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Century Company records

Title: Century Company records

The Century Company published the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, which was widely regarded as the best general periodical of its time, performing a role as cultural arbiter during the 1880s and 1890s. It was founded in New York City in 1881 and also published the children's magazine St. Nicholas, dictionaries, and books. The Century Company records date from 1870 to the 1930s and chiefly contain correspondence with contributors, readers, public figures, and literary agents. A number of manuscripts and proofs in the collection are extensively edited and taken with annotations on letters provide a detailed record of the outlook, standards, and functions of the company.

ArchivalResource: 60.4 linear feet; 151 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/504 View

Martin, William Francis, 1821-1880. William Francis Martin papers, 1787-1884.

Title: William Francis Martin papers, 1787-1884.

Correspondence and business papers, including 21 volumes, chiefly of Martin and his brother, James G. Martin, adjutant general of North Carolina and Confederate brigadier general. Much of the collection consists of legal papers, law account books, and other papers of W.F. Martin's law practice in northeastern North Carolina before and after the Civil War. Also included are Civil War papers of his agent, Gilbert Elliott (b. 1843), who was involved in the construction of Confederate gunboats on the North Carolina coast; students' notebooks; volumes of accounts of or with the U.S. customs house for the Camden District, 1837-1843; journal of the schooner "Bancroft" mapping North Carolina coastal waters, 1852-1853; general merchandise accounts, 1855-1856 and 1865-1870, at Plymouth, N.C., and 1860-1861 at Elizabeth City; record of local and state taxes, [Pasquotank County?, N.C.], 1860; merchandise accounts with ships, 1860-1862 and 1865-1867; order book and journal of a U.S. revenue sloop off the North Carolina coast, 1872-1875 and 1877-1879; letter book of the U.S. Life Saving Service at Elizabeth City and Manteo, 1878-1881; and other items.

ArchivalResource: ca. 1,900 items (3.0 linear feet.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23658387 View