Westgate Press records, 1929-1931
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#1324
- Bib ID:
- 4079460 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Westgate Press (San Francisco, Calif.)
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 1 box (1 box (182 pages))
- Language(s):
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English
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- 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.
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This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
Description
Summary
Correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, and miscellaneous documents relating to the Westgate Signed Editions, a series of signed first editions of American and British authors, published in 1929-1930 by the Westgate Press, San Francisco, under the direction of Oscar Lewis. The collection contains correspondence from Sherwood Anderson, Havelock Ellis, Zona Gale, Lewis Mumford, Bertrand Russell, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Ruth Suckow, Frank Swinnerton, Rebecca West, and Virginia Woolf, as well as carbon copies of Oscar Lewis' replies.
Arrangement
Cataloged.
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 on-site.
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); Westgate Press 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.
Reproduction Note
Type of reproduction--Carbon copies in part
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Friends' Account - 45106H. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Accession number--M-59.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 09/--/89.
Revision Description
June 2020 PDF replaced with full finding aid, YH
Subject Headings
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Autographs (manuscripts) |
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Letters (correspondence) |
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Name |
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 |
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Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939 |
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Gale, Zona, 1874-1938 |
CLIO Catalog
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Lewis, Oscar, 1893-1992 |
CLIO Catalog
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Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990 |
CLIO Catalog
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Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970 |
CLIO Catalog
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Steele, Wilbur Daniel, 1886-1970 |
CLIO Catalog
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Suckow, Ruth, 1892-1960 |
CLIO Catalog
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Swinnerton, Frank, 1884-1982 |
CLIO Catalog
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West, Rebecca, 1892-1983 |
CLIO Catalog
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Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 |
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Subject |
American literature -- 20th century |
CLIO Catalog
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English literature -- 20th century |
CLIO Catalog
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Publishers and publishing -- California -- San Francisco |
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