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):
English .
Access:
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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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Genre/Form
Autographs (manuscripts) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Letters (correspondence) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Gale, Zona, 1874-1938 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lewis, Oscar, 1893-1992 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Steele, Wilbur Daniel, 1886-1970 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Suckow, Ruth, 1892-1960 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Swinnerton, Frank, 1884-1982 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
West, Rebecca, 1892-1983 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
American literature -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
English literature -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Publishers and publishing -- California -- San Francisco CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID