TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary of the Collection
History of the A.C. McClurg & Co.
Scope and Content of the Collection
Series 1: Administrative Subject Files, 1873-1967
Subseries 1: General Files, 1873-1967
Subseries 2: Copyright, 1918-1966 and undated
Subseries 3: Permissions, 1927-1967
Subseries 4: Royalty Statements by Author, 1893-1962
Subseries 5: Royalty Statements by Date, 1899-1965
Series 2: Record Books, ca. 1898-1964
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Inventory of the A.C. McClurg & Co. Records, 1873-1967, bulk 1910-1950
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Alison Hinderliter, 2008. ©2008. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | A.C. McClurg & Co. |
| Title | A.C. McClurg & Co. Records |
| Dates | 1873-1967 |
| Dates | bulk 1910-1950 |
| Extent | 9.8 linear feet (25 boxes) |
| Abstract | Correspondence, contracts, royalty statements, record books, a scrapbook, and other materials from the A.C. McClurg publishing company, which was established in Chicago in 1872. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Midwest MS McClurg |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 41 10 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
A.C. McClurg & Co. Records, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Gift, A.C. McClurg & Co., 1968, with subsequent additions.
Processed by
Adrian Alexander; Roberta Kovitz, 2008.
Access
The A.C. McClurg & Co. Records are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The A.C. McClurg & Co. Records are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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History of the A.C. McClurg & Co.
Chicago publishing house and wholesaler and retailer of books and merchandise.
A.C. McClurg & Co. traces its origins to Chicago’s oldest book and stationery store which was founded in 1844. The young Alexander C. McClurg went to work for the company, then known as S. C. Griggs, in 1859. McClurg resumed working for Griggs after returning from the Civil War with the rank of general. S.C. Griggs lost all its contents in a fire in 1868. But when the store was completely destroyed by the great Chicago Fire of 1871, Griggs decided to sell his share of the company to E. L. Jansen, A. C. McClurg and F. B. Smith. Jansen, McClurg & Co. was established in 1872. The business flourished and in 1873 published its first title, Landscape Architecture by H. W. S. Cleveland. By 1880 McClurg’s ranked as one of the country’s largest book distributors. In addition to its wholesale book business, McClurg supplied to small-town retailers throughout the West and Midwest a variety of merchandise, including “blank books and tablets, stationery, typewriter paper and supplies, hair and tooth brushes, druggists’ sundries, pocketbooks, pipes, pocket cutlery, etc.”
Although the book distribution component of the company was more successful than its publishing side, General McClurg felt secure enough to start publishing the monthly literary magazine the Dial in 1880 and continued to do so until 1892. It was during this period that George Millard created the rare book section that became known as the “Saints and Sinners Corner.” In 1886 the company changed its name to A.C. McClurg & Co.
When the firm’s premises were destroyed by fire in 1899, General McClurg decided to reorganize as a corporation with shares sold to employees. He died soon thereafter in 1901. Little publishing took place until 1914 when the firm negotiated what turned out to be its most profitable publication, Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs. McClurg & Co. went on to publish 10 more Tarzan titles. Eventually Burroughs set up his own company to deal with all iterations of his famous character.
In 1923 A. C. McClurg chose to focus its entire efforts on wholesale work by selling its bookstore located at 218 South Wabash Street in Chicago to Brentano’s. The remainder of the company was finally liquidated in 1962.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
The A. C. McClurg and Co. Records contain correspondence, contracts, royalty statements, record books, scrapbooks, and photographs. The records only partially document the publishing activities of the Chicago company. The collection contains neither manuscripts nor galleys of the books A. C. McClurg & Co. published. Collection contains almost no records of the wholesale and retail book, stationery and other merchandise distribution arm of the company.
Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.
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Organization
Papers are organized in the following series:
- Series 1: Administrative Subject Files, 1873-1967
- Subseries 1: General Files, 1873-1967
- Subseries 2: Copyright, 1918-1966 and undated
- Subseries 3: Permissions, 1927-1967
- Subseries 4: Royalty Statements by Author, 1893-1962
- Subseries 5: Royalty Statements by Date, 1899-1965
- Series 2: Record Books, ca. 1898-1964 . Box(es) 20-23
- Series 3: Scrapbook, 1938-1944 . Box(es) 24
- Series 4: McClurg History, ca. 1935-1944 . Box(es) 25
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Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Names
- A.C. McClurg & Co. -- Records and correspondence
- A.L. Burt Company
- Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950
- Cruikshank, Frank Xavier
- Curtis Brown Ltd.
- Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
- Dunn, Byron A. (Byron Archibald), 1842-1926
- Friend, Oscar J. (Oscar Jerome), 1897-1963
- Grey, Zane, 1872-1939
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Harrison, Edith Ogden
- McCarter, Margaret Hill, 1860-1938
- McClurg, Alexander C. (Alexander Caldwell), 1832-1901
- Mulford, Clarence Edward, 1883-1956
Subjects
- Authors
- Authors and publishers -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Authors and publishers -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
- Book industries and trade
- Booksellers and bookselling -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Booksellers and bookselling -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
- Business records -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1851-1900
- Business records -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950
- Business records -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1951-2000
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 20th century
- Contracts
- Contracts -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1851-1900
- Contracts -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950
- Contracts -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1951-2000
- Copyright -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
- Copyright -- Royalties -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Copyright -- Royalties -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
- Correspondence -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1851-1900
- Correspondence -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950
- Correspondence -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1951-2000
- Manuscripts, American
- Publishers and publishing -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Publishers and publishing -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
- Queries (Authorship)
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Container List
Series 1: Administrative Subject Files, 1873-1967 |
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| Correspondence, copyright information, royalty information, contracts, etc., partially documenting the publishing activities of the A.C. McClurg & Co. | |||||||||||
| Administrative Subject Files comprise five sub-series: Sub-series 1, General Files, 1873-1967 (Boxes 1-13); Sub-series 2, Copyright, 1918-1966, undated (Box 14); Sub-series 3, Permissions, 1927-1967 (Box 15); Sub-series 4, Royalty Statements by Author, 1893-1962 (Box 16); and Sub-series 5, Royalty Statements by Date, 1899-1965 (Boxes 17-19). | |||||||||||
Sub-Series 1: General Files, 1873-1967 |
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| General Files consist primarily of correspondence: correspondence with authors, correspondence about authors, and correspondence with the heirs of authors regarding royalty dividends and other matters. Author folders may also contain contracts and articles of agreement; copyright registration certificates; requests for permission to reprint; requests to purchase books; inquiries regarding literary, publishing and reproduction rights. Includes correspondence with authors whose manuscripts were rejected. Also contains correspondence with or regarding other publishers, printers and suppliers such as A. L. Burt Company, Curtis Brown Ltd., Cruikshank Publishing Company (see Cruikshank, Frank X.) that produced a basic training manual during World War II, and Grosset & Dunlap. | |||||||||||
| Most authors who published with McClurg are fairly unknown, but some of the better-known authors include Felix Borowski (Standard Concert Guide/Standard Opera Guide), Edgar Rice Burroughs, Mary Hartwell Catherwood, W. E. B. Du Bois, Byron A. Dunn, Oscar J. Friend, Zane Grey, Edith Ogden Harrison, Margaret Hill McCarter, and Clarence E. Mulford, author of the Hopalong Cassidy books. