James family publication accounts and correspondence, 1890-1923.

Atlantic Monthly Press

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The Atlantic Monthly Press was founded in 1917 as the publishing division of the Atlantic Monthly Company, publishers of the Atlantic Monthly magazine. Ellery Sedwick, editor of the Atlantic Monthly from 1909 to 1938, envisioned the press as a means to publish books expanded from articles and stories originally published in the Atlantic Monthly. The press had few best sellers, and, in 1925, Little, Brown and Company acquired the Atlantic Monthly Press through a merger arranged by S...

State Street Bank and Trust Company (Boston, Mass.)

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The State Street Bank and Trust Company of Boston was established in 1891 with the founding of the State Street Deposit and Trust Company. The corporation continued to grow by acquiring or merging with several other Boston banks. During the 1950s, it acquired both the Rockland Bank and the Second National Bank of Boston. The Second National Bank of Boston itself was the result of several mergers and acquisitions of smaller banks. Chartered in 1833 as the Granite Bank, it became the Second Nation...

Henry James, 1879-1947

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James, Alice Howe Gibbens

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J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.

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J.M. Dent & Sons, book publishers of London, England, was founded in 1888 by Joseph Malaby Dent (1859-1926). The company achieved success by selling cheap editions of the classics to the working class. Dent's first major production, the Temple Shakespeare series, was established in 1894, followed in 1906 by Everyman's Library, a series of 1000 volumes. Eventually, Dent's publishing activities expanded to include textbooks, children's books, educational books, self-help books, and travel guid...

Perry, Ralph Barton, 1876-1957

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Perry graduated from Harvard in 1897 and taught philosophy at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Ralph Barton Perry, 1891-1957 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973152 Perry received his A.M. in 1897 and his Ph.D in 1899 from Harvard, and taught philosophy at Harvard. From the description of Public opinion and the Civil War : paper for History 20e, 1896-1898. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074149 ...

Equitable Trust Company of New York,

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J. M. (Joseph Malaby) Dent

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Harper & Brothers.

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Correspondence (129 letters) and typescript (unsigned) revisions and notes, 1954, (23 p.) concerning the publication of The Scope of Total Architecture by Walter Gropius. Includes 22 letters from Gropius. From the description of Correspondence with Walter Gropius, 1952-1956. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612369957 Publishing firm in New York City. From the description of Harper & Brothers Records 1817-1929. (Columbia University In the City of New ...

William James, 1842-1910

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Geo. H. Ellis (Firm).

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Ellis, George (George H.)

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Review of Reviews (New York, N.Y.).

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The Golden Book Magazine (1925-1935) was a monthly eclectic periodical devoted to reprinting the best short stories of the past. It was founded by Henry Wysham Lanier, who was its editor from 1925 to 1928. From the guide to the Review of Reviews (New York, N. Y.), Golden Book Magazine, editorial correspondence, 1921-1935., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) The Golden Book Magazine (1925-1935) was a monthly eclectic periodical devoted to reprinti...

L. H. Bigelow & Co.

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E.P. Dutton (Firm)

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American book publishing company E. P. Dutton was founded by Edward Payson Dutton in Boston in 1852 as a bookseller. In 1864 Dutton opened a branch office in New York City and in 1869 relocated his headquarters there, where he began publishing as well as selling. In 1906, the company captured an important partner when it became the American distributor of the Everyman's Library series, published by the English firm J. M. Dent. Dutton remained at the helm of his company u...

Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.)

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Angier, Roswell Parker, 1874-1946

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Lincoln MacVeagh.

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Flammarion (Firm)

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Longmans, Green, and Co.

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Rockefeller Institute.

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In 1892, the physician and medical administrator Simon Flexner began research on cerebrospinal meningitis, a meningococcal disease with an untreated mortality rate between 70 and 90%. Experimenting on monkeys, Flexner developed a promising serum treatment for the disease by 1903, which he used extensively during the epidemic outbreaks of meningitis in New York City in 1904-1905 and 1907. For several years, Flexner kept his serum under his close supervision, with the result that the Rockefeller I...

