Gerard F. McCauley papers, 1961-1999
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- McCauley, Gerard F.
- Title
- Gerard F. McCauley papers
- Dates
- 1961-1999 (inclusive)19611999
- Quantity
- 41.9 cubic feet (43 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 08906
- Summary
- The correspondence and subject files of Gerard F. McCauley, a literary agent and founder of the Gerard McCauley Agency, Inc., a literary agency that specialized in general non-fiction and history.
- Repository
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American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Historical Note
Gerard F. McCauley was a literary agent who in the early 1960s established the Gerard McCauley Agency, Inc., a literary agency based in Katonah, New York that specialized in general non-fiction and history. He was noted for representing academics and other scholars, including Ken Burns, Donald Hall, Nathaniel Branden, William H. McNeill, Stephen B. Oates, and Robert Sobel.
Content Description
Collection consists of Gerard F. McCauley's correspondence and subject files, which contain correspondence with clients, publishers, and other literary agencies and includes client writing samples and drafts, clippings, and photographs. There are also files relating to establishment, growth and maintenance of the Gerard McCauley Agency, Inc.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Copyright InformationNothing is to be quoted from materials in the collection without permission of correspondents as long as they live. Donor maintains copyrights.
Preferred Citation
Preferred CitationItem Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Administrative Information
Related Materials
Related MaterialsThere are no known other archival collections created by Gerard F. McCauley at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
Acquisition InformationThe Gerard F. McCauley papers were donated by Gerard F. McCauley, 1982-1999.
Processing Note
Processing InformationThe collection was processed by Leslie Waggener in March 2015.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Series I. Correspondence by name, 1964-1999
Series I contains client correspondence files that can include writing samples and drafts, clippings, and photographs. There are also files of correspondence with publishing houses and other literary agencies that can contain writing samples and drafts by clients of the Gerard McCauley Agency, Inc. All files in this series are arranged by name of client or organization.
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Description: A-AtwanContainer: Box 1
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Description: Augenstin-BerkhoferContainer: Box 2
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Description: Bierman-Branden, BarbaraContainer: Box 3
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Description: Branden, Nathaniel-BrockContainer: Box 4
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Description: Brody-ByrneContainer: Box 5
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Description: Cade-ClarkContainer: Box 6
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Description: Coben-CullinanContainer: Box 7
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Description: Dahl-DellheimContainer: Box 8
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Description: Demos-EmeryContainer: Box 9
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Description: Erbe-FreehlingContainer: Box 10
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Description: Friedman-Galloway and JohnsonContainer: Box 11
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Description: Gans-GoldenContainer: Box 12
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Description: Goodfield-GutkindContainer: Box 13
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Description: Hackett-Hall, DonaldContainer: Box 14
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Description: Hall, Donald-Hall, James B.Container: Box 15
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Description: Hamby-HoltzmanContainer: Box 16
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Description: Holtzman-KahnContainer: Box 17
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Description: Kahn-KosoffContainer: Box 18
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Description: Knowles-LesherContainer: Box 19
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Description: Lesher-ListerContainer: Box 20
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Description: Litoff-McKayContainer: Box 21
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Description: McKay-McNeillContainer: Box 22
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Description: McNeill-MarstonContainer: Box 23
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Description: Marston-MaslowContainer: Box 24
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Description: May-NugentContainer: Box 25
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Description: Neu-OshinskylContainer: Box 26
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Description: Oshinsky-PettettContainer: Box 27
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Description: Pettitt-RitnerContainer: Box 28
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Description: Roark-RutmanContainer: Box 29
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Description: Ryan-SchwartzContainer: Box 30
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Description: Schwartz-SobelContainer: Box 31
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Description: Sobel-SteinContainer: Box 32
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Description: Stein-ToulminContainer: Box 33
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Description: Toulmin-Ver SteegContainer: Box 34
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Description: Vlasov-WhitfieldContainer: Box 35
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Description: Whitfield-WoodsContainer: Box 36
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Description: Wooten-ZolotowContainer: Box 37
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Series II. Correspondence by alphabet letter, 1964-1995
Series II contains client correspondence files that can include writing samples and drafts, clippings, and photographs. There are also files of correspondence with publishing houses and other literary agencies that can contain writing samples and drafts by clients of the Gerard McCauley Agency, Inc. Files in this series are arranged by alphabet letter. This appears to have been done when insufficient material had accumulated on a client or organization to create an individual file.
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Description: A-EContainer: Box 38
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Description: F-KContainer: Box 39
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Description: L-RContainer: Box 40
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Description: R-ZContainer: Box 41
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Series III. Correspondence by country or region, 1967-1996
Series III contains client correspondence files that can include writing samples and drafts, clippings, and photographs. There are also files of correspondence with publishing houses and other literary agencies that can contain writing samples and drafts by clients of the Gerard McCauley Agency, Inc. Files in this series are arranged by home country or region of the client or organization. Countries or regions included are Brazil, England, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, the Netherlands, Russia, Scandinavia, and Spain.
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Description: Brazil-SpainContainer: Box 42
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Series IV. Subject files, 1961-1999
These are files related to the establishment, growth, and maintenance of the Gerard McCauley Agency, Inc.
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Description: Author leadsDates: 1961-1962Container: Box 43
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Description: Author listsDates: 1966-1967Container: Box 43
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Description: To be placed "Author File"Dates: 1961-1979Container: Box 43
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Description: Famous lettersDates: 1965-1970Container: Box 43
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Description: FilmDates: 1976-1982Container: Box 43
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Description: Publishers' ideasDates: 1971-1973Container: Box 43
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Description: Publishers' ideasDates: 1974-1982Container: Box 43
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Description: Trips by Gerard McCauleyDates: 1965-1969 and undatedContainer: Box 43
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Authors -- 20th century.
- Literary agents -- United States -- 20th century.
- Literature -- 20th century.
- Publishers and publishing -- United States -- 20th century.
- Scholars -- United States -- 20th century.
Other Creators
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Corporate Names
- Gerard McCauley Agency, Inc.
