Serendipity Books mss., ca. 1960-2010
Records, 1963-1994, of Serendipity Books at the Lilly Library,
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Summary Information
Repository
Lilly
Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly
Creator
Serendipity Books (Firm)
Extent
25,650 items
TitleSerendipity Books mss., ca. 1960-2010
Collection No.
LMC 2124
Extent
25,650 items
Language
Materials are in English
Abstract
The Serendipity Books mss., ca. 1960-2010,
consist of invoices, orders, paid bills, and other miscellaneous financial papers,
including cash receipt books, ledgers, and yearly financial statements for the
bookselling firm, Serendipity Books, Inc., of Berkeley, California.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Historical Note
Bookselling firm of Berkeley, California.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into the following series: I. Invoices; II. Orders, Paid
Bills; III. Miscellaneous; IV. Additions.
Scope and Content Note
The Serendipity Books mss., ca. 1960-2010, consist of invoices, orders, paid bills, and
other miscellaneous financial papers, including cash receipt books, ledgers, and yearly
financial statements for the bookselling firm, Serendipity Books, Inc., of Berkeley,
California. The collection also contains personal materials of Peter Howard, proprietor
of Serendipity Books, and includes correspondence, photographs, printed ephemera, and a
photo portfolio and text pertaining to the limited-edition book Martin Stone, Bookscout,
written by Howard.
Correspondents include: Carter Burden, Tom Farber, Amanda Green, Jon Paul Henry, Abram
Hoffer, William Martin Hoffer, Esme Howard, Ian Jackson, Cris Mcmann, Phyllis Mcmann,
Larry McMurtry, Richard Newsome, Katherine Spelman, Ralph Segura, J. D. Salinger, Martin
Stone.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries' online
catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by searching the
catalog using these terms.
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Names
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Serendipity Books
(Firm)
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Howard, Peter B.
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Topics
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Booksellers and bookselling
--California.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Acquired: 1986, 1996, 2002, 2010
Usage RestrictionsPrior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however, patrons
from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in advance of their
visits to ascertain availability of materials.
Photocopying permitted only with the permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library
Preferred Citation
[Item], Serendipity Books mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington,
Indiana.
Series:
Invoices
Box 1
1966 - 1972, Jan.
Box 2
1972, Feb. - 1977, Mar.
Box 3
1977, Mar. (cont.) - 1979, Dec.
Box 4
1979/80 - 1980, Sept.
Box 5
1980, Sept. (cont.) - 1981, Sept.
Box 6
1981, Oct. - 1982/83 (A-B)
Box 7
1982/83 (C-Z) - 1983, July
Box 8
1983, Aug. - 1985/86
Series:
Orders, Paid Bills
Box 9
1963 - 1964/74 (A)
Box 10
1964/74 (B - California, University of )
Box 11
1964/74 (California, University of - Co)
Box 12
1964/74 (Cp - Hd)
Box 13
1964/74 (He - L)
Box 14
1964/74 (M - Rad)
Box 15
1964/74 (Rae - Stam)
Box 16
1964/74 (Stan - Wa)
Box 17
1964/74 (Wb - Z); 1973 (1f.); 1974 (7ff.)
Box 18
1974/75 (19ff.)
Box 19
1974/75 Printed(2ff.); 1975 Misc.; 1975 Catalog 34 3ff.; 1975/76 (A - R; no "S" file)
Box 20
1975/76 (T - Z); 1977/78 (A - J); 1978/82 (A-C)
Box 21
1978/82 (C - T)
Box 22
1978/82 (U - Z); "thru Apr. 30, 1983" (A - D)
[includes 1977-1983]
Box 23
"thru Apr. 30, 1983" (D - M)
Box 24
"thru Apr. 30, 1983" (N - T)
Box 25
"thru Apr. 30, 1983" (U - Z) - 1983/84 (A - Z)
Series:
Miscellaneous
Box 26
Bank Statements, FY 1983
Credit Memos: 1979-1981 ;1980-1985
Expense records of room for storage, 1969
Expenses: 1971 ;1973
Expenses, FY 1983 : Nancy Kosenka, Peter Howard, Tom Goldwasser, Burton T.
