John Schaffner papers, 1940-1989

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Series III: Publishers, Agents, Etc.


Subseries III.1: Publishers, Agents, Etc.



Box III.1 American


Box III.1 American Family


Box III.1 American Home


Box III.1 American Legion Magazine


Box III.1 American Mercury


Box III.1 Association Press


Box III.1 Banner Magazines


Box III.1 Barrows & Co.


Box III.1 Better Living


Box III.1 Bluebook


Box III.1 Bruce Publishing Co.


Box III.1 Canadian Broadcasting Co.


Box III.1 Canadian Home Journal


Box III.1 Caravan


Box III.1 Christian Herald


Box III.1 Christophers


Box III.1 Citadel Press


Box III.1 Collier's


Box III.1 Columbia Broadcasting System


Box III.1 Compact


Box III.1 Contests


Box III.1 Copyright forms


Box III.1 Corporal Dickenson Story


Box III.1 Crowell-Collier


Box III.1 Everywoman's Magazine



Box III.2 Faith Today


Box III.2 Family Circle


Box III.2 Family Life


Box III.2 Family Times


Box III.2 Family Weekly


Box III.2 Farm Journal


Box III.2 Faulconer, Mary (Photographer)


Box III.2 Fishing Waters of the World


Box III.2 Fleet Publishing Corp


Box III.2 Frank Wisbar Productions, Inc.


Box III.2 Genesis West


Box III.2 Gentry


Box III.2 Heath, A.M. & Co.


Box III.2 High Fidelity


Box III.2 Holland's


Box III.2 Home


Box III.2 Household Magazine


Box III.2 Interiors


Box III.2 Jester


Box III.2 Liberty


Box III.2 Liberty of Canada


Box III.2 Lincoln-Mercury Times


Box III.2 Little Brand Publications


Box III.2 Manhunt Magazine


Box III.2 Man's Day


Box III.2 Man's Magazine


Box III.2 Mercury Publications


Box III.2 Michael Shayne Mystery


Box III.2 Miscellaneous Markets


Box III.2 Montreal Standard


Box III.2 Narcotics Anonymous, Inc.


Box III.2 National Business


Box III.2 National Geographic


Box III.2 National Humane Review


Box III.2 National Writers Club


Box III.2 New magazines, etc.


Box III.2 New Story Magazine


Box III.2 New York University Press


Box III.2 North American Review



Box III.3 O'Connell, Janice (Television)


Box III.3 Orsborne Expedition


Box III.3 Ottenheimer, I. and M.


Box III.3 Otto Bernz, Co.


Box III.3 Park East


Box III.3 Poetry awards


Box III.3 Points


Box III.3 Preminger (Ingo Preminger Agency)


Box III.3 Quality


Box III.3 Rex


Box III.3 Roy Publishers


Box III.3 Script


Box III.3 Sindeil, Bernard (Sindell Agency)


Box III.3 Society of Author's Representatives, Inc.


Box III.3 Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.


Box III.3 Story


Box III.3 Story-a-Day


Box III.3 Suspense Magazine


Box III.3 Talent Associates Ltd.


Box III.3 Television (John Foreman - Ed Moser)


Box III.3 Television--MCA--Irving Paley


Box III.3 Television--MCA--New York and Hollywood


Box III.3 Theater production


Box III.3 Today's Family


Box III.3 Today's Woman


Box III.3 Tomorrow


Box III.3 Town Journal


Box III.3 True Story


Box III.3 Twayne Publishers


Box III.3 "21" Magazine


Box III.3 Venture


Box III.3 Weird Tales


Box III.3 Western Review


Box III.3 Why Not? Magazine Inc.


Box III.3 Wilfred Funk, Inc.


Box III.3 The Woman


Box III.3 Woman's Home Companion


Box III.3 Wyn, A.A., Inc.


Subseries III.2: Financial Records, 1948-1953

Additional financial records can be found in Series IX.



Box III.4 Financial Records, 1948-1951

Includes cancelled checks, checkbooks, ledgers, statements and receipts, and other bank records.



Box III.5 Financial Records, 1950-1953

Includes cancelled checks and other bank records.


Subseries III.3: Personal Papers, 1948-1960



Box III.6 Appointment Books, 1948-1951, undated, 5 Volumes

Four volumes, 1948-1951. Another volume can be used for any year, and the year is not identified in the volume. Appointment books for 1955-1980 can be found in Subseries IX.1 in boxes IX.7, IX.8, and IX.9.


Box III.6 Cable Information, 1950


Box III.6 Clients Lists, 1952, undated


Box III.6 Farrell, James (Lawyer), 1948-1951


Box III.6 Nantucket Cottage, 1952-1953


Box III.6 Personal Correspondence, 1960


Box III.6 Queens College, 1957-1959


Box III.6 Schaffner, John--Personal, 1959