Leah Salisbury Papers 1925-1975.

Summary Information

At a Glance

Bib ID:	4079290 View CLIO record
Creator(s):	Salisbury, Leah Javne, 1893-1975.
Title:	Leah Salisbury Papers 1925-1975.
Physical description:	149 linear ft. (ca. 185,000 items in 327 boxes)
Language(s):	In English
Access:	This collection has no restrictions. This collection is located off-site. 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.  More information »

Arrangement

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into 8 series:

• Series I. Cataloged Correspondence
• Series II: Cataloged Manuscripts
• Series III: Arranged Correspondence and Manuscripts
• Series IV: Financial Records
• Series V: Readers' Reports
• Series VI: Printed Material
• Series VII: Card Files
• Series VIII: Reviews and Publicity

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Description

Scope and Content

Papers of Leah Goldstein Javne Salisbury, consisting of correspondence, contracts, scripts, and financial records. Among the correspondents are Christopher Fry, William Gibson, Eugène Ionesco, Dorothy Parker, S.J. Perelman, and Stark Young.

Series I. Cataloged Correspondence

Series II: Cataloged Manuscripts

Series III: Arranged Correspondence and Manuscripts

Series IV: Financial Records

Series V: Readers' Reports

Series VI: Printed Material

Series VII: Card Files

Series VIII: Reviews and Publicity

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Using the Collection

Offsite

Access Restrictions

This collection has no restrictions.

 This collection is located off-site. 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. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Curator of Manuscripts/University Archivist, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML). The RBML approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Leah Salisbury Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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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 09/--/89 Christina Hilton Fenn

Machine readable finding aid generated from MARC-AMC source via XSLT conversion June 26, 2009 Finding aid written in English.

2010-03-01 Legacy finding aid created from Pro Cite.

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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.

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Genre/Form

Heading	CUL Archives: Portal	CUL Collections: CLIO	Nat'l / Int'l Archives: ArchiveGRID
Scripts.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID

Subjects

Heading	CUL Archives: Portal	CUL Collections: CLIO	Nat'l / Int'l Archives: ArchiveGRID
Authors.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Fry, Christopher, 1907-2005.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Gibson, William, 1914-2008.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Ionesco, Eugène.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Literary agents.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Literature publishing.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Perelman, S. J. (Sidney Joseph), 1904-1979.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Theater.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Theatrical agents.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Women in the theater.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Young, Stark, 1881-1963.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID

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History / Biographical Note

Biographical Note

Literary and theatrical agent.

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