Houghton Mifflin Company reader reports on manuscripts submitted for publication, 1882-1931.

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Houghton Mifflin Company reader reports on manuscripts submitted for publication, 1882-1931.

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This collection does not contain the literary manuscripts themselves, but rather the reader's comments about them. Dates spanned are from September 1882 until January 1931. Most submissions were not accepted for publication. Categories were assigned by Houghton Mifflin Company upon receipt (see Index of categories at end of the finding aid). The last item is a "A guide to preparation of manuscript,...to the printer," Riverside Press, 1960.

103 boxes, 1 volume (130 linear ft.)

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Houghton, Mifflin and Company.

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Boston, Mass., publishing firm. From the description of Houghton, Mifflin and Company note [manuscript], 1899 April 18. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 715378844 ...

Houghton Mifflin Company.

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Houghton Mifflin Company, publishing house of Boston, Mass., From the description of Houghton Mifflin Company records, 1832-1944. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612205133 Houghton Mifflin Company, publishing house of Boston, Massachusetts, traces its roots back to the firm of Ticknor and Fields, the premier "literary" publishing house in the United States during the middle years of the nineteenth century; and to the Riverside Press, Henry Oscar Houghton's printi...