Overview
Editorial correspondence between Harper & Brothers editors and authors.
Dates
- 1923-1953
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
1 linear feet (3 boxes)
Contains autograph and typescript correspondence between various Harper & Brothers editors, including Cass Canfield (1897-1986), John Farrar (1896-1974), and Eugene F. Saxton (1884-1943) with prospective and signed writers, notably John Dos Passos and William Leonard Langer.
Biographical / Historical
The New York publishing firm of Harper & Brothers was founded in 1833 and entered periodical publishing with serialized novels with their Harper's New Monthly Magazine in 1850 and Harper's Bazaar in 1867. In 1962, Harper & Brothers merged with Row, Peterson, & Company to become Harper & Row (now HarperCollins).
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
62M-210-221. Gift of Harper & Row, Publishers, 49 East 33rd Street, New York 16; received: 1963.
- Title
- Harper & Brothers. Harper & Brothers editorial correspondence, 1923-1953: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- EAD ID
- hou01722
Repository Details
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Harvard University
Cambridge MA 02138 USA
(617) 495-2440
Houghton_Library@harvard.edu