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically (primarily by author). | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | A. L. Burt Company, 1935 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Alton, Laura, (York Book Club), 1963 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Ames, Joseph B., 1924-1925 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Ayer, Emma B., 1929 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Bailey, E. Stillman, 1917-1927 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Balch, Frederic (re: Bridge of the Gods), 1897-1932 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Baldwin, James, 1884-1946 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Barber, R.W., 1946-1964 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Beck, Minna McLeod, 1920 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Becker, Robert, 1938, 1947 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Bedford-Jones, H., 1941 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Bennet, Robert Ames, 1904, 1923-1954 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Blake, Emily Calvin, 1915 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Bouvet, Marguerite, 1890, 1903, 1922 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Boyles, Virgil D., 1906-1907 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Bradley, Glenn, D., 1913 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Brady, Cyrus Townsend, 1919 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Brennan, George, H., 1908 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Bridges, Horace J., 1923 | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Brigham, Johnson, 1932 | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Brink, Clark, M., 1913, 1930 | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Bronson, Edgar Beecher, 1960 | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Buchanan, Madeleine Sharps, 1930-1958 | |||||||||
| 1 | 24-37 | Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1914-1963 | |||||||||
| 2 | 38-41 | Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1964-1967 | |||||||||
| 2 | 42 | Burroughs, Edgar Rice, Contracts (copies), 1914-1928, undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 43-44 | Burroughs, Edgar Rice, Contracts, reprint data, etc, 1940-1960 | |||||||||
| 2 | 45 | Burroughs, Edgar Rice, Copyright renewal, 1948-1956 | |||||||||
| 2 | 46 | Burroughs, Edgar Rice, Fenton correspondence, 1963-1966 | |||||||||
| 2 | 47 | Burroughs, Edgar Rice, Foreign language rights, 1960 | |||||||||
| 2 | 48-50 | Burroughs, Edgar Rice, Foreign reprint editions, 1942-1963 | |||||||||
| 2 | 51-56 | Burroughs, Edgar Rice, Grosset & Dunlap, 1944-1963 | |||||||||
| 2 | 57-58 | Burroughs, Edgar Rice, Inquiries on Tarzan titles, 1959-1963 | |||||||||
| 2 | 59 | Burroughs, Edgar Rice, Chapman v. Burroughs, 1925-26 | |||||||||
| 2 | 60 | Busse, David P., 1947 | |||||||||
| 2 | 61 | Carr, Clark E., 1904-1909 | |||||||||
| 2 | 62 | Carruth, Frances Weston, 1899 | |||||||||
| 2 | 63 | Carver, Charles, 1910 | |||||||||
| 2 | 64 | Casson, Herbert N., 1910 | |||||||||
| 2 | 65 | Catherwood, Mary Hartwell, 1889, 1935 | |||||||||
| 2 | 66 | Chicago Historical Society, 1910 | |||||||||
| 2 | 67 | Chubb, Edwin, Watts, 1931 | |||||||||
| 2 | 68 | Clapp, John S., 1941, undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 69 | Clark, Herma, 1941 | |||||||||
| 2 | 70 | Cleveland, H. W. S., 1873 | |||||||||
| 2 | 71-73 | Cody, Sherwin, 1901-1961 | |||||||||
| 2 | 74 | Coffin, Charles, E., 1917 | |||||||||
| 2 | 75 | Colson, Ethel, 1918-1919 | |||||||||
| 2 | 76 | Cook, Edward, 1898 | |||||||||
| 2 | 77 | Cooke, Edmund Vance, 1923, 1924, 1928 | |||||||||
| 2 | 78 | Cooke, Marjorie Benton, 1917 | |||||||||
| 3 | 79 | Costello, Frederick H., 1912 | |||||||||
| 3 | 80 | Cowles, Julia Darrow, 1913-1922 | |||||||||
| 3 | 81-87 | Cruikshank, Frank, 1933-1949 | |||||||||
| 3 | 88 | Cruikshank, Frank, Bernard & Miller, Invoices, 1932-1940 | |||||||||
| 3 | 89 | Cummings, Edward, 1914 | |||||||||
| 3 | 90 | Cummings, Ray, 1929-1948 | |||||||||
| 3 | 91 | Cumnock, Robert McLean, 1878-1964 | |||||||||
| 3 | 92-93 | Cunningham, Auburn S., 1930-1962 | |||||||||
| 3 | 94-102 | Curtis Brown, Ltd., 1935-1952 | |||||||||
| 4 | 103-105 | Curtis Brown, Ltd., 1953-1965 | |||||||||
| 4 | 106 | Dana, Marvin, 1923-1952 | |||||||||
