Madge Jenison's papers are in The New York Public Library:

Descript

6.8 linear feet (17 boxes)

Arranged

Two series:

1. Family and General Correspondence;
2. Writings.

Restricted

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Summary

Collection consists of correspondence, Jenison's writings, photographs, and printed matter. Family correspondence, 1905-1942, is mainly between Jenison and her mother; general correspondence, 1920-1960, concerns Jenison's efforts as a writer. Writings are typescripts and originals of her short stories, novels, scripts, notes, and diaries. Also, photographs of Jenison and printed items.

Bio/hist.

Madge Jenison (1874-1960) was an American author who wrote novels, short stories and scripts. Her published works include Dominance, Roads, and Invitation to the Dance.

Note

Finding aid available in repository.

Subject

Jenison, Madge, 1874-1960.

Barbara A. Brannon, No Frigate Like a Book: The Hampshire Bookshop of Northampton, 1916–1971. Universty of South Carolina, 1998.

At virtually the same time as the Hampshire Bookshop opened its doors, a handful of female managers, primarily in the Northeast, began their own bookselling operations. A wave soon followed. By 1920, dozens of others had opened their own enterprises in New York City and elsewhere; by 1921, women had gained a permanent foothold in the American Booksellers Association (ABA).

Dr. Brannon suggests the following questions:

• How and when did women first become proprietors of bookshops?
• How did the business arrangements come about?
• To what extent did the activities of bookstores, large and small, affect the works or reputations of authors?
• Was the experience of women in the bookselling business different from that of men?
• American Book Trade Manual, 1915, 1919
• American Booktrade Directory, 1922–
• Publishers’ Weekly
• Women’s National Book Association
• National Association of College Stores
• college alumnae associations

The American Booksellers Association and the archives of Columbia University (including those of the Women’s National Book Association), to name but a couple, are repositories of bookseller information, and colleges often hold papers of their associated bookstores.

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