Descriptive Summary
Bowen, J. David (Joshua
David), 1930-1998.
David Bowen/Corona Publishing
Company Collection,
1924-1997 Materials
are in English
MS 78
32.4 linear feet (66 boxes plus 5 oversized folders)
Archives and Special
Collections Department, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Library
David Bowen
was a publisher, bookseller, teacher and an actor. Bowen was also a member of
various Texas literary and civic groups.
Correspondence, financial material and other records
relating to the business and personal activities of bookseller and publisher
David Bowen. The bulk of the papers concern Corona Publishing Company, the
small press founded by Bowen in San Antonio, Texas, and documents the
challenges facing small publishers in the 1980s and 1990s. Bowen's involvement
with HemisFair '68 is prominent in the collection.
Preferred Citation
David Bowen/Corona Publishing Company Collection Papers, 1924-1997, MS
78, Archives and Special Collections, Library, University of Texas at San
Antonio.
Biographical Note
David Bowen was a publisher, bookseller, teacher and an actor. He was
born Joshua David Bauman in New York in 1930. He was a graduate of Harvard
University and earned a Master of Arts degree from City College in New York in
1967. Bowen first came to San Antonio in 1966 to help prepare for HemisFair
'68. He was manager of the Youth Pavilion in the early months of HemisFair, and
remained in San Antonio after resigning his position with the Fair. Among other
jobs, he taught history at St. Mary's University and sold books. In 1973, Bowen
opened a rare bookshop, On Paper, on Broadway Avenue in Alamo Heights. The
store operated for nine years and closed in 1982.
In 1977, Bowen helped to settle the accounts of Naylor Publishing
Company, a prominent San Antonio based publisher, which was declaring
bankruptcy. After this experience, Bowen formed his own publishing company,
Corona Publishing Company (Corona). Corona went into business in the latter
half of 1977. Bowen called Corona "the world's smallest general interest trade
publisher". It published a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction books
including short stories, poetry and children's books. Corona was nationally
recognized for its work with certain topics including open adoption.
Dear Birthmother, a book concerning open
adoption was published in 1983. It sold tens of thousands of copies, and became
an open adoption classic recommended by the Child Welfare League of
America.
Bowen was also co-manager of the King William Bookhouse in the 1990s
and performed in several theatre productions. Bowen's health slowly
deteriorated in the middle of the 1990s and he died on January 23, 1998 at the
age of 67. Bowen's many contributions to the San Antonio community were
eulogized in
The San Antonio Express News by columnist
Judyth Rigler on Sunday February 8, 1998.
Scope and Content Note
The David Bowen papers contain correspondence, financial material and
other records relating to the business and personal activities of Joshua David
Bowen (1930-1998). The bulk of the papers concern Corona Publishing Company
(Corona), the small press founded by Bowen in San Antonio, Texas and documents
the challenges facing small publishers in the 1980s and 1990s. Bowen's
involvement with Hemisfair '68 is also prominent in the collection. The
collection dates from 1935 to 1997 and is divided into eleven series.
A large portion of the records relating to the operation of Corona can
be found in the Titles series. It contains
manuscripts for and correspondence about the publication of individual works
published by Corona. Similar materials relating to an anthology of Mexican
fiction co-edited by Bowen is in the Pyramids of
Glass: Short Fiction from Modern Mexico series. This series includes
manuscripts from twenty-nine modern writers from Mexico; including well known
Mexican writers like Carlos Fuentes, Elena Poniatowska, and Paco Ignacio Taibo.
The Financial series contains statements, sales and
inventory reports and other information relating to the financial obligations
of Corona. Catalogs consists of catalogs listing
Corona titles as well as some catalogs from Corona's competitors.
Corona Topical Files are administrative files, which
include information such as agreements with distributors, copyright
information, and correspondence with other people in publishing. This series
also documents the history of Corona and of Naylor Publishing Company.
Beyond his work with Corona Publishing, Bowen was active in the
community of San Antonio. His work in the planning of HemisFair '68 and in
particular the Youth Pavilion is documented in the HemisFair series. Mr. Bowen also owned and managed
bookstores in San Antonio and he engaged in several
other activities such as acting, teaching, and writings that are documented in
the Personal series.
The three Additions includes material relating to the business activities of Joshua David Bowen and contains correspondence, manuscripts, book layouts, invoices, books, clippings, postcards and photographs.
Related Materials
Supplementary to the David Bowen Papers is the Corona Publishing Book
Collection, which consists of many of the books published by Corona. The Corona
Publishing Collection is housed in Special Collections and titles are
searchable through
UCAT, the UTSA Library catalog.
More information about Bowen's work with Project Y at HemisFair '68,
the 1968 World's Fair, can be found in box 177 of the
San Antonio Fair, Inc., Records.
Arrangement
- Titles, 1978-1997
- Pyramids of Glass, 1993-1994
- Financial, 1978-1997
- Catalogs, 1981-1996
- Corona Topical Files, 1979-1996
- Bookstores, 1969-1990
- HemisFair, 1966-1968
- Personal, 1935-1996
- Addition of August 1998 (Accession 1998-035)
- Addition of May 2004 (Accession 2004-042)
- Addition of April 2007 (Accession 2007-046)
Provenance
The initial donation of this collection was donated in 1998 by the estate of David Bowen. Followed by donations in 2004 and 2007. (Acc.
1998-35, 2004-042, 2007-046).
Access Restrictions
Researchers are required to wear gloves provided by the Archives when
reviewing photographic materials.
Usage Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the David Bowen and Corona
Publishing Company Collection must be obtained from Archives and Special
Collections, Library, University of Texas at San Antonio or the appropriate
holder of copyright.
Processing Information
Processed by Eric Hartmann, Processing Archivist, August 1999.
Additions encoded by Tatina Wulzer, Collections Assistant, June 2009.
Index Terms
Persons
Bowen, J. David (Joshua
David), 1930-1998.
Organizations
Naylor Publishing
Company.
Corona Publishing
Company.
HemisFair '68 (1968: San
Antonio, Tex.)--Youth Pavillion
San Antonio Fair,
Inc.
Topics
Publishers and
publishing--Texas--San Antonio.
Booksellers and
bookselling--Texas--San Antonio.
Genres/formats
Administrative
records.
Book catalogs.
Correspondence.
Financial
records.
Financial
statements.
Manuscripts.
Proofs (prints by
function).
Detailed Description of the Collection
Titles
Manuscripts, proofs, correspondence and other materials
concerning works published by Corona Publishing Company and works that Corona
declined to publish. The series includes rough ideas for publication and some
miscellaneous material that could be related to several titles.
Arranged by name and organized alphabetically.
1
1
The Actor in You,
1987
1
The Adoption Triangle by Arthur
Sorosky, Annette Baran and Reuben Pannor,
1994
1
2
General
1
3
Negatives
1
4
Album of Old Time Postcards from
Houston/Galvaston,
1978
1
5
Album of Old Time Texas Postcards,
1978-1983
1
6
Angelica, Angelica! by Paul Scott
Malone,
1993
1
7
Any Old Where by Katie Breeze,
1988
1
8
The Apparition by Lionel G.
Garcia,
undated
1
9
Apollo's Isle by Harry Preston,
1993
2
Armstrong Chronicle: A Ranching
History by Diane Solether Smith
2
1
General,
1986-1988
2
Manuscript,
1983
2
2
Bound
2
3
Unbound
2
Proofs
2
General
2
4
1986
3
1
1986
3
2
1986
OM1
Oversize,
1986
3
3
ARTiculation by Sunny Nash,
1993
3
4
Beyond the Surface by Dan Najvar,
1994
3
5
Bobby the Mostly Silky by David
McKelvey,
1983-1985
3
6
Body Moves by Tim Seibles,
1987-1991
3
7
Border Light: The New Cuisine of Mexico
and the Southwest by Billie Bledsoe and Robert McLeroy,
1984-1987
4
1
Boy in the Alamo by Margaret
Cousins,
1997
4
2
The Boy Who Touched Winter,
1991-1996
4
Breastfeeding the Adopted Baby by
Debra Peterson
4
3
General,
1994-1997
4
4
Manuscript,
1994
4
5
Photographs and slides,
1994
4
6
Build the Alamo by Mark Weakley,
1985
4
7
Bugs and Critters by J.C. Robison,
1973-1984
4
Candy Hill by Sunny Nash,
1989-1993
4
8
Chapter 1-13 and correspondence
4
9
Chapter 14-19
5
1
The Card Players, by Geoffrey
Rips,
1988
5
2
Cedar Fever: The Story of a German-Texan