| 4 | 107 | Davies, G. R., 1931 | |||||||||
| 4 | 108 | DeKoven, Anna Farwell, 1889 | |||||||||
| 4 | 109 | Denison, Webster, 1914, 1942 | |||||||||
| 4 | 110 | DePass, Mrs. W.L., 1947 | |||||||||
| 4 | 111 | Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1966 | |||||||||
| 4 | 112-113 | Du Bois, W.E. B., 1903-1963 | |||||||||
| 4 | 114 | Duniway, Abigail Scott, 1904, 1907 | |||||||||
| 4 | 115-116 | Dunn, Byron A., 1910-1961 | |||||||||
| 4 | 117 | DuPage County, 1938-1948 | |||||||||
| 4 | 118 | Durand, Mrs. Scott, 1931 | |||||||||
| 4 | 119 | Durkin, Douglas, 1921 | |||||||||
| 4 | 120 | Dwyer, James Francis, 1915 | |||||||||
| 4 | 121 | Dye, Eva Emery, undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 122 | Eau Claire Book & Stationery, 1945 | |||||||||
| 4 | 123 | Economy Company, 1947 | |||||||||
| 4 | 124-125 | Eddy, Arthur J., 1907-1922 | |||||||||
| 4 | 126-129 | Editions for the Armed Services, 1944-1947 | |||||||||
| 4 | 130 | Ellis, J. Breckenridge, 1910 | |||||||||
| 4 | 131 | England, George Allan, 1920 | |||||||||
| 4 | 132 | Ensign, Hermon L., 1901-1903 | |||||||||
| 4 | 133 | E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1942 | |||||||||
| 4 | 134 | Fee, Mary Ellen, 1925 | |||||||||
| 4 | 135 | Foreign language publishing rights, 1945, 1954 | |||||||||
| 4 | 136 | Foreign reprint editions/ Digest of agreements, [1915-1928?] | |||||||||
| 4 | 137 | Forest Park Baseball Museum (Baseball in Old Chicago), 1939 | |||||||||
| 4 | 138 | Fowler, Nathaniel C., 1912-1919 | |||||||||
| 5 | 139-142 | Friend, Oscar J., 1924-1961 | |||||||||
| 5 | 143 | Fryden, Floyd, 1961 | |||||||||
| 5 | 144 | Fuller, Eva Greene, 1909 | |||||||||
| 5 | 145 | Garner, J. L., 1886 | |||||||||
| 5 | 146 | Gemmill, William N., 1924 | |||||||||
| 5 | 147 | Going, Maud, 1916, 1925 | |||||||||
| 5 | 148-149 | Granger's Index, 1938-1940 | |||||||||
| 5 | 150-154 | Granger's Index, Columbia University Press, 1943-1967 | |||||||||
| 5 | 155-156 | Granger's Index, Columbia University Press, Contract and Modifications, 1945-1966 | |||||||||
| 5 | 157-158 | Granger's Index, Columbia University Press, Royalty Statements, 1946-1966 | |||||||||
| 5 | 159-160 | Granger's Index, Key to symbols, 1919-1928, 1951 | |||||||||
| 6 | 161 | Grey, Zane, 1908-1937 | |||||||||
| 6 | 162 | Grey, Zane, Bantam Books, 1946-1957 | |||||||||
| 6 | 163 | Grey, Zane, Foreign Reprints Editions, 1920-1959 | |||||||||
| 6 | 164 | Grey, Zane, Royalty Statements, Bantam Books, 1947-1965 | |||||||||
| 6 | 165-166 | Grey, Zane, Royalty Statements, Grosset & Dunlap, 1942-1967 | |||||||||
| 6 | 167 | Grey, Zane, Walter Black Inc. Correspondence, 1950-1958 | |||||||||
| 6 | 168 | Grimshaw, Beatrice, 1915 | |||||||||
| 6 | 169 | Grosset & Dunlap, 1943-1949 | |||||||||
| 6 | 170 | Grosset & Dunlap, Royalty Settlements, 1946-1956 | |||||||||
| 6 | 171 | Habbertan, John, 1876 | |||||||||
| 6 | 172 | Hanson, Joseph Mills, 1919 | |||||||||
| 6 | 173-177 | Harper & Brothers, Reid vs. Harper, Exhibits, [1955?] | |||||||||
| 6 | 178 | Harper & Brothers, Reid vs. Harper, Interrogatories and Cross Interrogatories, [1955?] | |||||||||
| 6 | 179 | Harper & Brothers, Reid vs. Harper, Rough Draft, [1955?] | |||||||||
| 6 | 180 | Harris, W. W., 1913, 1941 | |||||||||
| 6 | 181 | Harrison, Edith Ogden, 1922 | |||||||||
| 7 | 182 | Hershey, P. R., 1940 | |||||||||
| 7 | 183 | Hibbard, Angus, 1941-1943 | |||||||||
| 7 | 184 | Hildrup, Jesse S., 1906, 1916 | |||||||||
| 7 | 185-186 | Hoffman, W. D., 1925-1959 | |||||||||
| 7 | 187 | Holbrook, Mrs. J. L., 1906-1923 | |||||||||
| 7 | 188-189 | Holt, Rosa Belle, 1925-1937 | |||||||||
| 7 | 190 | Horton, Robert J., 1927 | |||||||||
| 7 | 191 | Hosmer, James K., 1902 | |||||||||
| 7 | 192-193 | Hudson, Thomas J., 1893-1956 | |||||||||
| 7 | 194 | Hungerford, Edward, 1910 | |||||||||
| 7 | 195 | Hyland, Dick, 1932 | |||||||||
| 7 | 196 | Illinois Centennial Commission, 1917, 1918 | |||||||||
| 7 | 197-198 | Illinois Grows Up, 1941-1947 | |||||||||
| 7 | 199-200 | Illinois Guide, 1939-1967 | |||||||||
| 7 | 201 | Illinois Guide, Production Costs, 1946-1956 | |||||||||
| 7 | 202 | Illinois Pupils Reading Circle, 1942-1943 | |||||||||