Weiss
Insurance papers, ca. 1971
New titles, Sept. 23, 1971-Mar. 23,
1974
Single Copy order plan, 1969-1970
Store Sales, FY 1984
Travel expenses:1972-1974 ;1976-1979
(3 folders)
Yearly financial statements, 1981-1985
(5 folders)
Box 27
bound volumes:
Book purchases & overhead expenses
May 17, 1973-Dec. 30, 1976 and
Jan 1, 1974-June 10, 1974
June 10, 1974-Dec. 30, 1974 and
Jan. 1, 1975-Apr. 12, 1975
Cash receipt books:
1965
Apr. 1966-Jan. 1, 1968
Nov. 2, 1969-Oct. 22, 1971
Apr. 18, 1979-Jan. 31, 1976
Jan. 1-Apr. 30, 1977
May 1, 1977-Apr. 30, 1978
Mar. 1978-Apr. 30, 1978
May 1, 1978-Apr. 30, 1979
Feb. 22, 1979-May 1, 1979
Ledgers:
June 5, 1973-Dec. 31, 1973
Nov. 26, 1971-Sept. 1, 1973
Nov. 14, 1973-Feb. 22, 1975
Mar. 15, 1975-Jan. 1, 1976
Jan. 1, 1977-Apr. 30, 1978
May 1, 1978-Apr. 30, 1979
May 1, 1979-Nov. 17, 1979
Box 28
Office fund vouchers, July 1, 1980-Apr. 4, 1985
(71 envelopes)
Cancelled checks, 1969-1984
Boxes 29-31
Cancelled checks, 1969-1984
(cont.)
Series:
Additions
2002 Additions
Invoices
Box 31
1984, May – 1985, Oct.
Box 32
1985, Nov. – 1988, July
Box 33
1988, Aug. – 1989, Apr.
Paid bills
Box 33
1984/85 – 1985/86
A-M
Box 34
1985/86 N-Z – 1987/88 A-M
Box 35
1987/88 N-Z – 1989/90 A-M
Box 36
1989/90 N-Z – 1991/92 A-S
Box 37
1991/92 T-Z – 1993/94 A-Q
Box 38
1993/94 R-Z
Miscellaneous
Box 38
Credit card files, tax papers, stolen book file, banking and
other financial papers, etc. (43ff.)
2010 Additions
Box 39
Correspondence
A-M
N-Unidentified authors
Writings
Howard, Peter
Howard, Keridwen Jean
Janah, Manua
McMurtry, Larry
A-G
H-J
R-W
Printed Ephemera
Various authors
Broadside
(shelved in box 40 oversize)
Catalogs
Periodicals
Martin Stone, Bookscout
Materials
Photo Portfolio and Text
(4 folders)
Photographs
4 folders
Box 40
Canvas prints
(shelved in oversize)
2012 Additions
Box 41
Writings
“Letter from Tibet”
Untitled manuscript by Manua Janah
Printed Materials
Metcalf, John.
Freedom from Culture
Ruyle, John.
Baskerville Visited and Baskerville Revisited
Woodsworth, Glenn.
Cheap Sons of Bitches
Hoffer, William.
A Correspondence, and A Statement
Catalogs
Pacific Rim Anthropology
interesting items in the fields of…. (by Serendipity Books)
The Eric Korn Collection of H.G. Wells
Vietnam War Literature: The Gary Lepper Collection
Paul Mariah and Helen Luster Archives
William Faulkner: The Carl Petersen Collection
(1 interim catalog, 2 printed, 2 typescripts)
Box 42
Serendipity Books: Catalogue 22
Canadian Fiction: Nos. 24-59
Canadian Fiction: Nos. 61-78
Harold Pinter: The Sir Joseph Gold Collection
G. Norman Douglas: The Frederick Board Collection
Ted Hughes: The Collections of Sir Joseph Gold
A Mostly Modern Affair: One Hundred Pleasures (or so), For Now
Lost-Race Fiction: The Stuart Teitler Collection
Alex Flegon: Catalogue 49
Serendipity Books: Books in English (Titles, Not Volumes)
Bookman’s Weekly, Aug. 1, 1977
Yosemite and the Big Trees: Catalogue 54
Appraisal Records
Estate of James D. Hart
Mr. & Mrs. John Bedecarre
Estate of Wright Morris
The Leonard Baskin papers and collections
Gayle Sullivan
Estate of Joaquin Nin-Culmell
Irwin T. and Shirley Holtzmann Collection
Box 43
The Library of James D. Hart
Dorothy & Howard Baker
John Lane
Czeslaw Milosz
Miscellaneous
Notes
Writings
Pamphlets
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