Charles Du Bos

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Henry Holt and Company.

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Henry Holt was born on January 3, 1840 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was educated at General Prosser’s school in New Haven before attending Yale University. Although he graduated from Columbia University School of Law in 1864, Holt was fascinated by literature and decided to enter the publishing world. He started his first company, Leypoldt and Holt in 1866. In 1873 Leypoldt retired and the firm became Henry Holt and Co. His most popular series was the Leisure Hour series, launched in 1872. Later i...

Holt, Edwin B. (Edwin Bissell), 1873-1946

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Burlingame, Edward L. (Edward Livermore), 1848-1922

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Biographical Note Anson Burlingame 1820, Nov. 14 Born, New Berlin, N.Y. 1847 Married Jane Cornelia Livermore 1852 Elected to Massachusetts senate 1855 ...

Warren, Edward H.

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Charles Scribner.

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Judson, Higson & Clarke

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Macmillan publishing company

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Lloyds Bank.

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Lubbock, Percy, 1879-1965

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Percy Lubbock (1879-1965) was a British critic and biographer, whose works include Earlham (1922), an account of his own Norfolk childhood holidays; Roman Pictures (1923), which describes an English tourist's responses to Rome; Shades of Eton (1923), recollections of his schooldays; and Portrait of Edith Wharton (1947). He edited a selection of H. James's letters (1920); also a selection from A. C. Benson's diary (1926). His The Craft of Fiction (1921) analyses the techniques of Tolstoy, Flauber...

Houghton, Mifflin and Company.

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Boston, Mass., publishing firm. From the description of Houghton, Mifflin and Company note [manuscript], 1899 April 18. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 715378844 ...

Charles Scribner's Sons.

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Charles Scribner, 1821-1871, was a partner in the publishing firm of Baker & Scribner, 1846-1871, and carried on alone after Baker's death in 1850. He formed Scribner & Welford in 1857. Charles Scribner's Sons was established in 1870, the same year SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY began. His son Charles, 1854-1930, became president in 1875. He began SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE in 1887. It ceased publication in 1930. His son Charles, 1890-1952, became president in 1932. From the description of Char...

Constable (Firm)

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The publisher, Constable & Company has its origins with Scottish publisher, Archibald Constable at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Constable founded the EDINBURGH REVIEW and gained notice as the publisher of Sir Walter Scott. Severe financial problems in 1826 caused the bankruptcy of Constable's publishing house. The Constable & Co. associated with these records had its origins in 1890 when Archibald's grandson turned over his interests to a nephew, H. A...

Pinker, James B.

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Eric S. Pinker

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Greenslet, Ferris, 1875-1959

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Novelist. From the description of Letter to Owen Wister [manuscript] 1908 March 17. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647947618 Ferris Greenslet (1875-1959) was an American editor and writer. He was an associate editor of the Atlantic Monthly from 1902 to 1907 and, in 1910, became director of the Houghton Mifflin Company. His works include: The Quest of the Holy Grail: an Interpretation and a Paraphrase of the Holy Legends (1902) and The life of Thom...

John Williams Cunliffe

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James family.

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Henry James, Sr. (1811-1882): author and religious philosopher; father of Henry James, Jr. and William James. Henry James, Jr. (1843-1916): novelist. William James (1842-1910): philosopher and psychologist; father of Henry James (1879-1947). Alice Howe Gibbens James (1849-1922): wife of William James. Henry James (1879-1947): lawyer and biographer; son of William James. Fr...

Arthur Young & Company

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Harada, Tasuku, 1863-1940

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Briggs, William Harlowe, 1876-1952

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American writer and publisher. From the description of Papers, 1895-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155507931 Briggs was an American playwright and editor at Harper & Brothers. From the description of William Harlowe Briggs papers, 1864-1940 (bulk 1900-1936). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 86148393 ...