Editor's records (1909-1986) chiefly document the tenure of Bertha Mahony Miller (1882-1969) as editor of Horn Book magazine, president and chair of the board of Horn Book, Inc., and director of the Bookshop for Boys and Girls, including extensive correspondence with prominent members of the children's literature field including authors, illustrators, librarians, and editors; together with records of subsequent editors Jennie D. Lindquist and Ruth Hill Viguers. Administrative records (1930-1981) include materials from all aspects of the magazine including subscription and production, materials on other publications and promotion of Horn Book, Inc., and financial records of the company. Horn Book, Inc. records (1956-1963) include council, advisory board, and board of directors meeting minutes. Caroline Hewin records (1899-1977) include materials of and about Hewin including extensive personal correspondence with Anne Carroll Moore. Scrapbooks (1921-1967) contain clippings, promotional materials, programs, and copies of correspondence, relating to the Bookshop for Boys and Girls, Horn Book magazine, and various Horn Book publications, and copies of cuts, the printed or reproduced illustrations and photographs used in the magazine. Publications (1919-1982) include paperback monographs, booklists, newsletters, special issues and reprints of the magazine, Horn Book, Inc. catalogs, and other material. Correspondents include Isaac Asimov, Virginia Lee Burton, Walter de la Mare, Elinor Whitney Field, Virginia Haviland, Alice M. Jordan, Lois Lenski, May Massee, Frederic Melcher, Katherine Milhous, Beatrix Potter, Frances Clarke Sayers, Ruth Sawyer, J.R.R. Tolkien, Nora Unwin, and Laura Ingalls Wilder.
