Research Catalog

Roberts Brothers papers

Title: Roberts Brothers papers, 1838-1932 bulk 1882-1898
Author: Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.)
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Status	Container	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Box 5 Part II [MN# 2002-1019]	Mixed material	Use in library	F d 8351 Box 5 Part II [MN# 2002-1019]	Off-site
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Box 5 Part I [MN# 2002-1018]	Mixed material	Use in library	F d 8351 Box 5 Part I [MN# 2002-1018]	Off-site
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Box 4 [MN# 2002-1017]	Mixed material	Use in library	F d 8351 Box 4 [MN# 2002-1017]	Off-site
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Box 3 [MN# 2002-1016]	Mixed material	Use in library	F d 8351 Box 3 [MN# 2002-1016]	Off-site
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Box 2 [MN# 2002-1015]	Mixed material	Use in library	F d 8351 Box 2 [MN# 2002-1015]	Off-site
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Box 1 [MN# 2002-1014]	Mixed material	Use in library	F d 8351 Box 1 [MN# 2002-1014]	Off-site

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Description

2.5

Summary

Correspondence files of Roberts Brothers, pertaining to all departments, editorial, production, advertising, and sales. Also, some miscellaneous letters and documents, unrelated to Roberts Brothers, which deal with various legal matters, including those of Frederick D. Ely and of William A. Dunn, from 1838 until 1932, and letters to the Secretary of Harvard University from 1900 to 1907.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Publishers and publishing – Massachusetts – Boston
Accounts
Affidavits
Briefs (legal documents)
Brochures
Certificates
Checks (bank checks)
Claims
Contracts
Drawings (visual works)
Financial records
Invoices
Lists (document genres)
Memorandums
minutes (administrative records)
Notes (documents)
Obituaries
Poems
Promissory notes
Prospectuses
Receipts (financial records)
Reports
Tax bills

Access (note)

The following boxes are located off-site: 3-5. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.

Cite As (note)

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Roberts Brothers papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Original Location (note)

Entire collection is on microfilm (Box 1: MN#2002-1014; Box 2: MN#2002-1015; Box 3: MN#2002-1016; Box 4: MN#2002-1017; Box 5: MN#2002-1018 & 2002-1019).

Terms of Use (note)

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Biography (note)

Publishing firm in Boston. In 1898 Roberts Brothers merged into Little, Brown and Company.

OCLC

265033308
ocn265033308
SCSB-4797923

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries