Founded in 1952 by Macmillan Publishers Limited of England, St. Martin's Press is one of the largest publishers in America.
St. Martin's Press operates eight separate imprints that include St. Martin's Press, St. Martin's Griffin, St. Martin's Minotaur, Picador USA, Thomas Dunne Books, and Truman Talley Books. St. Martin's is part of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC, a group of publishing companies held by Verlagsgruppe George Von Holtzbrinck, a family owned publishing operation based in Stuttgart, Germany.
The St. Martin's Press archives includes correspondence and related materials from a wide variety of 20th century authors, including Edward Abbey, Isaac Asimov, James Herriot, Robert Travers, Randy Shilts, Sean O'Casey, R. Buckminster Fuller, M. M. Kaye, Jerzy Kozinski, Henry Roth, and James Baldwin. In addition, papers regarding the entire spectrum of St. Martin's catalog of biographies, histories, science, literary essays, and fiction, published throughout the press's various divisions - trade, mass market, scholarly and reference, and college textbooks - are available. Records for Tor, a wholly-owned subsidiary which features science fiction, horror, and other genre fiction, are also included.
The breadth of material is useful for the study of individual writers, as well as for the study of literature in general, the economics of publishing, the socioeconomic history of bestsellers, popular culture and the media, and the role of ideology in publishing.
The majority of the collection has no restrictions on access, except that records can only be seen by prior appointment. The finding aid indicates which materials are restricted. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.
Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.
St. Martin's Press / Tor Archive, Ms. 2005.5, Brown University Library.
The archive contains over 6,000 books and 25,000 book and author files older than ten years, dating back to the founding of St. Martin's in 1952. The term "slush" refers to unsolicited submissions.
The collection is divided into 22 parts:
Subsequent transfers will occur every three years. A copy of each new St. Martin's Press title will be provided to Brown University as it is published.
The first installment arrived at Brown University in September, 1997. The initial shipment included hundreds of cubic feet of files and between 5000 and 6000 books.
The title page image is the St. Martin's Press logo.
Brown University Library catalog record for this collection:
In the same folder: over-size envelope with pictures.
This box of records is currently located in the preservation lab and is unavailable to researchers.
This box of records is currently located in the preservation lab and is unavailable to researchers.
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