Atlantic Monthly Magazine Records 1969-1974 Guide to the Collection The Atlantic Monthly Magazine records are stored offsite and must be requested at least one business day in advance. Contact the Library at library@masshist.org or (617) 536-1608 to request materials. Please discuss your request with the reading room staff before requesting cartons by barcode. There are restrictions on the use of this collection. Users must sign an agreement stating that they understand these restrictions before they will be given access to the collection.

Table of Contents Collection Summary Collection Description Related Materials Arrangement Acquisition Information Restrictions on Access Restrictions on Use Carton List Name and Subject Index Preferred Citation Access Terms

Collection Summary

Collection Description

The Atlantic Monthly Magazine records consist of 16 record cartons files of the editorial staff of the magazine from August 1969 to December 1974. The records are stored offsite and must be requested by barcode number (see Detailed Description of the Collection). The files consist of originals or carbon copies of correspondence to, from, and about approximately 3,200 authors; interoffice memos and communications about these writers and their submissions for publication; a few subject files; and a small amount of miscellaneous clippings, printed items, and manuscript material.

The bulk of the collection is correspondence, relating to the following:

1. Letters from the (then) current Editor Robert Manning, the past Editor Edward Weeks, and members of the editorial staff to authors and journalists requesting, accepting, or rejecting manuscripts; also, letters with suggestions for editing manuscripts.

2. Personal letters between editors and authors.

3. Letters to and from literary agents.

4. Letters or copies of letters from secondary sources.

The next largest part of the collection consists of memos circulated among the staff which contain opinions of any submitted articles, poems, and stories.

The topics included in the name list range over such titles as "Advertising," "Bread Loaf Writers Conference," "Gone With the Wind," "Poems by Atlantic Staff," and "Women's Supplement."

The miscellaneous clippings and letters mostly deal with a specific issue raised by an author.

Related Materials

The Ellery Sedgwick papers also contain extensive records of the Atlantic Monthly. Finding aid available at: http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0008

Arrangement

The files are arranged alphabetically by author or topic and in reverse chronological order (most recent material first) within names.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Robert Manning.

Restrictions on Access

The Atlantic Monthly Magazine records are stored offsite and must be requested at least one business day in advance. Contact the Library at library@masshist.org or (617) 536-1608 to request materials. Please discuss your request with the reading room staff before requesting cartons by barcode.

There are restrictions on the use of this collection. Users must sign an agreement stating that they understand these restrictions before they will be given access to the collection.

Restrictions on Use

The Atlantic Monthly Magazine records contain letters written by 20th century literary figures. The Massachusetts Historical Society does not claim ownership to the literary rights (copyright) of letters and manuscripts written by individuals in this collection. The Massachusetts Historical Society cannot give permission to publish or cite documents by individuals for whom it does not hold copyright. Access to the collection does not imply permission to publish or cite documents in the collection. It is the sole responsibility of the researcher to obtain formal permission from the owners of the literary rights (copyright) to publish or cite documents in this collection.

Photocopies are for personal use only. Personal use photocopies may not be donated or deposited in other libraries or archives, or made available to other researchers without the written permission of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Carton List

Please refer to the alphabetical name and subject index below for a complete list of the names and subjects represented with files in the collection.

Name and Subject Index

The following list of names and subjects is an alphabetical index of all of the files in the Atlantic Monthly Magazine records. To determine which record carton contains a particular file, refer to the Carton List, which notes the alphabetical range of each carton.

Preferred Citation

Atlantic Monthly Magazine records, Massachusetts Historical Society.

Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.