Business Records
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Chernow, Burt
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content: Burt Chernow papers
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content: Burt Chernow papers / Series 1: Research Material for Christo and Jeanne-Claude: A Biography
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet (Box 15)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968-2002
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cherburt, Subseries 1.6
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: See also series 1.5, Notes and Writings, for correspondence between Ann Chernow the editor Tim Mennel filed with edited manuscript drafts.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Business Records include documentation related to the production of the biography, including correspondence, agreements and contracts, the Christos' approvals of the manuscript, and publicity. A sound recording on one sound cassette made by Ann Chernow recounts her husband's method of research and writing and the history of the book's publication. Also found in this series are price lists for preparatory works by Christo, which Burt Chernow helped to sell in order to fund his research and writing through an agreement with the Christos. 

Chernow's correspondence in this series is from his period of research and writing and mainly includes correspondence with Christo and Jeanne-Claude, and respondents to a research query for the biography published in the New York Times. Also found is correspondence with several literary agents. Ann Chernow's correspondence documents her process of seeing the manuscript through to publication after Burt Chernow's death. Her correspondence with Cynthia Cannell includes multiple drafts of the Christos' foreword to the biography, and correspondence with St. Martin's Press includes the English translation of this foreword as well as a typescript draft of Ann Chernow's acknowledgements and dedication.