Jordan Davies Archive
The Jordan Davies Archive includes professional correspondence relating to that press’ projects, manuscript material, paste-ups, galleys, broadsides, engraving blocks, in addition to off-prints and samples of the finished work. The archive contains materials toward the books of many important authors including Charles Bernstein, Weldon Kees, Stephen Yenser, Thom Gunn, Joel Oppenheimer, John Yau, Jonathan Williams, Michael Lally, Ted Enslin, William Bronk, Harold Brodkey, John Hollander, Michael McClure, Guy Davenport, James Merrill, Robert Duncan, Barbara Howes, Richard Wilbur, and W.S. Merwin.
Dates
- Creation: 1979-1987
Creator
- Davies, Jordan (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Conditions Governing Use
Users of the collection must read and agree to abide by the rules and procedures set forth in the Materials Use Policies.
Providing access to materials does not constitute permission to publish or otherwise authorize use. All publication not covered by fair use or other exceptions is restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder, which may or may not be Washington University.
If you wish to publish or license Special Collections materials, please contact Special Collections to inquire about copyright status at (314) 935-5495 or spec@wumail.wustl.edu. (Publish means quotation in whole or in part in seminar or term papers, theses or dissertations, journal articles, monographs, books, digital forms, photographs, images, dramatic presentations, transcriptions, or any other form prepared for a limited or general public.)
Extent
5.00 boxes
Historical Information
Jordan Davies was a bookseller, printer and designer who operated in New York from 1979-1987.
Source of Acquisition
Accession number 1738. Purchased from Jordan Davies, January 1988
Creator
- Davies, Jordan (Person)
- Title
- Jordan Davies Archive
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
Revision Statements
- 2021 April 22: Resource record updated in ArchiveSpace by Sarah Schnuriger.
Collecting Area Details
Part of the Manuscripts Collecting Area
Joel Minor
Olin Library, 1 Brookings Drive
MSC 1061-141-B
St. Louis MO 63130 US
(314) 935-5495
spec@wumail.wustl.edu