Morrow editorial files for Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Overview
Publisher's editorial files for Robert M. Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
Dates
- Creation: 1968-2022
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1972-1974
Creator
- Landis, James (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.
Extent
.4 linear feet (1 box)Files include press at the publication of the book, comment by invited and uninvited readers, drafts of portions of the book, a photograph of the author, and correspondence between Pirsig and his editor at William Morrow and Company, James Landis, some concerning a Guggenheim Fellowship and a French edition of the book.
Biographical / Historical
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert M. Pirsig was first published by William Morrow and Company in 1974. It is a work of fictionalized autobiography and the first text in which Pirsig explores his concept of "quality".
Robert Maynard Pirsig (1928-2017) was an American writer and philosopher.
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2024M-53. Gift of HarperCollins via Peter Hubbard, 2024 January 4.
Processing Information
Processed by Melanie Wisner, 2024.
Creator
- Landis, James (Person)
- Pirsig, Robert M. (Person)
- William Morrow and Company (Organization)
- Title
- William Morrow and Company. Morrow editorial files for Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, 1968-2022 (MS Am 3473): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- 2024 January 23
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- hou03650
Repository Details
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