This collection is open for research.
Founded by Jill Schoolman, Archipelago Books is a not-for-profit press devoted to
publishing excellent translations of classic and contemporary world literature. In
its first five years, Archipelago published over forty-five books in nearly twenty
languages.
The collection is organized into the following series: I. Correspondence; II.
Catalogs; III. Periodicals and Other Printed Materials; IV. Business Materials; V.
Writings; VI. Additions.
The Archipelago Books mss., 1981-2010, consists of the papers of the firm, including
correspondence with authors, translators and advertisers; typescripts and
manuscripts of books published; proof copies; and dust-jackets.
International authors represented in the collection include: Breyten Breytenbach;
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar; Francis Ponge; Julio Cortázar; Tadeusz Rozewicz; Marguerite
Duras; Robert Musil; Henri Michaux; Elias Khoury; João Cabral de Melo Neto; Witold
Gombrowicz; and Jean Giono. Translators represented include: Michael Henry Heim;
Richard Sieburth; Richard Zenith; Lee Fahenstock; Bill Johnston; Peter Wortsman;
Daniel Slager; Robert Bonono; and Peter Theroux.
Series:
Box 2
V. Writings
Folder 1
Abu Gleil, Hamdy:
Thieves in
Retirement,
text
Folder 2–4
Akutagawa, Ryunosuke:
Mandarins,
text
Folders 5–10
Akutagawa, Ryunosuke:
Mandarins,
page proofs
Folder 11
Akutagawa, Ryunosuke:
Mandarins,
cover proofs
Folder 12
Alexievich, Svetalena:
The War's Unwomanly
Face,
text
Folder 13
Al–Saadawi, Nawal:
Noel, page
proofs
Folder 14
Al–Saadawi, Nawal:
Hot Spring,
page proofs
Box 3
Folders 1–2
Altenberg, Peter:
Telegrams of the
Soul,
text
Folders 3–5
Altenberg, Peter:
Telegrams of the
Soul,
page proofs
Folder 6
Altenberg, Peter:
Telegrams of the
Soul,
design sample pages
Folder 7
Altenberg, Peter:
Telegrams of the
Soul,
cover proof
Folder 8
Altenberg, Peter:
Telegrams of the
Soul,
correspondence and publicity
Folders 9–12
Bakker, Gerbrand:
The Twin,
text
Folders 13–14
Bakker, Gerbrand:
The Twin, page
proofs
Folder 15
Bakker, Gerbrand:
The Twin, cover
proofs
Folder 16
Bakker, Gerbrand:
The Twin, proof
book
Folder 17
Barnstone, Willis:
ABC of
Translation,
text and book
Folder 18
Barnstone, Willis:
ABC of
Translation,
page proofs
Folders 19–20
Bartis, Attila:
Tranquility,
text
Folders 21–23
Bartis, Attila:
Tranquility, page
proofs
Box 4
Folder 1
Bartis, Attila:
Tranquility, cover
proofs
Folder 2
Bartis, Attila:
Tranquility, proof
book
Folder 3
Bochorishvili, Elena:
Ucmopua
Poana,
text
Folder 4
Bononno, Robert:
My Body, page
proofs
Folders 5–6
Breytenbach, Breyten:
All One
Horse,
page proofs
Folder 7
Breytenbach, Breyten:
All One
Horse,
cover proofs
Folder 8
Breytenbach, Breyten:
All One
Horse,
proof book
Folders 9–12
Breytenbach, Breyten:
Intimate
Stranger,
page proofs, 1st and 2ne passes
Folder 13
Breytenbach, Breyten:
Intimate
Stranger,
cover proof
Folder 14
Breytenbach, Breyten:
