Jason Epstein papers, 1970-2010

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Box List


Tear sheets, general:



Box 1 DVDs- 2; Documents- 12; Booklet (with Jason Epstein biography)- 1


Box 1 Editing: Document- 3


Box 1 Misc Papers: Documents- 7


Box 1 General Correspondence: Documents (letters, note cards and postcards)- 28; Photos - 6


Box 1 Knopf/Cookbook: Documents- 3


Box 1 Speeches; Documents- 4


Box 1 LOA, 1959-1966: Documents- 5 documents, multi-page


The Literary Classics of the United States/The Library of America:


Box 1 Documents- 68; Booklet from LoA- 1; Folder, The Guardians of American Letters Fund documents- 10


Box 1 Contracts: Documents- 15


Box 1 Random House: Documents- 10


Box 1 FDN, Mail, etc.: Documents- 29


Box 1 Book Business: Documents- 90; Booklets- 1


Box 1 Edited Proofs of Book Business – 6 full unbound printed books, 2 smaller multipage edits, 1; bound uncorrected proof



Box 2 Japan: Documents- 13; Booklets- 2


Box 2 Adler: Documents- 27


Box 2 240 Centre: Documents- 29


Box 2 Siegel, Sacks, Press & Lacher, PC: Documents- 2


Box 2 240 Centre Street: Blueprints- 9


Box 2 SAG Harbor: Documents- 9


Box 2 SH and Montank: Booklets- 7; Documents- 3


Box 2 Research for EH- History & Guide: Documents- 12


Box 2 Inn @ Little Washington: Documents -4


Box 2 Business Correspondence: Documents- 10


Box 2 Garden Readers: Sale Documents- 21; Garden Book Club (Booklets- 6; Documents- 16)


Box 2 Nabokov File: Documents- 2


Box 2 NY Rev/Sale: Documents- 26


Box 2 Speech 11/29/88: Documents- 2


Box 2 Readers Catalogue: Documents- 13


Box 2 Jason Epstein ODB: Documents- 7


Box 2 Jason Epstein ODB 2: Documents- 17


Box 2 ODB: Documents- 18


Box 2 On Demand: Documents- 33


Box 2 On Demand 2: Documents- 7 & Booklet- 1


Box 2 On Demand Books: Documents- 20


Amazon Archives:


Box 2 Amazon Documents- 9;Amazon (Blue folder) &Booklets- 2; Documents- 12; Amazon (Green folder); Documents- 4


Box 2 Lillian Hellman: Documents- 2


Box 2 Gray/Black Notebook- Various notes throughout



Box 3 17 books with written notes and edits


Box 3 7 short (and partial) manuscripts with notes and edits


Box 3 Box of color prints from Staples to add to the archives, scans of books and photographs, kept and/or sold, but with significant inscriptions and letters to Jason



Box 4 3 wood and metal plaques, awards and honors


Box 4 2 round metals with ribbons, awards and honors, 1988, 2000


Box 4 29 tearsheets and New York Review of Books relevant to Jason Epstein


Box 4 Various photographs and unframed awards on paper


Box 4 Envelope of important correspondence with writers


Box 4 Flash drive of all scans and photographs completed by Cyndi Shattuck Archiving



Box 5 John Jay award, 1988


Box 5 2 black-and-white matted photos