Frank P. O'Brien papers 1862-1922

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Frank P. O'Brien papers 1862-1922

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Frank P. O'Brien, a dentist in New York City, was a collector of Beadle and Adams dime novels and half-dime novels. These novels were published from 1859 to 1905 (Orville J. Victor was the editor). Dr. O'Brien was known as "the living authority on the affairs of the House of Beadle". Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, copyrights, certificates of deposit, miscellaneous accounts and notes, and printed matter. Personal correspondence includes letters, 1865-1921, from authors of the dime novels mostly to Dr. O'Brien. Manuscripts are of short stories by Beadle authors and various manuscripts for a prize contest. Also, copyrights, 1867-1869, issued by the Library of Congress; certificates of deposit, 1862-1869, of title pages for copyright; Beadle related letters, accounts and notes, 1865-1897; and newsclippings concerning dime novels.

1 linear foot (1 box)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6312447

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Beadle, Erastus Flavel, 1821-1894

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Erastus F. Beadle was born in New York State in 1821. In 1857 he went west to Omaha, Neb., where he failed to make his fortune. In 1858 he returned to New York, where he prospered as senior partner of Beadle and Adams, publisher of the popular Beadle's Dime Novels. From the description of Erastus F. Beadle diary, 1857. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 70271358 ...

Beadle and Adams (1872-1898)

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The Beadle Dime Novels , together with numerous other publications issued by the firms Beadle and Co., Irwin P. Beadle and Co., and Beadle and Adams, were a tremendously successful foray in cheap literature for the mass public. Dime novels, like the story papers that had preceded them and the pulp magazines that would replace them in the twentieth century, delivered adventurous or sensational stories in inexpensive, paper-bound editions. Although the Beadle brothers,...

O'Brien, Frank P.

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Frank P. O'Brien, a dentist in New York City, was a collector of Beadle and Adams dime novels and half-dime novels. These novels were published from 1859 to 1905 (Orville J. Victor was the editor). Dr. O'Brien was known as "the living authority on the affairs of the House of Beadle". From the guide to the Frank P. O'Brien papers, 1862-1922, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Frank P. O'Brien, a dentist in New York City, was a colle...