Intimate
Stranger,
proof book
Folders 15–17
Breytenbach, Breyten:
Mouroir,
page proofs
Folder 18
Breytenbach, Breyten:
Mouroir,
cover proof
Folder 19
Breytenbach, Breyten:
Mouroir,
proof book
Folder 20
Buchner, Georg:
Lenz,
correspondence
Folders 21–22
Buchner, Georg:
Lenz, text in
German
Folders 23–24
Buchner, Georg:
Lenz, text in
English
Folders 25–27
Buchner, Georg:
Lenz, page proofs,
1st pass
Box 5
Folders 1–2
Buchner, Georg:
Lenz, page proofs,
2nd pass
Folder 3
Buchner, Georg:
Lenz,
notes
Folder 4
Buchner, Georg:
Lenz,
corrections
Folder 5
Buchner, Georg:
Lenz, design
sample pages
Folder 6
Buchner, Georg:
Lenz, unbound
gatherings
Folder 7
Buchner, Georg:
Lenz, photocopy of
German text
Folder 8
Buchner, Georg:
Lenz,
review
Folders 9–11
Cabral, Joao:
Education by Stone,
text
Folders 12–13
Cabral, Joao:
Education by Stone,
page proofs, 1st pass
Folder 14
Cabral, Joao:
Education by Stone,
design sample pages
Folder 15
Chevillard, Eric:
Palafox,
correspondence and text
Folders 16–17
Chevillard, Eric:
Palafox, page
proofs
Folder 18
Chevillard, Eric:
Palafox, unbound
gatherings
Folder 19
Chevillard, Eric:
Palafox, advance
reading copy
Folders 20–22
Claus, Hugo:
Wonder,
text
Folders 23–27
Claus, Hugo:
Wonder, page
proofs
Folder 28
Claus, Hugo:
Wonder, cover
proof
Folder 29
Claus, Hugo:
Wonder, proof
book
Folder 30
Claus, Hugo:
Wonder,
publicity
Box 6
Folders 1–2
Cortazar, Julio:
Diary of Andres
Fava,
text
Folders 3–4
Cortazar, Julio:
Diary of Andres
Fava,
page proofs
Folder 5
Cortazar, Julio:
Diary of Andres
Fava,
changes
Folder 6
Cortazar, Julio:
Diary of Andres
Fava,
design sample pages
Folders 7–9
Cortazar, Julio:
Autonauts of the
Cosmoroute,
text
Folders 10–21
Cortazar, Julio:
Autonauts of the
Cosmoroute,
page proofs
Folder 22
Cortazar, Julio:
Autonauts of the
Cosmoroute,
CD–ROM, 4th pass
Folder 23
Cortazar, Julio:
Autonauts of the
Cosmoroute,
corrections
Folder 24
Crevel, Rene:
My Body and I,
text
Folders 25–26
Crevel, Rene:
My Body and I, page
proofs
Folder 27
Crevel, Rene:
My Body and I,
design sample pages
Folder 28
Crevel, Rene:
My Body and I,
corrections
Box 7
Folders 1–3
Coulson, Joseph:
The Vanishing
Moon,
text
Folder 4
Coulson, Joseph:
The Vanishing
Moon,
cover proof
Folders 5–7
Coulson, Joseph:
Of Song and
Water,
text
Folder 8
Coulson, Joseph:
Of Song and
Water,
CD–ROM and page proofs
Folder 9
Coulson, Joseph:
Of Song and
Water,
proof book
Folder 10
Darwish, Mahmoud:
A River Dies of
Thirst,
page proofs
Folder 11
Darwish, Mahmoud:
A River Dies of
Thirst,
cover proof
Folder 12
Darwish, Mahmoud:
Why Did You Leave the
Horse Alone,
correspondence
Folder 13
Darwish, Mahmoud:
Why Did You Leave the
Horse Alone,
printing proposal
Folders 14–17
Darwish, Mahmoud:
Why Did You Leave the
Horse Alone,
text
Folders 18–19
Darwish, Mahmoud:
Why Did You Leave the
Horse Alone,
page proofs
Folder 20
Darwish, Mahmoud:
Why Did You Leave the
Horse Alone,
cover proof
Folder 21
Demetz, P.:
