Marlboro Press Records, 1932-2001, bulk 1982-2000

Summary Information

Abstract

The Marlboro Press Records contain the administrative, financial, and working files of the Marlboro Press, a small publisher of European works in translation between 1982 and the mid 1990s, when it merged with Northwestern University Press.

At a Glance

Arrangement

Arrangement

The material is arranged in three series.

• Series I: Financial and Administrative Files, 1970-2001
• Series II: Alphabetical Files, 1932-2001
• Series III: Printed Matter, 2001

Description

Summary

Spanning the entire life of the Marlboro Press, the collection documents the Press' financial and administrative activities, as well as its correspondence with writers and translators. This includes catalogues of the Press' titles, sales records, contracts with authors and translators, invoices, grant applications, correspondence with business associates and distributors, galleys, proofs, page layouts, reports on prospective titles, royalty records, customer lists, and inventory reports. In addition to correspondence with translators and writers, the collection contains manuscripts of translations, galleys, and reviews, as well as books printed by Marlboro and manuscripts on computer disks.

• Series I: Financial and Administrative Files, 1970-2001

  Series I consists of the administrative and financial records of the Marlboro Press, including sales reports, catalogues, business correspondence, contracts with translators, inventory reports, business forms, grant applications, bank statements, mailing lists, receipts from purchases, distribution records, and records of Marlboro Press' interactions with Northwestern University Press, with which the Marlboro Press merged in the mid-90s.

• Series II: Alphabetical Files, 1932-2001

  Organized alphabetically by author and project, Series II consists of general files relating to either proposed or completed translation and publishing projects, including correspondence with writers and translators, edited manuscripts, galleys, page proofs, correspondence with subscribers to the press' catalogue, photocopied texts, un-translated texts, and computer disks containing manuscripts.

• Series III: Printed Matter, 2001

  Series III consists of works printed by the Marlboro Press.

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Restrictions on Access

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This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Marlboro Press records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accrual

No additions are expected

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

2012.2013.M024: Source of acquisition--Dalkey Archive Press. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--9/20/2012.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers processed by Alexander Rocca (GSAS) August 2013.

Additional reviews, royalty records, and computer disks processed by Catherine C. Ricciardi, August, 2014.

Finding aid written by Alexander Rocca (GSAS), August 2013.

Revision Description

2013-09-10 File created.

2013-09-12 XML document instance created by Catherine C. Ricciardi

2014-08-13 XML document instance updated by Catherine C. Ricciardi

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form

Subject

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

The Marlboro Press was a small publishing house founded in 1982 by writer and translator Austryn Wainhouse in Marlboro, Vermont. Committed to translating and publishing little-known or little-remembered works of European fiction and non-fiction, the press developed a catalogue of titles that included works by authors such as Curzio Malaparte, Robert Antelme, Joseph Conrad, Fernando Camon, Mario Rigoni Stern, Karen Malpede, Louis Calaferte, Emmanuel Bove, and Pierre Jean Jouve. With the help of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Press both commissioned translations and published others, including several works by the well-known translator Lydia Davis. In the 1990s, the Press was folded into the Northwestern University Press, which continued to distribute its catalogue of titles after Austryn Wainhouse retired in 2001.