Papers, 1945-1974.

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Papers, 1945-1974.

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Collection contains correspondence (1945, 1955, 1973-1976); biographical information and materials regarding Weybright's own published works (1959-1966); and subject files containing correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports and financial materials on the New American Library and various authors, other publishers and the sale of the New American Library to the Times Mirror Company (1946-1974).

5.95 cubic ft. (12 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7251209

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Times Mirror Company

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Weybright, Victor, 1903-

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Victor Weybright (1903-1978) a publisher, founded the New American Library in 1947 with Kurt Enoch. The New American Library became known for its paperback publishing and also published Mentor and Signet books. The New American Library was sold in 1960 to Times Mirror Company of Los Angeles and Weybright left the company in 1966 to found the publishing firm of Weybright & Talley, Inc. with Truman M. Talley. From the description of Papers, 1945-1974. (University of Wyoming, Americ...

New American Library.

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NAL, based in New York and beginning in 1948, produced affordable paperback reprints of classics and scholarly works, as well as popular, pulp, and "hard-boiled" fiction. Non-fiction, original, and hardcopy issues were also produced. Victor Weybright and Kurt Enoch founded the New American Library of World Literature, Inc. (NAL), in 1948. NAL was established as an autonomous American publishing house after branching off from its British-based parent company, Penguin Book...