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Matson Company, Inc. Records
Harold
Matson Company, Inc. Records
1937-1980.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Harold Matson Company, Inc. records;
Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
COinS Metadata
available (e.g., for Zotero).
Summary Information
At a Glance
Call No.: | MS#0853 |
Bib ID: | 4079087 View CLIO record |
Creator(s): | Harold Matson Company, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) |
Title: | Harold
Matson Company, Inc. Records
1937-1980.
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Physical description: | 68 linear ft. (ca.75,000 items in 139 boxes).
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Language(s): | In English
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Access: |
Written permission of Mr. Harold Matson required to use collection. Please contact
rbml@libraries.cul.columbia.edu with credentials and a short description of your
research project.
Series I: Cataloged Correspondence and Manuscripts (Cataloged Boxes 1-9) is located
on-site.
The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 1-139. You will need to request this
material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least two business days in advance
to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
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Arrangement
Arrangement
Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged by author. Cataloged correspondence and
manuscripts, A-Z - 9 Boxes; Uncataloged files, A-Z - Boxes 1-117; Contract files
(McIntosh, McKee & Dodds, Inc.), A-Z - Boxes 118-139.
The collection is divided into three series:
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Scope and Content
Correspondence, manuscripts, memoranda, contracts and other legal papers, advertising,
and printed materials. The files, 1958-1978, of the Harold Matson Company, Inc. include
correspondence with authors, publishers, and other agents and deal with the editing and
publishing of American and English books, serial rights, reprints, dramatic rights,
translations, foreign rights, promotion, and copyright registration. The contract file
of McIntosh, McKee & Dodds, Inc. Literary Representatives is also included.
Series III: Mclntosh, McKee & Dodds, Inc. Contracts, 1937-1980
(Mclntosh, McKee, & Dodds, Inc. Literary Representatives, formerly Mavis
Mclntosh-Elizabeth McKee, was acquired by the Harold Matson Company, Inc. in
1965)
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Partially Offsite
Access Restrictions
Written permission of Mr. Harold Matson required to use collection. Please contact
rbml@libraries.cul.columbia.edu with credentials and a short description of your
research project.
Series I: Cataloged Correspondence and Manuscripts (Cataloged Boxes 1-9) is located
on-site.
The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 1-139. You will need to request this
material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least two business days in advance
to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Restrictions on Use
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); Harold Matson Company, Inc. records;
Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Finding aid available in repository and online.
Return to top About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries. Rare Book and
Manuscript Library; machine readable finding aid created by Columbia University
Libraries Digital Library Program Division
Processing Information
Cataloged 08/--/1989 Christina Hilton Fenn
Machine readable finding aid generated from MARC-AMC source via XSLT conversion
July 7, 2009
Finding aid written in English.
2014-03-26
XML document instance created by Catherine C. Ricciardi
Return to top Subject Headings
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives. All links open new windows.
Genre/FormSubjectsHeading | CUL Archives: Portal | CUL Collections: CLIO | Nat'l / Int'l Archives: ArchiveGRID |
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American literature--20th century. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Authors, American. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Authors, English. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Barzun, Jacques, 1907- | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Bogarde, Dirk, 1921-1999. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Books--Translations. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Bradbury, Ray, 1920- | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Collier, John. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Copyright, International. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Copyright--Adaptations. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Copyright--Drama. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Copyright. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Derleth, August William, 1909-1971. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
English literature--20th century. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Fulbright, J. William (James William), 1905-1995. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Girodias, Maurice. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Gysin, Brion. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Hoffman, Abbie. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Jameson, Storm, 1891-1986. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Kermode, Frank, 1919- | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Koestler, Arthur, 1905-1983. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Levin, Meyer, 1905-1981. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Literary agents. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Literary agents. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Literature publishing. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Lovat, Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser, Baron,
1911- | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Lowry, Malcolm, 1909-1957. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Manchester, William, 1922-2004. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Matson, Harold, 1899- | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Mavis McIntosh-Elizabeth McKee (New York, N.Y.) | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
McIntosh, McKee & Dodds, Inc. Literary
Representatives. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
McIntosh-Otis (New York, N.Y.) | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Mortimer, John, 1923-2009. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Norman, Charles, 1904-1996. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Novelists, American--20th century. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Novelists, English--20th century. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
O'Gorman, Ned, 1929- | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Padgett, Ron. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Pélieu, Claude. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Priestley, J. B. (John Boynton), 1894-1984. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Pritchett, V. S. (Victor Sawdon), 1900-1997. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Publishers and publishing. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Rechy, John. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Romulo, Carlos P. (Carlos Peña), 1899-1985. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Saroyan, William, 1908-1981. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Shirer, William L. (William Lawrence), 1904-1993. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Sloan, Alfred P. (Alfred Pritchard), 1875-1966. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Steele, Wilbur Daniel. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Styron, William, 1925-2006. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Translations. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Trevor-Roper, H. R. (Hugh Redwald), 1914-2003. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Truffaut, François. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Wouk, Herman, 1915- | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Return to top History / Biographical Note
Historical Note
Literary agency in the New York City. In 1965, Harold Matson
Company, Inc. purchased McIntosh, McKee & Dodds, Inc. Literary Representatives
(formerly Mavis McIntosh-Elizabeth KcKee; and earlier, McIntosh-Otis).
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