Guide to the Analog Science Fiction & Fact Editorial Records, 1940-2000

(bulk 1958-2000)

John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts
Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Published in 2014

Collection Overview

Title:	Analog Science Fiction & Fact editorial records
Date range:	1940-2000, (bulk 1958-2000)
Creator:	Davis Publications.
Extent:	45.0 Linear feet
Abstract:	Analog science fiction and fact is a science fiction magazine that has included work by Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, Paul Anderson, Spider Robinson, Lois McMaster Bujold, and Michael F. Flynn, among others. This collection is made up primarily of editorial correspondence, but also includes original manuscripts, proofs, reviews, and miscellaneous records relating to the publication of the magazine.
Language of materials:	English
Repository:	John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts
Collection number:	Ms.90.22

Scope & content

Analog science fiction and fact is a science fiction magazine that has included work by Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, Paul Anderson, Spider Robinson, Lois McMaster Bujold, and Michael F. Flynn, among others. This collection is made up primarily of editorial correspondence, but also includes original manuscripts, proofs, reviews, and miscellaneous records relating to the publication of the magazine.

Access Points

Subject Organizations

• Davis Publications--Archives.

Subject Topics

• Science fiction, American--Periodicals--History--20th Century
• Science--Periodicals--History--20th century--Sources

Document Types

• Business records
• Letters (Correspondence)
• Manuscripts
• Proofs (Printed matter)

Subject Topics

• Language and Literature

Arrangement

The records are organized in eight series according to when they arrived at Brown University:

Series 1. June 1990 accession

• Subseries 1. Correspondence
• Subseries 2. Manuscripts
• Subseries 3. Proofs
• Subseries 4. Business records
• Subseries 5. Miscellaneous

Series 2. June 1994 accession

• Subseries 1. Correspondence
• Subseries 2. Manuscripts

Series 3. September 1995 accession

• Subseries 1. Correspondence
• Subseries 2. Manuscripts
• Subseries 3. Business records
• Subseries 4. Miscellaneous

Series 4. October 1996 accession

• Subseries 1. Correspondence

Series 5. January 1999 accession

• Subseries 1. Correspondence

Series 6. November 2001 accession

• Subseries 1. Correspondence of Stanley Schmidt, editor

Series 7. July 2002 accession

• Subseries 1. Correspondence of Stanley Schmidt, editor

Series 8. November 2003 accession

• Subseries 1. Correspondence of Stanley Schmidt, editor

Historical note

Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science fiction magazine. As of 2013, it is the longest running continuously published magazine of that genre. Initially published in 1930 in the United States as Astounding Stories as a pulp magazine, it has undergone several name changes, primarily to Astounding Science-Fiction in 1938, and Analog Science Fact & Fiction in 1960. In November 1992, its logo changed to use the term "Fiction and Fact" rather than "Fact & Fiction". It is in the library of the International Space Station. Spanning three incarnations since 1930, this is perhaps the most influential magazine in the history of the genre. It remains a fixture of the genre today.

As Astounding Science-Fiction, a new direction for both the magazine and the genre under editor John W. Campbell was established. His editorship influenced the careers of Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein, and also introduced the Dianetics theories of L. Ron Hubbard in May 1950.[1]

Analog frequently publishes new authors, including then-newcomers such as Orson Scott Card and Joe Haldeman in the 1970s, Barry B. Longyear, Harry Turtledove, Timothy Zahn, Greg Bear, and Joseph H. Delaney in the 1980s, and Paul Levinson, Michael A. Burstein, and Rajnar Vajra in the 1990s.

One of the major publications of what fans and historians call the Golden Age of Science Fiction and afterward, it has published much-reprinted work by such major SF authors as E.E. Smith, Theodore Sturgeon, Harlan Ellison, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, A. E. van Vogt, Lester del Rey, HP Lovecraft and many others.

Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_Science_Fiction_and_Fact

Access & Use

Access to the collection:	There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.
Use of the materials:	Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.
Preferred citation:	Analog Science Fiction & Fact records, Ms.90.22, Brown University Library.
Contact information:	John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts Box A Brown University Providence, RI 02912 Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148 Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION
Acquisition:	Analog Science Fiction & Fact Editorial Records received as a gift between 1990 and 2003 from Joel Davis, Brown Class of 1956 (initial donor, as president of Davis Publications, Inc.), and Davis Publications, Inc.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID
Author:	Finding aid prepared by Brown University Library staff.
Encoding:	This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2014-11-12
Descriptive rules:	Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
Sponsor:	Processing funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

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