SERIES 8: MAGAZINE MAKE-UP: COPY AND SOURCE

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unitid

{"value"=>"232834", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1950-1981", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1950/1981"}

date_inclusive_start

1950

date_inclusive_end

1981

unittitle

{"value"=>"SERIES 8: MAGAZINE MAKE-UP: COPY AND SOURCE"}

physdesc

{"value"=>"740 boxes", "format"=>"simple"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>This series contains the edited copy and art which made up each issue of the magazine. It is arranged chronologically by issue. Each issue's Copy is followed by a folder of Source material made up of clippings, press releases, photographs, brochures, and various \"leads\" in the form of letters from readers and staff, all of which served as background materials for \"Talk of the Town\" assignments and \"Profiles,\" or as potential Newsbreaks (short pieces, used to fill the end of a column, consisting of unintentionally humorous items, primarily from American newspapers). While many original drawings are filed in \"Non-Textual Materials\" (series 9) or were returned to artists by the magazine, some are still located in this series. Many of the cartoons in this series are ideas proposed by outsiders or the magazine's \"idea men\" that were later redrawn by the more famous artists for publication.</p> <p>Most of the Copy is comprised of \"retypes,\" but some original manuscripts, proof pages, and photocopies of originals are in the series; on the verso of the first page of each piece is a slip indicating who edited the piece. Besides proof-readers' and fact-checkers' marks, many manuscripts are substantially revised and corrected by editors and, in some cases, authors. Some manuscripts include letters between author and editor, and interoffice memos between New Yorker editors discussing the piece. A good example of the latter is the manuscript of Nadine Gordimer's \"Out of Season\" (Box 1781) which is extensively edited by Katharine S. White and is accompanied by memos between White, William Shawn, and Gus Lobrano.</p> <p>Other notable manuscripts in \"Copy and Source\" include those for Rachel Carson's \"Silent Spring\" (Box 2005-2006); Truman Capote's \"In Cold Blood\" with significant revisions and deletions by Shawn (Box 2070-2072); James Baldwin's \"Letter from a Region in My Mind\" (published in book form as \"The Fire Next Time\", Box 1999); many of Janet Flanner's \"Letters from…\", including several in original telegram; and formidable amounts of material by S. J. Perelman, Robert Graves, Vladamir Nabokov, John Cheever, J. D. Salinger, Elizabeth Bishop, Jean Stafford and John Updike, writers often associated with the New Yorker.</p>"}

note

{"type"=>"did", "value"=>"Original artwork included in this series - 1950-1962 only -in folders labelled \"Source - Original Drawings\". \nThe Copy & Source files for issues published from 1925 through 1949 disappeared from the basement of The New Yorker's building in February 1991. Please see Provenance Note for more information on missing material. "}

date_start

1950

date_end

1981

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1950

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1. 1950 [15/1]
2. 1951 [25/1]
3. 1952 [28/2]
4. 1953 [25/1]
5. 1954 [26/1]
6. 1955 [30/1]
7. 1956 [28/1]
8. 1957 [27/1]
9. 1958 [25/1]
10. 1959 [22/1]
11. 1960 [24/1]
12. 1961 [21/1]
13. 1962 [23/1]
14. 1963 [24/1]
15. 1964 [25/1]
16. 1965 [27/1]
17. 1966 [26/1]
18. 1967 [23/1]
19. 1968 [23/1]
20. 1969 [22/1]
21. 1970 [25/1]
22. 1971 [25/1]
23. 1972 [22/1]
24. 1973 [21/1]
25. 1974 [24/1]
26. 1975 [21/1]
27. 1976 [23/1]
28. 1977 [22/1]
29. 1978 [22/1]
30. 1979 [23/1]
31. 1980 [23/1]
32. 1981 [4/1]