Franklin Baldwin Wiley papers, 1879-1929.

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Franklin Baldwin Wiley papers, 1879-1929.

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The papers comprise correspondence to Franklin Baldwin Wiley chiefly from authors discussing their submissions of poems, short stories, and essays to Ladies' Home Journal. Also included are letters from the Journal's editor-in-chief, Edward William Bok, discussing Journal business and personal items, dating from 1904 to 1929. Included in some of the correspondence from writers are original typescripts and manuscripts by the authors. The papers also contain some personal correspondence, annotated typescripts of Wiley's lectures (Box 3), some memorabilia (Boxes 3-6), and five scrapbooks. Scrapbooks I-III (Boxes 7-9) span from 1879 to 1889, tracing Wiley's graduation from high school to the start of his career at Ladies' Home Journal; each begins with a handwritten table of contents and contains various pasted-in articles and poems by Wiley, as well as manuscript notes. Scrapbooks IV-V (Boxes 10-11) span from 1901 to 1926 and include invitations, information, and programs from associations and clubs in which Wiley was a member. The Wiley papers also include some newspaper clippings, chiefly regarding the death of Edward William Bok in 1930.

11 boxes (185 folders)

University of Pennsylvania Library

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Bok, Edward William, 1863-1930

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Born in the Netherlands, Edward Bok came to the United States with his family at the age of six. He worked in publishing from the age of thirteen. He founded the Brooklyn magazine and 1886 he established the Bok Syndicate Press. Bok became editor of Ladies' home journal in 1889. In 1896 Bok married Mary Louise Curtis (1876-1970), the daughter of Ladies' home journal publisher, Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis (1850-1933). He worked as an editor at Curtis publishing for thirty years retiring at th...

Wiley, Franklin Baldwin, 1861-

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Franklin Baldwin Wiley was born 28 September 1861, the son of Franklin Wiley, a stockbroker, and Sarah Maria Baldwin. He was raised in Plainfield, N.J., and attended Plainfield Public School, where he graduated in 1879. Wiley was a newspaper correspondent in New York from 1880 to 1884 and then attended Harvard University, graduating in 1888. Wiley acquired a staff position with the Boston Evening Transcript in 1891. While a staff reporter at the newspaper, Wiley published the Harvard Guide Book ...

Curtis publishing company

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Publishing firm specializing in periodicals, including Ladies' Home Journal, Saturday Evening Post, and Country Gentleman, founded by Cyrus H.K. Curtis (1850-1933). From the description of Curtis Publishing Company records, circa 1887-1960. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155905462 Cyrus H. Curtis, a pioneer of modern magazine publishing in the United States, established the Curtis Publishing Company in 1891 in Philadelphia. Prior to this, Cyrus Cur...