Seven Gables Bookshop records, 1930-1979

Seven Gables Bookshop records, 1930-1979

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
Ms Coll\Seven Gables
Bib ID:
4079325 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Seven Gables Bookshop
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
80600 items (175 boxes 23 correspondence file 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.

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.

Please note that there is a problem with the box numbering of this collection which may result in delays in requesting the boxes from off-site. Patrons are requested to request the box number in the finding aid, as well as the box with the next highest number. For example, if you want box 90 you should request Box 90 AND Box 91.

Description

Summary

Correspondence and catalogs of Seven Gables Bookshop, and some early letters from Collector's Bookshop and Papantonio's Bookshop. There are many letters in the collection from major universities and colleges and from famous collectors such as C. Waller Barrett, Thomas W. Streeter, Jacob Blanck, and Josiah K. Lilley. Also, miscellaneous correspondence and notes of John Kohn.

Arrangement

Chronological.

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.

Please note that there is a problem with the box numbering of this collection which may result in delays in requesting the boxes from off-site. Patrons are requested to request the box number in the finding aid, as well as the box with the next highest number. For example, if you want box 90 you should request Box 90 AND Box 91.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Seven Gables Bookshop Records; 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--Papantonio, Michael and John Kohn. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1971. Accession number--M-71.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 09/--/1989.

Revision Description

2013-06-16 File created.

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

Biographical / Historical

Bookstore in New York City with John Kohn and Michael Papantonio, proprietors. The two men were formerly independent bookdealers and operated Collector's Bookshop and Papantonio's Bookshop.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Name
Barrett, Clifton Waller, 1901-1991
Blanck, Jacob, 1906-1974
Collector's Bookshop
Kohn, John
Lilly, Josiah Kirby, 1893-1966
Papantonio's Bookshop
Papantonio, Michael
Streeter, Thomas W (Thomas Winthrop), 1883-1965
Subject
Book collectors
Booksellers and bookselling -- New York (State) -- New York

Cataloged Correspondence


Box Cataloged

Adler, Elmer to Lawrence Thompson, 9 April 1947, 1 a.l.s.; 2 pages


Box Cataloged

Allen, Hervey to Lawrence Thompson, 12 November 1946, 1 t.l.s.; 1 page


Box Cataloged

Barzun, Jacques to Lawrence Thompson, 27 April 1945, 1 t.l.s.; 1 page


Box Cataloged

Bingham, Millicent Todd to Mrs. John S. Van E. Kohn, 11 June 1968, 1 a.l.s.; 2 pages


Box Cataloged

Burlingham. Charles Culp to Lawrence Thompson, 29 October 1946, 1 t.l.s.; 1 page


Box Cataloged

Deutsch, Babette to John S. Van E. Kohn, 21 March 1964, 1 t.l.s.; 2 pages


Box Cataloged

Deutsch, Babette to John S. Van E. Kohn, December 1974, 1 postcards


Box Cataloged

Flaccus, Kimball to John S. Van E. Kohn, 21 June 1965, 1 t.l.s.; 2 pages


Box Cataloged

Lilly, Josiah K., Jr. to John S. Van E. Kohn, 26 May 1942, 1 t.l.s.; 1 page


Box Cataloged

Marquis, Don to Christopher Morley, 29 May 1931, 1 t.l.s.; 3 pages


Box Cataloged

Marquis, Don to Walter Pritchard Eaton, 18 September 1933, 1 t.l.s.; 2 pages


Box Cataloged

Neff, Emery to Lawrence Thompson, 14 April 1946 - 28 June 1947, 8 letters


Box Cataloged

Page, Curtis Hidden to Lawrence Thompson, 13 May 1936, 1 a.l.s.; 2 pages

Seven Gables Bookshop Correspondence and Author's Lists


Box 1

Frank Wilson letters


Box 1A

Papantonic Bookshop Correspondence, October 1, 1942-March 1, 1943


Box 2

"Papantonio Bookshop, 1942 A-H.", 1942


Box 3

"Papantonio Books, 1936-39"


Box 4

"Papantonio Books, 1942 I-S.", 1942


Box 5

Papantonio Books, 1942 T-Z; 1942-1943 A-Z


Box 6

"Catalogued Correspondence."


