Curtis Publishing Company records, circa 1887-1960.

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Curtis Publishing Company records, circa 1887-1960.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155905462

The Records fall into three major categories, in addition to a fourth category containing a small amount of historical material: (1) Ladies' Home Journal, ca. 1887-1946: correspondence (principally with editor William V. Alexander), financial records, and a small amount of historical material related to the publication; (2) Division of Commercial Research, Advertising Department, ca. 1911-1960: research reports, speeches, and statistical studies directed by Charles Coolidge Parlin, his associates and successors, such as Henry Sherwood Youker; (3) Serials, ca. 1913-1957: in-house publicatons of the Curtis Company; and (4) Historical material, scrapbooks, and memorabilia.

184 boxes.

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6901339

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Youker, Henry Sherwood.

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Parlin, Charles C. (Charles Coolidge), 1898-

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Alexander, William Valentine

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Curtis publishing company

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Publishing firm specializing in periodicals, including Ladies' Home Journal, Saturday Evening Post, and Country Gentleman, founded by Cyrus H.K. Curtis (1850-1933). From the description of Curtis Publishing Company records, circa 1887-1960. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155905462 Cyrus H. Curtis, a pioneer of modern magazine publishing in the United States, established the Curtis Publishing Company in 1891 in Philadelphia. Prior to this, Cyrus Cur...