Girl During World War I by Paul Hudgins,
1993
5
3
Chicken Today, Feathers Tommorrow,
undated
5
4
Children of Open Adoption by
Dorner K. Silber,
1990
5
Chimney Canyon by Grant Spradling,
1993
5
5
Manuscript and Correspondence
5
6
Manuscript
5
7
Christmas Keepers by Margaret
Cousins,
1996
5
8
Cisneros by Kemper Diehl and Jan
Jarboe,
1985
5
9
Close to Ground by Del Marie
Rogers,
1988-1994
5
10
The Colorful Years with Amuroisw
Vollard,
1991
5
11
Columbus and the Crowns by David
Bowen,
1991
6
Commander the Gander by David
McKelvey
6
General
6
1
1984
6
2
1984
6
3
Proofs,
1984
6
4
The Conquest of Mexico: A Modern Rendering
of William H. Prescott's History by Beatrice Berler,
1988
6
5
Cookbook by Deborah Grimsley,
1993
7
1
Cookbook,
undated
7
2
Corn Mother, Corn Woman: Maize Goddess of
the New World by Sue Littleton,
1993-1994
7
3
Couple of Cooks by Robert and
Patsy Swendson,
7
4
Crossroads by John Gibson,
1994
7
5
Cry for Vengeance by Bill
MacWithey,
Undated
7
6
The Dallas Texan Saga or At the Time…or
How the New York Yanks Became the Baltimore Colts by Giles Miller,
1972-1995
7
7
Daysleepers and Other Poems by
Bryce Milligan,
1983
7
8
Dear Birthmother: Thank You for our
Baby by Kathleen Silber and Phylis Speedlin,
1983-1996
7
9
Dichos: The Way of Wisdom by John
Steinbeck,
1978
7
10
D.I.N.K.S./The Cuckoo's Nest by
Greg Garrett,
1993
7
11
Distractions by Pamela Mooman,
1990
7
12
Dreaming at the Wheel by Charles
Behlen,
1975-1989
7
13
Educational and Career Counseling: A Guide
for Parents by Richard Mowsesian,
1995
78
Eighteen Holes by Janis
Stout
7
14
General,
1984-1991
8
1
Manuscript,
1984
8
2
El Pequeno instructivo de Como ser Huevon
SIN Fracasar en la Vida by Suzanne Can y Olvera,
1995
8
3
Entertaining Texas,
1982-1984
8
4
Feeling No Pain by Tom McClellan,
1989-1991
8
5
Fighting Men of Texas by Mary Lou
Burkett,
1994
8
6
Finding it: Church Going Experiences in
Texas by William Martin,
1983
8
7
First Kite, by Andy Vu,
1988-1989
8
8
Five Acres and Dementia,
1981-1985
8
9
Flavor of Texas,
1981-1985
9
1
The Flower and the Bone by Linda
Grey,
1991
9
2
From a Cops Journal and Other
Poems by Arthur Munoz,
1984-1987
9
3
From the Rooftop by Phil Poulter,
1992
9
4
The Future of Texas by Lloyd David
Ronin,
1985
9
5
Gardening on the Texas Blackland
by A. Scott Ogden,
1987-1989
9
5
General,
1987-1989
9
6
Photographs,
undated
9
7
The Ghostly Hitchhiker by Robert
Fink,
1988-1992
9
8
Gifts by John Gibson,
1989
9
9
Go Tell it in the Streets,
1984-1985
9
10
Going Back Means going Forward by
June Esparza,
1995
10
1
The Gringo Brought his Mother by
Geneva Sanders,
1986
10
1
1986
10
2
1986
10
3
Gus Garcia by Isidero Aguirre,
1989-1990
10
4
Hell and Back,
1986
10
5
Horsin' Around Again by Don
Coldsmith,
1980-1989
10
6
How to Cope When we Blow the Bowl
by Jim Stedman,
1978-1979
10
7
I, Booth by Glenn Rusty Harding,
1993
10
8
I Never Killed anyone but Mom: Society and
Henry Lee Lucas by Nan Cuba and Warren Causey,
1985-1987
11
1
I Will Always Stay Me: Writings of Migrant
Children, edited by Sherry Kafka and Robert Coles,
1984-1990
11
Ideas for Publication
11
2
Undated
11
3
1968-1980
11
4
1981-1986
11
5
Into That Good Night by Ron
Rozelle,
1994
11
6
Irene by Roger Willett,
Undated
11
Is this for a Grade by Dallin
Malmgren,
11
7
General,
1994-1995
11
8
Manuscript,
1994
11
9
J.S. Bach, Suite for Unaccompanied Cello
in G Major: A Verse Interpretation,
Undated
11
10
Juana's Gift: A Christmas Story by
