E. Byrne Hackett papers, 1905-1954 (inclusive).

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E. Byrne Hackett papers, 1905-1954 (inclusive).

The papers consist of correspondence, subject files, writings, speeches, and memorabilia documenting E. Byrne Hackett's career in publishing and bookselling.

.5 linear ft. (1 box)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8027488

Yale University Library

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Yale University press

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See "A Brief History of Yale University Press" by Robert Pranzatelli, adapted from A World of Letters by Nicholas A. Basbanes, available at <http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/about.asp>. From the guide to the Yale University Press records, 1919-1964, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library) I. THE FIRST HALF-CENTURY From its founding in 1908 by George Parmly Day, Yale University Press sought to acquire and publish important works of scholarship, issuin...

Hackett, Edmond Byrne, 1879-

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Edmond Byrne Hackett was born in Kilkenny, Ireland on June 8, 1879 and came to the United States in 1895. He was employed as a salesman by Doubleday Page & Company in New York from 1901-1907, and as manager of publishing by Baker & Taylor Company from 1907-1909. Hackett served as director of the Yale University Press soon after its founding in 1908. He was also the founder of the Brick Row Book Shop in New York. Hackett died on November 10, 1953. From the description of E. By...