Box 7

"Collector's Bookshop, 1936-1939."


Box 8

"Collector's Bookshop, 1940 M-R.", 1940


Box 9

"Collector's Bookshop, 1940 S-Z.", 1940


Box 10

"Collector's Bookshop, 1940 A-G.", 1940


Box 11

"Collector's Bookshop, 1941 A-G.", 1941


Box 12

"Collector's Bookshop, 1940 H-L.", 1940


Box 13

"Collector's Bookshop, 1941 P-Z.", 1941


Box 14

"Collector's Bookshop, 1941 H-O.", 1941


Box 15

"Collector's Bookshop, 1942-43, A-L."


Box 16

"Collector's Bookshop, 1942-43, M-Z."


Box 17

"Correspondence, 1946 A-C.", 1946


Box 18

"Correspondence, 1946 D-K.", 1946


Box 19

"Correspondence, 1946 L-O.", 1946


Box 20

"Correspondence, 1946 P-Z.", 1946


Box 21

"Correspondence, 1947 A-B.", 1947


Box 22

"Correspondence, 1947 C-F.", 1947


Box 23

"Correspondence, 1947 G-L.", 1947


Box 24

"Correspondence, 1947 N-R.", 1947


Box 25

"Correspondence, 1947 S-Z.", 1947


Box 26

"Correspondence, 1948 A-E.", 1948


Box 27

"Correspondence, 1948 F-L.", 1948


Box 28

"Correspondence, 1948 M-Q.", 1948


Box 29

"Correspondence, 1948 R-Z.", 1948


Box 30

"Correspondence, 1949 A-E.", 1949


Box 31

"Correspondence, 1949 F-L.", 1949


Box 32

"Correspondence, 1949 M-Q.", 1949


Box 33

"Correspondence, 1949 R-Z., 1949


Box 34

"Correspondence, 1950 A-C.", 1950


Box 35

"Correspondence, 1950 D-H.", 1950


Box 36

"Correspondence, 1950 I-M.", 1950


Box 37

"Correspondence, 1950 N-R.", 1950


Box 38

"Correspondence, 1950 S-Z.", 1950


Box 39

"Correspondence, 1951 A-E.", 1951


Box 40

"Correspondence, 1951 F-L.", 1951


Box 41

"Correspondence, 1951 L-Q.", 1951


Box 42

"Correspondence, 1951 R-Z.", 1951


Box 43

"Correspondence, 1952 A-D.", 1952


Box 44

"Correspondence, 1954 E-L.", 1954


Box 45

"Correspondence, 1952 M-P (general).", 1952


Box 46

"Correspondence, 1952 Penr-S.", 1952


Box 47

"Correspondence, 1952 T-Z.", 1952


Box 48

"Correspondence, 1953 A-D.", 1953


Box 49

"Correspondence, 1953 E-L.", 1953


Box 50

"Correspondence, 1953 M-P.", 1953


Box 51

"Correspondence, 1953 Q-Z.", 1953


Box 52

"Correspondence, 1954 A-G.", 1954


Box 53

"Correspondence, 1954 H-M.", 1954


Box 54

"Correspondence, 1954 N-R.", 1954


Box 55

"Correspondence, 1954 S-Z.", 1954


Box 56

"Correspondence, 1955A-E."


