Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Preliminary Guide to the Copper Canyon Press Records 1995-2003
MS.2004.17
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
- Source
- Copper Canyon Press Copper Canyon Press
- Title
- Preliminary Guide to the Copper Canyon Press Records
- ID
- MS.2004.17
- Date [inclusive]
- 1995-2003
- Extent
- 47 linear feet, 47 boxes plus one oversize package.
- Location
- (MASC staff use) Holland 4-8-1-1.
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- This collection consists of publishing and business records of Copper Canyon Press of Port Townsend, WA.
Biography/History
Copper Canyon Press (CCP), a nonprofit publishing company, was founded in 1972 by Sam Hamill, poet and translator, and Holly (Tree) Swenson, book designer. They established the press to publish poetry exclusively, within the tradition of serious literary publishing.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of business and publishing records of the Copper Canyon Press, located in Port Townsend, WA.
Preliminary Inventory:
Container 1. Copper Canyon Press catalogs.
Boxes 2-4. Mixed contents: unlabeled manuscripts, book production files.
Box 5. Business records and book production files. Includes consortium inventories, reports, correspondence, and unlabeled materials.
Box 6. Unlabeled materials (unsolicited manuscript submissions?).
Box 8. [vacant]
Box 9. Unlabeled materials: mixed contents, including manuscripts and book production files.
Box 10. Unlabeled book production files.
Boxes 11-14. Unlabeled manuscripts and book production files.
Boxes 15-17. Book production files (most unlabeled).
Box 18. [vacant]
Box 19. Bound volumes. Some Copper Canyon Press titles (mainly uncorrected proofs), and some non-CCP.
Box 20. Book production: material samples (boards and cloth), unbound gatherings from Braided Creek by Jim Harrison and Ted Kooser.
Boxes 21-23. Unlabeled book production files.
Box 24. Unlabeled book production files and unsolicited manuscript submissions.
Box 25. Labeled business files, including planning and board materials.
Box 26. [vacant]
Box 27. Copper Canyon Press catalogs (many duplicates), and miscellaneous materials.
Boxes 28-31. Unlabeled book production files.
Box 32. Unlabeled book production files and mixed material.
Boxes 33-34. Unlabeled book production files.
Boxes 35-39. [vacant]
Box 40. Unlabeled book production files and bound uncorrected proofs.
Box 41. Mixed: unlabeled book production files, Centrum, other.
Box 42. Mixed: manuscripts, audio recordings.
Box 43. Mixed: correspondence, bound volumes (non-CCP), manuscripts (including Hamill).
Box 44. Mixed: unsolicited manuscript submissions, bound volumes (CCP and non-CCP).
Box 45. Mixed: correspondence, manuscripts, bound volumes (CCP).
Box 47. Bound volumes: CCP (many duplicates), catalogs, manuscripts.
Box 48. Mixed: unsolicited manuscript submissions, unlabeled book production files.
Box 49. [vacant]
Boxes 50-52. Unlabeled book production files.
Box 53. Catalog production files.
Boxes 54-55. [vacant]
Boxes 56-59. Sam Hamill materials.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries 2018-11-01
http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open and available for research use.
Acquisition Information
The Washington State University Libraries purchased this collection from the Copper Canyon Press in 2004 (MS.2004.17).
Processing Information
This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.
Related Materials
Related Material
Copper Canyon Press Records, 1973-2006 (Cage 708).
Sam Hamill Papers, 1972-2001 (Cage 700).
Names and Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
Fmo(s) :
- Copper Canyon Press
Subject(s)
- Publishers and publishing--Archives
- Publishers and publishing