John Train papers, 1952-2000 (bulk 1952-1960).

Consisting of materials received, retained, and collected by John Train, primarily from the early days of the Paris Review (founded in 1953). The majority of the letters are from George Plimpton, Robert B. Silvers, and other Paris Review staff, with some letters from other correspondents, including Stanislaus Joyce and Archibald MacLeish. The collections contains detailed information about the day-to-day operations of the magazine, as well as associated organizations such as the publishing house Editions Finisterre. There is extensive material on American, French, and British publishing during the period, with references to Botteghe Oscure, Criterion Press, Andre Deutsch Ltd., Grove Press, Merlin, Noonday Press, Plon, Réalités, and other entities. Mention is made of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Alfred Chester, E. M. Forster, Blair Fuller, Colette (Duhamel) Gallimard, Jean Genet, Graham Greene, Thomas Guinzberg, Ernest Hemingway, Harold Lewis ("Doc") Humes, Kenneth Koch, Peter Matthiessen, William Pène du Bois, William and Rose Styron, and Eugene Walter. Later correspondence concerns the Paris Review Humor Prize. The photographs series includes personal photographs of John Train from the 1950s as well as photographs of Paris Review staff. The publications series includes newspaper and magazine clippings about the Paris Review from the 1950s-60s and John Train's own writing about the magazine.