Placing papers [electronic resource] : the American literary archives market / Amy Hildreth Chen.

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"The sale of authors' papers to archives has become big news, with collections from James Baldwin and Arthur Miller fetching record-breaking sums in recent years. Amy Hildreth Chen offers the history of how this multimillion dollar business developed from the mid-twentieth century onward and conside...

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Main Author:	Chen, Amy, 1984- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2020]
Series:	Studies in print culture and the history of the book
Subjects:	Libraries > Special collections > American literature. Archives > Administration > United States > History. Archives > Acquisitions > United States > History. Authors, American > Archives.
Online Access:	EBSCO eBooks: 2020 (EBSCO) eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2020 (EBSCO)
Format:	Electronic eBook

Placing papers : the American literary archives market

Authors: Chen, Amy, 1984-
Published: University of Massachusetts Press, 2020

Physical Description: xi, 183 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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