Stratemeyer Syndicate records 1895-1987

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Stratemeyer Syndicate records 1895-1987

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The Stratemeyer Syndicate Records consist of legal and financial documents, letters, and notebooks which record the operations of some aspects of the syndicate from the 1960s to 1984, and the sale of the publishing concern in 1984.

Total Boxes: 13; Linear Feet: 9.25

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6349783

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Adams, Harriet Stratemeyer

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Stratemeyer, Edward, 1862-1930

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Axelrad, Nancy S.

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Stratemeyer Syndicate

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The Stratemeyer Syndicate, a publishing concern that generated several children's fiction series, such as Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys and the Bobbsey Twins. Started by Edward Stratemeyer in the 1890s, the series was continued by his daughter Harriet Stratemeyer Adams until her death in 1984, then by partners until the Syndicate was sold to Simon & Schuster in 1984. From the description of Stratemeyer Syndicate records, 1895-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702132892 T...

Simon and Schuster Inc

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Simon and Schuster had been a publisher of English translations of Werfel's works in the 1920s and 1930s (by the time of this correspondence, those rights had been transferred to Viking Press). Richard Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster were the founders and heads of the company, which was based in New York City; they maintained a personal friendship with Werfel and Alma Mahler. Howe was an editor at Simon and Schuster. From the description of Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Wer...