Overview
Books, articles, reviews, and translations by American author, editor, and literary translator, Peter Glassgold.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1965-2015
Creator
- Glassgold, Peter, 1939- (Person)
Condition Description
In good condition.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Conditions Governing Use
Audiovisual media in the collection are restricted from use until surrogates have been made.
Extent
6 linear feet (6 boxes)Collection includes early writings and translations, both published and unpublished; manuscript and typescript drafts of books, articles, reviews, and short fiction; and correspondence. Books by Glassgold include two works related to James Laughlin, founder of the publishing house, New Directions.
Biographical / Historical
Peter Glassgold was born and raised in New York City and now lives in upstate New York. He is a graduate of Columbia College, and as an undergraduate he was an editor and writer for the college humor magazine, The Jester. He has been an editor at The New Leader magazine and of The New-York Historical Society Quarterly. From 1970 to 2005, he was an editor at the literary publishing house New Directions, serving as editor in chief and later as editor at large. He was a member of the Executive Board of PEN American Center from 1982 to 1996 and for ten years chaired that organization's Translation Committee.
Glassgold has taught and lectured at SUNY–Binghamton, Colgate University, Jersey State College, New York University, and Pace University. (Source: the author's website, https://peterglassgold.com/abouttheauthor.html, accessed 8/14/2023)
Arrangement
Arranged as received from the donor.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2023M-124. Gift of Peter Glassgold, 2023 August.
Processing Information
This collection was processed to a basic level with minimal rehousing, organization, and preservation. (Aurora Charlow and Melanie Wisner, 2023)
The donor labeled and numbered most folders in the collection.
Creator
- Glassgold, Peter, 1939- (Person)
Subject
- New Directions Publishing (Organization)
- American Literary Translators Association (Organization)
- PEN America (Organization)
- Title
- Glassgold, Peter, 1939-. Peter Glassgold papers, circa 1965-2015 (MS Am 3444): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- 2023 August 14
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- hou03591
Repository Details
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