Ms CollNSchocken Schocken Books. Records on Franz Kafka, 1940-1977. 1 linear ft. (ca.750 Items in 2 boxes). Organization: Arranged. Titles: A-G. (Box 1); Titles: J-P. (Box 2). Summary: Correspondence, memoranda, photoreproductions of manuscript excerpts by Kafka, publicity files, production records, and printed materials for the works of the Austrian author, Franz Kafka, in German and English translations, 1940-1977. These extant files were set aside by David Rome, the former president of Schocken Books, after the firm was purchased by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, several years ago. The files consist mainly of production files for the first American editions of THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA (1946), LETTERS TO MILENA (1948), ERZAHLUNGEN UND KLEINE PROSA (1957), and FRANZ KAFKA: BRIEFE (1958). Also included is a publicity file aimed at American Jewish organizations and college and university German departments promoting SAMLICHE WERKE edited by Max Brod as well as his biography of Kafka, and a marked master galley proof for PARABLES AND PARADOXES (1958). Also included are photocopies and mimeograph copies of playscripts based on Kafka's DIARY and METAMORPHOSES and a script by Michael McClure, JOSEPHINE, based on a character of the same name in Kafka's story, THE MOUSE FOLK. There is correspondence with Professor Heinz Pollitzer concerning the promotion of publishing Kafka's writings in the early 1960s. The printed materials are chiefly book reviews of Kafka's publications and some scholarly articles on Kafka. Languages: English and German. Donor: Gift of Schocken Books, Inc. via Pantheon, a division of Random House, Inc., 1989. Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Librarian for Rare Books and Manuscripts. Finding aids: Contents list, lp. 1. Bauer, Felice, 1887-1960. 2. Brod, Max, 1884-1968. 3. Kafka, Franz, 1883- 1924. 4. McClure, Michael. 5. Politzer, Heinrich, 1910- 6. Pantheon Books. 7. Austrian literature. 8. Literature publishing. 9. Publishers and publishing. 10. Articles. 11. Bills (financial). 12. Book jackets. 13. Galley proofs. 14. Memoranda. 15. Photoprints. 16. Reviews. 17. Scripts. 18. Authors, Austrian. 19. Editors. 20. Playwrights. 21. Publishers. ID: NYCR91-A2 LOCATION OF RELATED MATERIAL: Vanderbilt University. Divinity Library. Several boxes of materials dealing with Schocken Books' publications during Nahum Norbert Glatzer's tenure as director JHR-5/90 Schocken Books, Box List Box 1 Articles on Kafka Briefe an Ottla Briefe - Felice Bauer (general) Briefe - Felice Bauer (reviews) Briefe - Felice Bauer, S. Fischer Verlag The Diary Plays, playscript by M.D. Steuer Erzaehlungen Reprint 1957» Production Franz Kafka: Letters to Milena, {general) Franz Kafka: Letters to Milena, Production Franz Kafka: Samtliche Werke Herausgegeben von Max Brod The Great Wall of China (English) The Great Wall of China, Promotion Box 2 Josephine the Mouse Singer "by Michael McClure Kafka "Briefe", Jacket Kafka "Briefe", Production (general) Kafka "Briefe", Production 1958-1959, costs and bills Kafka "Briefe", 2 Satz (Dublikat) Kafka: "Tagebiicher 1910-1923" Metamorphosis, cutting continuity for a film by Nemec Metamorphosis, playscripts Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Reviews Parables and Paradoxes, galley proofs Politzer, Heinz.