Margaret Lyne,
1989
12
1
The Krottkey Chronicles: A Didactic
Romance
12
2
Laboring in the Darkness by Robert
Engler,
Undated
12
3
Laugh with me Cry with Me: A Collection of
Short Stories to Touch the Extremes of Feeling by Ivan Fitzwater,
Undated
12
4
The Leaving We Can not Live
Without by Judith Mcpherson,
1984-1985
12
5
Let There be Jazz,
1989
12
6
Liquid City: The Literary Portrait of
Houston, edited by Rita Saylors,
1985-1988
12
7
Living Healthy in the Southwest by
Robert Carlson,
1985-1991
12
8
Lo-Cal Country by Louise
Armistead,
1991
13
1
Longest Trail Ride by Billie
Preston,
1997
13
2
Loving Parents, Happy Kids by Ivan
Fitzwater,
1986
13
3
Mad Dog! Mad Dog! By Russell Hood,
1992
13
4
The Man Who Stayed in Texas by
Anne Nathan Friedman and Harry Cohen,
1980-1993
13
Maria Se Va by Grimes / Connelly,
Undated
13
5
Manuscript
13
6
Manuscript
13
7
Me and Grandpa by C.C. Wright,
1985
13
8
The Merry Widow by Robert
Peterson,
Undated
14
1
Miscellaneous,
1989-1994
14
2
A Mouse in the Meatloaf by James
Prideaux,
1987
14
3
Movie Chicano Book,
1976-1978 and undated
14
4
Mrs. Blackwell's Heart of Texas
Cookbook by Louise Dillow and Dennie Carver,
1980-1987
14
5
The Mullygrub Blues by Paqmela
Fannin Wilkinson,
1984
14
Multicultural Texas
14
6
1992
14
7
1993-1994
14
My Child is a Mother: A True and Happy
Story of Open Adoption by Mary Stephenson,
1991
14
8
General
15
1
Proofs
15
2
Nations of the Heart: A Novel About
India by Robert Engler,
Undated
15
3
Native Sons, Carlene
Browne
15
New Growth: Contemporary Short Stories of
Texas Writers
15
General
15
4
1988-1989
15
5
1988-1989
15
6
Scroggins,
1989-1990
15
New Growth 2: Contemporary Short Stories
of Texas Writers
15
7
General,
1992-1996
16
1
Manuscripts,
1990-1993
16
2
New Growth 3: Contemporary Short Stories
of Texas Writers,
1996
16
3
No Stop After Five Points by Paul
Perry,
Undated
16
Oakwoods Journal: Notes of an East Texas
Naturalist by Guy W. Anderson,
1993
16
4
General
16
5
Manuscript
16
6
Oral History Around the San Antonio
Missions,
1995
16
7
Oscar's Special Family by Bill
Stone,
1993
16
8
Out of Sight San Antonio and
San Antonio Serendipity by Jean
Rosow,
1978-1979
16
9
A Picture Book of San Antonio,
1978-1983
16
Pit, Pot and Skillet by Red
Caldwell
16
10
General
16
11
Manuscript
16
12
Proofs
17
1
Poetry,
1986-1995
17
Poli: A Mexican Boy in Early
Texas,
1989
17
2
General
17
3
Manuscript
17
4
Rejects,
1980-1987
17
5
Rice and Spice by Laizu Wali,
1997
17
Riding the Rainbow by Pamela
Wilkenson
17
6
Contracts,
1981-1986
17
7
Editorial,
1980-1988
17
8
Production,
1981-1983
17
9
Promotion,
1981-1984
17
10
Road Home by Ronald Reed,
1994
18
Roadside Cows by Craig
Phelon
18
1
General,
1985-1987
18
2
Illustrations,
undated
OM1
Oversize,
undated
18
3
The Roachdale Ballet by John
Gibson,
1993
18
4
Runaway Horses by James Carlos
Blake,
1991
18
5
A Safe Place by Gloria Kehl,
1984-1985
18
6
Saint Paul's Episcopal Church,
1995
18
7
Sally Skull by Ann C. Tibbets,
1993
18
8
Sam Bass by Bryan Wooley,
1983
18
Santa Fey by S. Derrickson Moore,
Undated
18
9
Manuscript
18
10
Manuscript
19
1
Santos and the Indians by Jan
Epton Seale,
1984-1987
19
2
Seasonal Rain and Other Stories by
Robert Flynn,
1986
19
3
Short Stories by Sarah Burell,
1985
19
4
Silent Strike by Mike Glasco,
1993
19
5
The Sins of Rosa Alverado by Jean
Anne Ross-Smith,
1987-1988
19
Sojourn by Catherine
McCarthy,
19
6
1993
19
7
1993
20
1
1993
20
2
1994
20
3
Somewhere, Texas by Leota L.
