Pippin Properties, Inc. records, 1968-2023.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

McGhee, Holly, creator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors.

Authors and publishers.

Children's literature.

Illustration of books.

Illustrators.

Publishers and publishing.

Genre:

Manuscripts, American -- 20th century.

Manuscripts, American -- 21st century.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Gerald Cloud (Petaluma, CA), 2019, 2022, and 2023.

Physical Description:

28 boxes, 1 drawer (24.3 linear feet)

Arrangement:

Organized into 5 series: I. Administrative and founding documents; II. Client files (authors and illustrators); III. Illustration portfolios; IV. Advance reading copies (ARCs); and V. Contracts.

Place of Publication:

1968-2023.

Biography/History:

Pippin Properties, Inc. is a New York City-based boutique literary agency, founded by Holly McGhee in 1998, that primarily focuses on children's and young adult literature. Pippin provides its clients, which include authors and illustrators, with support, including but not limited to editorial, legal, foreign rights, film rights, intern, licensing, marketing, and accounting. As of 2024, the all-woman agency grew to include five employees and agents. Pippin represents 188 children's book authors and artists and has brought over 812 works to publishers. According to Publisher's Marketplace, the agency's leading clients include Kathi Appelt, Harry Bliss, Doreen Cronin, Kate DiCamillo, Anna Kang & Christoper Weyant, An Na, Jandy Nelson, LeUyen Pham, Sean Qualls, Peter H. Reynolds, and Taeeun Yoo. Some of its most notable projects include Newbery Medal winners The Tale of Despereaux and Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo; New York Times Bestseller & Printz Medal winner I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson; International bestseller and Christopher Medal winner The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds; New York Times Bestseller and Caldecott Honor winner Click Clack Moo by Doreen Cronin & Betsy Lewin; Geisel Medal winner You Are (Not) Small by Anna Kang & Christopher Weyant; and When Everybody Wore A Hat by William Steig. As of 2024, the full roster of Pippin clients includes authors Kathi Appelt, Katherine Applegate, Stephen Barr, Cassie Beasley, Rocky Callen, Joanna Cotler, Doreen Cronin, Jarrett Dapier, Kate DiCamillo, Jan Eldredge, Beth Ferry, Leah Henderson, Anna Kang, Lindsay Lackey, Justin Lowe, Adrian Matejka, Amber McBride, Holly McGhee, Kate McMullan, An Na, Jandy Nelson, Kathy Nuzum, Jason Reynolds, Paul Reynolds, Eileen Rosenthal, Laurel Snyder, Jeanna Steig, Jonathan Stutzman, Gita Varadarajan, Sarah Weeks, and Ibi Zoboi; and illustrators Zoey Abbott, Jon Agee, Nadia Alam, Ann Arnold, Chelsea Beck, Bob Bianchini, Harry Bliss, Drew Brockington, Christopher Browne, Youssef Daoudi, Medar de la Cruz, AJ Dungo, Rob Dunlavey, Alison Farrell, Heather Fox, Tony Fucile, Marnie Galloway, Lee Gatlin, Jason Griffin, Abby Hanlon, A.N. Kang, Edward Koren, Pascal Lemaître, Betsy Lewin, Elizabeth Lilly, Renata Liwska, Ross MacDonald, Jennifer K. Mann, Fred Marcellino, Peter McCarty, Jim McMullan, Eugenia Mello, Lisa Mundorff, Tao Nyeu, LeUyen Pham, Sean Qualls, Michael Regina, Peter H. Reynolds, Sujean Rim, Edel Rodriguez, Marc Rosenthal, Isabel Roxas, William Steig, David Exra Stein, Jeremy Tankard, Tomi Um, Jason Walz, Christopher Weyant, and Taeeun Yoo.

Summary:

The Pippin Properties, Inc. records measure 24.3 linear feet and date from 1968 to 2023, with the bulk of the material dating from 1990 to 2019. The records largely document Pippin's founding and its work with clients. The collection is of value to researchers interested in the work of literary agents, publishing, and the work of and on behalf of the authors and illustrators represented by Pippin Publishing, Inc. The collection is organized in 5 series: I. Administrative and founding documents; Series II. Client files (authors and illustrators); Series III. Illustration portfolios; Series IV. Advance reading copies; and Series V. Contracts (RESTRICTED). Researchers will find overlap across the series. Many of the same authors are represented in many, if not all, of the series. Series I. Administrative and founding documents mostly represents the purchase and sale of the Pippin office on 38th Street in New York City, Pippin's anniversaries and holiday celebrations, correspondence with clients, marketing material, and legal and founding documents such as trademark registration, employer identification number application, and incorporation documents. Series II. Client files [authors and illustrators] contain a diverse range of material relating to Pippin clients and Pippin's work with those clients. Not all of the material in this series was generated by Pippin. This material represents various aspects of the clients' work, including but not limited to documents representing the creation of the works (ex: notes, sketches, editorial dummies or mock-ups of proposed publications, and folded and gathereds or non approval proofs), marketing and promotional material, inventories and sales information, reviews and press, and awards. There is also correspondence between Pippin, mostly Holly McGhee, and the clients and biographical information of the clients. The clients that comprise the bulk of the material in the client files include Jon Agee, Harry Bliss, Kate DiCamillo, Pascal Lemaître, Renata Liwska, Ross Macdonald, Fred Marcellino, Jim and Kate McMullan, Jason Reynolds, Peter H. Reynolds, David Small, Jeanne Steig, William Steig, David Ezra Stein, Jeremy Tankard, and Taeeun Yoo. The client files are arranged alphabetically by last name for the clients with a significant amount of material, followed by an "Other clients" sub-series which contains clients whose work is less well represented. Series III. Illustration portfolios includes portfolios of mostly printed digitally-rendered illustrations by Pippin clients. These portfolios were compiled by Pippin in 2023 and the majority of the illustrations included are undated. Series IV. Advance reading copies (ARCs) include 67 titles by Pippin clients. ARCs are the free copies of books distributed by a publisher before the book is printed for mass distribution and released to the general public. In some cases, these texts differ slightly from the final version, though it is unclear if that is the case for any of those included in this series. Series V. Contracts is restricted due to the presence of personally identifiable information and payment information. For access information, please see the conditions governing access note. The contracts include all contracts generated during the clients' work with and representation by Pippin Properties, Inc. Examples of contracts include in-house documents (agency agreements) and agreements with external bodies, such as publishing agreements facilitated by Pippin, contracts for film and audio adaptations of Pippin authors' work, foreign-language publishing agreements, illustrator contracts, licensing agreements, and collaboration contracts. Some pippin clients have a significant number of contracts. For those clients, the contracts have been arranged and described alphabetically by work title. When title ranges are given for contracts, researchers should note that these contracts are alphabetized by the title on the contract which, in some cases, is not the final title of the work. When there are several books in a series, books in that series are included with the contracts for the first title of that series. Most of the material in the contracts series, however, is simply available under the client's name.

OCLC:

1501130199