Eine Reise, book
proposal with reviews
Folder 22
Duras, Marguerite: Y
ann Andrea
Steiner,
test
Folders 23–26
Duras, Marguerite:
Yann Andrea
Steiner,
page proofs
Folders 27–29
Elorriaga, Unai:
Plants Don't Drink
Coffee,
text
Folders 30–31
Elorriaga, Unai:
Plants Don't Drink
Coffee,
page proofs
Folder 32
Elorriaga, Unai:
Plants Don't Drink
Coffee,
cover proof
Folder 33
Elorriaga, Unai:
lants Don't Drink
Coffee,
proof book
Box 8
Folder 1
Ertai, Gao: Sunset
Over Barren
Mountains,
text
Folder 2
Fabre, Dominique:
The Waitress Was
New,
text
Folder 3
Fabre, Dominique:
The Waitress Was
New,
corrections
Folder 4
Gelassimov, Andrei:
Thirst, text
in French
Folder 5
Gombrowicz, Witold: Correspondence
Folders 6–7
Gombrowicz, Witold:
Baccay,
text
Folders 8–11
Gombrowicz, Witold:
Baccay, page
proofs
Folder 12
Gombrowicz, Witold:
Baccay,
unbound book
Folder 13
Gombrowicz, Witold:
Baccay, cover
proof
Folder 14
Hartley, Christine Schwartz:
Sample
Translations from French,
text and
correspondence
Folders 15–16
Heine, Heinrich:
Travel Pictures,
text
Folders 17–18
Heine, Heinrich:
Travel Pictures,
page proofs
Folder 19
Hilbig, Wolfgang: Correspondence
Folder 20
Hilbig, Wolfgang: Examples of his work
Folder 21
Hinton, David:
Site,
correspondence and text
Folder 22
Hofer, Jen: Sample translations
Folders 23–24
Holderlin, Friedrich:
Hyperion,
page proofs
Folder 25
Hrabal, Bohumil:
Harlequin's
Millions,
excerpts
Folder 26
Jergovic, Miljenko:
Sarajevo
Marlboro,
cover proof
Folder 27
Khoury, Elias: US/Canada visit program, itinerary
Folder 28
Khoury, Elias:
Bab El Shams, Gate of the
Sun,
correspondence
Box 9
Folder 29
Khoury, Elias:
Bab El Shams, Gate of the
Sun,
maps
Folders 1–10
Khoury, Elias:
Bab El Shams, Gate of the
Sun,
text
Folders 11–20
Khoury, Elias:
Bab El Shams, Gate of the
Sun,
page proofs
Box 10
Folders 1–4
Khoury, Elias:
Bab El Shams, Gate of the
Sun,
page proofs
Folder 5
Khoury, Elias:
Bab El Shams, Gate of the
Sun,
corrections
Folder 6
Khoury, Elias:
Bab El Shams, Gate of the
Sun,
sample pages
Folder 7
Khoury, Elias:
Bab El Shams, Gate of the
Sun,
review
Folders 8–9
Khoury, Elias:
Yalo,
text
Folders 10–15
Khoury, Elias:
Yalo, page
proofs
Folder 16
Khoury, Elias:
Yalo,
text
Folder 17
Kleist, Heinrich von:
The Earthquake in
Chile,
text
Folders 18–21
Kleist, Heinrich von:
Selected
Prose,
page proofs
Folder 22
Kleist, Heinrich von:
Selected
Prose,
corrections
Folder 23
Kleist, Heinrich von:
Selected
Prose,
cover proof
Folder 24
Knausgaard, Karl O.:
A Time for
Everything,
text
Box 11
Folders 1–3
Knausgaard, Karl O.:
A Time for
Everything,
text
Folders 4–6
Knausgaard, Karl O.:
A Time for
Everything,
page proofs
Folder 7
Knausgaard, Karl O.:
A Time for
Everything,
cover proof
Folder 8
Kratochvil, Jiri:
Au milieu des nuits un
chant,
photocopy excerpt
Folders 9–18
Laxness, Halldor:
Great Weaver from
Kashmir,
page proofs
Box 12
Folders 1–3
Laxness, Halldor:
Great Weaver from
Kashmir,
page proofs
Folder 4
Laxness, Halldor:
Great Weaver of
Kashmir,
proof book
Folder 5
Laxness, Halldor:
Great Weaver of
Kashmir,
corrections
Folder 6
Laxness, Halldor:
Great Weaver of
Kashmir,
cover proofs
Folders 7–8
Meng Hao–Jan:
The Mountain Poems,
text
Folder 9
Meng Hao–Jan:
The Mountain Poems,
excerpts
Folders 10–11
Michaux, Henri:
Stroke by Stroke,
page proofs
Folder 12
Jeong Mi–Kyeong:
Memories of Lily–Colored
Photographs,
text
Folder 13
Morales, Harry:
Sample
Translations,
correspondence
Folder 14
Musil, Robert:
Posthumous Papers of a
Living Author,
text
Folder 15
Musil, Robert:
Posthumous Papers of a
Living Author,
proof book
Folder 16
Musil, Robert:
Posthumous Papers of a
Living Author,
cover proofs
Folder 17
Nassar, Raduan:
Lavoura Arcaica,
text
Folder 18
Naughton, James:
Sample
Translations,
text
Folders 19–22
Nerval, Gerard de:
The Salt
Smugglers,
text
Folders 23–24
Nerval, Gerard de:
The Salt
Smugglers,
page proofs
Box 13
Folders 1–2
Nerval, Gerard de:
The Salt
Smugglers,
page proofs
Folder 3
Nerval, Gerard de:
The Salt
Smugglers,
final proof
Folder 4
Nerval, Gerard de:
The Salt
Smugglers,
cover proof
Folder 5
Nerval, Gerard de:
The Salt
Smugglers,
proof book
Folder 6
Novalis:
The Novices of Sais,
text
Folders 7–10
Pea, Enrico:
Moscardino,
text
Folder 11
Pea, Enrico:
Moscardino, design
sample pages
Folder 12
Pea, Enrico:
Moscardino,
corrections
Folder 13
Perec, Georges:
Best Wishes,
text
Folder 14
Ponge, Francis:
Mute Objects of
Expression,
text
Folders 15–16
Ponge, Francis:
Mute Objects of
Expression,
page proofs
Folder 17
Ponge, Francis:
The Wasp,
text
Folder 18
Ponge, Francis:
Spring Tides,
text
Folder 19
Ponge, Francis:
Spring Tides, page
proofs
Folder 20
Ponge, Francis:
Spring Tides,
unbound gatherings
Folder 21
Ponge, Francis:
Spring Tides,
cover proofs
Folders 22–23
Poulin, Jacques:
Translation is a Love
Affair,
text
Folder 24
Poulin, Jacques:
Translation is a Love
Affair,
page proofs
Folder 25
Poulin, Jacques:
Translation is a Love
Affair,
cover proof
Folder 26
Rilke, Rainer Maria:
Auguste
Rodin,
CD and cover proofs
Folder 27
Rilke, Rainer Maria:
Auguste
Rodin,
book cover
Folder 28
Rondoni, Davide:
Il Bar del Tempo,
text
Box 14
Folder 1
Rozewicz, Tadeusz: Memorandum of agreement
Folder 2
Rozewicz, Tadeusz:
New Poems,
text
Folders 3–4
Rozewicz, Tadeusz:
New Poems, page
proofs
Folder 5
Rozewicz, Tadeusz:
New Poems,
proof book
Folders 6–8
Rynell, Elisabeth:
To Mervas,
text
Folders 9–12
Rytkheu, Yuri:
A Dream in Polar
Fog,
text
Folders 13–17
Rytkheu, Yuri:
A Dream in Polar
Fog,
page proofs
Box 15
Folders 1–2
Rytkheu, Yuri:
A Dream in Polar
Fog,
page proofs
Folder 3
Rytkheu, Yuri:
A Dream in Polar
Fog,
design sample pages
Folder 4
Rytkheu, Yuri:
A Dream in Polar
Fog,
cover proofs
Folder 5
Rytkheu, Yuri:
A Dream in Polar
Fog,
publicity
Folder 6
Sachtouris, Milton:
Poems,
text
Folder 7
Sarduy, Severo:
Pajaros de la
Playa,
project statement
Folder 8
Sarotar, Dusan:
The Blind Spot,
text
Folder 9
Sceve, Maurice:
Emblems of Desire,
text
Folders 10–11
Sceve, Maurice:
Emblems of Desire,
page proofs
Folders 12–14
REMOVED BY AUTHOR'S REQUEST
Folder 15
Schofield, Dan: Correspondence
Folder 16
Sherifi, Skender:
Oxygene, text in
French
Folder 17
Sherifi, Skender:
Oxygene, design
sample pages and proof book
Folders 18–19
Skabardonis, Yiorgos:
Aging
Gracefully,
text
Folder 20
Solstad, Dag:
Shyness &
Dignity,
text
Folders 21–23
Song Yong:
Room of One's Own,
text
Folders 24–25
Sotiropoulos, Ersi:
Zigzag Through the
Bitter Orange Trees,
text
Folder 26
Syed, Afzal Ahmed:
Parables,
text
Folders 27–29
Tanpinar, Ahmet Hamdi:
A Mind at
Peace,
text
Box 16
Folders 1–3
Tanpinar, Ahmet Hamdi:
A Mind at
Peace,
text
Folders 4–10
Tanpinar, Ahmet Hamdi:
A Mind at
Peace,
page proofs
Folder 11
Tanpinar, Ahmet Hamdi:
A Mind at
Peace,
cover proofs
Folder 12
Tanpinar, Ahmet Hamdi:
A Mind at
Peace,
proof book
Folder 13
Tellegen, Toon:
About Love and About
Nothing Else,
text
Folder 14
Tulli, Magdalena:
Skaza,
memorandum of agreement
Folders 15–16
Tulli, Magdalena:
Dreams and
Stones,
text
Folder 17
Tulli, Magdalena:
Dreams and
Stones,
design sample pages
Folder 18
Tulli, Magdalena:
Dreams and
Stones,
unbound gatherings
Folder 19
Tulli, Magdalena:
Dreams and
Stones,
publicity
Folder 20
Tulli, Magdalena:
Moving Parts,
text
Folder 21
Tulli, Magdalena:
Moving Parts,
page proofs
Folder 22
Tulli, Magdalena:
Moving Parts,
correspondence
Folder 23
Tulli, Magdalena:
Moving Parts,
cover proofs
Box 17
Folders 1–2
Tulli, Magdalena: Parts of Speech, text
Folder 3
Tulli, Magdalena: Parts of Speech, excerpt
Folder 4
Tulli, Magdalena: Parts of Speech, sample design
pages
Folder 5
Tulli, Magdalena:
Flaw, page
proofs
Folder 6
Tulli, Magdalena:
Flaw,
corrections
Folder 7
Ursu, Liliana:
A Path to the Sea,
text
Folder 8
Vincent, Paul:
Sample Translation,
text
Folder 9
Waberi, Abdourahman:
Aux Etats Unis
d'Afrique,
publicity
Folder 10
Weihe, Richard:
Sea of Ink, text
and accompanying materials
Folders 11–13
Weiss, Ernst:
Georg Letham,
text
Folders 14–18
Weiss, Ernst:
Georg Letham, page
proofs
Folder 19
Weiss, Ernst:
Georg Letham, cover
proof
Folder 20
Wortsman, Peter: sample translations
Folder 21
Yilmaz, Levent:
The Last Country,
excerpts
Folders 22–26
Yom, Sang–Seop:
Three Generations,
text
Box 18
Folders 1–7
Yom Sang–Seop:
Three Generations,
text
Folder 8
Yom Sang–Seop:
Three Generations,
cover proof
Folder 9
Yom Sang–Seop:
Three Generations,
advance copy
Folder 10
Zeromski, Stefan:
The Coming
Spring,
excerpt
Folder 11
Unidentified French excerpt, pp. 93–261
Folder 12
Miscellaneous Russian/Slavic Works
Folder 13
The Butterfly Effect,
excerpt
Folder 14
Unidentified poetry, excerpts
Folder 15
Miscellaneous excerpts, correspondence, itineraries
Series:
Box 19
VI. Additions
Folder 1
Additional Correspondence, 2010
Folder 2
Coulson, Joseph:
Of Song and
Water,
page proofs
Folder 3
Jergovic, Mlijenko:
Sarajevo
Marlboro,
