Columbia University Press records, 1893-2000s, bulk 1923-2000s
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#0268
- Bib ID:
- 4078645 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Columbia University. Press
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 752 linear feet (631 boxes)
- Language(s):
- English .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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Boxes 1-558 of this collection are located off-site. You will need to request these boxes material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Boxes CC1-CC11 are located on site.
Description
Scope and Content
This collection contains the correspondence, editorial files and office files of the Columbia University Press, primarily from its reorganization in 1923 by Frederick Coykendall to the present.
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Series I: Cataloged Correspondence, 1893-1959
This series contains selections from the Press's correspondence files. Files are organized alphabetically by correspondent's last name. Additional materials, including from some of the same Press authors, can be found in Series II.
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Series II: Editorial Files, 1920s-1950s
This series contains the editorial files, which include correspondence kept by the editor related to a specific work. Files are organzined by the author's last name and the title of the work. Files include rejected, transferred and published works as well as files for general correspondence.
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Series III: Office Files, 1920s-2011
This series contains the office or subject files kept by the CUP staff.
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Series IV: Printed Materials, 1893-1972
This series contains the CUP catalogues, announcements and publicity materials.
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Series V. Board of Trustees Meetings, 1893-2007
This series contains the records related to the Board of Trustees. The materials from 1991 to 2007 were received as part of the 2017 addition.
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The material in this series consists mostly of book contracts and agreements, as well author information dating primarily from the 1990s-2010s. Two accruals of these Central File records were received in 2019 and 2021, respectively. The files are arranged alphabetically within each addition's sub-series.
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Books published by CU Press
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into 5 series, with one addition.
- Series I: Cataloged Correspondence, 1893-1959
- Series II: Editorial Files, 1920s-1950s
- Subseries II.1 Editorial Files, 1920s-1959
- Subseries II.2. 2011 Addition, 1960-2000s
- Subseries II.3: 2017 Addition, 2000s
- Series III: Office Files, 1920s-2011
- Series IV: Printed Materials, 1893-1972
- Series V. Board of Trustees Meetings, 1893-2007
- Series VI: Central Files
- Series VII: Books
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Rbml Advance Appointment
Boxes 1-558 of this collection are located off-site. You will need to request these boxes material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Boxes CC1-CC11 are located on site.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Readers must use microfilm of materials specified above.
None of the material may be quoted or published without permission of the editor in chief of the Press and of the Librarian for Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Columbia University Press Records (Box #, Folder #); Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Alternate Form Available
Pearl S. Buck letter is on: microfilm.
Royal Cortissoz lettrers are on: microfilm.
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of the Press, 1919 & 1978.
Acquisition
1919 M-19 Columbia University Press Gift
Additions: 2010-2011-M164, June 2011 and 2016-2017-M128, March 2017
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 05/08/89.
Revision Description
2010-01-25 Legacy finding aid created from Pro Cite.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
2022-07-18 Sub-Series VI: "Addition 2022: A-B" added and extent updated.
Biographical / Historical
The Columbia University Press, one of the oldest and largest of American university presses, was founded in 1893. The Press has published dissertations and other works by academic authors from Columbia University and elsewhere, series of books and other publications for departments of the University, periodicals, and other works.
Subject Headings
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