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George Haven Putnam papers, 1887-1930, 1914-1930

Title: George Haven Putnam papers 1887-1930 1914-1930

George Haven Putnam (1844-1930) was a publisher and author best known for his commitment to the establishment of national copyright legislation in the U.S. and to American adherence to the international copyright Convention of Berne. After serving in the U.S. Civil War, he entered his father's publishing house, G.P. Putnam's Sons. He assumed the presidency of the firm in 1872 and became an authority on the legal implications of copyright. In 1886 he formed the American Publishers' Copyright League and the English Speaking Union in the U.S. Collection consists of correspondence, minutes and printed matter relating to Putnam's efforts to establish and improve copyright legislation in the U.S. Correspondence, 1888-1930, concerns activities of the American Publishers' Copyright League (absorbed into the National Association of Book Publishers in 1922). Also, minute books, 1887-1914; clippings about copyright matters; and government publications. There is a small amount of material pertaining to Putnam's involvement with the Allies Bazaar, a group dedicated to raising money for the French and British war efforts in 1916; and to the publication and distribution of Putnam's book The Censorship of the Church of Rome (1906-1907).

ArchivalResource: 6 linear feet (18 boxes and 5 v.)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2507 View

John Jay Knox Letters, 1870-1894

Title: John Jay Knox Letters 1870-1894

Papers of the American banker, author, politician. Knox was president of the National Bank of the Republic. Personal and business correspondence reflecting the esteem with which Knox was held for his understanding of fiscal policy among economists (Francis M. Burdick, J. L. Laughlin, Horace White), journalists (H. C. Bowen, R. R. Bowker, William B. Dana, L. S. Metcalf), and politicians (A. S. Hewitt, John R. McPherson, R. C. Winthrop).

ArchivalResource: 25 items (SC)

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/k/knox_jj.htm View

Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930. George Haven Putnam papers, 1887-1930, bulk (1914-1930).

Title: George Haven Putnam papers, 1887-1930, bulk (1914-1930).

Collection consists of correspondence, minutes and printed matter relating to Putnam's efforts to establish and improve copyright legislation in the U.S.

ArchivalResource: 6 linear feet (18 boxes and 5 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122431660 View

Koch, Theodore Wesley, 1871-1941. Theodore Wesley Koch papers, 1894-1941.

Title: Theodore Wesley Koch papers, 1894-1941.

Correspondence, articles and pamphlets, papers relating to his books and articles, and topical files relating to his interest in Carnegie Libraries, literary forgeries, the work of the American Library Association's Library War Service during World War I, library Americanization programs, 1919-1921, and the library building of University of Michigan; also photographs. Correspondents include: Randolph G. Adams, Levi L. Barbour, Albert N. Barrett, Charles F.D. Belden, Ewald A. Boucke, Richard R. Bowker. Edouard Champion, Arthur L. Cross, Isaac N. Demmon, Lloyd C. Douglas, Charles Evans, Robert H. Fife, Byron A. Finney, Henry W. Foote, Hamlin Garland, Fredericka Gillette, Francis L.D. Goodrich, Edward E. Hale, Benjamin W. Huebsch, Harry B. Hutchins, Myra B. Jordan, Alfred A. Knopf, Emil Lorch, Nathan W. MacChesney, Douglas C. McMurtrie, William S. Mason, Carl H. Milan, the National Committee of the United States for the Restoration of the University of Louvain, Charles E. Norton, William A. Otis. Herbert Putnam, E.C. Richardson, Walter H. Sawyer, Walter D. Scott, Franklin B. Snyder, Burton E. Stevenson, Albert M. Todd, Andrew D. White, Halsey W. Wilson, and Stefan Zweig.

ArchivalResource: 12 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34420658 View

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879

Title: SIA RU000026, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Correspondence, 1863-1879

This series consists mostly of correspondence addressed to Joseph Henry, much of which received his personal attention; also included are some copies of Henry letters, occasional returned original Henry letters, and a considerable number of letters to Spencer Fullerton Baird.

ArchivalResource: 59.56 cubic feet

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_216640 View

Thorvald Solberg Papers, 1882-1949, (bulk 1897-1930)

Title: Thorvald Solberg Papers 1882-1949 (bulk 1897-1930)

Register of copyrights. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, drafts of copyright legislation, speeches, articles, books, biographical and bibliographical material, financial records, notebooks, photos, and printed matter relating to Solberg's duties as register of copyrights and his efforts to protect literary rights in America and abroad.

ArchivalResource: 4,100 items; 13 containers; 5.2 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013111 View

Henry Oscar Houghton papers, 1773-1932 (bulk 1833-1895)

Title: Henry Oscar Houghton papers

Papers of American printer and publisher Henry Oscar Houghton.

ArchivalResource: 16 boxes (8 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00492/catalog View

Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk).

Title: Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk).

Contracts (with associated materials) of the Houghton Mifflin Company publishing house of Boston, Massachusetts.

ArchivalResource: 36 boxes (48 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00239/catalog View

Baldwin, Elijah,. Baldwin family papers, 1789-1918 (bulk 1867-1908).

Title: Baldwin family papers, 1789-1918 (bulk 1867-1908).

The collection contains mostly correspondence between the adult children and their parents about the farm, their college studies, and news from home. Topics include buying and selling cattle, ashes, sheep, and wool; influenza epidemic in horses; trying to hire immigrant farm laborers; the Barnums and their circus in Bridgeport; and an 1876 fire near the Exposition grounds in Philadelphia. R.R. Bowker writes to Henry about The People's cause publication. Also includes some financial records for farm purchases. Helen's correspondents include Drs. Emily Blackwell, Elizabeth Mesellis, and Mary Horton (ca. 1900, trying to find a job for black physician Harriet Rice); Lyman Abbott thanks Helen for her photograph [includes a cabinet card photo of Abbott].

ArchivalResource: 162 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40837576 View

Theodore Wesley Koch Papers, 1894-1941

Title: Theodore Wesley Koch Papers 1894-1941

Librarian at the Library of Congress, University of Michigan and Northwestern University, and bibliophile. Correspondence, articles and pamphlets, papers relating to his books and articles, and topical files relating to his interest in Carnegie Libraries, literary forgeries, the work of the American Library Association's Library War Service during World War I, library Americanization programs, 1919-1921, and the library building of University of Michigan; also photographs.

ArchivalResource: 12 linear ft. and 1 over size folder

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-851701?rgn=main;view=text View

Booksellers' Training School records, 1912-1918

Title: Booksellers' Training School records 1912-1918

Collection consists of correspondence and other papers relating to a course for training in bookselling as a trade, conducted in New York City in connection with the Young Men's Christian Association under the auspices of the Booksellers' League of New York and directed by B.W. Huebsch.

ArchivalResource: .4 linear foot (1 box)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/337 View

Paul Leicester Ford papers, 1869-1902 [bulk 1885-1895]

Title: Paul Leicester Ford papers, 1869-1902 [bulk 1885-1895]

Paul Leicester Ford (1865-1902) was a historian, novelist and playwright. The bulk of the collection consists of general and family correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of Ford's writings.

ArchivalResource: 15 linear ft. (39 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1043 View

R. R. Bowker Papers, 1831-1931

Title: R. R. Bowker Papers 1831-1931

Editor, publisher, bibliographer, author, literary promoter, and industrial director. Correspondence, certificates, clippings, international copyright law material, literary manuscripts, and miscellaneous items relating chiefly to Bowker's activity as an organizer of the Independent Republican movement. Included are literary manuscripts by European and American authors and correspondence with writers, politicians, and inventors.

ArchivalResource: 2,200 items; 11 containers plus 1 oversize; 2.4 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007011 View

Bowker, R. R. (Richard Rogers), 1848-1933,. Typed letters signed from R.R. Bowker to William Winter [manuscript], 1909.

Title: Typed letters signed from R.R. Bowker to William Winter [manuscript], 1909.

Both letters concern Winter's resignation from the Tribune. (1) on letterhead of Glendale Outlook, Glendale, [Stockbridge], Mass.; (2) on letterhead of R.R. Bowker 298 Broadway, New York.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/495705265 View

Charles Alexander Nelson papers, 1850s-1930s

Title: Charles Alexander Nelson papers 1850s-1930s

Charles Alexander Nelson (1839-1933), librarian and bibliographer, was a Reconstruction administrator in New Bern, North Carolina, for a decade following the U.S. Civil War. He returned to the North in 1875 and worked until 1909 in various libraries. He published bibliographies, indexed books and organizational records, wrote articles, and was a founding member in 1876 of the American Library Association. Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, legal and financial documents, reports, organizational records, scrapbooks, photographs, and printed matter that document Nelson's career. Bulk of the collection is correspondence, 1859-1930s, concerning his work in North Carolina after the Civil War, his positions at the Astor, Howard Memorial, Newberry, and Columbia College libraries, and his activities as a bibliographer, indexer and writer. Also, Nelson's papers from his years in New Bern, 1865-1876; Howard Memorial Library reports, 1889-1891; records, 1880s-1900s, of various organizations to which he belonged; writings including his history of Waltham, Mass.; and personal and miscellaneous materials.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear feet (12 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2114 View

Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence and records, 1832-1944.

Title: Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence and records

Records of Houghton Mifflin Company and its predecessors, containing papers relating to both the printing and publishing branches of the business.

ArchivalResource: 64 linear feet (165 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00009/catalog View

National Sculpture Society correspondence, 1899-1904

Title: National Sculpture Society correspondence 1899-1904

The National Sculpture Society was founded in New York City in 1893 to foster the development and appreciation of sculpture. Society sponsors exhibitions, conducts technical and historical research, participates in international medal expositions, and awards prizes. Collection consists chiefly of letters to William Herbert as secretary of the society, from sculptors, architects, officials of art organizations, and others, relating to the affairs of the society, including exhibitions, meetings, election of new members, adoption of new constitution, and the formation of the McKinley Memorial Award jury. Correspondents include Gutzon Borglum, Richard Rogers Bowker, H.K. Bush-Brown, Daniel Chester French, John La Farge, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear foot (2 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2105 View

Worthington Chauncey Ford papers, 1858-1938, 1880-1925 [bulk]

Title: Worthington Chauncey Ford papers, 1858-1938, 1880-1925 [bulk]

Collection consists of correspondence, writings, notes and transcripts, student notes and notebooks, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, miscellaneous papers, and printed matter. General correspondence, 1862-1938, is between Ford and historians, librarians, scholars, writers, publishers, booksellers, and lawyers, including extensive correspondence with Charles Francis Adams, Henry Cabot Lodge, James Ford Rhodes, and John Franklin Jameson. Family correspondence, 1870-1935, is chiefly incoming letters from many members of Ford's family. Most of the writings are drafts or hand-written manuscripts for works which Ford authored or edited and are concerned with American history and economics. Notes and transcripts are comprised of numerous transcripts of historical letters and other documents with research notes, annotated printed matter, and notebooks (some from Ford's student days.) Diaries, 1873-1918, contain brief entries concerning Ford's activities, and scrapbooks, ca. 1898-1931, consist mostly of clippings and other materials on a particular subject. Photographs are of Ford family members and of various personal and public subjects. Miscellaneous papers include personal papers, writings by individuals other than Ford, records of organizations with which he was affiliated, genealogical documents and biographical sketches of the Fowler and Chauncey families, financial accounts, and ephemera.

ArchivalResource: 75 linear feet (130 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1044 View

Bowker, R. R. (Richard Rogers), 1848-1933. Richard Rogers Bowker Papers, 1856-1958.

Title: Richard Rogers Bowker Papers, 1856-1958.

