MenuInventory of the Sarabande Books Records, 1992-2011
Collection Overview
This collection (accession #2000-0306) (4150 items, dated 1992-1996) documents the founding of the company. Many files mention editor and president Sarah Gorham and include start-up files, correspondence and author files, marketing materials, financial records, and other materials generated by the press. Also includes Gorham's memoir written during the first days of the press; files on prizes offered by the press (the Mary McCarthy Prize for short fiction and the Kathryn A. Morthon Prize for poetry); correspondence with authors Jane Mead, Lee Martin, Richard Frost, Sharon Bryan, Laura Jenson, Medbh McGuckian, and Liliana Ursu; and correspondence with Sallie Bingham about the formation of the press. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
Addition (2001-0022) (2911 items, 4.4 linear feet; dated 1996-1997) continues to document the company's activities. Materials include correspondence files; author files; sales and marketing files; 24 color and 4 black-and-white photographs; 11 electronic (computer) files; and material relating to Sarabande's non-profit operations from 1996 to 1997. Much of the correspondence tracks letters to and from Sallie Bingham and Sarah Gorham. Authors represented include Dick Allen, Brian Griffin, Sharon Solwitz, Belle Waring, and Baron Wormser.
Addition (2002-0062) (2260 items, 6.3 linear feet; dated 1996-1998) comprises primarily author binders, files, and correspondence (1996-1998); and marketing and sales records, including examples of advertisements and reviews (1998). Also includes correspondence between Sallie Bingham and Sarah Gorham (1998); poetry and fiction galleys; documents related to the press' nonprofit activities, including 2 audio cassette tapes and paper records documenting board meetings (1998); 2 color and 10 black-and-white photographs and 1 black-and-white negative; and 18 electronic (computer) files originally received on one 3.5" diskette. Authors represented include Cathleen Hagenston, James Kimbrell, Stefanie Marlis, Shara McCallum, Jean Valentine, and Kate Walbert.
Addition (2003-0021) (2,300 items, 5.30 linear feet; dated 1995-2002) consists largely of author files (1997-2000) and printed material comprising journals and review publications (1998-1999). Also includes office correspondence (1995-2002); sales analyses, grant proposals, and marketing files (1996-2001); and documents related to conferences and events, special projects, board meetings, and nonprofit activities.
Addition (2004-0018) (4000 items, 6.6 lin. ft.; dated 1999-2001) includes author binders and files, correspondence, financial and marketing archives, and manuscript galleys. This accession is closed to researchers.
Addition (2005-0019) (3695 items, 6.0 lin. ft.; dated 2000-2001) primarily comprises authors' binders, including incoming and outgoing correspondence, as well as typescript drafts and galleys. Also includes reviews, press releases, and advertisements; notes from sales conferences and board meetings; consortium sales analyses; a non-profit activity file; and organizational materials for Sarabande-in-Education, a website program for college students and teachers. This accession is closed to researchers.
Addition (2006-0025) (3,750 items, 6.0 lin. ft.; dated 2001-2002) comprises correspondence, drafts, galleys, marketing and biographical files, contracts, press releases, and book reviews. This accession is closed to researchers.
Addition (2007-0041) (6,000 items, 9.2 lin. ft.; dated 1996-2003) contains autographed books, authors' files, manuscripts, the contents of author binders, marketing files, board meeting files, nonprofit activitiy files, Lila Wallace materials, sales kits, a Writer's Almanac CD, and a Sallie Bingham rehearsal tape for Short Fiction Series.
Addition (2008-0028) (4,500 items; 6.0 lin. ft.; dated 2004-2005) contains author files, correspondence, marketing files and galleys for books published in 2004-2005. Also included are 2 CDR's of the Writer's Almanac.
Addition (2009-0092) (8325 items; 11.1 lin. ft.; dated 1998-2009) includes administrative files, book reviews, press releases, author files and correspondence, and manuscripts and drafts from authors published by Sarabande.
