Research Catalog
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. records
- Title
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. records, 1914-1961, bulk (1930s-1950s).
- Author
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
Details
- Additional Authors
- Bok, Curtis.
- Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946.
- Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968.
- Cash, William J.
- Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959.
- Clendening, Logan, 1884-1945.
- Crane, Charles Edward, 1884-1960.
- Crofts, Frederick S.
- Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971.
- Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979.
- Fish, Earle.
- Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith), 1863-1935.
- Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.
- Gale, Zona, 1874-1938.
- Haskell, H.J.
- Hershkovitz, Melville.
- Hillyer, Robert, 1895-1961.
- Ingram, Rex, 1892-1950.
- Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984.
- Lowe-Porter, H. T. (Helen Tracy), 1876-1963.
- Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955.
- Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956.
- Percy, William Alexander, 1885-1942.
- Postgate, Raymond, 1896-1971.
- Schuman, Frederick Lewis, 1904-
- Stout, Rex, 1886-1975.
- Description
- 68 linear feet (73 boxes).
- Summary
- Collection contains correspondence, manuscript records, readers' reports, press clippings of reviews, press releases, and typescripts of books published by Knopf.
- Subjects
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Source (note)
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
- Biography (note)
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., founded in 1915 by Alfred A. Knopf (1892-1984), started by publishing translations of Russian and European works. By the 1920s, Knopf was publishing major American authors yet continued to publish important European authors as well. Knopf was renowned not only for its impressive list of authors but for the quality of its book production. The firm was acquired by Random House in 1960.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- MssCol 47
- OCLC
- NYPW92-A276
- Author
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
- Title
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. records, 1914-1961, bulk (1930s-1950s).
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., founded in 1915 by Alfred A. Knopf (1892-1984), started by publishing translations of Russian and European works. By the 1920s, Knopf was publishing major American authors yet continued to publish important European authors as well. Knopf was renowned not only for its impressive list of authors but for the quality of its book production. The firm was acquired by Random House in 1960.
- Finding Aids
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Publishers.
- Added Author
- Bok, Curtis.Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946.Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968.Cash, William J.Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959.Clendening, Logan, 1884-1945.Crane, Charles Edward, 1884-1960.Crofts, Frederick S.Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971.Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979.Fish, Earle.Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith), 1863-1935.Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.Gale, Zona, 1874-1938.Haskell, H.J.Hershkovitz, Melville.Hillyer, Robert, 1895-1961.Ingram, Rex, 1892-1950.Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984.Lowe-Porter, H. T. (Helen Tracy), 1876-1963.Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955.Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956.Percy, William Alexander, 1885-1942.Postgate, Raymond, 1896-1971.Schuman, Frederick Lewis, 1904-Stout, Rex, 1886-1975.
- LCCN
- ms 69000892
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 47