Matthews,
1993
20
4
South Texas Garden Book,
1995
20
5
Strange Angel: The Gospel According to
Benny Joe by Ben Davis,
1989-1992
20
6
Sunshine Ranch: A Never Never Land
by James Maverick,
1988-1989
20
7
Symphony in the Sky by George
Howard,
1954-1982
20
8
A Taste of Palestine by Aziz
Shihab,
1994-1996
20
9
Tex-Mex Food: All You Need to Know
by David Bueno,
1978
20
10
A Texan's Twelve Days of
Christmas,
1978
20
11
The Texas Corridor by Greg Kanon,
1981-1987
20
Texas Holiday Spirits,
1985
20
12
General
20
13
Proofs
21
Texas: A Literary Portrait by Don
Graham
21
1
General,
1984-1986
21
2
Production,
1985
21
3
Texas Minute Biographies by
Michael LeFan,
1993
21
4
A Texas Quilting Primer by Beverly
Orbelo
21
5
Texas Rain by Eduardo
Paz-Martinez,
1994
21
6
Texas Rangers by Herbert Molloy
Mason,
1967-1981
21
Texas Trees by Paul Cox and Patty
Leslie
21
General
21
7
1988
21
8
1988
22
1
1988-1989
OM1
Oversize,
undated
22
2
Texas Touring,
1978
22
That's Alright Mama by Gearld
Duff,
1990
22
3
General
22
4
Manuscript
22
5
Manuscript
22
6
This is not How we Came In by
Daryl Scroggins,
1991
22
Three Wars of Roy
Benitiz
22
Correspondence
22
7
1985-1986
22
8
1987-1988
23
1
General,
undated
23
2
General,
1986-1996
23
3
Manuscript,
1986
23
4
Orders,
1986
23
5
Photographs,
1987
24
Proofs
24
1
1986
24
2
1986
24
3
1986
24
Promotion
24
4
1986
25
1
1987
25
2
They Say I am One of `Those', by
Raul Thomas
25
Time Under Control: Efficient Self
Management in and out of the Office by Ivan Fitzwater,
1987
25
3
General
25
4
Manuscript
25
5
To: Ruth From: George [Hollenbeck] With
All my Love,
1996
25
Tortilla Curtain by David John
Regela,
25
6
Correspondence,
1993-1994
25
7
Manuscript,
1991
25
8
Manuscript,
1991
26
1
The True Story of Sunny Sellers,
1982
26
The Truth by Geoffrey Rips,
1978
26
2
Bound Manuscript
26
3
Unbound Manuscript
26
4
Unfinished Dreams of a Graffiti
Artist by Diane Martinez,
Undated
26
5
Untitled by David Hawkes,
Undated
26
6
Untitled,
Undated
27
1
Untitled
27
2
The Voyage of Baraka A as told by
Mary Stephensom
27
3
When the Bonds Breaks: Denied Access in
Divorce Adoption and Other Family Separations and the Effects on Parents,
Children and Society by Mirah Riben,
1995
27
4
When the Storm Clouds Gathered by
James Crouch,
1994
27
5
Winter Chickens by Wendy Barker,
1990-1991
27
6
With the Word by Bryce Milligan,
1987
27
Woodbine Rose by Jan Berliner
Statman
27
7
Correspondence,
1991-1994
27
8
Manuscript,
1991
27
9
Manuscript,
1991
28
1
Manuscript,
1991
28
2
Manuscript,
1991
Pyramids of Glass: Short Fiction from Modern
Mexico
Materials relating to The Pyramids of Glass, an English language
anthology of Mexican Fiction co edited by Bowen. It includes manuscripts,
evaluations and correspondence with various authors and translators.
Arranged by subject and arranged alphabetically.
28
3
Author Biographies,
1993-1994
28
Authors,
1993-1994
28
4
Agustin, Jose
28
5
Arrendondo, Ines
28
6
Campos, Marco Antonio
28
7
Carballido, Emilo
28
8
Cerda, Martha
28
9
Duenas, Guadalupe
28
10
Fuentes, Carlos
28
11
Gardea, Jesus
28
12
Ibarguengoitia, Jorge
28
13
Martin del Campo, David
28
14
Mastretta, Angeles
28
15
Molina, Sylvia
28
16
Monsreal, Agustin
28
17
Navarro, Adriana
28
18
Perez Gay, Rafael
28
19
Pacheco, Jose Emilio
28
20
Pines, Paul
28
21
Pitol, Sergio
28
22
Poniatowska, Elena
28
23
Puga, Maria Luisa
29
1
Ramos, Luis Arturo
29
2
Sada, Daniel
29
3
Salazar, Severino
29
4
Serena, Enrique
29
5
Stavans, Ilan
29
6
Taibo, Paco
29
7
Valades, Edmundo
29
8
Villoro, Juan
29
9
Zavala, H. Lara
29
10
Zepeda, Eracilio
29
11
Computer disks,
Undated
29
12
Correspondence,
1993-1996
29
13
Permissions,
1994
29
14
Production,
1994
29
Promotion
29
15
General
30
1
General
30
2
Story Selection,
1991-1992
30
3
Translators,
1989-1994
Financial
Bank statements, sales figures, royalty payments and other
financial information concerning Corona Publishing Company founded by
Bowen.