Addition (2010-0028) (9000 items; 12.0 lin. ft.; dated 2001-2010) includes administrative files, Sarabande correspondence with authors, author files, poetry and fiction finalists, and various book reviews and advertisements.
Addition (2011-0076) (6750 items; 9.0 lin. ft.; dated 1994-2011) includes materials from conferences, non-profit activities, grants, correspondence, marketing, staffing, finances, and author files.
Addition (2012-0046) (3188 items; 4.5 lin. ft.; dated 2006-2011) includes correspondence, publicity files, author files, and manuscripts.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Sarabande Books Records, 1992-2011
- Creator
- Sarabande Books
- Extent
- About 81 Linear Feet, 60,000 Items
- Repository
- David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
- Location
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
- Language
- English.
Series Quick Links
- Accession (2000-0306)
- Accession (2001-0022)
- Accession (2002-0062)
- Accession (2003-0021)
- Accession (2004-0018)
- Accession (2005-0019)
- Accession (2006-0025)
- Accession (2007-0041)
- Accession (2008-0028)
- Accession (2009-0092)
- Accession (2010-0028), 2001-2010
- Accession (2011-0076), 1994-2011
- Accession (2012-0046), 2006-2011
Administrative Information
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Access Restrictions
Collection is restricted.
In addition, some of the materials in this collection are not immediately accessible, because they require further processing before use.
Patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
Contents of the Collection
Browse List of Series
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Expand AllSome of the materials in this collection are not immediately accessible, because they require further processing before use. Technical Services staff need to copy newsprint in box 4 onto acid-free paper. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Restriction: Budget files (box 6) may not be used without permission of the president of Sarabande Books for a period of 25 years from creation.
Electronic files included under this entry were copied onto server. See reference archivist for assistance.
Letters In and Out
Attention: Copy newsprint onto acid-free paper before use.
RESTRICTED
Some of the materials in this collection are not immediately accessible, because they require further processing before use. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rubenstein Library to use this collection. Technical Services staff need to reformat newsprint.
The contents of two computer disks was migrated to the electronic records server. Contact Technical Services.
[removed for individual cataloging; see list at end of container list for titles]
[Removed to box 5]
Includes catalogs, brochures, postcards, newsletters, t-shirts, and journals in which advertisements or reviews of Sarabande Books' publications appeared.
[Journals removed to boxes 5 and 6]
Some of the materials in this accession are not immediately accessible because they require further processing before use. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rubenstein Library to use this collection.
All documents in boxes 1-2 were removed from their binders, placed in acid-free folders, and stored next to the binder in which they were originally received. The binders housed in box 3 were kept as received.
Attention: Contains pictorial materials.
Attention: Contains pictorial materials.
Attention: Contains pictorial materials.
Attention: Contains pictorial materials.
Includes poetry manuscripts.
Includes poetry manuscripts.
Attention: Contains pictorial materials.
Includes poetry manuscript.
Disk 001 removed and its contents migrated to the electronic records server. A disk directories log exists. Contact a Reference Archivist.
Includes edit of last chapter manuscript.
Attention: Contains pictorial materials.
Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint before use.
Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint before use.
Includes newsletters, brochures, and the 1998-1999 catalog.
Technical Services staff need to format for use copies of 2 audio cassette tapes.
Budget files (Boxes 7 and 8) are restricted and may not be used without permission of the president of Sarabande Books for a period of 25 years from creation.
Some of the materials in this collection are not immediately accessible, because they require further processing before use. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rubenstein Library to use this collection.
[Attention: Contains pictorial materials.]
[Attention: Contains pictorial materials.]
[Technical services needs to reformat for use copies of digital media before use.]
[Technical services needs to reformat for use copies of audio materials before use.]
[Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint before use.]
[Attention: Contains pictorial materials.]
[Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint before use.]
[Oversize materials removed to oversize Box 9.]
[Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint before use.]
[Contains oversize material from Box 7.]
Accession (2004-0018)
Addition (2004-0018) (4000 items, 6.6 lin. ft.; dated 1999-2001) includes author binders and files, correspondence, financial and marketing archives, and manuscript galleys. This accession is closed to researchers.
