Call Number:

C1348

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 4 boxes
• 1 folder
• 3.67 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Selected Papers of Edward T. Chase, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1904-2002 (inclusive) and 1979-2002 (bulk)

Creator:

Chase, Edward T. (Edward Tinsley)

Form:

Correspondence -- 20th century and Manuscripts -- 20th century.

Abstract:

Consists of selected papers of Edward T. Chase (1919-2005) including correspondence, manuscripts and other documents relating to Chase's professional career as a book editor at several New York publishing companies spanning the years 1972-1995.

Edward Tinsley (Ned) Chase (1919-2005), Princeton Class of 1941, was a book editor and writer whose professional career spanned almost 50 years in New York City--at the Hyperion Press (1946-1949), The New Yorker magazine (1949-1952), Cunningham & Walsh (Vice President for Public Affairs, 1953-1964), the New American Library (Editorial Vice President, 1964-1972), G. P. Putnam's Sons and Berkley Books (Vice President, 1972-1978), Times Books (Senior Editorial Vice President, 1978-1983), Macmillan Publishing, and Charles Scribner's Sons (Senior Editor, 1983-1994). Chase was best known for editing books on public affairs and policy.

The collection consists of selected papers of Edward T. Chase, primarily correspondence and editorial files documenting Chase's career as an editor at various publishing companies (1964-1994) and as a freelance writer and editor (until 2002). There is also a small amount of material tracing back to the Chase family's connections to the artist's colony in Woodstock, N.Y., including a 1904 letter containing pen-and-ink drawings by Chase's father, the American painter and illustrator Edward Leigh Chase (1894-1965), to his own mother.

The collection is organized into the following series: