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Stein and Day records, 1963-1988

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.: MS#1197
Bib ID 4079521 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Stein and Day Publishers
Title Stein and Day records, 1963-1988
Physical Description 28.75 linear feet (68 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.

The following boxes are located off-site: 2-69. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library 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.

Arrangement

Arrangement

Alphabetical title arrangement.

Description

Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs and printed material. The editorial, publicity, and production files detail the publishing of some 450 titles, mostly from the 1970s and 1980s. Among the cataloged correspondents are: Woody Allen, Christy Brown, Claude Brown, Pearl S. Buck, William F. Buckley, Jr.; James T. Farrell, Leslie A. Fiedler, Jack Higgins, William Inge, Elia Kazan, Henry Miller, and J. B. Priestley. There are nineteen manuscripts, most with authorial or editorial corrections, as well as publicity photographs of Christy Brown, Claude Brown, Chester Himes, and Robert Oppenheimer, Jack Higgins et al

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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.

The following boxes are located off-site: 2-69. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library 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

Readers must use microfilm of materials specified above.

Single photocopies 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); Stein and Day 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.

Alternate Form Available

Pearl S. Buck letter is on: microfilm.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Stein and Day Publishers. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--08/11/1989. Accession number--M-89-11-08.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Processed PL 04/16/1990; revised by Patrick Lawlor 10/2005.

Revision Description

2010-03-11 Legacy finding aid created from Pro Cite.

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

Subject Headings

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

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Genre/Form

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Photographic prints Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Allen, Steve, 1921-2000 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Allen, Woody, 1935- Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Brown, Christy, 1932-1981 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Brown, Claude, 1937- Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Buchwald, Art Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Buck, Pearl S (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Buckley, William F., Jr., 1925-2008 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Burns, James MacGregor Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Cohen, William S. Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Exon, J. James (John James), 1921-2005 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Farrell, James T (James Thomas), 1904-1979 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Fiedler, Leslie A. Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Frost, David Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Glenn, John, 1921-2016 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hayes, Helen, 1900-1993 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Heath, Edward Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hicks, Granville, 1901-1982 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Higgins, Jack, 1929- Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hobson, Laura Z (Laura Zametkin), 1900-1986 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Inge, William Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Kazan, Elia Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Kirkpatrick, Jeane J. Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Kissinger, Henry, 1923- Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Logan, Joshua Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Long, Russell Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Mailer, Norman Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Martin, Malachi Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Morris, Desmond Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Nunn, Sam Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Priestley, J. B (John Boynton), 1894-1984 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Publishers and publishing Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Publishers and publishing Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Quayle, Dan, 1947- Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Rockefeller, John D., Jr (John Davison), 1874-1960 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Shenker, Israel Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Smith, Margaret Chase, 1897-1995 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Wallop, Malcolm Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

Stein and Day Publishers was founded by Sol Stein and his wife Patricia Day in 1962 and remained in business until 1989. Primarily a trade book publisher of popular and literary fiction, biographies, and social history, it was also a publisher of military history, child and health care books.