Box 57

"Correspondence, 1955 F-L.", 1955


Box 58

"Correspondence, 1955 M-Q.", 1955


Box 59

"Correspondence, 1955 R-Z.", 1955


Box 60

"Correspondence, 1956 A-E.", 1956


Box 61

"Correspondence, 1956 F-K.", 1956


Box 62

"Correspondence, 1956 L-O.", 1956


Box 63

"Correspondence, 1956 P-R.", 1956


Box 64

"Correspondence, 1956 S-Z.", 1956


Box 65

"Correspondence, 1957 A-D.", 1957


Box 66

"Correspondence, 1957 E-K.", 1957


Box 67

"Correspondence, 1957 L-O.", 1957


Box 68

"Correspondence, 1957 P-R.", 1957


Box 69

"Correspondence, 1957 S-Z.", 1957


Box 70

"Correspondence, 1957 A-F.", 1957


Box 71

"Correspondence, 1958 G-K.", 1958


Box 72

"Correspondence, 1958 L-O.", 1958


Box 73

"Correspondence, 1958 P-S.", 1958


Box 74

"Correspondence, 1958 S-V.", 1958


Box 75

"Correspondence, 1958 W-Z.", 1958


Box 76

"Correspondence, 1959 A-C.", 1959


Box 77

"Correspondence, 1959 D-H.", 1959


Box 78

"Correspondence, 1959 I-M.", 1959


Box 79

"Correspondence, 1959 N-P.", 1959


Box 80

"Correspondence, 1959 Q-T.", 1959


Box 81

"Correspondence, 1959 U-Z", 1959


Box 82

"Correspondence, 1960 A-E", 1960


Box 83

"Correspondence, 1960 F-J", 1960


Box 84

"Correspondence, 1960 K-N", 1960


Box 85

"Correspondence, 1960 O-R", 1960


Box 86

"Correspondence, 1960 S-Z", 1960


Box 87

"Correspondence, 1961 A-C (1)", 1961


Box 88

"Correspondence, 1961 C (Cont.)-H (1)", 1961


Box 89

"Correspondence, 1961 H(cont.)-L", 1961


Box 90

"Correspondence, 1961 M-P", 1961


Box 91

"Correspondence, 1961 P-S", 1961


Box 92

"Correspondence, 1961 T-Z", 1961


Box 93

"Correspondence, 1962 A-Cl", 1962


Box 94

"Correspondence, 1962 Co-G", 1962


Box 95

"Correspondence, 1962 H-L", 1962


Box 96

"Correspondence, 1962 M-Pi (1)", 1962


Box 97

"Correspondence, 1962 Pi (cont.)-Sn", 1962


Box 98

"Correspondence, 1962 So-W", 1962


Box 99

"Correspondence, 1962 X-Z", 1962


Box 100

"Correspondence, 1963 A-Co (1)", 1963


Box 101

"Correspondence, 1963 Co (cont.)-G", 1963


Box 102

"Correspondence, 1963 H-L", 1963


Box 103

"Correspondence, 1963 M-Po", 1963


Box 104

"Correspondence, 1963 Pr-S(1)", 1963


Box 105

"Correspondence, 1963 S (cont.)-Z", 1963


Box 106

"Correspondence, 1964 A-B", 1964


Box 107

"Correspondence, 1964 C-F", 1964


Box 108

"Correspondence, 1964 G-J", 1964


Box 109

"Correspondence, 1964 K-N", 1964


Box 110

"Correspondence, 1964 O-R', 1964


Box 111

"Correspondence, 1964 S-T", 1964


Box 112

"Correspondence, 1964 U-Z", 1964


Box 113

"Correspondence, 1965 A-B", 1965


Box 114

"Correspondence, 1965 C-F", 1965


Box 115

"Correspondence, 1965 G-K", 1965


Box 116

"Correspondence, 1965 L-O", 1965


Box 117

"Correspondence, 1965 P-R.", 1965


Box 118

"Correspondence, 1965 S-U.", 1965


Box 119

"Correspondence, 1965 V-Z.", 1965


Box 120

"Correspondence, 1966 A-Cla.", 1966


Box 121

"Correspondence, 1966 Cle-G.", 1966


Box 122

"Correspondence, 1966 H-L.", 1966


Box 123

"Correspondence, 1966 M-O.", 1966


Box 124

"Correspondence, 1966 P-R.", 1966


Box 125

"Correspondence, 1966 S.", 1966


Box 126

"Correspondence, 1966 T-Z.", 1966


Box 127

"Correspondence, 1967 A-C.", 1967


Box 128

"Correspondence, 1967 D-H.", 1967


Box 129

"Correspondence, 1967 I-M.", 1967


Box 130

"Correspondence, 1967 N-P.", 1967


Box 131

"Correspondence, 1967 Q-Scribner.", 1967