Arranged by type of material and organized chronologically.
30
Bank Statements
30
4
January-June 1989
30
5
July-December 1989
31
1
January-June 1990
31
2
July-December 1990
31
3
July-December 1990
31
4
July-December 1991
31
5
January-June 1992
31
6
July-December 1992
31
7
January-June 1993
32
1
July-December 1993
32
2
January-June 1994
32
3
July-December 1994
32
4
January-June 1995
32
5
July-November 1995
32
6
1996
32
Cash Receipts Journals
32
7
1982-1984
33
1
1986
33
2
Investors,
1978
33
Invoices
33
3
1978
33
4
1979
33
5
January-June 1980
34
1
July-December 1980
34
2
January-March 1981
34
3
April-June 1981
34
4
July-September 1981
34
5
October-December 1981
35
1
1988
35
2
1990
35
3
1991
35
4
1992
35
5
1993
36
1
1994
36
2
1995
36
Orders
36
Shipments to Bookstores
36
3
1980
36
4
1982-1984
36
5
January-March 1990
36
6
April-June 1990
36
7
July-September 1990
36
8
October-December 1990
36
9
January-February 1991
37
1
March-April 1991
37
2
May-June 1991
37
3
July-December 1991
37
4
January-March 1992
37
5
April-June 1992
37
6
July-September, 1992
37
7
October-December 1992
37
8
January-March 1993
37
9
October-December 1993
37
10
January-March 1994
37
11
April-June 1994
37
12
July-September 1994
37
13
October-December 1994
37
14
January-March 1995
37
15
July-December 1995
37
16
January-March 1996
37
17
April-June 1996
37
18
October-December 1996
37
19
January-March 1997
38
Royalties
38
1
1988
38
2
1989
38
3
1990
38
4
1991-1993
38
5
1994
38
Sales and Inventory
38
6
1983-1984
38
7
1986
38
8
1990
39
1
January-March 1991
39
2
April-August 1991
39
3
September-October 1991
39
4
November 1991-February 1992
39
5
March-June 1992
39
6
July-August 1992
39
7
September-October 1992
39
8
November-December 1992
39
9
January-March 1993
39
10
April-May 1993
39
11
August-September 1993
39
12
October-December 1993
39
13
January-March 1994
40
1
April-May 1994
40
2
June-July 1994
40
3
August-September 1994
40
4
October-December 1994
40
5
January-February 1995
40
6
March-April 1995
40
7
May-June 1995
40
8
July-August 1995
40
9
September-December 1995
40
10
January-June 1996
41
1
July-December 1996
41
Miscellaneous Financial Data
41
2
1981
41
3
1982
41
4
1983
41
5
1984
41
6
1985
41
7
1986-1987
42
1
1988-1989
Catalogs
Catalogs created by Corona or which contained titles published by
Corona. Catalogs from a select group of other publishers are found here as
well. Rare book catalogs used by Bowen while he was a bookseller are found in
the bookstores series.
Arranged by type of catalogs and organized chronologically.
42
Corona
42
2
Catalogs,
1982-1994
42
3
Correspondence,
1983-1994
42
Proofs
42
4
General,
1985 and undated
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undated
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1981-1984
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1985-1987
43
1
1998-1990
43
2
1991-1995
43
3
Texas Books in Review,
1983-1996
Corona Topical Files
Business and administrative information about Corona Publishing
Company which is not directly related to a particular publication. Information
about the history of Corona Publishing Company and Naylor Publishing Company,
the bankrupt publisher that Bowen helped to close in 1977, is found here.
Arranged by subject and organized alphabetically.
