Subseries 1 - Henri Nouwen Literary Centre publisher files

12.5 cm of textual records

Prior to Nouwen’s death the files were maintained by his administrative assistants, Kathy Christie and Margaret Sutton, at his L’Arche Daybreak office. Afterward the files were primarily maintained by Sue Mosteller and Kathy Christie, with their own correspondence, notes and annotations appearing throughout. The exception is a file from the mid-1980s that was maintained by Peter Weiskel, Nouwen’s administrative assistant at the Harvard Divinity School, which appears to have been used by Henri Nouwen Literary Centre staff as a reference file due to the date of the records and the absence of any material after 1986. The files were transferred to the University of St. Michael’s College John M. Kelly Library in 2012 by Maureen Wright.

Subseries consists of working files kept by Nouwen at his office at L’Arche Daybreak and added to after his death by staff at the Henri Nouwen Literary Centre (HNLC) as part of the management of his estate. The files consist primarily of correspondence related to Nouwen's published works and prospective projects, as well as publishing contracts, copyright permissions, translations, royalties, reprint rights and endorsements for books written by other authors. Publisher catalogues and newsletters, excerpts of Nouwen’s writing, book sale lists and a small number of personal letters appear throughout. Correspondence between Sue Mosteller and others regarding outstanding projects at the time of Nouwen’s death and newly proposed projects shortly after his death are also included.

See former file number 97-35 in the Henri Nouwen Literary Centre Correspondence Files series for additional records related to the business of Nouwen’s publications.

Revised by T Wong, 19 March 2021