Harold Matson Company Inc. records, 1937-1980

Summary

Creator:
Harold Matson Company, Inc. (New York, N.Y.)
Extent:
68 linear feet 139 boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Harold Matson Company, Inc. records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, manuscripts, memoranda, contracts and other legal papers, advertising, and printed materials. The files, 1958-1978, of the Harold Matson Company, Inc. include correspondence with authors, publishers, and other agents and deal with the editing and publishing of American and English books, serial rights, reprints, dramatic rights, translations, foreign rights, promotion, and copyright registration. The contract file of McIntosh, McKee & Dodds, Inc. Literary Representatives is also included.

Biographical / historical:

Literary agency in the New York City. In 1965, Harold Matson Company, Inc. purchased McIntosh, McKee & Dodds, Inc. Literary Representatives (formerly Mavis McIntosh-Elizabeth KcKee; and earlier, McIntosh-Otis).

Acquisition information:
Source of acquisition--Harold Matson Company, Inc. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1981. Accession number--M-81.
Processing information:

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/1989.

Arrangement:

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged by author. Cataloged correspondence and manuscripts, A-Z - 9 Boxes; Uncataloged files, A-Z - Boxes 1-117; Contract files (McIntosh, McKee & Dodds, Inc.), A-Z - Boxes 118-139. The collection is divided into three series: Series I: Cataloged Correspondence and Manuscripts, A-Z Subseries I.1: Cataloged Correspondence; Subseries I.2: Cataloged Manuscripts; Series II: Uncataloged File, A-Z; Series III: Mclntosh, McKee & Dodds, Inc. Contracts, 1937-1980

Accruals:

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
American literature -- 20th century
Authors, English
Authors, American
English literature -- 20th century
Publishers and publishing
Literary agents
Literature publishing
Translations
Copyright
Copyright -- Drama
Copyright -- Adaptations
Copyright, International
Books -- Translations
Literary agents
Novelists, American -- 20th century
Novelists, English -- 20th century
Advertisements
Contracts
Manuscripts (documents)
Memorandums
Names:
McIntosh, McKee & Dodds, Inc. Literary Representatives
Barzun, Jacques, 1907-2012
Bogarde, Dirk, 1921-1999
Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997
Collier, John
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989
Derleth, August, 1909-1971
Fulbright, J. William (James William), 1905-1995
Girodias, Maurice
Gysin, Brion
Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984
Hoffman, Abbie
Jameson, Storm, 1891-1986
Kermode, Frank, 1919-2010
Koestler, Arthur, 1905-1983
Levin, Meyer, 1905-1981
Lovat, Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser, Baron, 1911-
Lowry, Malcolm, 1909-1957
Manchester, William, 1922-2004
Matson, Harold, 1898-1988
Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999
Mortimer, John, 1923-2009
Norman, Charles, 1904-1996
O'Gorman, Ned, 1929-2014
Padgett, Ron
Pélieu, Claude
Priestley, J. B (John Boynton), 1894-1984
Pritchett, V. S (Victor Sawdon), 1900-1997
Rechy, John
Romulo, Carlos P (Carlos Peña), 1899-1985
Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
Shirer, William L (William Lawrence), 1904-1993
Sloan, Alfred P (Alfred Pritchard), 1875-1966
Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995
Steele, Wilbur Daniel, 1886-1970
Styron, William, 1925-2006
Trevor-Roper, H. R (Hugh Redwald), 1914-2003
Truffaut, François
Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977
Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989
Wouk, Herman, 1915-2019

Access and use

Restrictions:

Written permission of Mr. Harold Matson required to access the collection. Please contact rbml@libraries.cul.columbia.edu with credentials and a short description of your research project.

Series I: Cataloged Correspondence and Manuscripts (Cataloged Boxes 1-9) is located on-site.

The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 1-139. 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.

Terms of access:

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); Harold Matson Company, Inc. records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Location of this collection:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th St.
New York, NY 10027, United States
Link to repository site
Contact:
(212) 854-5590
rbml@library.columbia.edu