Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Publisher files
General material designation
- Textual record
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title based on contents of the series.
Level of description
Series
Reference code
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
Physical description area
Physical description
1.41 m of textual records.
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Custodial history
After Nouwen's death, many of his files were reorganized. It appears however, that the Publisher files were a distinct series and remain so. On May 10, 2001, two additional boxes of Publisher files were transferred to the Archives from L'Arche Daybreak.
Scope and content
Series consists of correspondence and other material related to the business of publishing. The files provide the researcher with detailed and comprehensive information about the genesis and publication of most of Nouwen's books, as well as biographical information about Nouwen the writer, the business man, and the man.
The files may include: business correspondence discussing book ideas, titles of books and other issues, including copies of outgoing letters containing Nouwen's response to all stages of publication; business documents such as draft manuscripts, revised manuscripts with annotations, responses to manuscripts by editors and other readers, draft illustrations and mock booklets for design purposes, galleys, page proofs, royalties and advance statements, original publisher/author agreements and contracts; personal correspondence between Nouwen and his editors. The files also contain outgoing correspondence by Nouwen's various assistants over the years, including Connie Ellis, Kathy Christie, Lydia Banducci, Margaret Sutton, Peter Weiskel, Joseph Sarno, Carol Plantinga, Deborah A. Hawkins and Vincent Masi.
The files relate primarily to book publication, however, they also contain material about the publication of articles and audiocassettes, video, material related to requests from publishers for endorsements, forewords and introductions to the books of other writers, and in some cases, especially in the General Publisher files sub-series, requests for permission to publish parts of Nouwen's work and translation rights to his books. Correspondence can be found from publishers in the Netherlands, the former East Germany, Belgium, England, France, Spain, Poland, Italy, South Africa, India, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
With the exception of the General files, these files represent the major publishers that Nouwen worked with from 1973 to 1996. Although the files contain material on all books published up to Nouwen's death, since his first book was published in 1969, it can be presumed that some of the correspondence and documents from 1969 to 1972 are missing.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
The series is arranged alphabetically and divided into nine sub-series based on names of the main publishers of Nouwen's books:
5.1. Ave Maria Press files
5.2. Crossroad/Continuum Publishing Group files
5.3. Dartman, Longman and Todd Ltd. files
5.4. Doubleday files, Harper San Francisco files
5.5. Lannoo files
5.6. Orbis Books files
5.7. Verlag Herder files
5.8. General publisher files
The material in the General Publisher files sub-series is arranged in reverse chronological order. The remaining sub-series are arranged in chronological order, often with one file per year over a span of ten to twenty years. This work of arranging the files by date is believed to have occurred after Nouwen's death.
In all descriptions, working book titles are followed by published titles, if different.
Language of material
- Dutch
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
Business contracts within the series are restricted.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
No publication of this material, in whole or in part, without the permission of the Literary Executrix.
No reproduction of this material without permission of the Archivist.
Associated materials
Accruals
General note
More detailed information about each sub-series is available. Please see individual sub-series descriptions.
Alternative identifier(s)
Standard number area
Standard number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Nouwen, Henri J. M., 1932-1996 (Subject)
Genre access points
Control area
Description record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules or conventions
Status
Final
Level of detail
Full
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Language of description
- English