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Garland Publishing, Inc., Records
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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
Overview and metadata sections
Garland Publishing, Inc. is an American publisher of academic reference and science textbooks, founded in 1969 by Gavin Borden.
The collection consists of correspondence of various Garland Publishing, Inc., staff members with authors, editors, and others, concerning permissions, copyrights, and production and editorial matters relating to their publication of facsimile and reprint editions of works by established writers. Such subjects include James Joyce (company correspondence of Michael Groden, Danis Rose, A. Walton Litz), Le Corbusier (correspondence of Andre Wogenscky, Jerzy Soltan), William Faulkner (correspondence of Noel Polk, Joseph Blotner, M. McHaney), Virginia Woolf (correspondence of Quentin Bell), Walter Gropius (correspondence of Dr. W. Nerdinger), Louis I. Kahn (correspondence of Julia Converse), and F. Scott Fitzgerald (correspondence of Matthew Bruccoli, Alan Margolies, and others). Also included is correspondence of or related to Jacques Barzun. There are correspondence files of the late Gavin Borden, founder of the firm in 1969, who with his wife Libby Borden, now president, built the company into a significant publisher of academic reference works and science textbooks. Also present are company catalogs and brochures arranged in two series, chronologically (1987-1996) and by subject.
Gift of Elizabeth Borden.
This collection was processed in 2000. Finding aid written in 2000.
No appraisal information is available.
People
- Borden, Gavin
- Faulkner, William, 1897-1962.
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940
- Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969
- Joyce, James, 1882-1941
- Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974.
- Le Corbusier, 1887-1965
- Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.
Organization
Subject
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- Authors and publishers -- England -- 20th century
- Authors and publishers -- United States -- 20th century
- Booksellers and bookselling -- United States -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- Copyright -- United States -- 20th century
- Editors -- United States -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- Facsimiles
- Manuscripts, English -- 20th century -- Facsimiles
- Manuscripts, American -- 20th century -- Facsimiles
- Publishers and publishing -- New York (State) -- New York
- Publisher
- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2000
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research use.
- Use Restrictions
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
Collection Inventory
Consists of correspondence and topical files. of note are files on William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce, and M*A*S*H (Alan Alda).
Arranged alphabetically by topic, then correspondent.
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Consists of various catalogs from 1987-1996.
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