| 7 | 203 | Infantry Center, 1953 | |||||||||
| 7 | 204-205 | Inventory, A.C. McClurg, 1928-1943 | |||||||||
| 8 | 206 | Iowa Pupils' Reading Circle, 1944 | |||||||||
| 8 | 207 | Iowa State Teachers College, 1946 | |||||||||
| 8 | 208 | Issler, Anne, 1947 | |||||||||
| 8 | 209 | Judson, Katherine B., 1909-1953 | |||||||||
| 8 | 210 | Kelly, Eric, 1908-1951 | |||||||||
| 8 | 211 | Kline, Otis Adelbert, 1929-1933 | |||||||||
| 8 | 212 | Krejsa, Antoine, 1898 | |||||||||
| 8 | 213 | LaMaster, Slater, 1929-1930 | |||||||||
| 8 | 214 | Langdon, Amelie, 1915 | |||||||||
| 8 | 215 | Langford, N. P., 1911-1946 | |||||||||
| 8 | 216 | Library Shelf, 1911-1924 | |||||||||
| 8 | 217-219 | Liljencrantz, Ottilie, 1901-1930 | |||||||||
| 8 | 220 | Lillibridge, Will, 1905-1907 | |||||||||
| 8 | 221 | Lummis, Charles F., 1893-1935 | |||||||||
| 8 | 222 | Lyman, Edna, 1910 | |||||||||
| 8 | 223 | MacIsaac, Fred, 1929-1950 | |||||||||
| 8 | 224 | Malfitano, Rose, 1938-1939 | |||||||||
| 8 | 225 | Manuscripts Returned (Correspondence), 1944-1962 | |||||||||
| 8 | 226-232 | Manuscripts Returned (Correspondence), A-L | |||||||||
| 9 | 233-237 | Manuscripts Returned (Correspondence), M-Y | |||||||||
| 9 | 238 | Mason, Walt, 1913-1917 | |||||||||
| 9 | 239 | Matson, Henrietta, 1895-1910 | |||||||||
| 9 | 240-245 | McCarter, Margaret Hill, 1910-1958 | |||||||||
| 9 | 246 | McClelland and Stewart, Ltd., 1945-1953 | |||||||||
| 9 | 247 | McClurg, Trevor, 1957 | |||||||||
| 9 | 248 | Messer, Angie, 1960 | |||||||||
| 9 | 249 | Metcalf, A. R., 1915, 1922 | |||||||||
| 9 | 250 | Michigan Reading Circle, 1940 | |||||||||
| 9 | 251 | Mills, James Cooke, 1910-1911, 1916 | |||||||||
| 9 | 252 | Monroe, Anne Shannon, 1916 | |||||||||
| 9 | 253 | Moody, Walter D., 1907-1922 | |||||||||
| 9 | 254 | Morgan, Anna, 1905-1908 | |||||||||
| 9 | 255 | Morley, Margaret Warner, 1895-1938 | |||||||||
| 9 | 256 | Moseley Book Co., 1945 | |||||||||
| 10 | 257 | Mulford, Clarence E., 1950-1954, undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 258-260 | Mulford, Clarence E., Contracts, 1906-1950 | |||||||||
| 10 | 261 | Mulford, Clarence E., Contracts for Foreign Reprint Editions, 1919-1937 | |||||||||
| 10 | 262 | Mulford, Clarence E., Domestic Reprint Contracts, 1909-1940 | |||||||||
| 10 | 263-266 | Mulford, Clarence E., Foreign Editions Contracts, 1936-1961 | |||||||||
| 10 | 267-268 | Mulford, Clarence E., Grosset & Dunlap Reprints, 1943-1954 | |||||||||
| 10 | 269-270 | Mulford, Clarence E., Grosset & Dunlap, Royalty Statements, 1940-1957 | |||||||||
| 10 | 271-273 | Mulford, Clarence E., (MacCampbell, Donald), 1948-1956 | |||||||||
| 10 | 274 | Mulford, Clarence E., Miscellaneous, 1909-1930 | |||||||||
| 10 | 275-277 | Mulford, Clarence E., Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1909-1959 | |||||||||
| 11 | 278 | Mulford, Clarence E., Popular Library Best Publications, 1948-1953 | |||||||||
| 11 | 279-280 | Mulford, Clarence E., Western Printing Correspondence, 1946-1950 | |||||||||
| 11 | 281 | Myers, Garry C., 1938 | |||||||||
| 11 | 282 | National Brotherhood of Service, 1947 | |||||||||
| 11 | 283 | National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1941-1947 | |||||||||
| 11 | 284 | Nauvoo, 1938-1951 | |||||||||
| 11 | 285-287 | Nelson Doubleday Inc., 1939-1944 | |||||||||
| 11 | 288 | Norman, O. E., 1922 | |||||||||
| 11 | 289 | North American Youth's Congress, 1947 | |||||||||
| 11 | 290 | Norton, Henry K., 1913 | |||||||||
| 11 | 291 | Norvell, George W., 1946 | |||||||||
| 11 | 292 | O'Brien, Howard V., 1923, 1947 | |||||||||
| 11 | 293-295 | Ogden, George W., 1916-1954 | |||||||||
| 11 | 296 | Osbourne, Katharine, 1939 | |||||||||
| 11 | 297-298 | Our Washington, 1939-1947 | |||||||||
| 11 | 299 | Our Washington, Correspondence, 1939 | |||||||||
| 11 | 300 | Paperback Book Publishers, 1947, 1950 | |||||||||
| 11 | 301-302 | Parrish, Randall, 1906-1942 | |||||||||
| 11 | 303 | Parrish, Randall, My Lady of the South dramatization, 1910-1914 | |||||||||
| 11 | 304 | Parsons, Louella, 1943 | |||||||||
| 11 | 305 | Patterson, Alice, J., 1903 | |||||||||
