Scope and content
Files on each book published, including author and reviewer correspondence, files on rights and royalties, print history, reviews and promotional material. Also, rejection letters; invoices; distributors' reports; vendor files; files on conferences and events the publisher attended; file from publisher's service on the Advisory Committee to the Human Sexuality Collection, 1991; Firebrand's mailing list of organizations (ca. 1450); lists of Firebrand employees and interns and summary of financial donations to Firebrand; a zip disk containing Firebrand's web site; and posters that decorated the office.
Dates
- 1984-2001.
Creator
- Firebrand Books (Ithaca, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Bereano, Nancy, 1942- (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Restrictions on Use:
Due to the fragility and potential degradation of moving image and sound recordings, viewing and listening is limited to items that have been digitized. If an item is in another media format, you may request to have the item digitized for access. Information on ordering access copies may be found on the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections webpage
ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY
From 1984 to 2000, Firebrand Books published exceptional literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry on lesbian and feminist themes. Publisher Nancy Bereano won the Publisher's Service Award at the "Lammy" or Lambda Literary Awards in 1996. She took the first risk on author Dorothy Allison, publishing the double-Lammy winning Trash in 1988. (It won awards in the categories of Lesbian Fiction and Small Press). Keeping more than 80 titles in print, including the entire "Dykes to Watch Out For" series, poetry by Audre Lorde, Minnie Bruce Pratt, and Cheryl Clarke, and short stories, novels, and nonfiction from the likes of Ruthann Robson, Lesléa Newman, Mab Segrest, Leslie Feinberg and Judith Katz, (and more than a few Lammy winners and finalists), Bereano was at the forefront of lesbian and small press publishing for 16 years.
Extent
58 cubic feet. (58 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Complete archives of Firebrand Books, founded by Nancy Bereano and recognized by the Lambda Literary Awards with their Publisher’s Service Award in 1996. Includes detailed files on published books; rejection letters; invoices; distributors' reports; vendor files; files on conferences and events the publisher attended, including her 1991 service on the Advisory Committee to the Human Sexuality Collection; mailing list; lists of Firebrand employees and interns; summary of financial donations to Firebrand; Firebrand's web site; and posters that decorated the office.
SERIES LIST
- Series I. Author/Book Files
- Boxes 1-32
- Series II. Manuscript Rejections
- Boxes 33-43
- Series III. Financial Records
- Boxes 44-63
- Series IV. Conferences and Related Activities
- Boxes 64-65
- Series V. Administrative Information and Posters
- Box 65 and Map Case
Physical Description
Manuscripts, financial records, personnel records, computer files, ephemera.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- Brenda Marston
- Date completed:
- March 15, 2001
- EAD encoding:
- Peter Martinez, April, 2002
- Date modified:
- Kristen Reichenbach, October 2018
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Brenda Marston
- Date
- Apr. 12, 2002
- 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