54 boxes (22.68 linear feet)
Note: This brief collection description is an accession record. The
collection is not fully processed or cataloged; no biographical sketch,
descriptions of series, or indexes are available.
Acquisition: Gift, 1996 (Gift no. 10631)
Access: Open for research
Processed by: Hope Rider, 2007
RLIN Record
ID: None
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.
Box Folder Description
1 1-2 A-Al 3 Am-Az 4 THE AMERICAN SPORTSMAN 5 Artists and photographers 6 Ba 7 Bateson, Catherine 8 Be 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, Fran?ois 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 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 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. 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 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. 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. 9 1-3 Gi-Go 4 Gilbert, Bil 5 Gilchriese, John D. 6 Gillmor, Daniel S. 7 Gr-Gz 8-9 Graham, Loren 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 11 1 Han-Hay, cont'd 2-4 Hancock, Lyn 5-6 He 7 Heizer, Robert F. 8 Helmericks, Harmon 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 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 14 1 Klare, Michael 2 Klein, Herb Arthur 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. 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 16 1-2 Mc 3 McCarthy, Richard D. 4 McDonald, John 5-6 McElroy, Thomas P., Jr 7-8 McHugh, Tom 9 McLaughlin, Andrew 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 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 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 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 21 1-2 Rossi, Paul and David Hunt, cont'd 3 Rot-Rz 4-5 Russell, Andy 6 Russell, Carl 7 Sa 22 1 Sand, George X. 2-3 Sch 4-5 Schaller, George B. 6 Sci-Sd 7 Se-Sha 8-9 Sennett, Richard 23 1-2 Sennett, Richard and Jonathan Cobb 3 Sh 4-5 Si-Sn 6 Slavin, Arthur Joseph 7 So-Sta 8 Solomon, Maynard 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 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 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. 27 1 Wan-Wes 2 Waterman, Charles 3-4 Weinstein, Allen 5 Wet-Whi 6 White, George Abbott 7-8 Who-Wim 9 Wilson, Steven C. 10 Win-Wol 28 1 Win-Wol, cont'd 2 Wom-Wz 3 Wormington, Marie 4-5 Wulff, Lee 6 X-Y 7 Z
1971-1975 28 8 A 9 B 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 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 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 32 1 G, cont'd 2-4 H 5 Hammett, Dashiell, England Hersey, John 6-7 General correspondence 8 THE WRITER'S CRAFT 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 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 35 1 Marchand, Leslie A., BYRON 2 Maximov, Vladimir 3 Mencken, H. L. 4 N-Z 1975 5 A 6 B 7-8 C 36 1 D 2 E-F 3 G 4-5 H 6 I-K 7 L 8 M 37 1-2 M, cont'd 3 N-Q 4 R 5-7 S 8 T 38 1 U-V 2 W 3 X-Z 1976-1977 4 A 5-6 B 7-8 C 9 D 10 E 39 1 F 2 G 3-4 H 5 I-K 6 L 7-8 M 9-10 Mann, Thomas, THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN (television) 40 1 N-O 2 P-Q 3 R 4-5 S 6 T 7 U-V 8 W-Z
Adams, Alice BEAUTIFUL GIRL (1979) 9 Editorial 10 Legal and production 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 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 Giardina, Tony, MEN WITH DEBTS (1984) 43 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 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 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 46 1-4 Whitney, Charles A., cont'd Willis, Ellen, BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT (1981) 5 Editorial 6 Legal 7 Production 8 Publicity
9-10 A 47 1-2 Ba-Bl 3-4 Bo-Br 5 Bu-Bz 6 C-Ce 7 Ch 8-9 Cl-Co 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 49 1 Hi-Hy 2 I-J 3 K-Kn 4 Ko-Ky 5 L-La 6 Le-Ly
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 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 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
52 1-3 Ca-Cl 4-6 Co-Cz 7-8 Da-Del 9 Dem-Dz 53 1 Dem-Dz, cont'd 2-3 E 4-5 Fa-Fl 6-7 Fo-Fz 8-9 Ga-Gl 54 1 Ga-Gl, cont'd 2-3 Go-Gz 4-6 Ha-He 7-9 Hi-Hz
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