Brandt & Brandt Contract Files 1912-1995

Summary

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Overview

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Abstract

The Brandt & Brandt Contract Files consists primarily of contract files from Brandt & Brandt, the New York City literary agency, for published works where the rights have reverted to the author. Some represented authors are Margaret Banning, Bessie Brewer, Raymond Chandler, Carlos Fuentes, Arthur Machen, Mary McCarthy, Derek Patmore, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Wallace Stegner. The Fuentes material (1967-1995) is extensive and covers a fuller range of literary agency activities.

Description

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Description

Consists primarily of contract files from Brandt & Brandt, the New York City literary agency, for published works where the rights have reverted to the author. Some represented authors are Margaret Banning, Bessie Brewer, Raymond Chandler, Arthur Machen, Mary McCarthy, Derek Patmore, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Carlos Fuentes. The Fuentes material (1967-1995) is extensive and covers a fuller range of literary agency activities.

Collection Creator History

Brandt & Brandt is an American literary agency founded in 1912.

Collection History

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Acquisition

Gift of Carl D. Brandt. Author contract files are a gift of Charles Schelessiger.

Processing Information

This collection was initially processed in 1995. Finding aid written in 1995 and updated as needed, most recently in 2010.

Access and Use

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Use Restrictions

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. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Associate University Librarian for Rare Books and Special Collections. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Preferred Citation

Brandt & Brandt Contract Files; 1912-1995, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

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Topics

• American literature
• American literature
• Publishing history
• Publishing history

Subject Terms

• Authors and publishers
• Authors, American
• Brandt & Brandt
• Fuentes, Carlos, 1928-
• Literary agents
• New York (N.Y.)
• United States

Genre Terms

• Contracts
• Correspondence

Contents and Arrangement

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Arrangement

Arranged by accession, then in alphabetical order; Fuentes material (boxes 15-20) arranged chronologically.

Series 1: 1993 Accession, undated

Series 2: 2006 Accession (Fuentes), undated

Series 3: 2009 Accession, 2009

Series 4: 2012 Accession (Frederic Faust), 1918-1991

Series 5: 2013 Accession, 1914-1995