AHJ_ah08906 Inventory of the Gerard F. McCauley papers1961-1999 McCauley (Gerard F.) papers Processed by Leslie Waggener> University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
2015

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Ann Mulfort March 2013 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary McCauley, Gerard F. Gerard F. McCauley papers 1961-1999 08906 41.9 cubic feet (43 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English 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. Biography of Gerard F. McCauley

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.

 Scope and Content

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.

 Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

 Copyright Information

Nothing is to be quoted from materials in the collection without permission of correspondents as long as they live. Donor maintains copyrights.

 Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Gerard F. McCauley at the date of processing.

 Acquisition Information

The Gerard F. McCauley papers were donated by Gerard F. McCauley, 1982-1999.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Leslie Waggener in March 2015.

 Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms Gerard McCauley Agency, Inc. Literary agents -- United States -- 20th century. Authors -- 20th century. Literature -- 20th century. Scholars -- United States -- 20th century. Publishers and publishing -- United States -- 20th century. Literature. Publishers and Publishing. <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Container List 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.

 1 A-Atwan 2 Augenstin-Berkhofer 3 Bierman-Branden, Barbara 4 Branden, Nathaniel-Brock 5 Brody-Byrne 6 Cade-Clark 7 Coben-Cullinan 8 Dahl-Dellheim 9 Demos-Emery 10 Erbe-Freehling 11 Friedman-Galloway and Johnson 12 Gans-Golden 13 Goodfield-Gutkind 14 Hackett-Hall, Donald 15 Hall, Donald-Hall, James B. 16 Hamby-Holtzman 17 Holtzman-Kahn 18 Kahn-Kosoff 19 Knowles-Lesher 20 Lesher-Lister 21 Litoff-McKay 22 McKay-McNeill 23 McNeill-Marston 24 Marston-Maslow 25 May-Nugent 26 Neu-Oshinskyl 27 Oshinsky-Pettett 28 Pettitt-Ritner 29 Roark-Rutman 30 Ryan-Schwartz 31 Schwartz-Sobel 32 Sobel-Stein 33 Stein-Toulmin 34 Toulmin-Ver Steeg 35 Vlasov-Whitfield 36 Whitfield-Woods 37 Wooten-Zolotow 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.

38 A-E 39 F-K 40 L-R 41 R-Z 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.

 42 Brazil-Spain Series IV. Subject files 1961-1999

These are files related to the establishment, growth, and maintenance of the Gerard McCauley Agency, Inc.

 43 Author leads 1961-1962 43 Author lists 1966-1967 43 To be placed "Author File" 1961-1979 43 Famous letters 1965-1970 43 Film 1976-1982 43 Publishers' ideas 1971-1973 43 Publishers' ideas 1974-1982 43 Trips by Gerard McCauley 1965-1969 and undated