Paul R. Reynolds literary agency records, 1899-1980
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#1065
- Bib ID:
- 4079583 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Reynolds, Paul R. (Paul Revere), 1864-1944; Reynolds, Paul R (Paul Revere), 1904-1988
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 122.5 linear feet ( 294 boxes)
- 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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The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 1-270. 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.
Description
Summary
Records of literary agents Paul Revere Reynolds, founder of Paul R. Reynolds agency, and his son, Paul Revere Reynolds, Jr. The records consist of correspondence, contracts, scripts, and financial records. The files are rich in correspondence between authors and agents and provide important information about some of the most significant works published in the last seventy years.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged into three series. Correspondence (both cataloged and uncataloged) is arranged alphabetically by the correspondent's last name and then chronologically. Financial records are arranged chronologically.
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.
The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 1-270. 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.
Readers must use microfilm of material specified above.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Paul R. Reynolds 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
Willa Cather letters are on: microfilm.
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Paul R. Reynolds, Jr., 1972, 1982 & 1984.
Gift of Robbin Reynolds, 1988.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Records: Source of acquisition--Reynolds, Paul Revere, Jr. and Robin Reynolds. Method of acquisition--Gift.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Records Entered in AMC 11/28/90
Boxes of cataloged correspondence were not originally numbered. Box numbers were assigned on March 12, 2018, to facilitate user request and retrieval.
Revision Description
2012-03-12 xml document instance created by Carrie Hintz
2018-03-12 Box numbers for cataloged correspondence (Boxes 271-294) added by Celeste Brewer
2018-03-26 xml document instance updated by Catherine C. Ricciardi
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Biographical / Historical
Paul Revere Reynolds (1864-1944) founded the first literary agency in America when he established the Paul R. Reynolds agency in New York in 1893. Together with his son, Paul Revere Reynolds, Jr. (1904-1988), he handled some of the most prominent British and American authors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The son joined his father in 1923 and later became president of the agency.
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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| Account books |
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| Contracts |
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| Financial records |
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| Scripts (documents) |
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| Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 |
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| Alsop, Joseph, 1910-1989 |
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| Asquith, H. H (Herbert Henry), 1852-1928 |
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| Auchincloss, Louis |
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| Bangs, John Kendrick, 1862-1922 |
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| Beer, Thomas |
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| Benchley, Robert, 1889-1945 |
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| Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931 |
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| Bolton, Guy, 1884-1979 |
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| Bridges, Robert, 1858-1941 |
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| Burnett, Whit, 1899-1973 |
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| Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968 |
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| Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987 |
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| Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 |
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| Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947 |
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| Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 |
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| Costain, Thomas B (Thomas Bertram), 1885-1965 |
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| Cousins, Norman |
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| Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 |
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| Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 |
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| Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 |
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| Edel, Leon, 1907-1997 |
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| Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939 |
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| Fast, Howard, 1914-2003 |
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| Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 |
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| Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 |
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| Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933 |
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| Gardner, Erle Stanley, 1889-1970 |
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| Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson, 1873-1945 |
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| Goldberg, Rube, 1883-1970 |
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| Harris, Frank, 1856-1931 |
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| Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908 |
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| Hassall, Christopher, 1912-1963 |
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| Hillary, Edmund, 1919-2008 |
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| Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 |
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| Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968 |
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| Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963 |
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| Keppel, Frederick P (Frederick Paul), 1875-1943 |
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| Kreymborg, Alfred, 1883-1966 |
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| Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 |
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| Leary, Timothy, 1920-1996 |
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| London, Jack, 1876-1916 |
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| Loveman, Amy |
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| Mailer, Norman |
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| Masefield, John, 1878-1967 |
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| Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950 |
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| Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965 |
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| McLuhan, Marshall, 1911-1980 |
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| Middleton, Drew, 1913-1990 |
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| Moore, George, 1852-1933 |
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| Nash, Ogden, 1902-1971 |
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| Norris, Frank, 1870-1902 |
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| Post, Emily, 1873-1960 |
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| Putnam, George Palmer, 1887-1950 |
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| Reynolds, Paul R (Paul Revere), 1904-1988 |
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| Reynolds, Paul R. (Paul Revere), 1864-1944 |
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| Richter, Conrad, 1890-1968 |
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| Rohmer, Sax, 1883-1959 |
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| Searle, Ronald, 1920-2011 |
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| Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 |
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| Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 |
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| Steffens, Lincoln, 1866-1936 |
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| Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993 |
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| Strachey, Lytton, 1880-1932 |
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| Suckow, Ruth, 1892-1960 |
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| Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946 |
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| Thomas, Lowell, 1892-1981 |
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| Trench, Herbert, 1865-1923 |
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| Tyler, Parker |
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| Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977 |
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| Vonnegut, Kurt |
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| Wallace, Irving, 1916-1990 |
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| Webb, Beatrice, 1858-1943 |
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| Webb, Sidney, 1859-1947 |
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| Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 |
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| Wheelock, John Hall, 1886-1978 |
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| Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 |
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| Wodehouse, P. G (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975 |
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| X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 |
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| Zangwill, Israel, 1864-1926 |
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| Authors |
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| Authors |
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| Authors and publishers |
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| Book proposals |
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| Copyright |
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| Literary agents |
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| Literature publishing |
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| Novelists |
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