2018-06-14 Preliminary Inventory of Chloe's Books Records on the Sale and Promotion of Work By and About Henry Miller, 1990-2012 SPEC.RARE.0242 Finding aid prepared by Belle Teesdale; Courtney Bishop Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections

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2018 June; 2020 October This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2020-11-09T14:52-0500 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Chloe's Books Records on the Sale and Promotion of Work By and About Henry Miller SPEC.RARE.0242 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 0.6 Cubic feet 1990-2012 As of 2020, Chloe's Books is a bookstore that sells poetry, first editions of books, literary magazines, and other literary works that was founded in 1972 by Philip Ciapponi in Loomis, California. As of 2018, Roger Jackson is a small press publisher and book dealer whose primary focus as a publisher has been collecting and publishing work related to the American author and artist Henry Miller. Chloe's Books Records on the Sale and Promotion of Work By and About Henry Miller contains mostly business correspondence sent between Jackson and Ciapponi pertaining to book orders, catalog entries, meetings, updates, and thanks regarding materials related to Miller. Also included are correspondence sent to Ciapponi regarding the sale and promotion of works by and about Miller, catalogs of work by and about Miller for sale, and fliers for promoting Jackson's publications. The materials in this collection date from 1990-2012. (1) 5'' letter document box; (1) 2.5" letter document box English Chloe's Books (Firm) Arrangement of Materials

This collection is unprocessed. Materials are arranged in the order received.

Acquisitions Information

Accession No. RARE.2018.0062: Philip Ciapponi, 2018 June; Accession No. RARE.2019.0145: Philip Ciapponi, 2019 December

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Chloe's Books Records on the Sale and Promotion of Work By and About Henry Miller, SPEC.RARE.0242, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University

Access to Materials

Materials in this collection are available for use, but may be used in the Thompson Library Special Collections reading room only.

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Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed. Finding aid written by: Belle Teesdale, 2018 June; Courtney Bishop, 2020 October

Historical Note

As of 2020, Chloe's Books is a bookstore that sells poetry, first editions of books, literary magazines, and other literary works that was founded in 1972 by Philip Ciapponi in Loomis, California. As of 2018, Roger Jackson is a small press publisher and book dealer based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan. He began editing books in 1993, and his primary focus as a publisher has been collecting and publishing work related to the author Henry Miller (1891-1980).

Scope and Contents

Chloe's Books Records on the Sale and Promotion of Work By and About Henry Miller contains mostly business correspondence sent between Roger Jackson and Philip Ciapponi pertaining to book orders, catalog entries, meetings, updates, and thanks. This correspondence is regarding the materials created by or sold by Jackson for works written by or about American author and artist Henry Miller. Also included are correspondence to Ciapponi regarding the sale and promotion of works by and about Henry Miller from other customers as well as authors wishing to consign their work, Chloe's Books catalogs, fliers for Jackson's publications, consignment statements and invoices. The materials in this collection date from 1990-2012.

Chloe's Books (Firm) Ciapponi, Philip Jackson, Roger Miller, Henry Authors, American--19th century Authors, American--20th century Booksellers and bookselling--California--Loomis--20th century Booksellers and bookselling--California--Loomis--21st century Booksellers' catalogs Correspondence Fliers (printed matter) Invoices Publishers and publishing--Michigan--Ann Arbor--20th century Publishers and publishing--Michigan--Ann Arbor--21st century Small press books Small presses--United States--20th century Small presses--United States--21st century Accession No. RARE.2018.0036 0.4 Cubic feet 1990-2012 Correspondence, flyers, and various professional material from Roger Jackson to Philip Ciapponi Accession No. RARE.2018.0036.001 1990-2012 Accession No. RARE.2019.0145 0.2 Cubic feet 1992-2012 (1) 2.5" letter document box Scope and Contents

Accession No. RARE.2019.0145 contains mostly business correspondence sent between Roger Jackson and Philip Ciapponi pertaining to book orders, catalog entries, meetings, updates, and thanks. This correspondence is regarding the materials created by or sold by Jackson for works written by or about American author and artist Henry Miller. Also included are correspondence to Ciapponi regarding the sale and promotion of works by and about Henry Miller from other customers as well as authors wishing to consign their work, Chloe's Books catalogs, fliers for Jackson's publications, consignment statements and invoices. The materials in this collection date from 1990-2012.

Jackson (Roger) business correspondence with Philip Ciapponi Accession No. RARE.2019.0145.001 1999, 2007-2012 Ciapponi (Philip) business correspondence sent and received Accession No. RARE.2019.0145.001 1992-1997 Chloe's Books "Henry Miller" catalogs Accession No. RARE.2019.0145.001 1995-1999 Invoices Accession No. RARE.2019.0145.001 1994-2009