Margaret Busby papers 7459850Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-10-17 20:22:43 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard2011-10-05xml document instance created by Carrie Hintz2019-05-20EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration. Rare Book and Manuscript Library Margaret Busby papers Busby, Margaret 7459850 MS#1516 English /repositories/2/resources/5961 2 linear feet 1 record storage carton 1 flat box 1978-1989 Papers of British publisher, Margaret Busby, related to her publication of books by and about C.L.R. James. Arrangement

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 Summary

These papers contain records related to Busby's role as C.L.R. James's publisher. Busby published several books by or about C.L.R. James, and these files include correspondence, photographs, and bibliographies, as well as editorial files related to C.L. R. James: His Life and Work, Cricket, and three volumes of James's selected writings.

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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Margaret Busby Papers; Box and Folder (if known); Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Robert Hill. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--2008.

 Biographical Note

Margaret Busby (Nana Akua Ackon I) was born in Ghana and educated in Britain where she earned a degree in English from London University. Shortly after graduating, Busby, along with Clive Allison, co-founded the publishing house Allison & Busby making Busby the first black female publisher in the United Kingdom.

 Biographical Note

Allison & Busby began as a small publishing house dedicated to producing affordable poetry books, but soon branched out into novels and political writing as well as poetry. Included in their catalog were several books by the Trinidadian scholar, Marxist, social critic, and cricket enthusiast C.L.R. James, including The Black Jacobins, C.L. R. James: His Life and Work edited by Paul Buhle, Cricket, and three volumes of James's selected writings.

 Biographical Note

Busby remained the Editorial Director of Allison & Busby for 20 years, leaving to take the position of Editorial Director with Earthscan in 1987 when she and Allison sold Allison & Busby to a larger house. Busby stayed until 1990, and since then has focused on her career as a journalist, critic, and broadcaster.

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Papers processed Alix Ross and Carrie Hintz 2011.

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Finding aid written Carrie Hintz 10/04/2011.

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 Selected Related Material at Columbia

C.L.R. James Papers

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C.L.R. James Institute Records

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Anna Grimshaw Papers

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 Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain Cricket Busby, Margaret James, C. L. R. (Cyril Lionel Robert), 1901-1989 C.L.R. James Editorial Files/repositories/2/archival_objects/7530831978-1989General/repositories/2/archival_objects/753084C.L.R. James Biographical Notes/repositories/2/archival_objects/75309311Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/7530941978-1989(2 Folders)12 to 3C.L.R. James Bibliography (4 Files)/repositories/2/archival_objects/75309514 to 7Scope and Contents

(including Introduction toNotes on Dialecticsmarked and annotated by James)

C.L.R. James: His Life and Work/repositories/2/archival_objects/75308518C.L.R. James's Selected Writings/repositories/2/archival_objects/753086Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/75309619Editorial Files (4 files)/repositories/2/archival_objects/753097110 to 13"Birth of a Nation"/repositories/2/archival_objects/753098114Cricket Writings/repositories/2/archival_objects/753099115Shakespeare Writings/repositories/2/archival_objects/753100116Essays and Articles Considered for Project/repositories/2/archival_objects/753101(2 Folders)117 to 18Cricket/repositories/2/archival_objects/753087Scope and Contents

(by C.L.R. James, edited by Anna Grimshaw)

Editorial Files/repositories/2/archival_objects/753102119Manuscript/repositories/2/archival_objects/753103120C.L.R. James related Clippings and Articles (2 files)/repositories/2/archival_objects/753088121 to 22Photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/753089123Photographs--Oversized/repositories/2/archival_objects/7530902Publicity and Marketing Material for Exhibit "C.L.R. James-- Man of the People"/repositories/2/archival_objects/753091124Research Notes regarding James/repositories/2/archival_objects/753092125