| 11 | 306 | Pease, T. C., The Story of Illinois, 1923-1947, 1963, 1965 | |||||||||
| 11 | 307 | Perkins, Kenneth, 1924-1954 | |||||||||
| 12 | 308 | Perrin, Clyde, 1924 | |||||||||
| 12 | 309 | Pilot Press, 1947-1948 | |||||||||
| 12 | 310 | Pocket Books, Inc., 1948-1949 | |||||||||
| 12 | 311 | Popular Library, 1945, 1947-1950 | |||||||||
| 12 | 312 | Pratt, Henry S., 1914 | |||||||||
| 12 | 313 | Putnam, M. Louise, 1892-1897 | |||||||||
| 12 | 314 | Rabb, Kate Milner, 1896 | |||||||||
| 12 | 315 | Rath, Ida Ellen, 1961 | |||||||||
| 12 | 316-318 | Rejections, 1954-1963 | |||||||||
| 12 | 319 | Re-employment Rights, Veterans', [1959] | |||||||||
| 12 | 320 | Richardson, Abby Sage, 188[7?] | |||||||||
| 12 | 321 | Robbins, E.C., 1939 | |||||||||
| 12 | 322 | Ryan, Marah Ellis, 1905-1934 | |||||||||
| 12 | 323 | S.A. Maxwell & Co., 1891 | |||||||||
| 12 | 324 | Sadler, William, 1925-1952 | |||||||||
| 12 | 325 | Sagebrush Dentist, 1940-1947 | |||||||||
| 12 | 326 | Sando, R.B., 1908-1910 | |||||||||
| 12 | 327 | Sangster, Margaret E., 1912 | |||||||||
| 12 | 328 | Sargent, H.H., 1908-1922 | |||||||||
| 12 | 329 | Seltzer, Charles Alden, Contracts, 1915-1954 | |||||||||
| 12 | 330 | Seltzer, Charles Alden, Correspondence, Titles, 1915, 1944-1957 | |||||||||
| 12 | 331 | Seltzer, Charles Alden, Domestic Reprint Contracts, 1916-1946 | |||||||||
| 12 | 332 | Seymour, Paul H., 1924 | |||||||||
| 12 | 333 | Shaw, Frances, 1917 | |||||||||
| 12 | 334 | Siedler, Charles, W., 1947 | |||||||||
| 12 | 335 | Siersbeck, Lawrence, re: McCarter, Margaret Hill, 1946 | |||||||||
| 12 | 336 | Simmons, Floyd M., 1946 | |||||||||
| 12 | 337 | Simpson, Roy B., 1944 | |||||||||
| 12 | 338 | Sitell, Susan, 1944 | |||||||||
| 12 | 339 | Skinner, Milton P., 1924-1925 | |||||||||
| 12 | 340 | Smith, Arthur LaTrobe, 1945 | |||||||||
| 12 | 341 | Smith, Laura Rountree, 1924-1925 | |||||||||
| 12 | 342 | Smith, Waddell F., re: Bradley, Glenn D., 1913-1958 | |||||||||
| 12 | 343 | Social Science Series, 1913-1922 | |||||||||
| 12 | 344 | Speaker, Fred, 1906-1909 | |||||||||
| 12 | 345 | Sprafka, A.E., 1944 | |||||||||
| 13 | 346-348 | Standard Concert Guide/Standard Opera Guide, 1936-1961 | |||||||||
| 13 | 349 | State, Department of, New York, 1950 | |||||||||
| 13 | 350 | State College of Washington, 1946 | |||||||||
| 13 | 351 | Steele, Daniel H., 1931 | |||||||||
| 13 | 352 | Sullivan, Walter S., 1909 | |||||||||
| 13 | 353 | Summers, H.N., 1962 | |||||||||
| 13 | 354 | Taylor, Hannis, 1915 | |||||||||
| 13 | 355-356 | Texts-Plates, 1941-1958 | |||||||||
| 13 | 357 | Thompson, David O. and Kathleen, 1930-1931 | |||||||||
| 13 | 358 | Thompson, Ella M., 1959 | |||||||||
| 13 | 359 | Thrum, Thomas G., 1923 | |||||||||
| 13 | 360 | Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1903 | |||||||||
| 13 | 361 | Uchima, Thomas, T., 1962 | |||||||||
| 13 | 362-363 | Upton, George P., The Standard Concert Guide and The Standard Opera Guide, 1904-1946 | |||||||||
| 13 | 364 | Walk, Charles Edmond, 1913, 1917, undated | |||||||||
| 13 | 365 | Wallace, Dillon, 1905-1958 | |||||||||
| 13 | 366 | Western Printing and Lithographing Co, 1947-1951 | |||||||||
| 13 | 367 | Wheelock, Irene Grosvenor, 1903 | |||||||||
| 13 | 368 | Widow O'Callaghan's Boys (McClelland and Stewart), 1946 | |||||||||
| 13 | 369 | Wilson, Ruth Danenhower, 1923 | |||||||||
| 13 | 370 | Walter, Evelyn M., 1944 | |||||||||
| 13 | 371 | Worts, George F., 1930 | |||||||||
| 13 | 372 | Yeager, Dorr G., 1931 | |||||||||
| 13 | 373-374 | Zollinger, Gulielma, 1895-1928, undated | |||||||||
Sub-Series 2: Copyright, 1918-1966 and undated |
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| Copyright files contain general and specific copyright information, including separate folders of copyright registration certificates and British copyright certificates. | |||||||||||
| Arranged by type of material. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 14 | 375 | Copyright assignment form, undated | |||||||||
| 14 | 376 | Copyright application form, undated | |||||||||
| 14 | 377-381 | Copyright certificates, British, A-Z | |||||||||
| 14 | 382 | Copyright data, 1918-1966 | |||||||||
