Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Colt Press
- Extent:
- 3.5 Linear Feet (7 manuscript boxes, 2 flat boxes)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item] Colt Press Records, M0240, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Colt Press Papers is a collection of business records and correspondence of the Colt Press of San Francisco, California. The business records include: 1) duplicate copies of invoices, 2) checks and bank statements, 3) ledgers, 4) income and sales tax returns, 5) legal contracts and agreements and other financially related material. The correspondence includes letters to and from various people some of whom are: 1) Henry Miller, 2) Valenti Angelo, 3) Frederic Goudy, 4) William Saroyan, 5) Edmund Wilson, 6) Elmer Adler, 7) Beatrice Ward, 8) Robinson Jeffers, 9) John Steinbeck and 10) Paul Bennett.
- Custodial history:
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Purchased from Brickrow Bookshop, San Francisco, 1973.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
- Terms of access:
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While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item] Colt Press Records, M0240, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022