Joan Kahn Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0140
Collection Organization
The Joan Kahn Papers include correspondence and press clippings, mostly related to authors Joan Kahn worked with or books that she edited. All of the items from the collection were removed from books from Joan Kahn's estate donated to the Browne Popular Culture Library by her sister, Olivia Kahn.
Researchers interested in the mystery-suspense genre, as well as in the craft of mystery writing and publication, will find this collection useful.
Another collection of Joan Kahn's papers may be found at Yale University.
Correspondence concerning Kahn's departure from Harper & Row (removed from People of Darkness - an uncorrected proof), 1980, undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 1980, undated
Hill, Reginald, 1980-07-05T00:00:00+00:00
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 1980-07-05T00:00:00+00:00
Shimer, Ruth, 1980-05-19T00:00:00+00:00
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 1980-05-19T00:00:00+00:00
"John", undated
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: undated
Burke, Jackson, 1980-05-08T00:00:00+00:00
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 1980-05-08T00:00:00+00:00
Greene, Douglas, 1980-05-08T00:00:00+00:00
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 1980-05-08T00:00:00+00:00
Sundgaard, Arnold, 1980-05-06T00:00:00+00:00
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 1980-05-06T00:00:00+00:00
Doody, Margaret A., 1980-05-02T00:00:00+00:00
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 1980-05-02T00:00:00+00:00
Dale, Celia, 1980-05-02T00:00:00+00:00
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 1980-05-02T00:00:00+00:00
Yorke, Margaret, 1980-04-30T00:00:00+00:00
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 1980-04-30T00:00:00+00:00
"Jane", 1980-04-08T00:00:00+00:00
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 1980-04-08T00:00:00+00:00
Newspaper clipping- Ad for Wodehouse On Crime, a Joan Kahn Book, undated
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: undated
Newspaper clipping- About Lord Peter Wimsey from The Listener (removed from Lord Peter: A Collection of All the Lord Peter Wimsey Stories), 1972-05-11T00:00:00+00:00
File – Box 1, Folder: 2
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- Creation: 1972-05-11T00:00:00+00:00
Correspondence- Erika Goldman (removed from The Yellow Submarine), undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 3
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- Creation: undated
Cover flats- You Want to Die, Johnny? and A Dragon for Christmas by Gavin Black, undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 4
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- Creation: undated
Dust jacket (2)- Threshold: The First Days of Retirement by Alan H. Olmstead, undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 5
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- Creation: undated
Newspaper clipping (photocopied)- Article "A Year After the Military's Overthrow of Mrs. Peron, Violence and Turmoil Still Mark Argentine Life" from The New York Times (removed from The Kidnappers), 1977-03-25T00:00:00+00:00
File – Box 1, Folder: 6
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- Creation: 1977-03-25T00:00:00+00:00
Correspondence- Eve Metz (removed from Criminal Convention), undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 7
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- Creation: undated
Bookmarks- Harper Novels of Suspense (removed from The Chinese Gold Murders by Robert van Gulik), undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 8
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- Creation: undated
Newsletter- Massachusetts Political Action for Peace (removed from Selected Poems by C. Day Lewis), 1967-04-01T00:00:00+00:00
File – Box 1, Folder: 9
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- Creation: 1967-04-01T00:00:00+00:00
Newspaper clippings (photocopied)- reviews of My Life in Jazz by Max Kaminsky from the Toronto Globe and Mail, May 10, 1963; The Boston Herald, May 14, 1963; and Variety, May 15, 1963 (removed from My Life in Jazz by Max Kaminsky), May 10, 14, 15, 1963
File – Box 1, Folder: 10
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- Creation: May 10, 14, 15, 1963
Promotional brochure- Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith (removed from Strangers on a Train), undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 11
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- Creation: undated
Review of Strike for a Kingdom by Menna Gallie from Time, January 11, 1960, and a photocopy of dust jacket for Strike for a Kingdom (removed from Strike for a Kingdom), 1960-01-11T00:00:00+00:00
File – Box 1, Folder: 12
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- Creation: 1960-01-11T00:00:00+00:00
Newspaper clipping- article about Dick Francis from The New York Times (removed from Forfeit by Dick Francis), 1969-02-27T00:00:00+00:00
File – Box 1, Folder: 13
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- Creation: 1969-02-27T00:00:00+00:00
Correspondence- Cecil Day Lewis (removed from King of Rome by Andre Castelot), 1960-08-13T00:00:00+00:00
File – Box 1, Folder: 14
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- Creation: 1960-08-13T00:00:00+00:00
Newspaper clipping- review of The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by John Dickson Carr (removed from The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle), undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 15
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- Creation: undated
Correspondence- Isabelle Holland (removed from The Turbulent City by Denise Folliot), 1962-07-09T00:00:00+00:00
File – Box 1, Folder: 16
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- Creation: 1962-07-09T00:00:00+00:00
Newspaper clipping- Obituary for John Creasey from The New York Times, Sunday (removed from Gideon's Sport by John Creasey), 1973-06-10T00:00:00+00:00
File – Box 1, Folder: 17
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- Creation: 1973-06-10T00:00:00+00:00
Press release for A Handbook for Spies by Wolfgang Lotz (removed from A Handbook for Spies), undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 18
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- Creation: undated
Correspondence- Julian Symons and unproofed, advance prologue from Julian Symons, 1949-03-21T00:00:00+00:00
File – Box 1, Folder: 19
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- Creation: 1949-03-21T00:00:00+00:00
Correspondence- Marianne Moore, Cecil Day Lewis (removed from The Buried Day by C. Day Lewis), September 20, 1960; October 1, 1962
File – Box 1, Folder: 20
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- Creation: September 20, 1960; October 1, 1962
Card- "Reward of Merit" from 'Margaret' and 'Roger' (removed from The Blind Spot by John Creasey), undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 21
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- Creation: undated
Promotional Brochure- "The 'Other' John Creasey" with handwritten note (removed from Gideon's Men by John Creasey), 1972-08-26T00:00:00+00:00
File – Box 1, Folder: 22
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- Creation: 1972-08-26T00:00:00+00:00
Correspondence- Frank X. Heidelberger, Jacques Barzun (removed from A Catalogue of Crime), February 24, year unknown; February 11, 1982
File – Box 1, Folder: 23
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- Creation: February 24, year unknown; February 11, 1982
Newspaper clipping- review of The Thirty-First of February by Julian Symons (removed from The Thirty-First of February), undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 24
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- Creation: undated
Correspondence - form letter regarding Dick Francis, undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 25
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- Creation: undated
Page from Grove Press catalog, Fall 1987
File – Box 1, Folder: 26
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- Creation: Fall 1987
Magazine clipping- Review of Queen of France by Andre Castelot in Time, 1957-08-12T00:00:00+00:00
File – Box 1, Folder: 27
- Dates
- Creation: 1957-08-12T00:00:00+00:00
Newspaper clippings- New York Times book review, Oct. 14, 1973, and The Cape Codder, Mar. 26, 1982 (removed from Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens by Michael Gilbert), October 14, 1973; March 26, 1982
File – Box 1, Folder: 28
- Dates
- Creation: October 14, 1973; March 26, 1982