{"value"=>"<p>The author files consist of three divisional subseries: Farrar, Straus & Giroux; Hill & Wang; and L. C. Page. These subseries are divided into materials from published authors, rejected authors, and subject files. Published author files are further broken down by accession date; the multiple subseries of published author files represent materials received after the preparation of the subseries before it.</p> <p>These records include correspondence, editorial material, legal and financial records, press and publicity lists, photographs and negatives. Correspondents include authors, both prospective and published, editors, other publishing companies, literary agents, attorneys, distributors, reviewers, illustrators, family members, and fans. In some cases, one can find correspondence from politicians or other note-worthies acknowledging receipt of a complimentary copy of a book or offering a promotional blurb. Editorial materials consist of typescripts, often annotated by editors and authors, holograph notes, unpublished typescript material and galley proofs, and readers' reports, usually prepared by assistant editors. Legal and financial records include contracts and negotiations, reprint rights, certificates of copyright, records of author compensation through advances and royalties, and foreign sales.</p> <p>The files are arranged alphabetically by author, preserving the original filing system with only a few minor exceptions. For each author, there is often a file of general correspondence. All correspondence concerning an author which is not about a specific book is filed in these folders. General correspondence is followed by folders pertaining to specific titles, labeled with author's name followed by title. Examples: Eliot, T.S. General Eliot, T.S. On Poetry and Poets Sontag, Susan Against Interpretation</p> <p>Under a given title, folders fall under the following headings and in the following order:</p> <p>General: Items pertaining to the title which do not fall under any of the following categories. Foreign: Items pertaining to possible sale of publication rights of title to foreign countries. Publicity: Items relating to publicity and promotion of the title including correspondence between the author and the Publicity Department. Subsidiary: Items which concern submission of the title to book clubs, reprint houses, magazines, newspapers, motion picture companies, etc., as well as all correspondence leading to the actual contract. In some cases, there are additional, self-explanatory categories such as 'Film rights' or 'Legal'. The arrangement sometimes differs from Farrar Straus's original system, however, in that if there is only a very small amount of correspondence for a given author, all of that correspondence might be placed in the 'General Correspondence' folder.</p>"}