Macmillan Company of Canada fonds. -- 1897-1996. --

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Macmillan Company of Canada fonds. -- 1897-1996. --

There have been nine accruals. Four of the accruals are main accruals and designated Parts I through IV. The first accrual consists of Parts I and II. Part I, 1905-1965, is arranged into two series: executive and author. The executive series is arranged into the following sub-series: correspondence by president -- Frank Wise, Hugh Eayrs, Robert Huckvale and John Gray; other executive material; and financial material. The author series is arranged into the following sub-series: manuscripts, author correspondence, readers' reports, copyright registrations and assignments, contracts, publicity files, and production files. Part II, 1902-1980, is arranged into the following series: executive, author, royalties, and production and promotion. The executive series is arranged into the following sub-series: correspondence by president and other executives: Hugh Eayrs, John Gray, Hugh Kane, Gladys E. Neale, Ed Trefiak, George Gilmour and John W. Baker, other executive material; financial material. The author series is arranged into the following sub-series: manuscripts, typescripts and proofs, author correspondence, rejection letters, abandoned projects and contracts. The royalties series is arranged into the following sub-series: royalty worksheets, sales reports, royalty correspondence, royalty reports and statements. The second accrual measures 19.9 m, and consists of Part III, 1918-1975. It is arranged into the following series: artwork, miscellaneous artwork, oversize artwork, and a number of appendices: artwork not kept, correspondence, financial, inventory, catalogues, photographs, books, magazines and booklets. The third accrual measures 64 cm, and mainly consists of material relating to John Diefenbaker's memoir One Canada. The fourth accrual (19-1990) measures 10.2 m, and consists of copyright registrations. The fifth accrual (25-1991) consists of a permissions book. The sixth accrual (06-1993) consists of Part IV, 1947-1992. It has been arranged into the following series: manuscripts, typescripts, proofs; promotion; executive (Douglas M. Gibson, Linda McKnight) author correspondence; executive (Douglas M. Gibson) other material; executive, minutes and related documents; contracts, subsidiary rights and permission (Ann Nelles); artwork. The seventh accrual (11-1993) consists of items concerning Frank Wise. The eighth (14-1999) measures 4.2 m, and has been arranged into the following series: author correspondence; book awards; government and grants; annual book sales. The ninth accrual (09-2003) measures 3.41 m, and has been arranged into the following series: executive records, acquisitions and mergers, property records, financial records, correspondence and legal decisions, contract summaries and royalty statements, manuscript indices and promotion.

111.6 m of textual records, and graphic material.

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Administrative history unavailable. From the description of Macmillan Company of Canada fonds. 1944-1972. (University of British Columbia Library). WorldCat record id: 606469249 ...