43
Accounting
43
4
General,
1989-1991
43
5
Reports,
1983-1987
43
6
Adoption,
1988-1997
44
Advertising
44
1
General,
1988-1989
44
2
Expensive,
1988-1992
44
3
Advice,
1971-1986
44
4
Anniversary Parties,
1984-1987
44
5
Audio,
Undated
44
6
Author Circulation,
1986-1992
44
7
Awards,
1981-1988
44
8
Bank of San Antonio,
1977-1993
44
9
Barbee, Robert,
1987-1988
44
10
Beeman, Martin,
1982-1986
44
11
Book it!,
1989
44
12
Booksellers,
1990
44
13
Booksellers News,
1980-1985
44
14
Charity,
1982-1996
44
15
Children's Promotions,
1981-1989
44
16
Clippings,
1993
45
1
Combined Book Exhibit,
1983-1986
45
2
Conferences,
1986-1997
45
3
Cookbooks,
1983-1996
45
Copyright
45
4
Forms,
1977-1983 and undated
45
5
General,
1976-1977
45
6
Corona History,
1978-1984
45
7
COSMEP,
undated
45
8
Cullens, Bob,
1990-1992
45
9
DAFA Sales,
1985-1986
45
10
Designers,
1985-1988
45
Distributors
45
11
Agreements,
1990-1996
45
12
General,
1976-1977
46
1
Taylor Publishing Company,
1990-1991
46
Texas Monthly Press
46
2
1987
46
3
1988
46
4
1988
46
5
1989
46
6
1989
46
7
El Paso Business Consortium for Literacy,
1986
46
8
Evett, Alice,
1982-1986
46
9
Exhibits,
1987-1996
47
1
Foreign Rights,
Undated
47
2
Forms,
Undated
47
3
Fox, James,
1985-1986
47
4
Grandfather Book,
Undated
47
5
Hispanic District,
1985-1991
47
6
Hudgins, Paul,
1978-1993
47
7
Ideas,
1984-1987
47
Illustrators
47
8
General,
1977-1993
47
9
Artwork,
Undated
48
1
Ingram Distribution Group,
1986-1987
48
2
ISBN,
1978
48
3
Job Applicants,
1982-1991
48
4
K List,
1987
48
5
Kilby, Jan E.,
1994
48
6
Lang Cross Ladon Boldrick and Green,
1977-1978
48
7
Library of Congress,
Undated
48
8
Lists,
1982-1991
48
9
Logo,
1981 and undated
48
10
Mailing Lists,
1984 and undated
48
11
Mountain Press Publishers,
1979-1986
48
12
Nat Sobel and Associates,
1982-1983
49
Naylor Publishing Company
49
1
Authors,
1977-1981
49
2
Copyrights,
1977-1978
49
3
General,
1978
49
4
History,
1977
49
5
Orders,
1977-1979
49
6
West Southwest Publishing,
1978-1982
49
7
Newsletters,
1988-1993 and undated
49
8
Oppenheimer, Evelyn,
1980-1981
49
9
Peerless Software,
1983-1984
49
Periodicals
49
10
General,
Undated
49
11
General,
1985-1993
49
12
Bloomsburg Review,
1996
49
13
Los Angles Reader,
1992
50
1
Multicultural Review,
1991
50
2
Publisher's Weekly,
1991
50
3
R R Bowker,
Undated
50
4
Texas Monthly,
1992
50
5
Texas Weekly,
1986
50
6
Washington Monthly,
1989
50
7
Wilson Library Bulletin,
1992
50
8
Phelon, Craig,
Undated
50
9
Photographs,
Undated
50
Publicity
50
10
1981-1987
50
11
1988-1997
50
12
Reviewers,
1987-1989
50
13
Rodriguez, Barbara,
1983-1984
50
14
Rolodex,
Undated
50
15
Sales letters,
1991
50
16
Seale,
1988
50
17
Small Press Center,
1989-1996
50
18
Technological Changes and Trade Book
Publishing,
1986
50
19
Texas Jewish Historical Society,
1979-1989
51
1
Type,
Undated
51
2
Vendor Services,
1989-1991
Bookstores
The administrative and financial records of the bookstores managed
by Bowen. On Paper was located on Broadway Ave. in Alamo Heights from 1973 to
1982 and the King William Bookhouse was located on Alamo Street in the
1990s..
51
David Joshua Bowen Books and On Paper
51
3
Book Repair,
1955-1971
51
Catalogs
51
4
Undated
51
5
1967-1979
51
Financial
51
6
Checkbooks,
1970-1972
51
7
General,
1979-1981
52
1
Inventory,
1981-1982
52
Purchases
52
2
1969-1970
52
3
1972
52
4
Rare Books,
Undated
52
5
Reference,
Undated
52
6
King William Book House,
1990
HemisFair
Correspondence and other material relating to Bowen's work in the
planning for HemisFair '68 and especially the Youth Pavilion.
52
7
Exhibits,
1968
53
1
Guides,
1966-1968
53
2
International Exhibitions,
1968
53
3
Project Y,
1968
53
Publications
53
4
General,
1967-1968
53
5
El Abrazo,
1966-1968
53
6
Reports and Correspondence,
1966-1968
53
7
Folders with HemisFair Park superimposed on photograph,
undated
Personal
Date books, unpublished writings and materials relating to Bowen's
activities with various civic and professional groups. Bowen also wrote a long
series of reviews of restaurants in the San Antonio area. Materials relating to
Bowen's work with St. Mary's University and The University of Texas at San
Antonio are also found here.
