Grove Press Collection, 1956-1984, bulk 1958-1983

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Series I: Book Titles, circa, 1958-1984

Series I consists of files related to production, publication, and publicity of books from Grove Press. Included are color proofs for dust jackets and paperback covers, page proofs, black and white photographs of authors and book cover art. Documents for several book titles are arranged separately in this series. Of particular note are court records, news releases, and promotional materials pertaining to the Grove Press publication of D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover in 1959 and Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer in 1961.



Box 1 491 , 1966


Box 1 A-Andy Warhol, 1968-1969


Box 1 Barbarella , 1968


Box 1 Games People Play , 1965


Box 1 Lady Chatterley's Lover , 1959, 2 folders


Box 1 Marquis de Sade , 1965


Box 1 The Master & Margarita , 1967


Box 1 One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding , 1962-1963


Box 1 Our Lady of the Flowers , 1963


Box 1 Tropic of Cancer , 1959-1965, 5 folders


Box 1 Tropic of Cancer on Trial , 1968-1969


Box 1 Dust Jackets -- Color Proofs, undated


Box 1 Paperback Book Covers, undated, 1981


Box 1 Photographs -- Authors, 1962-1972


Box 1 Photographs -- Book Cover Art, undated


Box 1 Proofs, undated

Series II: Marketing Materials, 1956-1984

Series II consists of book reviews, catalogs, newsletters, news releases, order forms, and marketing items such as fliers, posters, and review reprints. Included are files for Grove Press film division.


Box 1 Book Reviews, 1968-1969


Box 1 Catalogs, 1956-1983, 2 folders


Box 1 Evergreen Club, 1959-1968


Box 1 Evergreen Program -- MacBird, 1967-1971


Box 1 Evergreen Review , undated


Box 1 Film Division, 1963-1974


Box 1 I am Curious (Yellow), 1969


Box 1 Marketing, 1957-1984, 2 folders


Box 1 News Releases, 1962-1980, 2 folders


Box 1 Order Forms, 1959-1976, 5 folders

Series III: Office Files, 1961-1972

Series III consists of financial statements, annual reports, staff meeting minutes, contracts, author information forms, publication schedules, reviewer lists, and black and white photographs of Grove Press offices on the corner of Mercer and Bleecker Streets in Greenwich Village. Included are documents pertaining to charges against Grove Press and its journal Evergreen Review for sexual discrimination of female employees as well as sexism, racism, and exploitation of children in Grove Press works.


Box 1 Financial Statements, 1964-1972


Box 1 Office Files, 1961-1969


Box 1 Print Magazine, 1963