COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Collection includes manuscripts and typescripts; publisher's comment notes; book reviews; mock-ups; cover artwork and photos; Library of Congress cards; and other material relating to books published by Ithaca House Press. The collection also includes correspondence, business records, grant applications, small press newsletters, and other files related to the operation of the press.
Material relating to the Ithaca House Gallery and Bookstore includes newspaper articles, announcements, catalogs, and photographs.
Dates
- 1969-1986.
Creator
- Ithaca House (Firm) (Organization)
- Silliman, Ronald, 1946- (Person)
- Perelman, Bob. (Person)
- Chernoff, Maxine, 1952- (Person)
- Mandel, Tom, 1942- (Person)
- Shrader, Stephen. (Person)
- Katz, Steve, 1935- (Person)
- Nameroff, Rochelle, 1943- (Person)
- Gitin, David. (Person)
- Bruchac, Joseph, 1942- (Person)
- Salisbury, Ralph J. (Person)
- Giscombe, C. S., 1950- (Person)
- Harris, William J., 1942- (Person)
- DiPalma, Ray. (Person)
- Wild, Peter, 1940- (Person)
- McClane, Kenneth A., 1951- (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Ithaca House was a small poetry press founded by Baxter Hathaway, Professor of English at Cornell University, in December 1969. It published more than 100 titles during its 15 year existence which were produced by letter press and distributed through Serendipity (the forerunner of what is today Small Press Distribution) in Berkeley, CA. Ithaca House poets include Ron Silliman, Ray DiPalma, Bob Perelman, Maxine Chernoff, Tom Mandel, Stephen Shrader, Steve Katz, Rochelle Nameroff, and David Gitin. Also included are the works of Native American poets Joe Bruchac, Ralph Salisbury, and Peter Wild; as well as the work of African-American poets C. S. Giscombe, William J Harris, and Kenneth McClane.
Ithaca House Gallery and Bookstore opened in 1970 and sold books published by Ithaca House Press as well as crafts made by local artisans.
Extent
11 cubic feet. (11 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Manuscripts and material relating to books published by Ithaca House press; Business records of Ithaca House Press and Ithaca House Gallery and Bookstore.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT
Series I: Author Files contains manuscripts, correspondence, mock-ups, and other materials relating to authors published by Ithaca House Press as well as correspondence to and from authors of manuscripts rejected by Ithaca House Press.
Series II: Business Files is made up of material relating to the business operations of Ithaca House Press and Ithaca House Gallery and Bookstore.
SERIES LIST
- Series I. Author Files
- Boxes 1-8
- Series II. Business Files
- Boxes 8-11
Physical Description
Manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, mock-ups, 2 audiocassettes .
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Robin John Sowards and Sarah Gordon
- Date
- January 2003
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- ENG
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu