MUM00428
Finding Aid for the Square Books Collection
(MUM00428)
Finding Aid for the Square Books Collection
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Administrative Information
Processing Information
Collection processed by Archives and Special Collections staff. Finding aid encoded
by Kathryn Michaelis, January 2012.
Additions
No further additions are expected to this collection.
Subject Terms
Formats
Historical Note
Founded in 1979 by Richard and Lisa Howorth, “Square Books is a general independent bookstore in three separate buildings (about
100 feet apart) on the historic town square of Oxford, Mississippi, home of the University
of Mississippi and many great writers, including William Faulkner, Barry Hannah, Larry
Brown, and, for a time, both Willie Morris and John Grisham. The main store, Square
Books, is in a two-story building with a cafe and balcony on the second floor; Off
Square Books is a few doors down from the main store and has lifestyle sections such
as gardening and cookbooks; and Square Books Jr, the children’s bookstore, is in a
building on the east side of the square. Square Books is known for its strong selection
of literary fiction, books on the American South and by Southern writers, a large
inventory of reduced-price remainders, and its emphasis on books for children. The
store hosts the popular Thacker Mountain radio show and over 150 author events a year.”
(Taken from the Square Books website)
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains news articles about Square Books, an independent bookstore
in Oxford, Miss., as well as promotional materials and newsletters issued by the store.
User Information
Preferred Citation
Square Books Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library,
The
University of Mississippi
Access Restrictions
The Square Books Collection is open for research.
Copyright Restrictions
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the
making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under
certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized
to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions
is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other
than private study, scholarship or research.” If a user makes a request for,
or
later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,”
that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
Related Material
Resources at the University of Mississippi
Writer Comes to Town: a Serial Short Story by Oxford Writers. Call number: PS558.M7 W75 2009. Housed in Archives and Special Collections, J.D.
Williams Library.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by format and chronologically within each format.
Container List
