Research Catalog
Macmillan Company records
- Title
- Macmillan Company records, 1889-1960.
- Author
- Macmillan Company.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
Available Online
Details
- Additional Authors
- Adams, George Burton, 1851-1925.
- Adams, Herbert B. (Herbert Baxter), 1850-1901.
- Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910.
- Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn, 1857-1948.
- Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954.
- Brett, George Platt.
- Brett, George Platt, 1859-1936.
- Brittain, Vera, 1893-1970.
- Channing, Edward, 1856-1931.
- Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947.
- Ely, Richard T. (Richard Theodore), 1854-1943.
- Herrick, Robert, 1868-1938.
- Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1859-1937.
- London, Jack, 1876-1916.
- Macmillan, Frederick.
- MacMillan, George.
- Masefield, John, 1878-1967.
- Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949.
- Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968.
- Stephens, Kate, 1853-1938.
- Titchener, George.
- Winsor, Kathleen.
- Wister, Owen, 1860-1938.
- A. & C. Black.
- American Publishers' Association.
- Cambridge University Press.
- George Bell & Sons.
- J.M. Dent & Sons.
- James Macklehose & Sons.
- Macmillan & Co.
- Methuen & Co.
- Description
- 91 linear feet (130 boxes).
- 1 microfilm reel.
- 8 microfilm reels.
- Summary
- Collection consists of correspondence and author files of the Macmillan Company.
- Other records consist of letters, 1892-1959, from prominent persons and pamphlets and poems, 1912-1930, printed for copyright purposes.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Photoprints.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- readers must use microfilm.
- Additional Formats (note)
- available on microfilm;
- Source (note)
- Macmillan Company
- Biography (note)
- The Macmillan Company was founded in 1869 as a branch in New York City of the British firm of Macmillan & Co., Ltd. of London. The company became autonomous in 1896 but the British firm maintained close ties and a strong financial interest in the company. The Macmillan Company attracted major American authors and published a wide variety of fiction, non-fiction, textbooks, reference works, and children's books. George Platt Brett, Jr. who became Macmillan's president in 1931, arranged for the publication of Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind. Macmillan Company merged with Crowell-Collier Publishing Company in 1960 as a subsidiary and in 1973 the name was changed to Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository and on internet.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- MssCol 1830
- OCLC
- NYPW92-A278
- Author
- Macmillan Company.
- Title
- Macmillan Company records, 1889-1960.
- Additional Formats
- Selected materials available on microfilm; New York Public Library.
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Access
- Margaret Mitchell author files: readers must use microfilm.
- Biography
- The Macmillan Company was founded in 1869 as a branch in New York City of the British firm of Macmillan & Co., Ltd. of London. The company became autonomous in 1896 but the British firm maintained close ties and a strong financial interest in the company. The Macmillan Company attracted major American authors and published a wide variety of fiction, non-fiction, textbooks, reference works, and children's books. George Platt Brett, Jr. who became Macmillan's president in 1931, arranged for the publication of Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind. Macmillan Company merged with Crowell-Collier Publishing Company in 1960 as a subsidiary and in 1973 the name was changed to Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Publishers.
- Added Author
- Adams, George Burton, 1851-1925.Adams, Herbert B. (Herbert Baxter), 1850-1901.Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910.Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn, 1857-1948.Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954.Brett, George Platt.Brett, George Platt, 1859-1936.Brittain, Vera, 1893-1970.Channing, Edward, 1856-1931.Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947.Ely, Richard T. (Richard Theodore), 1854-1943.Herrick, Robert, 1868-1938.Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1859-1937.London, Jack, 1876-1916.Macmillan, Frederick.MacMillan, George.Masefield, John, 1878-1967.Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949.Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968.Stephens, Kate, 1853-1938.Titchener, George.Winsor, Kathleen.Wister, Owen, 1860-1938.A. & C. Black.American Publishers' Association.Cambridge University Press.George Bell & Sons.J.M. Dent & Sons.James Macklehose & Sons.Macmillan & Co.Methuen & Co.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 1830