MALKIN, SOL AND MARY ANN O’BRIAN MALKIN. Antiquarian Bookman/Malkin family papers, 1938-1996
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Antiquarian Bookman Records and Malkin Family Papers, 1938-1996

RLIN No.:
NYGG02-A54

Title:
Antiquarian Bookman Records and Malkin Family Papers, 1938-1996.

Alternate Title:
Antiquarian Bookman Records.

Alternate Title:
Malkin Family Papers.

Physical Description:
20 record boxes (24 linear ft.)

Organization and Arrangement:
Organized into five series: I. Business; II. Correspondence; III. Finances (bank statements and receipts); IV. Finances (journals); V. Personal papers.

Historical/Biographical Note:
The Antiquarian Bookman began as a feature in Publisher’s Weekly and became a separate publication in 1948 under the editorship of Sol M. Malkin. R. R. Bowker Co. was the publisher until July 1953 when Malkin became publisher as well as editor. In 1967 the title was changed to AB Bookman’s Weekly. Malkin, assisted by his wife, Mary Ann O’Brian Malkin, ran the magazine until 1974. “AB” was a trade publication used by antiquarian booksellers to locate rare, out-of-print and scarce titles, but also served publishers, librarians and collectors. It also featured articles on dealers, news of sales and book fairs and special topical issues. The last issue was published in December 1999.

Scope and Contents Note:
Correspondence, business and financial records of the Antiquarian Bookman and its successor publication, AB Bookman’s Weekly, conducted by Sol M. Malkin with his wife, Mary Ann O’Brian Malkin. Correspondents include but are not limited to: Frederick Adams; Mary Benjamin; Jacob Blanck; Philip Duschnes; Ben Grauer; Helmut Lehmann-Haupt; Percy Muir; Leona Rostenberg and Ellen Shaffer. Collection also includes personal papers of Sol and Mary Ann O’Brian Malkin and some professional and family photographs.

General Note:
Title devised by cataloger.

Restrictions Note:
Some materials in this collection may be restricted at the discretion of the Librarian.

Finding Aid Note:
Unpublished inventory available in repository; folder level control.

Access points:
Names
Malkin, Mary Ann O’Brian.
Malkin, Mary Ann O’Brian. Correspondence.
Malkin, Solomon M., d. 1986.
Malkin, Solomon M., d. 1986. Correspondence.
Malkin family.
Adams, Frederick B. (Frederick Baldwin), 1910-. Correspondence.
Benjamin, Mary A. Correspondence.
Blanck, Jacob, 1906-1974. Correspondence.
Duschnes, Philip C. Correspondence.
Grauer, Ben. Correspondence.
Lehmann-Haupt, Helmut, 1903-. Correspondence.
Muir, Percy H. (Percy Horace). Correspondence.
Rostenberg, Leona. Correspondence.
Shaffer, Ellen, 1904-. Correspondence.

AB Bookman’s Weekly.
Antiquarian Bookman.

Subjects
Booksellers and bookselling. Periodicals.
Book collecting. Periodicals.
Antiquarian booksellers. Periodicals.

Genres
Bank statements. New Jersey. 20th century.
Financial records. New Jersey. 20th century.
Ledgers (account books). New Jersey. 20th century.
Clippings. 20th century.
Photographs. United States. 20th century.
Scrapbooks. United States. 20th century.

Occupation (as reflected in collection)
Editors. New Jersey. 20th century.

Location:
Grolier Club, 47 East 60th Street, New York, N.Y. 10022-1098.

Antiquarian Bookman Records and Malkin Family Papers: Inventory

*Series A: Business*
Box	Folder	File/Item Title	Year Range
1	1	A.B.A.A. Dinner-Sol Malkin and the early days of A.B.	1986
	2	A.B. Bookman Yearbook	1957-1973
	3	A.B. sale to Chernofsky	1973
	4	ABC dispute-Sol Malkin vs. Ed Lazare	1954-1957
	5	Agreement of sale RESTRICTED (6/28/16 mrc)	1972
	6	Antiquarian Bookseller, The	1961
	7	Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America	1973-1979
	8	Antiquarian book trade	1961-1986
	9	Banned books-Herbert Stanton, Samuel Roth	1952-1978
	10	Biafra/Nigeria	1967
	11	Booklets-Jacob Zeitlin	1965-1977
	12	Book sales quotes	1946-1948
	13	Booksellers-Philip Duschnes	1962-1973
	14	Booksellers	1955-1978
	15	Buying and selling books	1959
	16	Caricature-Sol Malkin
	17	Conferences	1973-1975
	18	Correspondence-Jacob Blanck, Frederick G. Melcher	1952-1953
	19	Correspondence	1947
	20	Correspondence-Jacob Blanck, Leona Rostenberg	1948
	21	Correspondence	1949
	22	Correspondence-Mabel Zahn	1950
	23	Correspondence-Winnie Myers	1951
	24	Correspondence-J.R. Brussel, E.J. Wessen, Haywood Circker	1952
	25	Correspondence-Frederick Adams, Ralph Shaw Newman, John Carter, Mary Benjamin, Ben Grauer, H.F. Paroissen, Winnie Myers, Philip Duschnes, Jack Neiburg, Charles Ebersendt, Byrne Hackett	1953
	26	Correspondence-E.J. Wessen	1955-1959
	27	Correspondence-Helmut Lehman-Haupt	1960
	28	Correspondence-Percy Muir	1962-1964
	29	Correspondence	1965
	30	Correspondence-Gershen Legman, L.C. Powell	1966
	31	Correspondence	1967-1969
	32	Correspondence-Walter Goldwater	1970-1972
	33	Correspondence-Ellen Shaffer	1973
	34	Correspondence	1974
	35	Correspondence	1975-1984
	36	Correspondence-Postcards
	37	Correspondence-Sigfried Taubert	1973
	38	Correspondence-Congratulatory letters	1948-1950
	39	Correspondence-Aaron Skinder	1961-1973
	40	Display notes
	41	Early Antiquarian Bookman Weekly	1948-1957
	42	Ella Logan	1986
	43	Equipment leasing	1968
	44	Financial-Misc.	1961-1982
	45	Financial records	1947-1957
2	01-02	Foreign journals	1973-1978
	3	Foreign trips	1974-1976
	4	Founding papers	1938-1951
	5	German	1950-1973
	6	Gomme, Laurence-Personnel record	1974
	07-09	Income taxes	1965-1977
	10	Insurance	1969-1974
	11	International League of Antiquarian Booksellers	1975
	12	International League of Antiquarian Booksellers-Tokyo	1977
	13	Iowa Buyer for Antiquarian Bookman	1972-1973
	14	Libraries	1959-1973
	15	Magazine articles	1958-1986
	16	Mail order ads	1958-1959
	17	Mary Ann Malkin-Antiquarian Bookman finances	1957-1973
	18	Mary Ann Malkin notes
	19	Memoir on sale of Antiquarian Bookman
	20	Miscellaneous	1960-1984
	21	Mott, Newcomb	1966
	22	Newark leases	1960-1978
	23	Newsletters	1950-1987
	24	Newspaper clippings	1948-1985
	25	Notes from Sol and Mary Ann Malkin[1]	1955-1979
	26-27	Old A.B. Bookman material-Sol Malkin writing	1949-1958
3	1	Old A.B. Bookman material-Sol Malkin writing	1952-1985
	02-04	Out of Print Bookfinder	1973-1974
	5	Patent	1970-1973
	6	Phineas L. Windsor lectures on librarianship	1965
	7	Plum Point Art Work Prize	1961
	8	Publishers’ Weekly	1947
	9	Review copy-Checklist of Science Fiction, Fantasy &
		Supernatural Fiction	1966
