Scope and Contents
The Jonathan Galassi Papers, which span from 1958-2016, contain writings, including notebooks, drafts, translations, research materials, and correspondence The papers also contain photographs, printed materials, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other papers by or relating to Jonathan Galassi.
Dates
- 1958 - 2016
Creator
- Galassi, Jonathan (Author)
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Box 2 (videocassette): Restricted fragile material. Reference copies may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
Box 3 (born digital): Restricted fragile material. Access copies of digital files may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
Conditions Governing Use
The Jonathan Galassi Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Chris Calhoun Agency on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2018.
Arrangement
Organized into two series: I. Correspondence and Personal Papers, 1958-2015. II. Writings and Translations, 1892-2016.
Extent
55.92 Linear Feet (62 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The Jonathan Galassi Papers, which span from 1958-2016, contain writings, including notebooks, drafts, translations, research materials, and correspondence The papers also contain photographs, printed materials, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other papers by or relating to Jonathan Galassi.
Jonathan Galassi
Jonathan Galassi (1949-) is an American poet and publisher. Born in Seattle and raised in Massachusetts, Galassi graduated from Harvard where he served as editor of the Harvard Lampoon. After working at publishing houses including Random House and Houghton Mifflin, Galassi now serves as president at Farrar, Straus & Giroux, where he started working in 1986. Galassi's poetry and translations have been widely published and 1989, he was awarded a Guggeneheim Fellowship.
Processing Information
Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections as they are acquired, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.
This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing and minimal organization.
Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during initial processing.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- American poetry -- 20th Century
- American poetry -- 21st century
- Poets -- United States -- Archives
- Poets, American
- Poets, American -- 21st century -- Archives
- Poets, American -- New York (State)
- Publishers
- Publishers -- United States
- Publishers -- United States -- 20th Century
- Translators -- United States -- 20th Century
- Translators, American -- 21st century
- Title
- Guide to the Jonathan Galassi Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- by Rosemary K. J. Davis, Jim Fisher, and Greyson Gates
- Date
- April 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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