Scope and Contents
The Matthew Jennett papers contain subject files, sound recordings, and other material documenting the life and work of Matthew Jennett as editor of Pharos Books. The subject files feature correspondence, writings, printed ephemera, such as broadside and keepsakes, and other material documenting publication projects with Pharos Books. There are files for authors, publishers, and designers, including Bob Cato, Franz Douskey, Peter Ganick, Leslie Lee, and Jonathan Williams,Patrick Leigh Fermor, among others. Sound recordings collected by Jennett consist of nineteen 78 speed albums containing radio broadcasts dating from the 1940s. There are programs from the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and the Columbia Workshop, including "Emma Lazarus," from the "Eternal Light Series" held at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City, and "They Burned the Books," a radio drama written by Stephen Vincent Benet.
Dates
- 1883 - 2011
- Majority of material found within 1940 - 1989
Creator
Language of Materials
Chiefly in English; some materials in Greek.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Boxes 6-9, 17 (sound recordings): Restricted fragile material. Reference copies may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
Conditions Governing Use
The Matthew Jennett 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
Gift of Matthew Jennett, 2006-2012.
Arrangement
Organized into five series: I. Subject Files, 1883-2000. II. Sound Recordings, 1940-1949. III. Other Material, undated. IV. February 2011 Acquisition, 1925-2010. V. May 2012 Acquisition, 1980-2011.
Acquisitions recieved after the initial gift date were organized by accession. Researchers should note that material within each acquisition may overlap with/or relate to material found in other acquisitions.
Extent
7.51 Linear Feet ((13 boxes) + 1 broadside folder, 4 record album storage)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The Matthew Jennett papers contain subject files, sound recordings, and other material documenting the life and work of Matthew Jennett as editor of Pharos Books. The subject files feature correspondence, writings, and printed ephemera relating to publication projects with Pharos Books. There are files for authors, publishers, and designers, including Bob Cato, Franz Douskey, Peter Ganick (of Potes & Poets Press), Leslie Lee, and Jonathan Williams (of the Jargon Society), Patrick Leigh Fermor, among others. Files also contain examples of fine printing by small presses such as the Ives Street Press. Sound recordings collected by Jennett consist of nineteen 78 speed albums containing radio broadcasts dating from the 1940s. There are programs from the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and the Columbia Workshop, including "Emma Lazarus," from the "Eternal Light Series" held at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City, and "They Burned the Books," a radio drama written by Stephen Vincent Benét.
Matthew Jennett
Matthew Jennett, former editor of Pharos Books in New Haven, Connecticut, was Curator of Special Collections, Rare Books & Archives, The American College of Greece from 1993 to 2005.
Processing Information
This collection was acquired through a series of gifts from Matthew Jennett. The original gift, consisting of subject files, was received in 2006 and cataloged as the Matthew Jennett Papers Relating to Pharos Books (YCAL MSS 231). Subsequent gifts of manuscript material received in 2007 and 2008, consisting of additional subject files, sound recordings, and other material, were added to the papers and the collection was renamed the Matthew Jennett Papers. Additional gifts were received in 2011 and 2012 and processed in 2019.
- American literature -- 20th century
- American poetry -- 20th Century
- Audiovisual materials
- Authors, American -- 20th Century -- Archives
- Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943
- Cato, Bob
- Douskey, Franz
- Ganick, Peter
- Ives Street Press
- Jargon Society
- Jennett, Matthew
- Jewish Theological Seminary of America
- Lee, Leslie, 1930-2014
- National Broadcasting Company
- Pharos Books
- Potes & Poets Press
- Publishers and publishing -- United States
- Small presses -- United States
- Sound recordings
- Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008
- Title
- Guide to the Matthew Jennett papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- by Beinecke staff
- Date
- April 28, 2010
- 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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