Scope and Content Note
The records of the Book-of-the-Month Club span the years 1939-1967, with the bulk from 1939 to 1960. The collection consists of editorial and publishers' correspondence relating to books submitted by publishing firms for consideration for selection by the club, along with preliminary readers' reports in the form of reviews and evaluations of the suitability of books for distribution by the club. Nearly all of the reports are on books that were not selected by the club. The records are organized into the following series: General Correspondence , Preliminary Readers' Reports , and Addition .
Correspondents include William Rose Benét, John Mason Brown, Henry Seidel Canby, Basil Davenport, Clifton Fadiman, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Gilbert Highet, Amy Loveman, John P. Marquand, Christopher Morley, and William Allen White.
Preliminary readers include Graham Bates, Rosemary Benét, William Rose Benét, Basil Davenport, Elizabeth Wynne Easton, Gerald W. Johnson, Amy Loveman, Allan Nevins, and Ralph Thompson.