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In 1856, William H. Rand established a printing office above Keen and Lee's Bookstore at 148 Lake Street in Chicago, Illinois.

In 1858, he hired Andrew McNally and shortly after, they became partners and formed Rand McNally and Company. Rand McNally has since become a prolific publisher operating in a variety of areas. They established themselves as a household name in the United States and became known around the world for their cartographic products, producing not only the maps, globes, and atlases which have become their trademark, but also a variety of trade books (in particular juvenile books), educational texts and materials, financial publications, periodicals, and a wide range of miscellaneous job printing work, including many railroad tickets and coupons. Among the firm's most popular publications were the Western Railway Guide, the Business Atlas, innumerable pocket and road maps, the Globe Library series of books, the Handy Guide series, textbooks, Goode's Atlas, Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl, the New International Atlas, the juvenile Elf Books series, and several Marguerite Henry books, including Misty of Chincoteague. During their period of growth and expansion in the twentieth century, Rand McNally acquired a few smaller printing companies, including the W.B. Conkey Co. in 1949, a Canadian publisher (which became Rolph McNally), and a ticket and coupon printing company in Chicago. The McNally family was the majority owner of the company for nearly 100 years, from 1899 until 1997, at which time the family decided to divest its majority stake. Since then the company has been owned by two or three different entities, most recently by Patriarch Partners.

From the description of Rand McNally and Company records, 1856-1996. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 656273920
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creatorOf Map collection, 1838-1986. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Jacobs, Elmer, 1900-. Elmer Jacobs papers, 1925-1982. Newberry Library
referencedIn Smith, Fredrika Shumway. Fredrika Shumway Smith papers, 1941-1967. Newberry Library
creatorOf Rand McNally and Company. [Miscellaneous pamphlets]. Chicago History Museum
creatorOf Rand McNally and Company. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1902-1914. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Autograph File, V, 1476-1947. Houghton Library
referencedIn Smith, Robert S. Papers, ca. 1949-1978. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
creatorOf Rand McNally and Company. Pocket map of Tennessee, 1924. Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA
creatorOf Rand McNally and Company. Ferrocarriles del Estado FF. CC. Guayaquil-Salinas : 152 km. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries
referencedIn The Maurice & Ethlynn Fox Map Collection, 1540-1974, 1703-1925 Hiram College
referencedIn Golden Family Collection, 1795-1996 Working Men's Institute of New Harmony, Indiana
referencedIn Leroy F. Jackson Papers The Huntington Library
creatorOf Rand McNally and Company. Rand McNally and Company records, 1856-1996. Newberry Library
referencedIn Jones, Mary Alice, 1898-. Harvey family papers, 1800-2007, bulk 1851-1984. Newberry Library
referencedIn Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940. Letter and revised galley proofs, 1902 Mar. 30. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf A. Roller (Firm). Trade catalogs of woodworking, 1856-1948. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
referencedIn William Ernest Hocking papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Grant, Bruce. [Notes on the history of Rand McNally and Company / compiled by Bruce Grant] Newberry Library
referencedIn Midwest Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library). McNally family papers, 1788-2002, bulk 1850-1993. Newberry Library
referencedIn Emerson family correspondence, ca. 1725-1900. Houghton Library
creatorOf Cunningham, Charles Crehore, 1910-1979. Curatorial Office Records of Charles Cunningham, 1973-1977. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, The Clark
creatorOf Rand McNally and Company. Oklahoma, Indian Territory. University of Central Oklahoma, Chambers Library
creatorOf Rand McNally and Company. Letter, 1889 Jul. 13, Chicago, to Voltairine de Cleyre, St. Johns, Mich. University of Michigan
creatorOf Shaw, W. W. [W.W. Shaw, Jr. collection]. Library of Congress
creatorOf American Steel Furniture Co. Trade catalogs of furniture, 1887-1931. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf Rand McNally and Company. Information on railroad routes, 1890-1960 (inclusive). Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library
creatorOf Voltairine De Cleyre Papers, 1876-1914 University of Michigan
referencedIn Gore Vidal papers, 1850-2020 (inclusive), 1936-2008 (bulk) Houghton Library
creatorOf Rand McNally and Company. Correspondence to Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1968, 1975. University of Pennsylvania Library
creatorOf Bartholomew, J. G. (John George), 1860-1920. Protestant mission presses of the world : prepared June 6, 1919 from World atlas of Christian missions 1911 / [base map by John G. Bartholomew?]. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Andreĭ Sakharov papers, 1852-2002 (inclusive), 1960-1990 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.). Century of Progress collection, 1933-1934 and undated. Mclean County Historical Society Library
creatorOf Rand McNally and Company. New sectional map of Colorado. Boulder Public Library
creatorOf Rand McNally and Company. Letter, 1937, to Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Ella Clark collection of American Indian Educational filmstrips National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center
creatorOf Hazzard, George Henry, 1846-1929. George Henry Hazzard papers, 1885-1951. Minnesota Historical Society Library
creatorOf De Cleyre, Voltairine, 1866-1912. Collection, 1876-1914. University of Michigan
referencedIn Wenninger, William C. (William Charles). A romance with life / by William C. Wenninger. Newberry Library
creatorOf Lane, Alfred C. (Alfred Church), b. 1863. [Maps by Alfred C. Lane], 1889-1907. State Archive of Michigan
creatorOf R. Hoe & Company. R. Hoe & Company records, 1858-1878. Newberry Library
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correspondedWith Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966 person
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associatedWith Lane, Alfred C. (Alfred Church), b. 1863. person
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