Collection ID: 4079194 MS#0970

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Pantheon Books
Extent:
18 linear feet and 39 boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Pantheon Books records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Background

Scope and Content:

The editorial and production files of Pantheon Books from 1944 through 1968. The correspondence from authors, agents, and publishers is written to Kurt and Helen Wolff, Jacques Schiffrin, André Schiffrin, and the editors of the firm. The files document the publication of works by A. Alvarez, Georges Bernanos, Hermann Broch, Jacob Burckhardt, Albert Camus, William Demby, Eugene Ionesco, Karl Jaspers, Winifred Bryher, Jacques Maritain, Isamu Noguchi, José Ortega y Gasset, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Sir Herbert Read, Ben Shahn, and others.

Acquisition information:
Source of acquisition--Random House via Donald Klopfer. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--04/16/1973. Accession number--M-73-04-16.
Processing information:

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/1989.

Arrangement:

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged.

Accruals:

A large unprocessed accession is not reflected in this finding aid. A partial box list is available in repository. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

Books published by Pantheon are located off-site. This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

PREFERRED CITATION:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Pantheon Books records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th St.
New York, NY 10027, United States
CONTACT:
(212) 854-5590
rbml@library.columbia.edu