Records consist of general and family correspondence, personal papers, subject papers, writings and speeches, diaries and travel journals, financial records, papers of Bowker's father, Daniel Rogers Bowker, scrapbooks, photographs, printed matter, and memorabilia. Papers of Daniel Rogers Bowker consist of correspondence concerning business and family matters and patent papers, 1893-1895, for improvements to grain storage warehouses. Collection contains personal and political scrapbooks, 1868-1958; photographs; printed matter with issues of various newspapers, political material, pamphlets, and clippings; and memorabilia.

ArchivalResource: 61 linear feet (126 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122486386 View

Williamson, William Landrum, 1920-. W.L. Williamson - William F. Poole research papers, 1865-1959.

Title: W.L. Williamson - William F. Poole research papers, 1865-1959.

Correspondence, writings, and research notes of W.L. Williamson, 1865-1967, relating to his biography of William F. Poole.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 cubic ft. (6 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52907885 View

Library (University of Michigan) records, 1837-2005, 1920-2000

Title: Library (University of Michigan) records 1837-2005 1920-2000

The University Library system at the University of Michigan provides information resources and services to faculty, students, staff, and the public, and is comprised of undergraduate, graduate, and subject-oriented divisional collections. The record group includes administrative files of library directors, reports, committee files, financial records, photographs, and publications.

ArchivalResource: 293 linear feet and 1 outsize volume.

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-87239?rgn=main;view=text View

Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge), 1825-1900. Letter of Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Teddington, to Richard Rogers Bowker [manuscript] 1887 July 19.

Title: Letter of Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Teddington, to Richard Rogers Bowker [manuscript] 1887 July 19.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647940231 View

Howells family papers, 1850-1954 (inclusive).

Title: Howells family papers, 1850-1954 (inclusive).

Correspondence, compositions, and diaries of American novelist William Dean Howells as well as papers of his wife and children.

ArchivalResource: 52 boxes, 2 volumes, 2 portfolio boxes (26 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01480/catalog View

Free Trade League records, 1916-1933

Title: Free Trade League records 1916-1933

The Free Trade League split off from the American Free Trade League (founded in Boston shortly after the Civil War) in 1919. George Haven Putnam was president of the Free Trade League in New York City until 1930. R.R. Bowker took over the presidency and helped to form the Council for Tariff Reduction which sought to achieve modest reductions in tariff levels by exerting pressure on Congress. The Free Trade League (and Council) ceased operations in 1933. Collection contains correspondence, financial records and printed matter of the Free Trade League and the Council for Tariff Reduction. The bulk of the records consists of Free Trade League correspondence, 1916-1933. Other League records include treasurer's acounts, 1919-1923; financial statements, 1919-1929; and miscellaneous printed materials. Also, correspondence, 1928-1932, of the Council for Tariff Reduction.

ArchivalResource: 6 linear feet (6 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1076 View

Shepard, Edward Morse, 1850-1911. Papers, 1837-1914.

Title: Papers, 1837-1914.

Correspondence, legal papers, and letter books of Shepard. The correspondence, which comprises the largest part of the collection, is rich in information about New York politics and social activities at the turn of the century. The letter books cover the years 1890-1911. The collection also contains legal papers, drafts of speeches, clippings, and memorabilia. Correspondents with Shepard include Felix Adler, Thomas Willing Balch, Frederic Bancroft, Bernard Baruch, Richard Rogers Bowker, William Jennings Bryan, Alfred Clark Chapin, Grover Cleveland, Hamlin Garland, Richard Watson Gilder, Edward Everett Hale, Fletcher Harper, Abram S. Hewitt, Charles Evans Hughes, John La Farge, Henry Cabot Lodge, Josephine Shaw Lowell, Hamilton Mabie, Walter H. Page, Alton B. Parker, George Foster Peabody, Bliss Perry, Joseph Pulitzer, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root, Carl Schurz, Kate Nichols Trask, Oswald Garrison Villard, and Booker T. Washington.

