Harper's magazine records
Language: eng
Number of pages: 701
Subjects: Periodical editors; American periodicals
Other titles: Harper's magazine.
Description: Part I consists of a chronological file of editorial and reader correspondence, drafts of articles, and other records.  Includes editor Henry Mills Alden's letterbook (1869-1892) and miscellaneous papers (1922-1943).  Other editors represented include Frederick Lewis Allen.

Part II consists of an editors' file (1944-1979) including the records of editors-in-chief John Fischer, Willie Morris, and Robert Shnayerson and their managing and assistant editors; office file containing general correspondence (1961-1971), letters reports (1969-1981), letters-to-the-editor (1981-1983), and business and personnel records; and a production file of drafts, galleys, and other records (1960-1977).  Additional business records (1925-1965) and miscellaneous documents (1949-1900) are included in the office file.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift and deposit, Harper and Brothers, 1944-1983.

Magazine founded in 1850 by Harper & Brothers as a compendium of periodical articles and serialized fiction; purchased by Minneapolis Star and Tribune Co., 1965; sold to John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and Atlantic Richfield Foundation to be run as a non-profit enterprise, 1980; Harper's Magazine Foundation established, 1982.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and on Internet.

Authors and topics represented in the records are described in the finding aid.  Readers should also consult the index to Harper's magazine in containers 209 and 210 for assistance in the chronological approach to the records.