Ben Abramson correspondence, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
Ben Abramson was proprietor of the Argus Book Shop in Chicago, Illinois. Collection consists of correspondence with authors, illustrators and bookmen.
Bookseller Abramson was the proprietor of the Argus Bookstore in Chicago, dealing in both rare and current books. He was also the editor and publisher of Reading and collecting; a monthly review of rare and recent books.
Included is a file of Abramson's correspondence (L-Z only), 1930-1940, with authors, illustrators, and bookmen. Norman Lindsay, Don Mullally, George Jean Nathan, Edward A. Newton, Einar O'Duffy, Mari Sandoz, Gilbert Seldes, Paul Selver, Upton Sinclair, Frank Swinnerton, Tiffany Thayer, Alice B. Toklas, and Louis Zara are among the correspondents.
A complete list of correspondents is available.
Received, 1956
Processed by Julie Miller, 9/9/88
Additional Ben Abramson/Argus papers are at the Newberry Library, Chicago.