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  • 1906, Feb. 25: Born, Madison, N.J.
  • 1928: A.B., Willamette University,Salem, Oreg.
  • 1930: Clerk, Doubleday & Co.'s Pennsylvania Station bookstore, New York, N.Y.
  • 1934: Editorial department, Doubleday & Co.
  • 1938: Chief associate editor, Doubleday & Co.
  • 1942 - 1971 : Editor in chief, Doubleday & Co.
  • 1948 - 1971 : Vice president, Doubleday & Co.
  • 1949 - 1971 : Director, Doubleday & Co.
  • 1968: Married Anne Hutchens
  • 1971 - : Senior consulting editor, Doubleday & Co.

From the guide to the Ken McCormick Collection of Doubleday and Company, Inc., Records, 1882-1992, (bulk 1910-1992), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Black, Douglas. Douglas Black's Dwight D. Eisenhower collection, 1948-1966. St. Lawrence University, Owen D. Young Library
referencedIn George Balanchine archive, 1924-1989 (inclusive), 1961-1983 (bulk). Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Sibley, Celestine. Celestine Sibley - Peachtree Street, U.S.A. : an affectionate portrait of Atlanta, 1960-1963.
referencedIn Vaughan, Samuel S. Samuel S. Vaughan papers, 1954-1998. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf McFee, William, 1881-1966. William McFee collection of papers, [1914]-[1954]. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Robert Graves collection of papers, 1914-1975 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
creatorOf Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. Vladimir Nabokov papers, 1918-1987 bulk (1934-1975) [microform]. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Gilliss, Walter, 1855-1925. Papers, [ca. 1906-1925] Grolier Club
creatorOf Graves, Robert, 1895-1985. Robert Graves collection of papers, 1914-1975. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Dowdey, Clifford, 1904-1979. Papers of Clifford Dowdey [manuscript], 1941-1967. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Lowe, David, 1933-. David Lowe publication papers on Stanford White, 1991-1992. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Additional papers, 1870-1969. Houghton Library
referencedIn Longwell, Daniel, 1899-1968. Daniel Longwell papers, [ca. 1920]-1974. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records. Series VII., Other Department Files, 1916-1996 (bulk 1943-1969). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Doubleday and Company, inc. Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1947-1963. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Ken McCormick Collection of Doubleday and Company, Inc., Records, 1882-1992, (bulk 1910-1992) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Graham, Alice Walworth. Alice Walworth Graham papers, 1884-1992 (bulk 1922-1975). Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries
referencedIn Kelly, Harold Osman, 1884-1955. Correspondence, 1948-1990 (bulk 1948-1958). Texas A&M University, Evans Library & Annex; Main campus library complex
referencedIn Meiselman, Ben. Herbert Weinstock collection, 1750-1989 (bulk 1813-1971). New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Doubleday and Company, inc. Records of Doubleday and Company, inc., 1955-1965. Library of Congress
creatorOf Beattie, Ann. Papers of Ann Beattie [manuscript], 1972-1996. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Taylor, Frank J., 1894-1972. Frank Taylor papers, 1928-1967. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Appleton, Sarah. Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1975-1976. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Knibbs, Henry Herbert, 1874-1945. Henry Herbert Knibbs papers, 1906-1951. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935. Papers of T.E. Lawrence, 1894-2006 (bulk 1911-2000). Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Gore Vidal papers, 1850-2020 (inclusive), 1936-2008 (bulk) Houghton Library
referencedIn Inventory of the H. O. Kelly Correspondence Dykes MSS 00111., 1948-1990; bulk 1948-1958 Cushing Memorial Library,
creatorOf Doubleday and Company, inc. Literary landamrk. Typescript (mimeograph) circular, unsigned, 1976 March 16. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records. : Series I., General Correspondence, 1922-1977 (bulk 1946-1966). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Jones, Madison, 1925-. Madison Jones papers, 1950-1989. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Inventory of the Everette B. Long Papers 1949-1981 Cushing Memorial Library,
creatorOf Jones, James, 1921-1977. James Jones Papers, 1890-1981 (bulk 1941-1978). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Voices from the Food Revolution: People Who Changed The Way Americans Eat, An oral history project conducted by Judith Weinraub, 2009-2011 Fales Library & Special Collections
