Research Catalog
Ecco Press records
- Title
- Ecco Press records, 1963-2014.
- Author
- Ecco Press.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
Details
- Additional Authors
- Ashbery, John, 1927-2017.
- Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999.
- Glück, Louise, 1943-2023.
- Hass, Robert.
- Kunitz, Stanley, 1905-2006.
- Levine, Philip, 1928-2015.
- McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-2023.
- McPherson, Sandra.
- Miłosz, Czesław.
- Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-
- Pinsky, Robert.
- Plumly, Stanley.
- Škvorecký, Josef, 1924-2012.
- Strand, Mark, 1934-2014.
- Tate, James, 1943-2015.
- Wolff, Tobias, 1945-
- Description
- 150.5 linear feet (358 boxes, 1 oversized folder), 1 audio file, 2 vhs tapes.
- Summary
- Ecco Press was an independent small-trade publisher known for presenting distinguished new work in international poetry and fiction writing through its books and its journal Antaeus, and for reissuing neglected classics in a variety of fields, including travel and food writing. Daniel Halpern (b. 1945) started Antaeus in 1970 with the help of Paul Bowles. His search for financial backing for Antaeus led to the creation of Ecco Press in 1971 with co-founder and publisher Drue Heinz. Heinz retired in 1991, transferring ownership of Ecco Press to Halpern, its editor-in-chief. Ecco Press remained an independent firm, although affiliated with publishers Viking Press and W.W. Norton & Company for sales and distribution, until its acquisition by HarperCollins in 1999. The Ecco Press records contain correspondence, memoranda, administrative and financial records, typescripts, galleys, page proofs, bound books and periodicals, photographs, jacket art, posters, a sound recording and computer data storage that document the founding and day-to-day operations of the press. The records also reflect the personal life and career of Daniel Halpern as an editor, poet, teacher, anthologist, and prominent literary figure, as well as such literary activities as the National Poetry Series which Halpern ran out of the Ecco Press offices. Halpern's papers contain correspondence, diaries, notebooks, writings, subject files and academic, financial and real estate papers.
- Subjects
- Women publishers > United States
- Editors > United States
- Sound recordings
- Posters
- Photographs
- Manuscripts for publication
- Magnetic tapes
- Floppy discs
- Diaries
- Book jackets
- Travel writing
- Small presses > United States
- Publishers and publishing > United States
- Poets, American > 20th century
- Poetry > Translations into English
- Poetry > Publishing > United States
- Literature publishing > United States
- Literature, Modern > 20th century > Periodicals
- Literature, Modern > Translations into English
- Food writing
- Authors, American > 20th century
- Authors and publishers
- Antaeus
- W.W. Norton & Company
- Viking Press
- National Poetry Series
- Ecco Press
- Heinz, Drue
- Halpern, Daniel, 1945-
- Genre/Form
- Book jackets.
- Diaries.
- Floppy discs.
- Magnetic tapes.
- Manuscripts for publication.
- Photographs.
- Posters.
- Sound recordings.
- Access (note)
- Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Boxes 276-280, 316-318, 337-338 closed until 2040.
- Call Number
- MssCol 111
- OCLC
- NYPG05-A10112
- Author
- Ecco Press.
- Title
- Ecco Press records, 1963-2014.
- Restricted Access
- Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Access
- Boxes 276-280, 316-318, 337-338 closed until 2040.
- Finding Aids
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Editors United States.Women publishers United States.
- Added Author
- Ashbery, John, 1927-2017.Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999.Glück, Louise, 1943-2023.Hass, Robert.Kunitz, Stanley, 1905-2006.Levine, Philip, 1928-2015.McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-2023.McPherson, Sandra.Miłosz, Czesław.Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-Pinsky, Robert.Plumly, Stanley.Škvorecký, Josef, 1924-2012.Strand, Mark, 1934-2014.Tate, James, 1943-2015.Wolff, Tobias, 1945-
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 111