page proofs, English translation
Folders 4–6
Khoury, Elias:
White Masks, page
proofs, English translation
Folder 7
Khoury, Elias:
White Masks,
typescript, English translation
Folders 8–9
Ponge, Francis:
Mute Objects of
Expression,
typescript, 1st and 2nd drafts, English
translation
Box 20 (Oversize)
Dust-jackets for 2010 publications
Box 21
Breytenbach, Breyten:
Voice Over, second proof, Feb. 24, 2009
Couperus, Louis:
Eline Vere, page proofs, correspondence, Sept. 29, 2009
Couperus, Louis:
[Eline Vere] A Novel of the Hague, Oct. 30, 2009
(2 folders)
Couperus, Louis:
Eline Vere: A Novel of the Hague, page proofs with list of corrections, Jan. 22, 2010 (copy 1)
Couperus, Louis:
Eline Vere: A Novel of the Hague, page proofs and fragments of manuscript, Jan. 22, 2010 (copy 2)
(2 folders)
Box 22
Darwish, Mahmoud:
In the Presence of Absence, page proofs and fragments of manuscript, Jul. 21, 2011
Darwish, Mahmoud:
In the Presence of Absence, page proofs and fragments of manuscript, Jul. 27, 2011
Darwish, Mahmoud:
In the Presence of Absence, page proofs, correspondence, Aug. 10, 2011 (copy 1)
Darwish, Mahmoud:
In the Presence of Absence, page proofs, correspondence, Aug. 10, 2011 (copy 2)
Darwish, Mahmoud:
In the Presence of Absence, page proofs, correspondence, Aug. 10, 2011 (copy 3)
Darwish, Mahmoud:
In the Presence of Absence, page proofs and fragments of manuscript, Aug. 26, 2011
Darwish, Mahmoud:
In the Presence of Absence, page proofs, Sept. 5, 2011
Darwish, Mahmoud:
In the Presence of Absence, page proofs, 2011
Hinton, David (trans.):
The Mountain Poems of Ming Hao-jan, page proofs, 2004
Michaux, Henri:
Stroke by Stroke, page proofs, dust-jacket, 2006
Myśliwski, Wiesław:
Stone upon Stone, page proofs, Jul 23, 2010
(3 folders)
Myśliwski, Wiesław:
Stone upon Stone, page proofs, Oct. 5, 2010
(2 folders)
Box 23
Myśliwski, Wiesław:
Stone upon Stone, page proofs, Oct. 5, 2010
Norwid, Cyprian:
Poems, page proofs, Aug. 23, 2001
Norwid, Cyprian:
Poems, page proofs, Sept. 13, 2001 (copy 1)
Norwid, Cyprian:
Poems, page proofs, Sept. 13, 2001 (copy 2)
Norwid, Cyprian:
Poems, page proofs, Sept. 13, 2001 (copy 3)
Norwid, Cyprian:
Poems, page proofs, Oct. 7, 2001
Ponge, Francis:
Mute Objects of Expression, draft, Aug. 31, 2005
Poulin, Jacques:
Mister Blue, page proofs, 2011
Box 24
Rynell, Elisabeth:
To Mervas, page proofs, Dec. 16, 2009
Rynell, Elisabeth:
To Mervas, page proofs, Ap. 5, 2010
Rytkheu, Yuri:
The Chukchi Bible, draft, 2008
(2 folders)
Rytkheu, Yuri:
The Chukchi Bible, page proofs, 2011
(2 folders)
Tarpinar, Ahmet Hamdi: A Mind at Peace, page proofs, Oct. 27, 2008
(2 folders)
Tulli, Magdalena:
In Red, page proofs, Ap. 13, 2011 (copy 1)
Tulli, Magdalena:
In Red, page proofs, Ap. 13, 2011 (copy 2)
Tulli, Magdalena:
In Red, page proofs, Jun. 24, 2011
Tulli, Magdalena:
In Red, page proofs, Jun. 29, 2011
La Mourine, drafts, undated
Jacket proofs
(2 folders)
Correspondence and notes
Catalog, Fall 2011