54
Adoption
54
1
1982-1989
54
2
1990
54
3
1991-1996
54
4
Art Shows,
1961-1977
54
5
Bauman, Claire (Mother),
1935-1991
54
6
Biographical,
1937-1989
54
7
City College of New York,
1964
55
Clippings
55
General
55
1
1953-1969
55
2
1977-1992
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1992
55
Correspondence
55
3
1970-1982
55
4
1983-1996
55
Date books and Calendars
55
5
1949-1959
55
6
1960-1969
55
7
1970-1979
55
8
1980-1992
56
1
Maps,
1968-1993
56
2
Miscellaneous,
1959-1992
56
Professional and Civic Organizations
56
Book Publishers of Texas
56
General
56
3
1987-1988
56
4
1989-1993
56
5
Directories,
1991-1996
56
6
National Society of Arts and Letters,
1988-1989
56
7
Texas Commission on the Arts,
1989
56
8
Texas Commission for the Humanities,
1995
56
9
Texas Institute of Letters,
1989-1993
56
10
Texas Library Association,
1989
56
Restaurant Reviews
56
11
Reviews,
1986-1989
57
Notes and Correspondence
57
1
1984-1985
57
2
1985
57
3
1986
57
4
1986-1987
57
Teaching
57
5
St. Mary's University,
1970
57
University of Texas at San Antonio
57
6
Cactus Alley,
1984-1992
57
7
General,
1984-1995
57
Travel
57
8
General,
1992-1997
57
Postcards,
undated
57
9
Europe
58
1
Latin America
58
2
United States
58
3
Other
58
4
Vienna,
1982
58
Writings
58
5
Undated
58
6
1951-1969
58
7
1983
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materials
Addition of August 1998 (Accession 1998-035)Spans the years 1977-1994, and consists of correspondence, clippings, photographs, negatives, invoices, ecetera, relating to the daily business of Corona Publishing Company and works published through them including the book about
Henry G. Cisneros.Cisneros: Portrait of a New American.
1 1 Cisneros, 1983-1985
1 2 Untitled - correspondence, mailing list, clippings, photos on the publication of Cisneros: Portrait of a New American, 1985
1 3 Press kit on Honorable Henry G. Cisneros, 1985-1986
1 4 magazines and a negative, 1985-1987 and undated
1 5 photographs of Henry Cisneros, 1984
1 6 Clippings, CIS, correpondence, 1983-1992
1 7 Crude Creek manuscript, March 10, 1984
1 8 Cisneros, 1984
1 9 Material from Cisneros: Portrait of a New American, undated
1 10 Assorted material, 1990
1 11 Manuscript by Katie Breeze, 1984
1 12 Nekkid Through the Streets, by Katie Breeze, undated
1 13 Assorted material from Corona Publishing Company, 1983-1994
1 14 Seasonal Rain: A Collection of Short Stories, by Robert Flynn, 1986
1 15-16 Assorted material (invoices, correspondence, manuscripts, articles, 1984-1987
1 17 Assorted material for The Dream Patch, 1985 and undated
1 18 Assorted material for the short novel, Reverie, 1984
1 19 The Dream Patch number 1 manuscript, by Christopher Woods, undated
1 20-21 Clippings about Corona Publishing Company, 1981-1994
1 22 Publicity and reviews, 1977-1988
1 23 BPT - records, 1987-1989
1 24 Assorted material, 1988-1990
1 25 Dallas, 1991
1 26 Clippings, 1984-1990
1 27 Clippings, 1978-1987
3 3-5 Rolodex files, undated
OM1-OM4 Corona Publishing material - book layouts, 1989-1994 and undated
291-2Corona Publishing material - book layouts, messed up art and Oakwoods Journal, cover jacket, art, blue lines, Lucky Longhorns new illustrations, undated303-5San Antonio Serindipity and other book layouts and art, undatedAddition of May 2004 (Accession 2004-042) 2 1 List of rare/out of print books, 1973-1979
2 2 List of rare/out of print books, 1977-1986 and undated
2 3 List of rare /out of print books, 1972-1975 and undated
2 4 Julia Pauline Leavens by Anna Catherine Markham, 1924
2 5 Harvard Class of 1951 Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Report, 1976
2 6 Texas A Literary Portrait by Don Graham, 1985
2 7 The Negro In the Struggle for 'Cuba Libre' by J. David Bowen, May 13, 1964
3 1 Postcards, greeting cards and correspondence, 1924, 1985-1992 and undated,
Addition of April 2007 (Accession 2007-046)
3 2 Newspaper clippings, postcards, correspondence and receipt, 1961-1986 and undated