- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- John Day Company.
- Title:
- Archives of John Day Company
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/0c483j41k
- Dates:
- 1926-1969
- Size:
- 570 boxes and 239.4 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-570
- Language:
- English
Abstract
The collection consists of editorial correspondence and some business material of the American publisher.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists of editorial files of the American publisher John Day Company, Inc., from its founding in 1926 until 1969. The bulk of the archives is comprised of correspondence between the publishing company's editors and authors, such asPearl Buck, but it also includes some business material relating to requests for permission to quote and foreign rights of authors, agents, and publishers.
- Collection Creator Biography:
John Day Company.
The John Day Company, Inc., was an American publishing firm founded in 1926.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Gift of John Day Company, Inc.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Ran Tao in 2004. Finding aid written by Ran Tao in 2004.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
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 Special Collections 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.
- Credit this material:
Archives of John Day Company; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/0c483j41k
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-570
Find More
- Subject Terms:
- Authors and publishers -- United States -- 20th century.
Authors, American -- 20th century.
Editors -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century.
Novelists, American -- 20th century.
Publishers and publishing -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century. - Genre Terms:
- Correspondence -- 20th century