| 14 | 383 | Copyright expiration dates, undated | |||||||||
| 14 | 384-385 | Copyright information publications, 1919-1942 | |||||||||
| 14 | 386 | Copyright registration certificates, 1946-1955 | |||||||||
| 14 | 387 | Copyright status, undated | |||||||||
| 14 | 388 | Copyright, U.S., general information, 1911-1948 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 3: Permissions, 1927-1967 |
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| The Permissions Sub-series includes requests to quote or reproduce material from titles published by McClurg as well as permissions granted to publishing houses to reprint entire books. | |||||||||||
| Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 15 | 389-409 | Permissions, 1927-1967 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 4: Royalty Statements by Author, 1893-1962 |
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| Royalty Statements by Author inventories the number of books sold and royalties sent to authors. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 16 | 410 | Balch, F.H., 1938-1940 | |||||||||
| 16 | 411 | Baldwin, James E., 1938-1942 | |||||||||
| 16 | 412 | Becker, Robert H., 1938-1947 | |||||||||
| 16 | 413 | Biant, Lucien, 1938-1940 | |||||||||
| 16 | 414 | Blatchford, Frances L., 1941-1947 | |||||||||
| 16 | 415 | Bouvet, Marguerite, 1938-1940 | |||||||||
| 16 | 416 | Bradley, Glenn, D., 1938-1940 | |||||||||
| 16 | 417 | Brink, Clark Mills, 1938-1940 | |||||||||
| 16 | 418 | Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1938-1962 | |||||||||
| 16 | 419 | Catherwood, Mary Hartwell, 1938-1945 | |||||||||
| 16 | 420 | Clark, Herma, 1941-1946 | |||||||||
| 16 | 421 | Cody, Sherwin, 1938-1943 | |||||||||
| 16 | 422 | Cox, C.W., 1938-1940 | |||||||||
| 16 | 423 | Cruikshank, Frank X., 1940-1944 | |||||||||
| 16 | 424 | Cumnock, Robert McLean, 1937-1938 | |||||||||
| 16 | 425 | Cunningham, Auburn S., 1938-1947 | |||||||||
| 16 | 426 | Daly, Maurice, 1938-1940 | |||||||||
| 16 | 427 | Du Bois, W.E.B., 1938-1946 | |||||||||
| 16 | 428 | Editions for the Armed Services, 1945 | |||||||||
| 16 | 429 | Federal Writers' Project, 1939-1943 | |||||||||
| 16 | 430 | Frackelton, Will, 1941-1942 | |||||||||
| 16 | 431 | Hibbard, Angus, 1941-1945 | |||||||||
| 16 | 432 | Holt, Rosa Belle, 1937-1938 | |||||||||
| 16 | 433 | Hudson, Thomas J., 1893-1940 | |||||||||
| 16 | 434 | Hugo, Victor, 1938 | |||||||||
| 16 | 435 | James, George Wharton, 1937-1942 | |||||||||
| 16 | 436 | Johnson, G., 1938-1940 | |||||||||
| 16 | 437 | Kelly, [Eric P.], 1938-1943 | |||||||||
| 16 | 438 | Lummis, Charles F., 1938-1940 | |||||||||
| 16 | 439 | Lyman, Edna, 1938-1940 | |||||||||
| 16 | 440 | Maltifano, Rose, 1939-1941 | |||||||||
| 16 | 441 | McCarter, Margaret Hill, 1938-1942 | |||||||||
| 16 | 442 | Metcalf, Thomas and Charles De Garmo, 1938-1940 | |||||||||
| 16 | 443 | Morgan, Anna, 1937-1945 | |||||||||
| 16 | 444 | Morley, Margaret W., 1938-1951 | |||||||||
| 16 | 445 | Mulford, Clarence, 1939-1943 | |||||||||
| 16 | 446 | Myers, Garry Cleveland and Clarence Wesley Sumner, 1938-1943 | |||||||||
| 16 | 447 | Norton, Henryk, 1938-1940 | |||||||||
| 16 | 448 | Robbins, Edwin C., 1938-1948 | |||||||||
| 16 | 449 | Ryan, Marah Ellis, 1938-1940 | |||||||||
| 16 | 450 | Seltzer, Charles Alden, 1938-1952 | |||||||||
| 16 | 451 | Thompson, Dave, 1938-1940 | |||||||||
| 16 | 452 | Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1938-1939 | |||||||||
| 16 | 453 | Upton, George, P., 1938-1944 | |||||||||
| 16 | 454 | Wallace, Dillon, 1938-1940 | |||||||||
| 16 | 455 | Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, 1934-1939 | |||||||||
| 16 | 456 | Zollinger, Gulielma, 1934-1949 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 5: Royalty Statements by Date, 1899-1965 |
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| Royalty Statements by Date tracks royalties paid by year. | |||||||||||
| Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 17 | 457-463 | Royalty Statements, 1899-1919 | |||||||||
| 18 | 464-478 | Royalty Statements, 1920-1944 | |||||||||
| 19 | 479-491 | Royalty Statements, 1945-1965 | |||||||||
Series 2: Record Books, ca. 1898-1964 |
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| The Record Book Series consists of two large record books, three smaller notebooks and one unbound notebook. The first of the larger record books includes, among other things, the articles of incorporation and by-laws of A.C. McClurg Company, March 7, 1899. Also contains stockholders’ names, shares held, and meeting minutes. Two of the smaller volumes contain information relating to agreements with authors. The third small volume is one of the only personnel records in the collection and documents salaries for employees at the Book Supply Company, 1906-1907. A larger unbound volume contains data regarding author agreements and publications. | |||||||||||
| Arranged roughly chronologically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 20 | A.C. McClurg & Co. Record Book No.1, 1899-1910 | ||||||||||
| 21 | A.C. McClurg & Co. Record Book No.2, 1910-1921 | ||||||||||
| 21 | 492 | Documents removed from Record Book No.2 | |||||||||
| 22 | 493 | Titles, 1898-1909 | |||||||||
| 22 | 494 | Author contracts, 1916-1937 | |||||||||
| 22 | 495 | Time Book, The Book Supply Co. Salaries, 1906-1907 | |||||||||
| 23 | 496 | Record Book, A-K, 1938-1964, unbound | |||||||||
| 23 | 497 | Record Book, L-Z, 1948-1961, unbound | |||||||||
| 23 | 498 | Record Book, Authors and Titles, unbound | |||||||||
Series 3: Scrapbook, 1938-1944 |
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| The scrapbook contains original and photocopies of unbound pages relating to A.C. McClurg publications and activities. | |||||||||||
| Arranged by original bound page numbers, with copies preceding original pages. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 24 | 499 | Scrapbook pages, clippings (copies) and pamphlet, 1938-1944 | |||||||||
| 24 | 500 | Scrapbook pages, clippings (copies) and pamphlet, 1938-1945 | |||||||||
| 24 | 501 | Scrapbook pages, clippings (copies) and photographs of the fire at A.C. McClurg & Co., 1899-1962 | |||||||||
| 24 | 502 | Scrapbook pages, clippings (copies) and printed material, 1939-1941 | |||||||||
| 24 | 503 | Scrapbook pages, clippings (copies) and printed material, 1939-1941 | |||||||||
| 24 | 504 | Scrapbook pages, clippings (copies) and printed material (copies), 1941-1942 | |||||||||
| 24 | 505 | Scrapbook pages, clippings (copies) and printed material (copies), 1941 | |||||||||
| 24 | 506 | Original scrapbook pages, 1938 | |||||||||
| 24 | 507 | Original scrapbook pages, 1938-1940 | |||||||||
| 24 | 508 | Original scrapbook pages, 1939-1942 | |||||||||
| 24 | 509 | Original scrapbook pages, 1939-1940 | |||||||||
| 24 | 510 | Original scrapbook pages, 1941-1942 | |||||||||
| 24 | 511 | Original scrapbook pages, 1941 | |||||||||
| 24 | 512 | Original scrapbook pages, 1941 | |||||||||
| 24 | 513 | Original scrapbook pages, 1939-1942 | |||||||||
| 24 | 514 | Original scrapbook pages, 1939-1942 | |||||||||
Series 4: McClurg History, ca. 1935-1944 |
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| McClurg History, consists of a variety of material relating to the history of A.C. McClurg including Centennial, 1844-1944, a publication celebrating the company’s 100th anniversary, and photographs, letters (originals and copies), and other documentation. | |||||||||||
| Arranged by type of material. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 25 | 515 | Drury, John. A.C. McClurg & Co.: Centennial, 1844-1944 | |||||||||
| 25 | 516 | McClurg publications notebook | |||||||||
| 25 | 517 | McClurg publications notebook (photocopy) | |||||||||
| 25 | 518 | McClurg's publications, 1935-1936, 1937-1938, 1938-1939, 1939-1940, Record of Copyrights | |||||||||
| 25 | 519 | Photographs and printed material | |||||||||
| 25 | 520 | McClurg Story | |||||||||
| 25 | 521 | McClurg Story | |||||||||
| 25 | 522 | McClurg Story | |||||||||
| 25 | 523 | Order blanks | |||||||||
Related Material
The following books were removed to be cataloged separately:
A Classified Catalogue of 3500 Volumes Suitable for a Public or School Library. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1901.
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