Juris Jurjevics was a writer, editor, and publisher who served as editor-in-chief of Dial Press during the 1970s. The Juris Jurjevics James Baldwin files consist of material from Jurjevics's time at Dial Press editing and publishing James Baldwin. These include a partial typescript and galley of Baldwin's last novel, Just Above My Head (1979), publishing contracts, royalty payments, and related correspondence.
Juris Jurjevics (1943-2018) was a writer, editor, and founder of independent publisher Soho Press. During his editorial career, Jurjevics worked at Harper & Row, Avon Books, E.P. Dutton, and Dial Press, which published many titles by James Baldwin, including Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), The Fire Next Time (1963), and If Beale Street Could Talk (1974). While editor-in-chief at Dial, Jurjevics edited James Baldwin's final novel, Just Above My Head (1979).
Source: Roberts, Sam. "Juris Jurjevics, Enterprising Publisher and Novelist, Dies at 75." The New York Times, November 19, 2018.
The Juris Jurjevics James Baldwin files consist of material from Jurjevics's time at Dial Press editing and publishing James Baldwin. These include a partial typescript and galley of Baldwin's last novel, Just Above My Head (1979), publishing contracts, royalty payments, and related correspondence.
Gift of Jeanne Heifetz and RF Jurjevics, 2019.
Processed by Barrye Brown in 2019 and Allison Hughes in 2022.