Title

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc. records, 1899-2003 (bulk 1945-1989).

Author

Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.

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Additional Authors

• Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981.
• Aradi, Zsolt, 1908-1963.
• Barthelme, Donald.
• Berryman, John, 1914-1972.
• Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973.
• Brodkey, Harold.
• Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996.
• Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987.
• Canetti, Elias, 1905-1994.
• Dooley, Thomas A. (Thomas Anthony), 1927-1961.
• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.
• Farrar, John.
• Fuentes, Carlos.
• Giroux, Robert.
• Golding, William, 1911-1993.
• Gordimer, Nadine.
• Graves, Robert, 1895-1985.
• Guareschi, Giovanni, 1908-1968.
• Handke, Peter.
• Hauser, Gayelord.
• Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972.
• Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962.
• Hijuelos, Oscar.
• Horgan, Paul, 1903-1995.
• Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965.
• Keyes, Frances Parkinson, 1885-1970.
• L'Engle, Madeleine.
• Lenz, Siegfried, 1926-2014.
• Lewisohn, Ludwig, 1882-1955.
• Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977.
• Malamud, Bernard.
• Mauriac, François, 1885-1970.
• McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989.
• McPhee, John, 1931-
• Mehta, Ved, 1934-2021.
• Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968.
• Miłosz, Czesław.
• Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942.
• Moravia, Alberto, 1907-1990.
• O'Connor, Flannery.
• Percy, Walker, 1916-1990.
• Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman), 1868-1920.
• Purdy, James.
• Reich, Wilhelm, 1897-1957.
• Roth, Philip.
• Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991.
• Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004.
• Soyinka, Wole.
• Stafford, Jean, 1915-1979.
• Steig, William, 1907-2003.
• Straus, Roger W. (Roger Williams), 1917-2004.
• Van Doren, Mark, 1894-1972.
• Walcott, Derek.
• Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972.
• Wolfe, Tom.
• Yourcenar, Marguerite.

Description

• 382 linear ft. (905 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
• 181 reels.
• 5 reels.

Subjects

• Publishers and publishing > United States
• Children's literature
• Authors, American
• Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
• American literature > 20th century
• Authors and publishers > 20th century
• Page Company
• Hill and Wang

Access (note)

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

Biography (note)

• The publishing company Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc. was founded in 1945 as Farrar, Straus & Company by John Farrar and Roger Straus.

Call Number

MssCol 979

OCLC

86164357

Author

Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.

Title

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc. records, 1899-2003 (bulk 1945-1989).

Access

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

Summary

The Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc. Records consist of letters, book manuscripts, contracts, photographs, audio tapes and catalogs chronicling the history and ongoing concerns of Farrar, Straus & Giroux (FSG) and its subsidiaries, Hill & Wang (H & W) and L. C. Page & Company. The correspondents include authors, editors, other publishing companies, literary agents, attorneys, distributors, reviewers, and fans. The letters concern royalties, reprint rights, promotional efforts, contract negotiations, copy-editing, book design, foreign sales, publication dates and other concerns surrounding book publication, distribution, promotion and reprinting. Interspersed among the correspondence are contracts and manuscripts of stories, poems and essays, some of which contain authors' notations. In addition to John Farrar, Roger Straus, Jr., and Robert Giroux, correspondents include other editors, Arthur Wang, Pat Strachan, Roger Straus III, and Linda Healey; and notable authors Donald Barthelme, John Berryman, T.S. Eliot, Robert Graves, Madeleine L'Engle, Bernard Malamud, Thomas Merton, Flannery O'Connor, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Susan Sontag, Francis Steegmuller, Mark Van Doren, Derek Walcott, Edmund Wilson, Tom Wolfe, Marguerite Yourcenar, and many others.

Biography

The publishing company Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc. was founded in 1945 as Farrar, Straus & Company by John Farrar and Roger Straus. After numerous changes in management and corresponding changes in name, the company became known as Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc. (FSG) in 1964 when Robert Giroux became editor-in-chief. The company firmly established itself as a quality publisher in the 1960s and '70s. FSG remained staunchly independent of conglomerate publishing for many years. Even after selling controlling interest to the German publisher Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck in 1994, FSG maintained much of the freedom of an independent publishing house.

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Added Author

Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981.

Aradi, Zsolt, 1908-1963.

Barthelme, Donald.

Berryman, John, 1914-1972.

Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973.

Brodkey, Harold.

Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996.

Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987.

Canetti, Elias, 1905-1994.

Dooley, Thomas A. (Thomas Anthony), 1927-1961.

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.

Farrar, John.

Fuentes, Carlos.

Giroux, Robert.

Golding, William, 1911-1993.

Gordimer, Nadine.

Graves, Robert, 1895-1985.

Guareschi, Giovanni, 1908-1968.

Handke, Peter.

Hauser, Gayelord.

Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972.

Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962.

Hijuelos, Oscar.

Horgan, Paul, 1903-1995.

Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965.

Keyes, Frances Parkinson, 1885-1970.

L'Engle, Madeleine.

Lenz, Siegfried, 1926-2014.

Lewisohn, Ludwig, 1882-1955.

Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977.

Malamud, Bernard.

Mauriac, François, 1885-1970.

McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989.

McPhee, John, 1931-

Mehta, Ved, 1934-2021.

Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968.

Miłosz, Czesław.

Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942.

Moravia, Alberto, 1907-1990.

O'Connor, Flannery.

Percy, Walker, 1916-1990.

Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman), 1868-1920.

Purdy, James.

Reich, Wilhelm, 1897-1957.

Roth, Philip.

Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991.

Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004.

Soyinka, Wole.

Stafford, Jean, 1915-1979.

Steig, William, 1907-2003.

Straus, Roger W. (Roger Williams), 1917-2004.

Van Doren, Mark, 1894-1972.

Walcott, Derek.

Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972.

Wolfe, Tom.

Yourcenar, Marguerite.

Research Call Number

MssCol 979