Production of a Series of Books to Represent the Literary Classics of the United States

FAIN: GD-*1238-79

Library of America (New York, NY 10022-1006)
Cheryl Hurley (Project Director: November 1978 to October 1990)

To produce a series of books containing U.S. literary classics which are out ofprint.

To make American literature available to the widest possible readership. To produce a uniform series of volumes, ultimately to include the central texts of American literature. The series will be offered to the public at a subsidized price.