Esquire, Inc. Records, 1933-1977

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26 linear feet — 2.08 GB

Magazine publishing company, principally Esquire magazine, originally edited by Arnold Gingrich, records include editorial files with drafts and manuscripts of articles and some correspondence with authors and some business records.

The records of Esquire Magazine detail the management and operation of one of the nation's principal literary and current events periodical of the middle decades of the twentieth century. The bulk of the material in the collection consists of research and editorial files for each article published in Esquire.

Although the records contained in the Esquire record group cover only a portion of the magazine's development, they can be used in conjunction with the Arnold Gingrich collection, also on file at the Bentley Historical Library to document one of the most influential publishing ventures of the twentieth century.

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Article files

The Article Files consists of two dated subseries (1933-1959 and 1960-1977), each arranged alphabetically by the name of author or contributor. These subseries represent a consolidation of the magazine's monthly issue files into an alphabetical sequence. The dated subseries files originally contained, in addition to galleys, drafts of published articles, communications with the editors, research and legal department memoranda, and related correspondence. The unique materials have been retained, but the files have been winnowed of most galleys and some photocopies of article drafts, and brought together alphabetically by name of author. The Article Files series also includes a third subseries, which is a sampling of the monthly issue files.