Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Collection of Avon Books
- Dates:
- 1930-1969, bulk 1960-1969
- Abstract:
- Collection consists of an archive set up by the UCLA Library of all the books published by the Avon Book Division of the Hearst Corporation, beginning with March 1960.
- Extent:
- 26.0 Linear Feet (52 boxes and 1 oversize box)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Collection of Avon Books (Collection Number 427). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of an archive set up by the UCLA Library of all the books published by the Avon Books Division of the Hearst Corporation, beginning with Mar. 1960. Also includes a number of Avon Books acquired from other sources prior to that date, some as early as the 1930s. Titles include John Haase's The young who sin, Robert Payne's The blue Negro, Henry Miller's The air-conditioned nightmare, and Kenneth Rexroth's Classics revisited.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Avon Books Collection (Coll. 427) was begun by Special Collections in earnest in 1960, after the Hearst Corporation took over the Avon imprint. Collecting continued at least through 1969, with help, at least in part, from the publishers themselves. The collection also includes a number of Avon Books acquired from other sources prior to 1960, some as early as the 1930s. The alpha-numeric list below represents Avon's attempts to make discrete "series" through means of an alpha-numeric code, even though the nature of the coding is not always clear (in the early days, it was thought that the "G" stood for "giant"; indeed, the books with this alpha-prefix are indeed somewhat more serious than the general Avon content). All of the books have now been individually cataloged on Voyager, on Bib ID 4232705.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Hearst Corporation.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Jain Fletcher and Josh Fiala.
Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
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- Arrangement:
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Collection is arranged by the publisher's alpha-numeric series designations.
Organization - mostly in alpha-numeric order per the series designation on spine.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Names:
- Avon Books.
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-12-08 12:24:00 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Collection of Avon Books (Collection Number 427). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988