ArchivalResource: 26,000 items (2 v., 79 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122567002 View

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

Worthington Chauncey Ford papers, 1858-1938, 1880-1925 [bulk]

Title: Worthington Chauncey Ford papers, 1858-1938, 1880-1925 [bulk]

Collection consists of correspondence, writings, notes and transcripts, student notes and notebooks, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, miscellaneous papers, and printed matter. General correspondence, 1862-1938, is between Ford and historians, librarians, scholars, writers, publishers, booksellers, and lawyers, including extensive correspondence with Charles Francis Adams, Henry Cabot Lodge, James Ford Rhodes, and John Franklin Jameson. Family correspondence, 1870-1935, is chiefly incoming letters from many members of Ford's family. Most of the writings are drafts or hand-written manuscripts for works which Ford authored or edited and are concerned with American history and economics. Notes and transcripts are comprised of numerous transcripts of historical letters and other documents with research notes, annotated printed matter, and notebooks (some from Ford's student days.) Diaries, 1873-1918, contain brief entries concerning Ford's activities, and scrapbooks, ca. 1898-1931, consist mostly of clippings and other materials on a particular subject. Photographs are of Ford family members and of various personal and public subjects. Miscellaneous papers include personal papers, writings by individuals other than Ford, records of organizations with which he was affiliated, genealogical documents and biographical sketches of the Fowler and Chauncey families, financial accounts, and ephemera.

ArchivalResource: 75 linear feet (130 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1044 View

Oswald Garrison Villard papers

Title: Oswald Garrison Villard papers

Papers of American author, journalist, editor, and social reformer Oswald Garrison Villard. Includes materials that are unsorted and uncataloged.

ArchivalResource: 37 linear feet (169 boxes and 9 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00082/catalog View

Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891. Additional papers, 1767-1898.

Title: James Russell Lowell additional papers, 1767-1898

Correspondence, compositions, photographs, and other materials of American author James Russell Lowell.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes (2 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00941/catalog View

Richard Rogers Bowker papers, 1856-1958

Title: Richard Rogers Bowker papers 1856-1958

Records consist of general and family correspondence, personal papers, subject papers, writings and speeches, diaries and travel journals, financial records, papers of Bowker's father, Daniel Rogers Bowker, scrapbooks, photographs, printed matter, and memorabilia. General correspondence reflects R.R. Bowker's business affairs as well as his interest in tariff reform, free trade, copyright law, library science, civil service, and political reform. Other materials include family correspondence, 1857-1932; personal papers containing items such as childhood letters, school reports, family records, and letters of condolence; and subject papers relating to copyright, the Edison Electric Illuminating Co., free trade and tariff reform, and his biography. Also, letterbooks for the period from 1875 to 1913; Bowker's writings and speeches; diaries, 1859-1932; and travel journals from the 1860s to 1926 for trips in the United States, the West Indies, Europe, the Near East, and around the world in 1898. Financial records include accounts for personal and some business expenses, bank books, cancelled checks, and personal ledgers, 1893-1910.

ArchivalResource: 61 linear feet (126 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/355 View

Roden, Carl B. (Carl Bismarck), 1871-1956. Carl B. Roden - William F. Poole research papers, 1852-1956.

Title: Carl B. Roden - William F. Poole research papers, 1852-1956.

Correspondence and writings of Carl Roden pertaining to William F. Poole, together with correspondence and writings of William F. Poole, publications and transcribed records from institutions and organizations with which Poole was affiliated, and biographical essays and newspaper clippings about him.

ArchivalResource: 1.2 cubic ft. (3 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52908239 View

Progressive National Committee Supporting Franklin D. Roosevelt for President Records, 1936

Title: Progressive National Committee Supporting Franklin D. Roosevelt for President Records 1936

Correspondence, office files, press releases, scrapbook of clippings, and other printed material relating to the committee's activities in the 1936 presidential campaign.

ArchivalResource: 5,000 items; 16 containers; 6.2 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011244 View

Leypoldt, Frederick, 1835-1884. Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1880-1890.

Title: Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1880-1890.

Comprises items from R. R. Bowker, F. Leypoldt, and A. Growold.

ArchivalResource: 12 items (13 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63556502 View