creatorOf Powys, John Cowper, 1872-1963. John Cowper Powys letter to Wallace Brockway and Bart Weiner, 1948 Nov. 4. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Ernst Reichl Papers, 1899-1981. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn R. Buckminster Fuller Papers Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn William McFee collection of papers, 1914]-[1954 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
creatorOf Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records. : Series II., Alfred A. Knopf Personal, 1874-1984 (bulk 1953-1984). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Dowdey, Clifford, 1904-1979. Papers, 1941-1967. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Pohl, Frederik. Letters to Doubleday and Co., 1959-1975. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn James B. Pinker collection of papers, 1886-1926 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
referencedIn Paul Ramsey Papers, 1934-1984 and undated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Nahum Sabsay papers, 1924-1969. Houghton Library
creatorOf Olsen, Tillie. Tell me a riddle : page proofs with holograph and typed corrections, 1960 Aug. 5 and 24. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Wright, Barbara, 1915-2009. Papers, ca. 1933-2009. Indiana University
referencedIn Massee, May, 1889-1966. Reminiscences of May Massee : oral history, 1966. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Grove, Fred. Papers, 1940-1976, 1958-1976. Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library
referencedIn Harry Levin papers Houghton Library
referencedIn James B. Pinker and Sons (firm). Correspondence to and from Pinker and Sons concerning Aldous Huxley, 1922-1934 and 1943. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Widdemer, Margaret. The Dark Cavalier : the collected poems of Margaret Widdemer, 1957. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954. Correspondence, 1948. University of Toledo, William S. Carlson Library
creatorOf Pinker, James B. James B. Pinker collection of papers, 1886-1926. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn New Directions Publishing records Houghton Library
creatorOf Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records. Series V., Editor Files, 1873-1984 (bulk 1960-1980). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Velikovsky, Immanuel, 1895-. Immanuel Velikovsky papers, 1920-1996 (bulk 1930-1979) Princeton University Library
creatorOf Crook, Elizabeth, 1959-. Elizabeth Crook Papers, 1984-2000. Texas State University-San Marcos, Albert B. Alkek Library
creatorOf Rosenberg, David, 1943-. Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1974-1990. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940. Letters to Sara Weber, 1933-1940. Houghton Library
creatorOf Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970. Papers of John Dos Passos [manuscript], 1896-1970. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Hill, Frank Ernest, 1888-1969. Frank Ernest Hill papers, 1905-1969. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Vladimir Nabokov papers, 1918-1987, 1934-1975 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
referencedIn Francis van Wyck Mason novels, 1946-1961. Houghton Library
creatorOf Doubleday and Company, Inc. Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1952. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Reichl, Ernst, 1900-1980. Papers, 1899-1981. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf A. P. Watt and Son. Records, 1861-1971 bulk (1880-1949). New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. Vladimir Nabokov papers, 1918-1987 bulk (1934-1975). New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Doubleday and Company, inc. Correspondence to Chaim Potok, 1976-1999. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn McCormick, Ken, 1906-1997. Reminiscences of Kenneth Dale McCormick : oral history, 1975. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf O'Connor, Richard, 1915-1975. Papers, [undated] Raymond H. Fogler Library
referencedIn Edmund Wilson papers, 1829-1986, 1920-1972 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. corporateBody
associatedWith Appleton, Sarah. person
associatedWith A. P. Watt and Son. corporateBody
correspondedWith Balanchine, George. person
associatedWith Barker, Lee. person
associatedWith Beattie, Ann. person
associatedWith Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943 person
associatedWith Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931 person
associatedWith Black, Douglas. person
associatedWith Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954. person
associatedWith Bradbury, Walter. person
associatedWith Cady, Howard S. person
associatedWith Catton, Bruce, 1899-1978. person
