Bobbs-Merrill mss. 1885-1957

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Bobbs-Merrill mss. 1885-1957

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Collection consists of the papers of the Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., located in Indianapolis, IN.

131,056 items

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Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6625042

Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)

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Daviess, Maria Thompson, 1872-1924

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Maria Thompson Daviess (November 25, 1872 – September 3, 1924) was an American artist and feminist author. She is best known for her popular novels written in the early 20th century, with a "Pollyanna" outlook, as well as several short stories. Daviess was affiliated with the Equal Suffrage League in Tennessee, being the co-founder and vice-president of the chapter in Nashville and an organizer of the chapter in Madison. Maria (sometimes "Marie") Thompson Daviess was born in Harrodsburg, Kent...

Bobbs-Merrill Company

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Publishing company located in Indianapolis, IN. Founded by Samuel Merrill, Sr. in 1850, initially as a bookstore that expanded into a publishing house under his son, Samuel Merrill, Jr., and subsequent partners following the Civil War. The name went through several permutations Merrill, Meigs, and Company; the Bowen-Merrill Company; and finally Bobbs-Merrill, named in part after director William Conrad Bobbs, in 1903. Bobbs-Merrill published works of many significant authors, including James Whi...