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

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Series I. Editor Files, 1965-1984

Series II. Editorial Department Files, 1949-1983

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



	Creator:	Alfred A Knopf, Inc.
	Title:	Alfred A Knopf Inc., Addition to Editorial Files and Editorial Department Files
	Dates:	1949-1984
	Abstract:	This additional material for the Alfred A. Knopf Inc. Records contains editorial files spanning 1949-1984, concentrated in the latter years 1970-1984.
	Extent:	54 boxes (22.68 linear feet)
	Language:	English
	Repository:	The University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center

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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.

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Series I. Editor Files, 1965-1984
		Subseries A. Angus Cameron, 1965-1973
Box	Folder
1	1-2		A-Al
	3		Am-Az
	4		The American Sportsman
	5		Artists and photographers
	6		Ba
	7		Bateson, Catherine
	8		Be
Box	Folder
2	1		Bean, L. L.
	2		Bedini, Silvio A.
	3		Bergman, Ray
	4		Bergman, Ray and Lawrence Koller
	5-6		Berton, Pierre
	7		Beshoar, Barron B.
	8		Bi
	9		Bl
	10		Bloch, Charles B.
	11		Bo
	12		Bourliere, François
Box	Folder
3	1-2		Boyer, Richard O.
	3		Br
	4		Bronk, Detlev W.
	5-6		Brucan, Silviu
	7		Bu-By
	8		Ca-Cd
	9		Cairns, William and Herman Kessler
Box	Folder
4	1-2		Calkins, Frank James
	3-4		Calkins, Frank James, re Jackson Hole
	5		Carroll, Peter
	6		Ce-Ci
	7		Chamberlain, Barbara Blau
	8		Chambers, Ernest
	9-10		Cl-Col
	11		Com
Box	Folder
5	1		Conservationists
	2		Contests
	3		Cr-Cz
	4		Crampton, C. Gregory
	5		Crampton, C. Gregory, re Standing up Country
	6		Crunden, Robert M.
	7-8		Da-Dh
	9-10		Daniels, George H.
Box	Folder
6	1-2		Daniels, George H., cont'd
	3-4		Davids, Richard C.
	5		Di-Do
	6		Dolgoff, Samuel
	7		Donoso, Jose
	8		Dr-Du
	9		Dunham, Barrows
Box	Folder
7	1		Ea-El
	2		Em-Es
	3		Estergreen, Marion Morgan
	4-5		Evans, George Bird
	6		Fa-Fe
	7		Father's Day circular
	8		Fejes, Claire
	9		Ferry, W. H.
Box	Folder
8	1		Fi-Fl
	2		Fireman, Bert M.
	3		Fletcher, Colin
	4-5		Fo-Fz
	6-7		Freeland, Richard M.
	8		Ga-Gh
	9		Garrett, Wendell
	10-11		Gaston, Paul M.
Box	Folder
9	1-3		Gi-Go
	4		Gilbert, Bil
	5		Gilchriese, John D.
	6		Gillmor, Daniel S.
	7		Gr-Gz
	8-9		Graham, Loren
Box	Folder
10	1		Green, Ben K.
	2		Greene, A. C.
	3		Gresseley, Gene M.
	4		Gutman, Judith and Herbert
	5		Ha-Ham
	6		Hampshire, Stuart
	7-8		Han-Hay
Box	Folder
11	1		Han-Hay, cont'd
	2-4		Hancock, Lyn
	5-6		He
	7		Heizer, Robert F.
	8		Helmericks, Harmon
Box	Folder
12	1		Helmericks, Harmon, cont'd
	2		Hi-Hok
	3		Hiss, Alger
	4		Hoagland, Hudson
	5		Hodge, Carle
	6		Hol-Hoz
	7-8		Hoover, Helen
	9		Hu-Hz
	10		Hume, Ivor Noel
Box	Folder
13	1		Hume, Ivor Noel, cont'd
	2		I
	3		J-Ja
	4		Je-Jz
	5		Josephy, Alvin
	6-7		Ka-Ke
	8		Kennard, J. Spencer, Jr.
	9		Kh-Km
Box	Folder
14	1		Klare, Michael
	2		Klein, Herb Arthu
	3		Kn-Kz
	4		Knopf projects
	5		Koller, Lawrence
	6		Kortum, Karl
	7-8		La-Ld
	9		Le-Lh
	10		Leaks, Sylvester
	11		Lewis, Clarence E.
Box	Folder
15	1		Li-Ln