associatedWith Claussen, Clara. person
associatedWith Costain, Thomas Bertram, 1885- person
associatedWith Coward, Noel, 1899-1973 person
associatedWith Crook, Elizabeth, 1959- person
correspondedWith Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962 person
associatedWith Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970. person
associatedWith Doubleday and Company, inc. Ken McCormick collection of Doubleday and Company, inc., records. 1882-1992. corporateBody
associatedWith Dowdey, Clifford, 1904-1979. person
associatedWith Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 person
associatedWith Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989 person
associatedWith Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 person
associatedWith Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983 person
associatedWith Gallico, Paul, 1897-1976 person
associatedWith Gilliss, Walter, 1855-1925. person
associatedWith Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson, 1873-1945 person
associatedWith Gordey, Beverly. person
associatedWith Graham, Alice Walworth. person
associatedWith Graves, Robert, 1895-1985. person
associatedWith Grove, Fred. person
associatedWith Hailey, Arthur. person
associatedWith Haley, Alex. person
associatedWith Henry, O., 1862-1910 person
associatedWith Hill, Frank Ernest, 1888-1969. person
associatedWith James B. Pinker and Sons (firm) corporateBody
associatedWith Jones, James, 1921-1977. person
associatedWith Jones, Madison, 1925- person
associatedWith Keller, Helen, 1880-1968 person
associatedWith Kelly, Harold Osman, 1884-1955 person
associatedWith Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968 person
associatedWith Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 person
associatedWith Knibbs, Henry Herbert, 1874-1945. person
associatedWith Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935. person
associatedWith Levin, Harry, 1912-1994 person
associatedWith Long, E. B. (Everette Beach), 1919-1981 person
associatedWith Longwell, Daniel, 1899-1968. person
associatedWith Lowe, David, 1933- person
associatedWith Mason, F. van Wyck (Francis van Wyck), 1901- person
associatedWith Massee, May, 1889-1966. person
associatedWith Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965 person
associatedWith Maule, Harry E. (Harry Edward), 1886- person
associatedWith McCormick, Ken, 1906- person
associatedWith McFee, William, 1881- person
associatedWith McFee, William, 1881-1966. person
associatedWith Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957 person
associatedWith Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. person
correspondedWith New Directions Publishing Corp. corporateBody
associatedWith Norris, Kathleen Thompson, 1880-1966 person
associatedWith O'Connor, Richard, 1915-1975. person
associatedWith Olsen, Tillie. person
associatedWith Pinker, James B. person
associatedWith Pohl, Frederik. person
associatedWith Powys, John Cowper, 1872-1963. person
associatedWith Prokosch, Frederic, 1908-1989 person
associatedWith Prude, Walter. person
correspondedWith Ramsey, Paul person
associatedWith Reed, Ishmael, 1938- person
associatedWith Reichl, Ernst, 1900-1980. person
associatedWith Roberts, Ellin K. person
associatedWith Roberts, Kenneth Lewis, 1885-1957 person
associatedWith Rosenberg, David, 1943- person
associatedWith Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980. person
correspondedWith Sabsay, Nahum, 1890- person
associatedWith Shulman, Max, 1919-1988 person
associatedWith Sibley, Celestine. person
associatedWith Slaughter, Frank G. (Frank Gill), 1908-2001 person
associatedWith Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993 person
associatedWith Stone, Irving, 1903-1989 person
associatedWith Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946 person
associatedWith Taylor, Frank J., 1894-1972. person
associatedWith Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940. person
associatedWith Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 person
associatedWith Vaughan, Samuel S. person
associatedWith Velikovsky, Immanuel, 1895- person
correspondedWith Vidal, Gore, 1925- person
associatedWith Widdemer, Margaret. person
associatedWith Wills, Garry, 1934- person
associatedWith Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972. person
associatedWith Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975 person
associatedWith Wouk, Herman, 1915- person
associatedWith Wright, Barbara, 1915-2009. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
Subject
Publishers and publishing
Authors, American
Authors
Authors and publishers
Book editors
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Activity

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Active 1886

Active 1926

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