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Administrative Files

Administrative Files (1986-1994) contain records documenting the management of Hanuman Books and is divided into four subseries. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically and filed at the beginning of the series. C.T. Nachiappan’s and George Scrivani’s correspondence relates to financial, editorial, and printing decisions at Kalakshetra Press in Madras, India. Most correspondents send essays, poetry, or stories, order books, or thank Raymond Foye for free copies of Hanuman books. Frequent correspondents include Louise Landes-Levi and Michael White. Well-known correspondents represented in the Administrative Files include Joe Brainard, Tom Clark, Diane Di Prima, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Alex Katz. Some of the richest correspondence, however, is found elsewhere in the collection-- in the Author Files, in the Publications series, or in Foye’s personal correspondence.

Finances is the second subseries in the Administrative Files. Information regarding incorporation, foreign rights, imports, inventory, royalties, and taxes is available, but business functions are not comprehensively documented. The Printed material subseries provides information about Hanuman Books publicity. Broadsides, catalogs, flyers, mailing list addresses, and press releases illustrate Hanuman Books’ efforts to advertise books and the press. Positive and negative reviews gauge the success of Foye, Clemente, and the authors. The final subseries in the Administrative Files, Topical, consists of files of routine or miscellaneous items. “Faxes, 1990-1991,” for example, is a collection of Hanuman Books faxes arranged chronologically. “Hanuman Books, miscellaneous,” on the other hand, consists of Foye’s unmatched notes and printed material.

Hanuman Books Records, 1978-1996 (majority within 1986-1994)
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Hanuman Books Records, 1978-1996 (majority within 1986-1994)

16 boxes, 16 linear feet

Hanuman Books was founded by Raymond Foye and Francesco Clemente in 1986. The press published small handmade books, primarily of works by contemporary avant-garde writers and rare translations. The administrative and editorial functions were housed in New York's Chelsea Hotel, while printing and binding were done in Madras, India. Through correspondence, invoices, manuscripts, typescripts, artwork, audiotapes, printed ephemera, photographs and books, this collection documents the founding of Hanuman Books, the administration of a small press, Indian printing practices, San Francisco’s North Beach and New York’s Lower East Side art scenes, Beat poetry, the Naropa Institute, contemporary music and film, and gay culture.

The Hanuman Books Records include correspondence, invoices, manuscripts, typescripts, books, art work, audio material, printed material, photographs, and other assorted material. The twenty linear feet of records span the years 1978 to 1996, with the bulk of the material falling between 1986 and 1994. Subjects documented in the collection include the founding of Hanuman Books, the administration of a small New York press, Indian printing, twentieth- century publishing, San Francisco’s North Beach and New York’s Lower East Side literary and art scenes, Beat poetry, the Naropa Institute, music, film, gay men in the 1980s and 1990s, and gay male literature. The Records are arranged in six series: Administrative Files (1986-1994), Publication Series (1986-1994), Raymond Foye Files (1978-1996), Mixed Media (1980s-1990s), Photographs (1970s-1990s), and Printed Material (1970s-1994).

Note: The Special Collections Library also holds a complete set of all the titles printed by Hanuman Books. To make these Hanuman Books imprints more accessible, the books were removed from the Records and individually cataloged. A listing of all of the titles follows the Scope and Content Note in the Related Material section.

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