Accession (2005-0019)
Addition (2005-0019) (3695 items, 6.0 lin. ft.; dated 2000-2001) primarily comprises authors' binders, including incoming and outgoing correspondence, as well as typescript drafts and galleys. Also includes reviews, press releases, and advertisements; notes from sales conferences and board meetings; consortium sales analyses; a non-profit activity file; and organizational materials for Sarabande-in-Education, a website program for college students and teachers. This accession is closed to researchers.
Accession (2006-0025)
Addition (2006-0025) (3,750 items, 6.0 lin. ft.; dated 2001-2002) comprises correspondence, drafts, galleys, marketing and biographical files, contracts, press releases, and book reviews. This accession is closed to researchers.
Accession (2007-0041)
Addition (2007-0041) (6,000 items, 9.2 lin. ft.; dated 1996-2003) contains autographed books, authors' files, manuscripts, the contents of author binders, marketing files, board meeting files, nonprofit activitiy files, Lila Wallace materials, sales kits, a Writer's Almanac CD, and a Sallie Bingham rehearsal tape for Short Fiction Series.
Accession (2008-0028)
Addition (2008-0028) (4,500 items; 6.0 lin. ft.; dated 2004-2005) contains author files, correspondence, marketing files and galleys for books published in 2004-2005. Also included are 2 CDR's of the Writer's Almanac.
Accession (2009-0092)
Addition (2009-0092) (8325 items; 11.1 lin. ft.; dated 1998-2009) includes administrative files, book reviews, press releases, author files and correspondence, and manuscripts and drafts from authors published by Sarabande.
Accession (2010-0028), 2001-2010
Addition (2010-0028) (9000 items; 12.0 lin. ft.; dated 2001-2010) includes administrative files, Sarabande correspondence with authors, author files, poetry and fiction finalists, and various book reviews and advertisements.
Accession (2011-0076), 1994-2011
Addition (2011-0076) (6750 items; 9.0 lin. ft.; dated 1994-2011) includes materials from conferences, non-profit activities, grants, correspondence, marketing, staffing, finances, and author files. Financial and budget materials are CLOSED until 2036. These have been segregated to Box 8 of this accession.
Additional materials are in Oversize Folder 1.
Accession (2012-0046), 2006-2011
Historical Note
Sarabande Books is a non-profit literary press publishing poetry and fiction. It was established in 1994 by Sarah Gorham in Louisville, Kentucky.
Subject Headings
- Gorham, Sarah, 1954--Correspondence.
- Solwitz, Sharon, 1945-
- Allen, Dick, 1939-
- Mead, Jane, 1958-
- Lee, Martin.
- Frost, Richard, 1929-
- Bryan, Sharon.
- McGuckian, Medbh, 1950-
- Ursu, Liliana, 1949-
- Griffin, Brian, 1957-
- Skinner, Jeffrey.
- Waring, Belle, 1951-
- Wormser, Baron.
- Bingham, Sallie.
- Bingham, Sallie--Correspondence.
- Calbert, Cathleen.
- Halme, Kathleen.
- Hagenston, Becky, 1967-
- Marlis, Stefanie, 1951-
- Valentine, Jean.
- Walbert, Kate, 1961-
- McCallum, Shara, 1972-
- Sarabande Books.
- Small presses--Kentucky.
- Women publishers--Kentucky.
- Small presses--Southern States.
- Publishers and publishing--United States.
- Authors and publishers--United States.
- Color photographs.
- Black-and-white photographs.
- Black-and-white negatives.
- Audiocassettes.
- Machine-readable records.
- Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Sarabande Books Records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Sarabande Books Records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2000-2003, and as a gift in 2009 and 2011.
Processing Information
Processed by Lisa Stark and Ruth E. Bryan
Completed August 9, 2000 and February 16, 2001
Additions minimally processed by Allan Maule; Danielle McGregor; Elizabeth Arnold; Meghan Lyon
Last updated April 2012
Encoded by Ruth E. Bryan; Joshua A. Kaiser; Meghan Lyon
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.