	10	R.R. Bowker Company	1941-1953
	11	Sale of Antiquarian Bookman-Closing statement and
		documents of transfer	1972
	12	Shenker article-New York Times	1972
	13	Skinder competition	1973
	14	Sol Malkin-A.B. Bookman memorial issue	1986
	15	Sol M. Malkin papers	1949-1981
	16	Tenth anniversary	1958-1960
	17	Times Literary Supplement	1962, 1982
	18	Warehouse storage	1973-1977
	19	Melcher’s early club idea	1955
	20	Working papers	1948-1963
20	1	Artwork for Antiquarian Bookman by Mahlon Blaine	1959
*Series B: Correspondence*
Box	Folder	File/Item Title	Year Range
4	1	A	1960
	2	B	1960
	3	C-John Carter	1960
	4	Complaints-Harold Nestler	1960
	5	D-Paul Dufour, Karl Goedecke	1960
	6	E-Walter Goldwater	1960
	7	F	1960
	8	G	1960
	9	H	1960
	10	I	1960
	11	J	1960
	11	Complaints	1962
	12	K	1960
	13	L-Justin Turner	1960
	14	M-Howard Mott, George MacManus, Menno Hertzberger, Howard Nestler
	15	N	1960
	16	O	1960
	17	P	1960
	18	Q	1960
	19	R-David Randall, Lawrence Romaine, Dan Laurence,
		John Carter, Madeleine Stern	1960
	20	S	1960
	21	T-Justin Turner, William Targ	1960
	22	U-Howard Winger	1960
	23	V-Robert Vosper	1960
	24	W-Edwin Wolf, Dorothy Miner	1960
	25	X, Y, Z-Jake Zeitlin	1960
	26	A	1961
	27	ABA-American Booksellers Association	1961
	28	B-C. Waller Barrett, George Gloss	1961
	29	B-Whitman Bennett	1961
	30	Complaints	1961
	31	H-Charles Hamilton	1961
	32	I-David Randall, Richard Wormser	1961
	33	J	1961
	34	L	1961
	35	M	1961
	36	M	1961
	37	N-Kenneth Nebenzahl, Earle Walbridge	1961
	38	O	1961
	39	P	1961
	40	Q-E.M. Dring	1961
	41	R-Bertram Rota, Lawrence Romaine	1961
	42	S-John Carter, Ellen Shaffer	1961
	43	T-Justin Turner	1961
5	1	U	1961
	2	V	1961
	3	W-Edwin Wolf	1961
	4	X, Y-Savoie Lottinville, M.J. Bruccoli, William B. Todd	1961
	5	Z	1961
	6	American Library Association	1960-1962
	7	Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America	1962
	8	Approval Printing Co. and Univ. Book Store	1962
	9	B-Roger Butterfield, George Gloss	1962
	10	C-John Carter	1962
	11	[Skipped]
	12	D-Harold Tribolet, C.E. Dornbusch	1962
	13	E-Harold Ruth, Ralph Ginzberg	1962
	14	F	1962
	15	G	1962
	16	H-Menno Hertzberger, A.L. Van Gendt	1962
	17	Miscellaneous-Leon Kramer obit, Walter Goldwater, F.B. Adams, Jr.
	18	N-James Healey and Audubon controversy	1962
	19	O	1962
	20	P-Charles Mann	1962
	21	Q-E.M. Dring	1962
	22	R	1962
	23	S	1962
	24	T	1962
	25	U.S. Engineers Research Center	1962
	26-28	Accounts	1962
*Series C: Finances*
Box	Folder	File/Item Title	Year Range
6	01-04	Monthly bank statements and cancelled checks	1959
	05-26	Financial receipts	1959
	27	Calendars	1959
	28-31	Monthly bank statements and cancelled checks	1960
	32-53	Financial receipts	1960
	54	Calendars	1960
	55	Petty cash slips	1960
	56	Moving expenses	1960
	57	Miscellaneous paid bills	1960
	58-60	Monthly bank statements and cancelled checks	1961
7	1	Monthly bank statements and cancelled checks	1961
	02-21	Financial receipts	1961
	22	Petty cash receipts	1961
	23	Calendars	1961
	24-27	Monthly bank statements and cancelled checks	1962
	28-48	Financial receipts	1962
	49	Petty cash receipts and travel receipts	1962
	50	Calendars	1962
	51-54	Monthly bank statements and cancelled checks	1963
