Transatlantic Review Records

Dates

Majority of material found within 1957-1982, 1958-1977

Scope and Content Note

The records of the Transatlantic Review consist of editors' correspondence, 1960-1973 with gaps; general correspondence, 1960-1977, with authors, illustrators and their agents; files of poetry editor B.S. Johnson, 1963-1974; early files of the New York office, 1958-1962; later files of the New York office, 1968-1978; advertising and publicity files, 1960-1977; distribution records, 1961-1978; copyright and permission documents, 1968-1982; financial records, 1962-1979; printers files, 1961-1978; contents lists and indexes, 1969-1977 with gaps; manuscripts and authors logs, 1961-1977; issue files, 1959-1976; manuscripts not used, 1957-1976 with gaps; artwork, 1959-1977; and 1960s audio recordings.

Extent

28.2 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

Materials almost entirely in English.

Additional Description

Abstract

Records, 1957-1982, documenting all aspects of producing a respected English language literary magazine that helped to launch the careers of a number of authors and that also published fiction and poetry by established writers.

<emph render="bold">Administrative History</emph>

The Transatlantic Review was a literary magazine begun in 1959. It was founded and edited by Joseph F. McCrindle (1923-2008), a former literary agent who spent parts of the year in New York and London when not traveling; he was assisted by several associate editors. The magazine's title reused the name of a publication conducted earlier in the twentieth century by Ford Maddox Ford. McCrindle's magazine had editors in both Britain and America. It published a mix of established, lesser-known, and new writers and poets, including in English translations. Also published were interviews with playwrights and theater and film directors; an occasional play; a selection of line drawings (often not related to the text); and some nonfiction. Unlike other literary magazines, the Transatlantic Review did not publish reviews. It did, however, sometimes publish themed issues (e.g., of contest winners or regional authors). The magazine was financed by subscriptions, advertising sales, government (U.K.) arts council grants and Joseph F. McCrindle's personal foundation. It ceased publication in 1977 with issue 60.

General

Audiotape transcription prepared by Tara Maharjan.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Inventory to the Transatlantic Review Records MC 1422
Status: Edited Full Draft
Author: Ken Cleary
Date: November 2005
Language of description note: Finding aid is written in English.
Sponsor: Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation. Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University received an operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State.

Revision Statements

March 2009: Items listed as n.d. changed to undated, per DACS
September 2009: revised coding to add encoding analogs to some elements per the EAD report card