	2		Lillard, Richard
	3-4		Lo-Lz
	5		Ma-Mai
	6		Maj-Maq
	7		Mar
	8		Mas-Mb
	9-10		Mayer, Arno
Box	Folder
16	1-2		Mc
	3		McCarthy, Richard D.
	4		McDonald, John
	5-6		McElroy, Thomas P., Jr
	7-8		McHugh, Tom
	9		McLaughlin, Andrew
Box	Folder
17	1		McWilliams, Jerry R.
	2		Me
	3		Meier, Hugo A.
	4		Mesches, Arnold
	5		Mi-Mol
	6		Mon-Mop
	7		Mor-Mz
	8		Morgan, Dale L. and James Holliday
	9		Na
	10		Ne-Nz
	11		O-Ol
Box	Folder
18	1		O'Connor, Jack
	2		Olsen, Fred
	3-5		Olson, Sigurd F.
	6		Om-Oz
	7		Ovington, Ray
	8		Pa-Pen
	9		Peo-Phi
Box	Folder
19	1		Pho-Pl
	2		Piatt, Jean
	3		Piel, Gerard
	4		Po-Pz
	5		Q
	6		Ra-Rek
	7-9		Rabinowitz, Louis M. - Foundation
	10		Random House projects
	11		Reader's Digest
Box	Folder
20	1		Reinhold, Robert
	2		Rel-Roc
	3-4		The Ridge Press
	5		Rikhoff, James and Eugene Smith
	6		Rod-Ros
	7		Rosen, Samuel and Daniel Gillmor
	8-9		Rossi, Paul and David Hunt, Gilcrease Institute
Box	Folder
21	1-2		Rossi, Paul and David Hunt, cont'd
	3		Rot-Rz
	4-5		Russell, Andy
	6		Russell, Carl
	7		Sa
Box	Folder
22	1		Sand, George X.
	2-3		Sch
	4-5		Schaller, George B.
	6		Sci-Sd
	7		Se-Sha
	8-9		Sennett, Richard
Box	Folder
23	1-2		Sennett, Richard and Jonathan Cobb
	3		Sh
	4-5		Si-Sn
	6		Slavin, Arthur Joseph
	7		So-Sta
	8		Solomon, Maynard
Box	Folder
24	1		Solomon, Maynard, cont'd
	2		Starobin, Joseph Robert
	3		Ste-Sty
	4		Su-Sz
	5		Sypher, Wylie
	6		Ta-Tg
			Terres, John K.
	7-8			Encyclopedia of North American Birds, prior to 1973
	9			"Never Room with a Falcon," new book proposal
	10			"Wonders of Trees," project
Box	Folder
25	1		Th-Tre
	2		Thomas, Gertrude Z.
			Tilden, Freeman
	3-4			The National Parks
	5			The State Parks
	6			Yellowstone project
	7		Trefousse, Hans L.
	8		Tri-Tz
	9		Turner, Justin
Box	Folder
26	1-3		Turner, Justin and Walter Schmidt (Charles B. Bloch & Associates)
	4		U
	5		V
	6		Van Tassel, David D.
	7		Wa-Wam
	8-10		Wallace, Anthony F. C.
Box	Folder
27	1		Wan-Wes
	2		Waterman, Charles
	3-4		Weinstein, Allen
	5		Wet-Wh
	6		White, George Abbott
	7-8		Who-Wim
	9		Wilson, Steven C.
	10		Win-Wol
Box	Folder
28	1		Win-Wol, cont'd
	2		Wom-Wz
	3		Wormington, Marie
	4-5		Wulff, Lee
	6		X-Y
	7		Z
		Subseries B. William Koshland, 1971-1977
Box	Folder
28			1971-1975
	8			A
	9			B
Box	Folder
29	1-3			B, cont'd
	4			Beck, Simone
	5			Blickensdorfer, Hans, re translation of Die Baskenmutze
	6-8			Bowen, Elizabeth
	9			British contract
	10			Buchheim, Lothar-Gunther, re Das Boot
	11			C
Box	Folder
30	1-3			C, cont'd
	4			Camus, Albert, La Mort Heureuse, Cahiers II
				Cather, Willa
	5				Estate, Edith Lewis
	6-8				University of Nebraska
Box	Folder
31	1			Child, Julia
	2			D
	3			E
	4			Ellul, Jacques
	5-6			F
	7-8			Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich
	9			Frank, Philipp, re Einstein
	10			G
Box	Folder
32	1			G, cont'd
	2-4			H
	5			Hammett, Dashiell, England
				Hersey, John
	6-7				General correspondence
	8				The Writer's Craft
Box	Folder
33	1				The Conspiracy (1972); My Petition for More Space (1974); The President (1975)
	2			Herzen, Alexander
	3			Himes, Chester
	4			Humphrey, William
	5			I-J
	6			Johnson, James Weldon, Mrs. (Grace)
