Schocken Books records on Franz Kafka, 1940-1977
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#1133
- Bib ID:
- 4079740 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Schocken Books
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 1 linear feet (2 boxes)
- Language(s):
- English , German .
- 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 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.
This collection has no restrictions.
Description
Summary
Correspondence, memoranda, photoreproductions of manuscript excerpts by Kafka, publicity files, production records, and printed materials for the works of the Austrian author, Franz Kafka, in German and English translations, 1940-1977. These extant files were set aside by David Rome, the former president of Schocken Books, after the firm was purchased by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, several years ago. The files consist mainly of production files for the first American editions of THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA (1946), LETTERS TO MILENA (1948), ERZAHLUNGEN UND KLEINE PROSA (1957), and FRANZ KAFKA: BRIEFE (l958). Also included is a publicity file aimed at American Jewish organizations and college and university German departments promoting SAMLICHE WERKE edited by Max Brod as well as his biography of Kafka, and a marked master galley proof for PARABLES AND PARADOXES (1958). Also included are photocopies and mimeograph copies of playscripts based on Kafka's DIARY and METAMORPHOSES and a script by Michael McClure, JOSEPHINE, based on a character of the same name in Kafka's story, THE MOUSE FOLK. There is correspondence with Professor Heinz Pollitzer concerning the promotion of publishing Kafka's writings in the early 1960s. The printed materials are chiefly book reviews of Kafka's publications and some scholarly articles on Kafka.
Arrangement
Arranged. Titles: A-G. (Box 1), J-P. (Box 2).
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.
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); Schocken Books records on Franz Kafka; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Related Materials
Nahum N. Glatzer Papers, Divinity Library, Vanderbilt University. Collection comprises several boxes of materials dealing with Schocken Books'publications during Nahum Norbert Glatzer's tenure as director.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Schocken Books, Inc. via Pantheon, a division of Random House, Inc., 1989.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Records: Source of acquisition--Schocken Books, Inc. via Pantheon, a division of Random House, Inc. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--11/06/89.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Records Processed 05/--/90.
Revision Description
June 2020 PDF replaced with full finding aid, YH
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