Box 132

"Correspondence, 1967 St-Z.", 1967


Box 133

"Correspondence, 1968 A-C.", 1968


Box 134

"Correspondence, 1968 D-G.", 1968


Box 135

"Correspondence, 1968 H-K.", 1968


Box 136

"Correspondence, 1968 L-O.", 1968


Box 137

"Correspondence, 1968 P-S (misc.).", 1968


Box 138

"Correspondence, 1968 S (misc., cont.)-U.", 1968


Box 139

"Correspondence, 1968 V-Z.", 1968


Box 140

"Correspondence, 1969 A-B.", 1969


Box 141

"Correspondence, 1969 C-D.", 1969


Box 142

"Correspondence, 1969 E-I.", 1969


Box 143

"Correspondence, 1969 J-M.", 1969


Box 144

"Correspondence, 1969 N-P.", 1969


Box 145

"Correspondence, 1969 Q-S.", 1969


Box 146

"Correspondence, 1969 T-Z.", 1969


Box 147

"Correspondence, 1970 A-B.", 1970


Box 148

"Correspondence, 1970 C-G.", 1970


Box 149

"Correspondence, 1970 H-M.", 1970


Box 150

"Correspondence, 1970 N-Q.", 1970


Box 151

"Correspondence, 1970 R-T.", 1970


Box 152

"Correspondence, 1970 U-Z.", 1970


Box 153

"Correspondence, 1971 A-B.", 1971


Box 154

"Correspondence, 1971 C-F.", 1971


Box 155

"Correspondence, 1971 G-K.", 1971


Box 156

"Correspondence, 1971 L-P.", 1971


Box 157

"Correspondence, 1971 Q-S.", 1971


Box 158

"Correspondence, 1971 T-Z.", 1971


Box 159

"Correspondence, 1972 A-C.", 1972


Box 160

"Correspondence, 1972 D-H.", 1972


Box 161

"Correspondence, 1972 I-M.", 1972


Box 162

"Correspondence, 1972 N-Q.", 1972


Box 163

"Correspondence, 1972 R-S.", 1972


Box 164

"Correspondence, 1972 T-Z.", 1972


Box 165

"Correspondence, 1973 A-B.", 1973


Box 166

"Correspondence, 1973 C-F.", 1973


Box 167

"Correspondence, 1973 G-J.", 1973


Box 168

"Correspondence, 1973 K-N.", 1973


Box 169

"Correspondence, 1973 O-R", 1973


Box 170

"Correspondence, 1973 S-V", 1973


Box 171

"Correspondence, 1973 W-Z miscellaneous", 1973


Box 172

"Correspondence, 1974 A-C", 1974


Box 173

"Correspondence, 1974 D-I", 1974


Box 174

"Correspondence, 1974 J-O", 1974


Box 175

"Correspondence, 1974 P-S", 1974


Box 176

"Correspondence, 1974 T-Z", 1974


Box 177

"Correspondence, 1975 A-B", 1975


Box 178

"Correspondence, 1975 C-F", 1975


Box 179

"Correspondence, 1975 G-K", 1975


Box 180

"Correspondence, 1975 L-O", 1975


Box 181

"Correspondence, 1975 P-R", 1975


Box 182

"Correspondence, 1975 S-W", 1975


Box 183

"Correspondence, 1975 X-Z and miscellaneous correspondence, 1976 A-B", 1975, 1976


Box 184

"Correspondence, 1976 C-G", 1976


Box 185

"Correspondence, 1976 H-L", 1976


Box 186

"Correspondence, 1976 M-Q", 1976


Box 187

"Correspondence, 1976 R-V", 1976


Box 188

"Correspondence, 1976 W-Z and miscellaneous", 1976


Box 189

"Correspondence, 1977 A-F", 1977


Box 190

"Correspondence, 1977 G-M", 1977


Box 191

"Correspondence, 1977 N-U", 1977


Box 192

"Correspondence, 1977 V-Z correspondence, 1978 A-G", 1977, 1978


Box 193

"Correspondence, 1978 H-P", 1978


Box 194

"Correspondence, 1978 R-Z", 1978


Box 195

"Correspondence, 1979 1and 2 miscellaneous correspondence: subject file A-Z", 1979


Box 196

Miscellaneous correspondence Nd., 1930 1950-1979", 1930


Box 197

"Author's List A-C"


Box 198

"Author's List D-J"


Box 199

"Author's List K-R"


Box 200

"Author's List S-Z"


Box 201

"Collector's Bookshop, Papantonio Bookshop, Seven Gables Catalogue"


Box 202

"John S. Van E. Kohn-misc correspondence and notes"