 48 9 H-Ha 48 10 He 49 1 Hi-Hy 49 2 I-J 49 3 K-Kn 49 4 Ko-Ky 49 5 L-La 49 6 Le-Ly 49 Subseries B. Foreign Rights, 1981-1983 49 7 Appel, Alfred, Signs of Life; Germany, Netherlands, Japan, U.K. 49 8 Beard, James, Beard on Pasta; Japan, U.K. 49 9 Bettelheim, Bruno, Freud and the Soul; England 49 10 Brewer, Gail and Janice Presser, Breastfeeding; England, France, Germany 49 11-12 Brooks, Louise, Lulu in Hollywood; England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan 50 1 Brooks, Louise, cont'd 50 2 Casas, Penelope, The Food and Wine of Spain; Holland, England 50 3 Clampitt, Amy, The Kingfisher; England 50 4 Cortazar, Julio, A Change of Light; U.K. 50 5 Davidson, James West and Mark Hamilton Lytle, After the Fact; England, Germany 50 6 DeLillo, Don, The Names; Canada 50 7 Dovlatov, Sergei, The Compromise; England 50 8 Ellis, Richard, Dolphins and Porpoises; England 50 9 Gaines, Ernest, Gathering of Old Men; U.K. 50 10 Golob, Richard, The Science Almanac; England, France, Italy, Germany, Japan 50 11 Josephy, Alvin, Now That the Buffalo Is Gone; Germany 50 12 Kennedy, Raymond, Flower of the Republic; England, Germany 50 13 Kirk, John, American Furniture and the British Tradition; England 50 14 Lichine, Alexis, Encyclopedia of Wines and Spirits; England 50 15 Loftus, John, The Belanus Secret; England, France, Germany 50 16 Magubane, Peter, Black Child; England, France, Germany, Holland, South Africa 50 17 Marshall, Alexandra, Tender Offer; England, South Africa 50 18 McAulay, Sara, Chance; England, France 50 19 McHugh, Gretchen, The Hungry Hiker's Book of Good Cooking; Australia, Germany 50 20 Money, Keith, Anna Pavlova; England, France, Germany 51 1 Newhouse, John, The Sporty Game; England, France, Germany, Japan 51 2 Olken, Charles and Earl Singer, The Connoisseurs' Handbook of California Wines; England, France, Germany 51 3 Poesch, Jessie, The Art of the Old South; England, France 51 4 Proper, Datus C., What the Trout Said; England 51 5 Rasponi, Lanfranco, The Last Prima Donnas; England 51 6 Robinson, Charlotte, The Women Artists and the Quilt; England 51 7 Selznick, Irene Mayer, A Private View; England, France, Germany 51 8 Shakespeare, William, Romeo and Juliet; Brazil, England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, Sweden, Spain 51 9 Silberman, Neil, Digging for God and Country; England, France, Germany 51 10 Skinner, B. F., A Matter of Consequences; France 51 11 Smith, Patrick J., A Year at the Met; England 51 12-14 Stein, Jean and George Plimpton (ed.), Edie: An American Biography; France, Germany, Italy 51 15 Tanizaki, Junichiro, various titles; England 51 16 Walker, John S. P., Bad Dogs; England, Germany, Japan 51 17 Williams, T. Harry, The History of American Wars; England 51 18 Williamson, Alan, Presence and Other Poems; England 51 19 Zeidner, Lisa, Customs; England Subseries C. Rejection Sheets, 1970-1974 52 1-3 Ca-Cl 52 4-6 Co-Cz 52 7-8 Da-Del 52 9 Dem-Dz 53 1 Dem-Dz, cont'd 53 2-3 E 53 4-5 Fa-Fl 53 6-7 Fo-Fz 53 8-9 Ga-Gl 54 1 Ga-Gl, cont'd 54 2-3 Go-Gz 54 4-6 Ha-He 54 7-9 Hi-Hz