8	01-20	Financial receipts	1963
	21	Petty cash receipts and travel receipts	1963
	22	Calendars	1963
	23-26	Monthly bank statements and cancelled checks	1964
	27-47	Financial receipts	1964
	48	Petty cash receipts	1964
	49	Travel receipts and calendar	1964
	50-53	Monthly bank statements and cancelled checks	1966
	54	Bank receipts	1966
	55	Travel receipts	1966
	56-58	Company check stubs	1965-1967
9	01-18	Financial receipts	1966
	19	Petty cash receipts	1966
	20	Travel, bank and miscellaneous receipts and calendar	1966
	21-32	Cash receipt lists (by month)	1966
	33-36	Monthly bank statements and cancelled checks	1967
	37-38	Company check stubs	1967
	39-57	Financial receipts	1968
	58	Petty cash receipts	1968
	59	Travel and miscellaneous receipts and calendar	1968
10	01-09	Day receipts	1964
	10-21	Day receipts	1965
	22-33	Day receipts	1968
	34-45	Day receipts	1969
11	01-08	Account ledgers	1953/1954
12	01-12	Account ledgers	1958-1964
*Series D: Journals*
Box	Folder	File/Item Title	Year Range
15		Antiquarian Bookman Weekly	1949-1983
	01-03	Antiquarian Bookman Permanent Reference Number	1951-1953
	04-15	Antiquarian Bookman Weekly Yearbooks; Special issue of “Check List of Horatio Alger, Jr. compiled by Frank Gruber”. One of 5 copies printed from the types of the Nov. 13 1948 issue of Antiquarian Bookman, signed by Jacob Blanck, Edward Lazare, Sol M. Malkin, and Frederic G. Melcher.	1956-1976
16		Antiquarian Bookman Weekly	1984-1985
17		Antiquarian Bookman Weekly	1986-1988, 1994-1995
18		Antiquarian Bookman Weekly	1995-1996
*Series E: Personal*
Box	Folder	File/Item Title	Year Range
13	1	Altoona Catholic 50^th High School Reunion; Prince Gallitzin book presentation	1981
	2	American Library Association Clarence Day Award	1960-1973
	3	Amy Loveman Award
	04-05	Asian trip	1973
	6	Christmas cards
	07-09	Clarence Day Award	1972-1974
	10	Correspondence-Juliette de Bairacli Levy	1972-1975
	11	Correspondence-Mary Ann Malkin/Pittsburgh Bibliophiles	1977
	12	Correspondence-Sol and Mary Ann Malkin	1958-1960
	13	Correspondence-Sol Malkin, WWII	1944-1945
	14	Correspondence-Miscellaneous	1948-1965
	15	Dogs-articles, booklets, clippings	1948-1951
	16	Dogs-Caftan’s papers, American Kennel Club-Dog of the Year	1946-1948
	17	Dogs-Copyright	1949-1950
	18	Dogs-Photograph of Caftan, Best in U.S.	1950
	19	Dogs-Westminster	1950
	20	Juliette and dogs	1949-1973
	21	German	1966
	22	Grandma Lynch scrapbook-Mary Ann Malkin
	23	Historical notes on Sol Malkin	1986
14	1	Sol Malkin library
	02-09	Mary Ann Malkin Lecture	1985-1991
	10	Mary Ann Malkin activities	1978-1980
	11	Newspaper and magazine articles	1973-1986
	12	Personal finances-Sol Malkin	1975-1977
	13	Personal papers-Mary Ann and Sol Malkin	1945-1975
	14	Photographs-Antiquarian Bookman
	15	Photographs-Dogs and horses
	16	Photographs-Family
	17	Photographs-R.R. Bowker
	18	Reminiscences of Sol Malkin-ABAA meeting	1986
	19	Sol Malkin obituaries	1986
	20	Sol Malkin will
	21	Tolerance, vol. 1-Theodore Schroeder
	22	White House invitation	1968
	23	2 photo negative printed woodblocks; one hornbook replica, & Collotype facsimile of “The History of Holy Jesus” (Boston: 1746), Printed by Frederic G. Melcher, New York, 1958.