Archives of John Day Company

ArchivalResource

Archives of John Day Company

1926-1969

The collection consists of editorial files of the American publisher John Day Company, Inc., from its founding in 1926 until 1969. The bulk of the archives is comprised of correspondence between the publishing company's editors and authors, such as Pearl Buck, but it also includes some business material relating to requests for permission to quote and foreign rights of authors, agents, and publishers.

239.4 linear feet, 570 archival boxes

eng, Latn

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SNAC Resource ID: 11623394

Princeton University Library

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Josephson, Aksel Gustav Salomon, 1860-1944

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Aksel Gustav Salomon Josephson was born in Uppsala, Sweden on October 2, 1860 to Hilda Augusta Schram and the composer Jacob Axel Josephson. He acquired vast bibliographical knowledge as a bookseller, having established his store in Uppsala in 1885. On September 18, 1893, Josephson immigrated to the United States and enrolled at the New York State Library School at Albany but withdrew before completing the program. He did bibliographic work for Publisher's Weekly before, in 1894, becoming a cata...