Research Catalog

Title

William Shawn papers, 1925-1992.

Author

Shawn, William.

Supplementary Content

Collection guide

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

18.65 linear feet (46 boxes, 3 oversized folders)

Summary

The William Shawn papers date from 1925 to 1992, and primarily concern Shawn's work as editor of the New Yorker from 1952 to 1987. The collection offers insight into Shawn's editorial and administrative decisions, his relationships with writers and colleagues, internal tensions at the magazine, magazine finances and business practices, and public perceptions of the magazine and of Shawn. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence with staff, contributors, and readers. The collection contains a small number of files concerning Shawn's journalism, editing, and writing before and after his time with the New Yorker.

Subjects

• Periodicals > Publishing
• Correspondence
• New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925)
• White, Katharine Sergeant Angell
• Editors > United States
• Ross, Harold Wallace, 1892-1951
• Periodical editors > United States
• Clippings (information artifacts)
• New Yorker Magazine, Inc
• Manuscripts for publication

Genre/Form

• Clippings (information artifacts)
• Correspondence.
• Manuscripts for publication.

Access (note)

• Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
• Correspondence files for living individuals are closed until the death of the named individual, per seller agreement.

Source (note)

• Purchased from Wallace and Allen Shawn via Glenn Horowitz Bookseller Inc., 2014.

Provenance (note)

• The majority of the files in the collection originated at William Shawn's offices at the New Yorker, and were taken to his home when he left the magazine in 1987. The papers were in the Shawn family's possession until their purchase by the New York Public Library.

Call Number

MssCol 23101

OCLC

953697582

Author

Shawn, William.

Title

William Shawn papers, 1925-1992.

Restricted Access

Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Correspondence files for living individuals are closed until the death of the named individual, per seller agreement.

Provenance

The majority of the files in the collection originated at William Shawn's offices at the New Yorker, and were taken to his home when he left the magazine in 1987. The papers were in the Shawn family's possession until their purchase by the New York Public Library.

Source

Purchased from Wallace and Allen Shawn via Glenn Horowitz Bookseller Inc., 2014.

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Collection guide

Occupation

Editors United States.

Periodical editors United States.

Research Call Number

MssCol 23101