Huebsch, B. W. (Benjamin W.), 1876-1964

Publisher.

From the description of Reminiscences of Ben W. Huebsch : oral history, 1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309740245

From the description of B. W. Huebsch papers, 1893-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981210

American publisher.

From the description of B. W. Huebsch records, 1909-1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 496102541

Biographical Note

• 1876, Mar. 21: Born, New York, N.Y.
• 1900 - 1924 : Published books under B. W. Huebsch imprint including first American editions of D. H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers, Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio, and the first printing of James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
• 1915 - 1916 : Member, Ford Peace Plan Commission
• 1920: Married Alfhild Lamm
• 1920 - 1924 : Published the weekly Freeman
• 1922: Began lifelong interest in P.E.N., serving on many boards and committees of its American Center
• 1924: Board member of American Civil Liberties Union from its founding; served as it treasurer from 1926 to his death
• 1925: Merged B. W. Huebsch publishing firm with Viking Press; responsible for the first publication in this country of Harold Laski, Stefan Zweig, Franz Werfel, Erich Maria Remarque, Thomas Mann, and others
• 1949: Represented book industry on United States National Committee for Unesco
• 1964: Received first Irita Van Doren Literary Award
• 1964, Aug. 7: Died, London, England

From the guide to the B. W. Huebsch Papers, 1893-1964, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)