	7-8			K
	9			Kahn, Anthony, re Russian reader
	10			Keller, Werner, The Etruscans
	11			Kerman, Joseph, The Beethoven Quartets
	12			Kolodin, Irving, The Interior Beethoven
Box	Folder
34	1-2			L
	3			Lane, Margaret, biography of Lord Chesterfield
	4			Lawrence, D. H., re editions of his work
	5-7			Lichine, Alexis
	8-10			M
Box	Folder
35	1			Marchand, Leslie A., Byron
	2			Maximov, Vladimir
	3			Mencken, H. L.
	4			N-Z
			1975
	5			A
	6			B
	7-8			C
Box	Folder
36	1			D
	2			E-F
	3			G
	4-5			H
	6			I-K
	7			L
	8			M
Box	Folder
37	1-2			M, cont'd
	3			N-Q
	4			R
	5-7			S
	8			T
Box	Folder
38	1			U-V
	2			W
	3			X-Z
			1976-1977
	4			A
	5-6			B
	7-8			C
	9			D
	10			E
Box	Folder
39	1			F
	2			G
	3-4			H
	5			I-K
	6			L
	7-8			M
	9-10			Mann, Thomas, The Magic Mountain (television)
Box	Folder
40	1			N-O
	2			P-Q
	3			R
	4-5			S
	6			T
	7			U-V
	8			W-Z
		Subseries C. Vicky Wilson, ca. 1972-1984
			Adams, Alice
				Beautiful Girl (1979)
	9				Editorial
	10				Legal and production
Box	Folder
41	1				Publicity
				Rich Rewards (1980)
	2				Editorial
	3				Legal and production
	4				Publicity
				To See You Again (1982)
	5				Editorial
	6				Legal and production
	7				Publicity
			Babitz, Eve
				Sex and Rage (1979)
	8				Editorial
	9				Legal and production
	10				Publicity
				Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L. A. Tales (1977)
	11				Editorial
Box	Folder
42	1				Legal
	2				Permissions, production, and quotes
	3				Publicity
			Colwin, Laurie, Happy All the Time (1978)
	4			Copy and editorial
	5			Legal and production
	6			Publication and quotes
			Dahl-Wolfe, Louise, re book of photographs
	7			Editorial and legal
	8			Articles about Dahl-Wolfe
			Fleming, James C., "The Catman"
	9			Editorial
	10			Legal
			Freddi, Cris, Pork and Others (1981)
	11			Editorial
	12			Legal and production
	13			Publicity
Box	Folder
43			Giardina, Tony, Men with Debts (1984)
	1			Editorial
	2			Legal and production
	3			Publicity
			Johnson, Nunnally, The Letters of Nunnally Johnson (1981)
	4-6			Editorial
	7			Legal
	8			Production
	9			Publicity
			Love, Iris Cornelia, untitled work re archaeology
	10			Editorial
	11			Legal
	12			Articles about Love
	13		Mark, Mary Ellen, untitled book of photographs of Mother Theresa; editorial, legal, and publicity
			Pennwick Publishing projects, edited by Clark Worswick
	14			India
Box	Folder
44	1			India, cont'd
	2			Japan
	3-4			Legal
	5			Publicity
	6			The Exotic View, travel book
			Ramati, Raquel, New York photography project
	7			Editorial
	8			Legal
	9			Publicity
	10		Rand, Christopher, untitled book on Egypt; legal
			Schwartz, Nancy and Sheila, The Hollywood Writers' Wars (1982)
	11			Editorial
Box	Folder
45	1-2			Editorial, cont'd
	3-4			Legal
	5			Photographs
	6			Production
	7			Publicity
	8		Shorris, Earl, untitled biographical novel on Pancho Villa
	9		Wegman, Ann, untitled book on postcards; legal
	10		Weidegger, Paula, re royalty statements
	11		Whitney, Charles A., astronomy books
Box	Folder
46	1-4		Whitney, Charles A., cont'd
			Willis, Ellen, Beginning to See the Light (1981)
	5			Editorial
	6			Legal
	7			Production
	8			Publicity

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Series II. Editorial Department Files, 1949-1983
		Subseries A. Contract Data Sheets, 1949-1971
Box	Folder
46	9-10		A
Box	Folder
47	1-2		Ba-Bl
	3-4		Bo-Br
	5		Bu-Bz
	6		C-Ce
	7		Ch
	8-9		Cl-Co
Box	Folder
48	1		Cr-Cu
	2		D-De
	3		Di-Dy
	4		E
	5		F-Fo
	6		Fr-Fu
	7		G-Gi
	8		Gl-Gu
	9		H-Ha
	10		He
Box	Folder
49	1		Hi-Hy
	2		I-J
	3		K-Kn
	4		Ko-Ky
	5		L-La
	6		Le-Ly
		Subseries B. Foreign Rights, 1981-1983
	7		Appel, Alfred, Signs of Life; Germany, Netherlands, Japan, U.K.
	8		Beard, James, Beard on Pasta; Japan, U.K.
	9		Bettelheim, Bruno, Freud and the Soul; England
	10		Brewer, Gail and Janice Presser, Breastfeeding; England, France, Germany
	11-12		Brooks, Louise, Lulu in Hollywood; England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan
Box	Folder
50	1		Brooks, Louise, cont'd
	2		Casas, Penelope, The Food and Wine of Spain; Holland, England
	3		Clampitt, Amy, The Kingfisher; England
	4		Cortazar, Julio, A Change of Light; U.K.
	5		Davidson, James West and Mark Hamilton Lytle, After the Fact; England, Germany
	6		DeLillo, Don, The Names; Canada
	7		Dovlatov, Sergei, The Compromise; England
	8		Ellis, Richard, Dolphins and Porpoises; England
	9		Gaines, Ernest, Gathering of Old Men; U.K.
	10		Golob, Richard, The Science Almanac; England, France, Italy, Germany, Japan
	11		Josephy, Alvin, Now That the Buffalo Is Gone; Germany
	12		Kennedy, Raymond, Flower of the Republic; England, Germany
	13		Kirk, John, American Furniture and the British Tradition; England
	14		Lichine, Alexis, Encyclopedia of Wines and Spirits; England
	15		Loftus, John, The Belanus Secret; England, France, Germany
	16		Magubane, Peter, Black Child; England, France, Germany, Holland, South Africa
	17		Marshall, Alexandra, Tender Offer; England, South Africa
	18		McAulay, Sara, Chance; England, France
	19		McHugh, Gretchen, The Hungry Hiker's Book of Good Cooking; Australia, Germany
	20		Money, Keith, Anna Pavlova; England, France, Germany
Box	Folder
51	1		Newhouse, John, The Sporty Game; England, France, Germany, Japan
	2		Olken, Charles and Earl Singer, The Connoisseurs' Handbook of California Wines; England, France, Germany
	3		Poesch, Jessie, The Art of the Old South; England, France
	4		Proper, Datus C., What the Trout Said; England
	5		Rasponi, Lanfranco, The Last Prima Donnas; England
	6		Robinson, Charlotte, The Women Artists and the Quilt; England
	7		Selznick, Irene Mayer, A Private View; England, France, Germany
	8		Shakespeare, William, Romeo and Juliet; Brazil, England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, Sweden, Spain
	9		Silberman, Neil, Digging for God and Country; England, France, Germany
	10		Skinner, B. F., A Matter of Consequences; France
	11		Smith, Patrick J., A Year at the Met; England
	12-14		Stein, Jean and George Plimpton (ed.), Edie: An American Biography; France, Germany, Italy
	15		Tanizaki, Junichiro, various titles; England
	16		Walker, John S. P., Bad Dogs; England, Germany, Japan
	17		Williams, T. Harry, The History of American Wars; England
	18		Williamson, Alan, Presence and Other Poems; England
	19		Zeidner, Lisa, Customs; England
		Subseries C. Rejection Sheets, 1970-1974
Box	Folder
52	1-3		Ca-Cl
	4-6		Co-Cz
	7-8		Da-Del
	9		Dem-Dz
Box	Folder
53	1		Dem-Dz, cont'd
	2-3		E
	4-5		Fa-Fl
	6-7		Fo-Fz
	8-9		Ga-Gl
Box	Folder
54	1		Ga-Gl, cont'd
	2-3		Go-Gz
	4-6		Ha-He
	7-9		Hi-Hz

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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

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Restrictions

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Series I. Editor Files, 1965-1984

Series II. Editorial Department Files, 1949-1983