Identity area
Reference code
CA ACU SPC F0011-S0001
Title
Correspondence
Date(s)
- [1954-1985] (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
3305 items
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
- MsC 31 Correspondence with family, friends, writers, admirers, literary agents, editors, publishers, producers, directors, playwrights, educators, lawyers, clergymen, critics, and other officials. Consists of two subseries: correspondence by title and general correspondence. Correspondence by title is arranged alphabetically by form (fiction followed by non-fiction) and chronologically within the form. Correspondence for each title is divided into business-related correspondence and reader-related correspondence. General correspondence consists of several miscellaneous files including an agents' file; an awards' file; a file relating to various university affiliations; contracts arranged alphabetically by form and title; royalty statements arranged alphabetically by title, then chronologically.
- MsC 49 Correspondence with family, friends, writers, admirers, literary agents, editors, publishers, producers, directors, playwrights, educators, lawyers, clergymen, critics, and other officials. Consists of two subseries: correspondence by title and general correspondence. Correspondence by title is arranged alphabetically by form (fiction followed by non-fiction) and chronologically within the form. Correspondence for each title is arranged alphabetically by personal and corporate name and chronologically within each file. Correspondence for short stories, book reviews and publicity quotes is not divided by title. General correspondence is arranged alphabetically by personal and corporate name and chronologically within each file.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
- MsC 31 Moore filed correspondence for his major works by published title and this arrangement ahs essentially been maintained although a general correspondence sub-series has been created from Moore's subject files for letters that do not deal with specific titles.
- MsC 49 correspondence for each title is further divided by personal and corporate name arranged alphabetically to create more manageable files and provide fuller description for the correspondence. Reader-related material (i.e., fan mail) for each title is filed under Brian Moore.