%eadnotat; ]> PUBLIC "-//Stanford University::Libraries::Dept. of Special Collections//TEXT (US::CSt::M0229::Angel Island Publications, Inc. Records)//EN" "m0229.sgm"Guide to the Angel Island Publications, Inc. Records, 1950-1970Department of Special Collections

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Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, 1999 May 24. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Steven Mandeville-Gamble.Finding aid is written in English.Guide to the Angel Island Publications, Inc. Records, 1950-1970Collection number: M0229Department of Special Collections Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CaliforniaContact InformationDepartment of Special CollectionsGreen LibraryStanford University LibrariesStanford, CA 94305-6004 Phone: (650) 725-1022Email: speccoll@sulmail.stanford.eduURL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/Processed by: Special Collections staffDate Completed: 1973 May 14

Descriptive SummaryAngel Island Publications, Inc. Records, 1950-1970Special Collections M0229Angel Island Publications, Inc.3.5 linear ft.Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections.Administrative InformationAccess Restrictions

None.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Provenance

Gift of Mr. Peter D. Hannaford, 1973.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item] Angel Island Publications, Inc. Records, M0229, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Scope and Content

This collection consists mainly of papers and documents concerning the disbursement of indebtedness by the Creditors' Committee for the bankrupt Angel Island Publications, Inc.. It also contains some material and references to the preparation and printing of actual publications (Contact Editions books and Contact Magazine).

Container List11Abel, Robert - mostly correspondence between William Ryan and Abel re: Abel as go-between for Contact Magazine with possible New York cartoonists12Agents and Authors - information sheets for Contact Magazine's buying rates13And a Time to Die - correspondence on final royalty settlement between Contact Creditors and authors14Artists' and Writers Cookbook - orders for and negotiations for reprint of book15Angel Island Publications - mostly correspondence and documents dealing with taxes and accounting16Author Lists - lists of writers by agents17Authors, Prose - addresses, some correspondence18Bank Books and Receipts - bank statements, checking accounts, etc.19Bergman, Richard, file - re: exchanging ads with various other magazines and media110Brandt (agent) - newspaper article111Biographical Information - material on various artists, authors, etc. who have published in Contact Magazine; mostly written by the people themselves.112Contact, Business - miscellaneous matters and dealings with switch over to creditors' committee113Contact, Editorial - condolence on demise of Contact, general correspondence214Contact Press Clips215Contact #3 - correspondence, miscellaneous dealing with issue216Contact #5 - correspondence, miscellaneous dealing with issue217Contact #9 - correspondence, miscellaneous dealing with issue218Contact #10 - correspondence, miscellaneous dealing with issue219Contact #11 - correspondence, miscellaneous dealing with issue220Contact # 12 - correspondence, miscellaneous dealing with issue221Contact #13 - correspondence, miscellaneous dealing with issue222Contact #14 - correspondence, miscellaneous dealing with issue223Contact #15 - correspondence, miscellaneous dealing with issue224Creditors' Committee - legal documents, transfer of stocks and rights, etc., machinations of Creditors' Committee225Credits226Peter Edler - re: The Arbitrarium227Fly in the Pigment by Sidney Petersen - orders and royalty arrangements228I'm Over Here - orders229Lybrand, Ross Bros. and Montgomery - accountants for the Creditors' Committee230Man on Earth by S. P. R. Charter - orders and miscellaneous correspondence with author on possible reprint231Miscellaneous232Ivan Obolensky, Inc. (Agent) - East Coast distributor of books333Orders Pending334Paid Invoices335Permissions for A Country in the Mind - anthology336Photographers337Photography338Rocky Libido in San Francisco - orders339Sale and Inventory, 1967 - 1968340Statement of Condition (Monthly)341Taxes - records342University Microfilms343Western Review41Retail receipts account books2 binders42Addresses for complementary copies, subscriptsion, etc.51Looseleaf account sheets52Angel Island Publications, Inc. checkbook53Miscellaneous receipts, etc.54Microfilm - Contact vol. 3, 4 and 5,#155Seal - Angel Island Publications, Inc.614 Books of Stock Certificates for Class A Shares (2 of which still contain some certificates)62Stock Journal and ledger for Class A shares632 Books of Stock Certificates for Class B Shares71Stock Journal and ledger for Class B Shares72Minutes of Meetings of the Board of Directors, Angel Island Publications, Inc.