Isidor Schneider Papers, 1925-1975

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#1132
Bib ID:
4079312 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Schneider, Isidor, 1896-1976
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
8 linear feet (5,000 items in 20 manuscript boxes)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
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Description

Summary

Manuscripts and correspondence of Schneider, including numerous manuscripts of short stories and poems, many of which are unpublished, and several full-length manuscripts of unpublished critical works. The collection also contains an extensive file of typescript reports on books for The Book Find Club, clippings of reviews written by Schneider and about his books, photographs and drawings of Schneider, and a file of correspondence relating to his writings. The literary correspondence includes letters from many of the important novelists, poets, and literary critics from the 1920s to the 1950s. They include Conrad Aiken, Sherwood Anderson, Kenneth Burke, Malcolm Cowley, Theodore Dreiser, Waldo Frank, Lillian Hellman, Robert Hillyer, Alfred Kreymborg, Thomas Mann, Arthur Miller, Marianne Moore, Lewis Mumford, Laura Riding, Muriel Rukeyser, Karl Shapiro, Stephen Spender, Mark Van Doren, and Yvor Winters.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into 12 series.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on 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.

This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Reproductions 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); Isidor Schneider Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Schneider, Isidor. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1966. Accession number--M-66.

Gift of Isidore Schneider: 1966; 1970; 1973 - 1975.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged by Christina Hilton Fenn 09/--/89. Processed by Michael Stone, January 2001.

Revision Description

2010-03-10 Legacy finding aid created from Pro Cite.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

2020-06-29 Bio and processing notes updated based on finding aid prepared in 2001 )http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/archives/rbml/Schneider/) - ksd

Biographical / Historical

Isidore Schneider (1896 - 1976), American poet and novelist, was born in the Western Ukraine. His family emigrated when he was six and their struggles and privations engendered the communist attitudes that marked much of his early work. His literary career was launched in the "little" magazines of the early twenties such as The Dial and the The Transition. His earliest book publication was in the first edition of The American Caravan. His work appeared in many American literary anthologies alongside some of the finest writers of prose and verse in the early twentieth century. His long and diverse career included an editorship at New Masses, as well as work in newspaper publishing and work as a publisher's advertising manager.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Drawings (visual works) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Book Find Club (New York, N.Y.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Frank, Waldo David, 1889-1967 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hillyer, Robert, 1895-1961 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kreymborg, Alfred, 1883-1966 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Riding, Laura, 1901-1991 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Shapiro, Karl, 1913-2000 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Van Doren, Mark, 1894-1972 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Winters, Yvor, 1900-1968 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
American literature -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
American poetry -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Authors CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Authors, American CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Book clubs (Discussion groups) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Critics CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Poets, American CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Women authors CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID