J. B. Lippincott Company records


Collection 3104

1833-1988
(149.7 Linear feet ; 93 boxes, 768 volumes)

Summary Information

Repository
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Creator
J.B. Lippincott Company.
Title
J. B. Lippincott Company records
ID
3104
Date [inclusive]
1833-1988
Extent
149.7 Linear feet ; 93 boxes, 768 volumes
Author
Finding aid prepared by Michael Winship; revised and expanded by Sara H. Nash.
Sponsor
Processing and conservation of the J.B. Lippincott Company records was made possible through the generous support of the National Archives’ National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, and Wolters Kluwer.
Language
English
Abstract
J. B. Lippincott Company was an American publishing house founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1836 by Joshua B. Lippincott. Joshua Lippincott's company began by selling Bibles and other religious works and then successfully expanded into trade books, which became the largest portion of the business. In 1849, Lippincott acquired Grigg, Elliot and Company, a major book distribution company. The acquisition helped make the company one of the largest publishers in the United States. In the 1950s the company expanded production of its successful line of medical and nursing books and journals. The company was sold to Harper and Row in 1978, but Joshua Lippincott's great-grandson Joseph Wharton Lippincott Jr. remained on the Board of Directors until 1987. In 1990, the company was acquired by the Dutch corporation Wolters Kluwer, which initated a series of mergers. First, Lippincott was combined with Raven Publishers in 1995 to form Lippincott-Raven, which was then merged with Williams and Wilkins in 1998 to form Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. The collection consists of business records documenting over 100 years of the company's history. The largest portion of the collection is comprised of a series of letterbooks containing outgoing correspondence related to all aspects of the publishing operation, from soliciting advertising for magazines to negotiating author contracts. Several dozen letterbooks contain incoming correspondence from Lippincott's London Agency. Much of the rest of the collection consists of a variety of financial records, including general ledgers, receipt books, cash disbursement books, and payroll records. Publication costs and sales are documented through stock cards, royalty payment records, book catalogs, and order and inventory volumes. The collection also includes several manuscripts for publications and some original artwork and illustrations. There is also 22.7 linear feet of books and periodicals published by Lippincott and its early incarnations.

Preferred citation

Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], J. B. Lippincott Company records (Collection 3104), Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

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Background note

Joshua Ballinger Lippincott was born in Juliustown, Burlington County, New Jersey, on 18 March 1813. As a teenager, Lippincott entered the book trade as an employee of David Clark, book binder and bookseller, whose stand was at the southwest corner of North 4th Street and Race Street. About 1831, Clark’s business failed, and Lippincott was put in charge of the business at the request of its creditors. For several years in the mid-1830s, the firm traded as Clark and Lippincott, but in 1836, Lippincott established himself in business as J. B. Lippincott and Company, Booksellers and Stationers, at Clark’s old address. Over the following decades, the firm became an established publisher of books, including Bibles and religious texts.

In late 1849, Lippincott purchased the extensive book-jobbing and stationery business of Grigg, Elliott and Company, a firm that traced its origins back to Warner and Johnson’s partnership of 1792, and together with the junior partners of the older firm reorganized as Lippincott, Grambo and Company on 1 January 1850. This firm subsequently conducted business at both the old address as well as Grigg, Elliott’s block at 20 North Fourth Street. Upon the retirement of Henry Grambo in 1855, the firm was again reorganized as J. B. Lippincott and Company, and continued to trade under this name until its incorporation as a private company, J. B. Lippincott Companyy, in 1885.

Joshua B. Lippincott died on 5 January 1886. The company passed in equal parts to his three sons, Craige, Walter, and J. Bertram. Eldest son Craige took over as president of the firm and guided the company until his sudden death on 7 April 1911. The board then elected J. Bertram Lippincott as president, and he served in this capacity until his elevation to chairman of the board in 1926. At that time, Joseph Wharton Lippincott, son of J. Bertram Lippincott, was chosen as the fourth president of the firm. Succeeding generations of the Lippincott family remained involved in the management of the company into the 2000s.

In 1861, the firm acquired a lot at 715 – 717 Market Street, where it proceeded to build an extensive book publishing, importing, retailing, wholesaling, and manufacturing business. The firm moved to this location in March 1863 and by 1871 occupied two large, connected buildings that stretched back to Filbert Street – the retail and wholesaling departments and publishing offices in front, facing Market Street, and the manufacturing establishment in the rear. These buildings were gutted by fire in the early morning hours of 29 November 1899, and all stock on hand was destroyed. Electroplates stored in the vaults were spared, and some records also survived. Temporary operations were set up at the nearby Continental Hotel. By August 1901, the firm had moved to a new building at 227 East Washington Square, where it remained until its removal in 1999 to its current offices in the Penn Mutual Building at 530 Walnut Street.

At the end of the 19th century, the firm began to concentrate on its publishing and manufacturing activities. The retail book department was sold to Strawbridge and Clothier in 1897. Lit Brothers department store purchased the stationery and fancy goods department along with the Market Street storefront in 1898.

The firm first opened a branch office in New York City in 1871 and in 1875 established the London Agency, which was finally closed in 1955. A branch office was established in 1897 in Montreal, where it operated until a 1966 move to Toronto. The company had an office in Chicago by 1912, and in 1918, this branch took over management of the school and college textbook lines under the direction of Clarence W. Taber. In 1936, a trade editorial office was opened in New York City at 250 Park Avenue (later moved to 521 Fifth Avenue), and Lippincott purchased two New York publishing firms: Carrick and Evans, Inc. in 1940 and Frederick A. Stokes Company in 1941. The company went public in 1972 and was acquired in 1978 by Harper and Row, which combined it with Thomas Y. Crowell, another Harper subsidiary; the new firm’s books were published under the imprint of Lippincott and Crowell until 1981. In 1990, the company was acquired by Wolters Kluwer, which merged it with Raven Publishers and then, in 1998, with Williams and Wilkins to form Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, which continues in business today as a publisher of medical texts, reference books, and journals.

Over its long history, the Lippincott firm has published many works of interest, covering a number of subjects and genres. During the nineteenth century, the firm was particularly noted for its reference works, expensive to produce, including the many editions of Lippincott’s Pronouncing Gazetteer (first published 1855), the American editions of  Chambers’s Encyclopedia, A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (first published 1861), the  Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology (1870), and all but the first volume of Samuel Austin Allibone’s  A Critical Dictionary of English Literature (1858-1871). It also published many standard, multi-volume sets of the works of important American and British authors, as well as such works as Henry Rowe Schoolcraft’s six-volume  History of the Indian Tribes of the United States (1851-1857) and the first 27 volumes of Horace Howard Furness’s edition of  A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare (1871-1955). From its early years, medical publications formed an important element of the firm’s list. In 1878, the firm issued  A Hand-Book of Nursing, the first commercially published nursing handbook in the United States. While these works came to predominate during the twentieth century, the company remained a major publisher of trade books. Notable trade titles published during the mid-twentieth century include  Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston in 1937 and five of her other early works (1934 – 1942). Lippincott also published Mary O’Hara’s  My Friend Flicka in 1941, Harper Lee’s  To Kill a Mockingbird in 1960, and Thomas Pynchon’s first two books (1963, 1966).

In 1868 the firm launched Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, which it continued to publish until 1914. A unique feature of this magazine was that it published the entire text of a novelette in each issue, including notably Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Sign of the Four” (February 1890), Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray” (July 1890), and Rudyard Kipling’s “The Light that Failed” (January 1891). The firm also published a number of other periodicals, chiefly on medical subjects, notably the  Annals of Surgery (beginning 1897). Lippincott published the  American Journal of Nursing until 1913, when the American Nurses Association transferred the journal to Williams and Wilkins. Other periodicals published by Lippincott included the  Motor Register, which it took over in 1907, and  Child-Welfare.

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Scope and content note

The J. B. Lippincott Company records cover many aspects of the firm’s business from 1851 to 1988 (bulk 1880s – 1920s).

Series 1 (1851-1988) documents the activities of the publication department. Records include outgoing correspondence in letterpress volumes, incoming and outgoing correspondence in files, financial records, publication and copyright records, manuscripts, artwork, and proofs. The outgoing correspondence is in several chronologically overlapping runs, none of which are complete. Personal correspondence is not included, although individual letters often contain references to personal matters. Editorial and business content predominate. Of special note are the detailed letters from art director, Edward S. Holloway. (A great number of Holloway’s letters also appear in Series 5 with the manufacturing department correspondence.) Unfortunately, many early volumes have water damage. The five international letterbooks focus on imports, and Horace Ridings’ letters tend to include a modest social element. The correspondence files are chiefly incoming letters from authors with some copies of associated outgoing letters. Publication records include permissions to remainder and trade catalogs. There are a few miscellaneous manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs by authors such as Ouida, Arthur Applin, and Ford Madox Ford. The series concludes with original artwork. There is a large array of intricate anatomical drawings by Hermann Faber and his sons, Ludwig E. Faber and Erwin F. Faber, with a few by Louis P. Schmidt. A small group of trade book illustrations is predominantly by M. L. Kirk.

Series 2 (1869-1918) contains records relating to  Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine and consists mostly of letterpress volumes of outgoing correspondence. Early correspondence for the magazine is included in the general correspondence of the publication department. Letters on advertising and subscriptions may be found in the manufacturing department letterbooks. Although the letters in this sequence are essentially business correspondence, managing editor J. M. Stoddart often touched on social matters in his writing, notably in his frequent letters to Julian Hawthorne (1886 – 1894). The editorial letterbook sequence begins in 1899 and ends in 1914, when the magazine was sold to McBride and Nast, and it is missing only one volume. The rest of this series contains an extensive set of manuscript records, including payment receipts and purchase and disposal cards. The manuscript payment records start in 1869, a year after publication began, and run through 1914. Manuscript purchase and disposal records document sales of rights through 1918. A small set of original cartoons concludes the series.

Series 3 (1893-1905) is a small series for Lippincott’s medical periodicals and is almost entirely outgoing advertising correspondence. One volume concerns advertising for  International Medical Magazine (1891 – 1893). The remaining volumes are an uninterrupted sequence of six letterbooks from 1903 to 1905. There is one folder of copyrights for  Annals of Surgery in 1901.

Series 4 (1875-1936) consists of correspondence to and from Lippincott’s London Agency, which was established in 1875. The outgoing letterbooks are arranged in three distinct runs. The first is general correspondence from 1875 to 1899. The second run is chiefly editorial and production matters and spans from 1899 to 1923. The last outgoing group of letterbooks relates primarily to imports, and these volumes run without interruption from 1894 to 1921. Incoming letters from London were bound into scrapbooks, and with the exception of one 1890 letter, the dates covered range from 1895 to 1936. Due to their condition, these scrapbook volumes have been disbound and placed into archival folder and boxes.

Series 5 (1899-1956) is composed of manufacturing department correspondence and record books almost exclusively from the 20th century. This department encompassed much more than its name suggests. Advertising and periodical subscriptions fell under the manufacturing umbrella and figured heavily in the correspondence. In addition to letters about layouts, printing, and production, subjects occasionally included personnel and labor matters, supply orders, and remittances. Many letters from art manager Edward S. Holloway appear in these books. The series is nearly complete for its date range. The record books are heterogeneous in terms of dates and content and include departmental sales books, stock and supply inventories, book production records, and a printing plate record book.

Series 6 (1882 - circa 1956) is a small series of heterogeneous sales-related records and documents. It contains outgoing correspondence regarding sales to the trade and sales to individuals. Also included are letterbooks of the educational department which concern sales to schools and colleges. A small number of ledgers, sales reports, and commission records make up the rest of the series.

Series 7 (1853-1958) relates to the activities of the business department, which handled the financial matters of the company. The records in this series consist of a few pressed letterbooks and a variety of account books and journals with dates ranging from 1853 to 1958. The early account books include Joshua B. Lippincott’s day book and the partners’ private cash ledger. Most of the volumes in this series date to the first half of the 20th century.

Series 8 (1881-1945) is a set of seven business and accounting record books for the Frederick A. Stokes Company, which was founded in 1881 as White and Stokes. Most records in this small series relate to sales, royalties, and manufacturing and predate the firm’s acquisition by the J. B. Lippincott Company in 1941.

Series 9 (1833-1967) consists primarily of Lippincott publications, including earlier iterations of the company and its predecessors, such as Lippincott, Grambo and Grigg and Elliott. The books are from many genres: fiction, nonfiction, educational, medical, manual, and commemorative.  Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine is well represented through 1897.

Series 10 (1878-1988) contains a variety of miscellaneous items including a few photographs; a partial set of electrotype printing plates; some book catalogs, mostly from Lippincott successors (1961-1978); and unidentified letterbook indexes.

Particular strengths of the collection include correspondence to and from the firm’s London Agency, editorial correspondence for Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, the manufacturing department letterbooks, and the early 20th century author correspondence files. The most frequently cited item is J. M. Stoddart’s international letterbook for  Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine (Box 17 folder 15), which has letters to Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling, and Arthur Conan Doyle.

Despite the size of the collection, there are some notable gaps. Aside from the London Agency letters, incoming correspondence is limited to the modest set of author files in Series 1. Internal correspondence only appears occasionally in the pressed letterbooks, often due to travel of the recipient, but the researcher would need to be aware of which correspondents were associated with the company. Sales records are especially under represented. Payroll records from the mid-twentieth century could be of interest to researchers, but the access restrictions on the most recent volume expire in 2033.

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Overview of arrangement

1. Publication Department (1851 - 1988)

A. Correspondence

B. Account books and other records

C. Miscellaneous publication records

2. Lippincott's Monthly Magazine (1869 - 1918)

A. Outgoing correspondence

B. Other records

C. Original artwork

3. Lippincott's medical periodicals (1893 - 1905)

A. Correspondence

B. Other records

4. Lippincott's London Agency (1875 - 1936)

A. Outgoing letters to Lippincott's London Agency

B. Incoming letters from Lippincott's London agency

5. Manufacturing Department (1899 - 1956)

A. Outgoing correspondence

B. Account books and other records

6. Sales Department (1882 - circa 1956)

A. Outgoing correspondence

B. Account books and other records

7. Business Department (1853 - 1958)

A. Outgoing correspondence

B. Account books and other records

8. Frederick A. Stokes Company ( 1881 - 1945)

9. Published Materials (1833 - 1967)

10. Miscellaneous (1878 - 1988)

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

 Historical Society of Pennsylvania , 2007, 2021.

1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200

Access restrictions

Five volumes of payroll records in Series 7b, spanning the years 1943-1958, are closed for 75 years from the date of creation. These include Volumes 599-603. See Series 7B for details.

Provenance

Gift of Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2002 (accession number 2002.036). The donation was initiated on 11 August 1999 by an email from Joseph Wharton Lippincott III, president of Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, in light of the firm’s impending move from its offices at 227 Washington Square East to new facilities in the Penn Mutual Building, 530 Walnut Street. That fall 137 boxes of materials were received by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, which completed a “spot” inventory and sent a deed of gift to the donor on 24 January 2001. Discussions concerning an additional 3 boxes of material to be donated took place in March 2001, and the gift was finally accepted on 28 May 2002. On 12 August 2002, the receipt of an additional 4 boxes – “the last of the materials that Lippincott Williams and Wilkins currently had for donation” – was acknowledged. A stray volume labeled “Job Order Book” (volume 529) was added to the collection in August 2007, the gift of Eileen Wolfberg.

Processing note

Many items in the collection are water damaged and have been cleaned for mold. Researchers with mold sensitivities should exercise caution when working with this collection.

Three volumes of incoming letters from Lippincott's London Agency (29 July 1904 to 17 February 1906, 26 November 1908 to 16 November 1909, and 20 November 1909 to 10 December 1910) are missing from the collection as of January 2020.

The contents of Box 17 folder 3 (correspondence with Ward, Lock and Co. regarding Arthur Applin’s The Woman Who Was Not) are missing as of October 2020.

The letters from Collection 4028 J. B. Lippincott letters have been integrated with the collection

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Related Materials

Related materials

At the Historical Society of Pennsylvania:

Introduction to a History of Ironmaking and Coal Mining in Pennsylvania by James M. Swank (1878). Call number: Vq .2.

Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine (1868 – 1914). Call number: PN 1.L64.

Toward a Third Century of Excellence: An Informal History of the J. B. Lippincott Company on the Occasion of its Two-Hundredth Anniversary by J. Stuart Freeman, Jr. (1992). Call number: UPA/Ph Z 473.J2 F74 1992.

Separated materials

A large portion of the published material, listed below, has been transferred to HSP's library.

Periodicals Note: Published by J. B. Lippincott Company unless otherwise noted.

American Journal of Nursing 6 (5) (February 1906).

American Practitioner 13 (9) (September 1962).

Annals of Surgery 2-7, 9-14, (1885-1991). St. Louis: J. H. Chambers and Company.

Annals of Surgery 15-17, 19-24 (1892-1896). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

Annals of Surgery 26-40, 41-48, 51-55, 59-67, 69-71, 73-75 (1897-1919).

Every Saturday (May-December 1871). Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.

International Clinics: A Quarterly of Clinical Lectures… (1891, 1892, 1896, 1904).

Pocket Magazine 2 (4-6), 3 (4-6), 4 (1-6), 5 (1-3), 7 (1-2, 5-6), 8 (1-4), 9 (3-5). New York: F. A. Stokes.

Transactions of the American Surgical Association 2-7, 47 (1885-1890, 1929)

Books

Abbott, Charles C. Recent Rambles or In Touch with Nature. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1892.

Josiah Allen’s Wife [pseud.]. Josiah’s Alarm and Abel Perry’s Funeral. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1895.

Anstey, F. The Pariah. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1889.

Bishop, Richard E. Bishop’s Birds. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1936.

Arthur, T. S. Who are Happiest? And Other Stories. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1860.

Brown, John. Rab and His Friends. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1890.

Bryant, William Cullen. The Complete Works of Shakespeare, V (Tragedies). Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1896.

Burns, Robert. Complete Works of Robert Burns Including His Correspondence, Etc. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1867.

Carey, Rosa Nouchette. Merle’s Crusade. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1893.

Casserly, Patrick S. Complete System of Latin Prosody. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1858.

Choice Gems for the Home Circle. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company.

Clemens, Jeremiah. Mustang Gray: A Romance. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1858.

Comly’s Spelling and Reading Book. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, and Company, 1853.

Corelli, Marie. The Sorrows of Satan, or the Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1896.

Crooks, G. R. and A. J. Schem. New Latin-English School Lexicon. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1858.

The Dew-Drop: A Tribute of Affection for MDCCCLIII. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, 1853.

Glynn, Elinor. Man and Maid. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1922.

Goldsmith, Oliver. Vicar of Wakefield. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, n. d.

Goodrich, Frank B. The Court of Napoleon, or Society under the First Empire... 3rd edition. New York: Derby and Jackson, 1863.

Goodrich, S. G. The Story of Alexander Selkirk. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, 1854.

Grosland, Mrs. Newton. Hubert Freeth’s Prosperity: A Story. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1874.

Guthrie, G. J. Commentaries on the Surgery of the War in Portugal, Spain, France, and the Netherlands. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1862.

Haite, George C. ed. The Traveller. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1888.

Hale, Sara Josepha ed. The Poets’ Offering for 1850. Philadelphia: Grigg and Elliot, 1850.

Hart, John S. ed. The Iris: An Illuminated Souvenir for MDCCCLI. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, 1851.

Hart, John S. ed. The Iris: An Illuminated Souvenir for MDCCCLIII. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, 1853.

Hazlitt, William. Lectures on the English Poets. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, n. d.

Hazlitt, William, ed. The Works of Michael D. Montaigne; Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy. 6th edition. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1860.

Hemans, Mrs. Felicia. The Poetical Works of Mrs. Felicia Hemans. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, 1854.

Ingelow, Jean. The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow, Including the Lady and Other Poems. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1881.

Irving, Washington. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1875.

Kautz, Captain August V. The Company Clerk: Showing How and When to Make All the Returns, Reports, Rolls, and Other Papers… Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1864.

King, Captain Charles. Under Fire. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1895.

Kingston, William H. G. Salt Water; or, the Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D’Arcy, the Midshipman. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1875.

Lee, Harper. After Harper Lee: To Kill a Mockingbird. 1969. Note: In Russian.

Lessons of the Holy Scripture to be Read at Morning and Evening Prayer… Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, 1850.

Lewis, Elizabeth. The Princess and the Goblin. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1913.

Lippincott’s Popular Spelling Book. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1885.

Long, John Luther. Miss Cherry Blossom of Tokyo. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1895.

Lover, Samuel. The Low-Back’d Car. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1892.

Lynn, Escott. Blair of Balaclava: A Hero of the Light Brigade. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, undated.

Macleod, George H. B. Notes on the Surgery on the War in Crimea, with Remarks on the Treatment of Gunshot Wounds. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1862.

Maxwell, Samuel Steen. Labyrinth and Equilibrium. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1923.

Milman, Helen. The Little Ladies. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1892.

Patrick, J. N. Lessons in Language. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1898.

Pictorial History of the Russian War 1854-56, with Maps, Plans, and Wood Engravings. London: W and R Chambers Limited, 1856.

Power’s Graded Speller, Book 2. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1905.

Randolph, Mrs. Iris. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1882.

Read, Thomas Buchanan. The Closing Scene. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1887.

Reade, Charles. Peg Woffington: A Novel. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1869.

Rich, Louise Dickinson. We Took to the Woods. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1942.

Seu Biblia Hebraica. 2nd edition. J. B. Lippincott Company, 1859.

Shakespeare, William. A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra. Edited by H. H. Furness. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1907.

Shakespeare, William. A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: King Lear. Edited by H. H. Furness. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1908.

Shakespeare, William. A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: Twelfth Night. Edited by H. H. Furness. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1901.

Shakespeare, William. A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing. 5th edition. Edited by H. H. Furness. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1927.

Shakespeare, William. A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: The Winter’s Tale. Edited by H. H. Furness. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1926.

Shakespeare, William. A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: Julius Caesar. Edited by H. H. Furness, Jr. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1913.

Shakespeare, William. A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: King John. Edited by H. H. Furness Jr. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1919.

A Short Exposition of Dr. Martin Luther’s Small Catechism. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1913.

Spyri, Joanna. Heidi. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1915.

Sterne, Laurence. A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1891.

Swedenborg, Emanuel. Heaven Its Wonders and Hell, From Things Heard and Seen. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1897.

Thomas, Joseph. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, Volume 1 “A-Des.” Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1873.

Thomas, Joseph. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, Volume 2 “Des-Men.” Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1873.

Thomas, Joseph. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, Volume 3 “Men-Zyp.” Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1873.

Thomas, Joseph. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. Revised edition. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1890.

Thomas, Joseph. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. Revised edition. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1915.

Train, Elizabeth Phipps. The Autobiography of a Professional Beauty. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1895.

Von Tautphoeus, Baroness Jemima. At Odds. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1863.

Von Tautphoeus, Baroness Jemima. The Initials: A Story of Modern Life. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo. 1852.

Von Tautphoeus, Baroness Jemima. Quits; a Novel. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1858.

Walker, John. Elements of Elocution and Oratory. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo and Company, 1852.

Wanostrocht, N. Recueil Choisi de Trait Historiques et de Contes Moraux. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1868.

Webber, C. W. Tales of the Southern Border. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, 1855.

Weed, Clarence M. Seeing Nature First. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1913.

Wetherell, Elizabeth. Queechy. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1860.

Wetherell, Elizabeth. The Wide, Wide World. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1858.

White, Caroline Earle. A Modern Agrippa. Patience Barker: A Tale of Old Nantucket. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1893.

White, Charles I. The Genius of Christianity; or the Spirit and Beauty of the Christian Religion. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1856.

Willson, Marcious. Lippincott’s Fifth Reader. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1883.

Wister, Mrs. A. L. From Hand to Hand, a Novel, from the German of Golo Raimund. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1882.

Wister, Mrs. A. L. In the Schillingscourt: A Romance, from the German of E. Marlitt. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1880.

Wyatt, Thomas. Gems From the Sacred Mine; or Holy Thoughts Upon Sacred Subjects. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, and Company, 1851.

Wyss, Johann. The Swiss Family Robinson or Adventures in a Desert Land. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1867.

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Controlled Access Headings

Personal Name(s)

  • Bacon, Ellis W., 1874-1961.
  • Doyle, Arthur, Conan, 1859-1930.
  • Faber, Erwin F., 1866-1939.
  • Faber, Hermann, 1832-1913.
  • Faber, Ludwig E., 1855-1913.
  • Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912.
  • Holloway, Edward Stratton, 1859-1939.
  • Kirk, Maria Louise, 1860-1938.
  • Lippincott, Craige, 1846-1911.
  • Lippincott, J. B. (Joshua Ballinger), 1813-1886.
  • Lippincott, J. Bertram (Joshua Bertram), 1857-1940.
  • Lippincott, Joseph Wharton, 1887-1976.
  • Stoddart, Joseph Marshall, 1845-1921.
  • Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.

Subject(s)

  • Books and Bookselling--19th Century.
  • Medical illustration.
  • Medical Publications--19th century.
  • Medical Publications--20th century.
  • Medical publishing.
  • Publishers and Publishing--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.
  • Publishers and Publishing--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--20th century.
  • Publishing--Limited Editions.
  • Publishing--Periodicals--19th century.
  • Publishing--United States--Periodicals--Early 20th Century.

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Bibliography

The Author and His Audience, with a Chronology of Major Events in the Publishing History of J. B. Lippincott Company. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1967.

Margaret Becket, “J. B. Lippincott Company” in American Literary Publishing Houses, 1638-1899 (Dictionary of Literary Biography, vol. 49), ed. Peter Dzwonkoski, 261-266. Detroit: Gale, 1986.

J. Stuart Freeman, Jr., Toward a Third Century of Excellence: An Informal History of the J. B. Lippincott Company on the Occasion of Its Two-Hundredth Anniversary. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1992.

“Sketches of the Publishers. J. B. Lippincott and Co., Philadelphia,” The Round Table 3, no. 27 (March 10, 1866).

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Collection Inventory

Series 1. Publication department (1851 - 1988) 

Scope and content note

The publication department formed the foundation of the company and accounts for the largest portion of the collection and its earliest correspondence. Over time, records for other departments began to be kept separately from the publication department. Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine started a dedicated set of letterbooks in 1886. Sales department correspondence dates to 1884. Extant records for the manufacturing department and business department date to 1899, possibly a result of the November 1899 fire.

Series 1A. Correspondence (1860s - 1936) 

Scope and content note

The outgoing correspondence of the publication department is comprised of several groups of letterpress volumes and spans the 1860s to the 1930s, bulk 1870s to 1920s. Some volumes lack indexes. Several unidentified indexes are included in Series 10.

The first group, Volumes 1 – 104, is comprised of general outgoing letters (1870 – 1915), (but see Volume 15 for a few letters from the 1860s). During the 1870s and 1880s, the letters addressed many aspects of the Lippincott firm’s business, but mainly focused on editorial matters relating to its book and periodical publications. These letters are signed or initialed by many people, including Albert Coleman, J. Berg Esenwein, John S. Hewitt, Edward S. Holloway, Henry H. Kimball, Joshua B. Lippincott, J. Bertram Lippincott, Walter Lippincott, John N. Rawlings, William S. Walsh, and Churchill Williams. Several volumes are labeled as “Mr. Williams’ and Mr. Rawlings’ Letterbook.”

The second series, Volumes 105 – 218, is comprised of general outgoing letters (1899 – 1923). Ellis W. Bacon is a primary correspondent, and several volumes are labeled “Mr. E. W. Bacon.” Others letter writers include A. Adams, Thomas P. Bacon, Alfred C. Balch, Ralph Bicknell, M. Blair, Louise R. Bull, J. Berg Esenwein, Rupert S. Holland, Edward S. Holloway, Robert S. Ingersoll, W. M. Lednum, Craige Lippincott, Joseph Wharton Lippincott, Joshua Bertram Lippincott, John N. Rawlings, Horace S. Ridings, Walter S. Slack, and Olive M. Sudders.

Rounding out the publication department’s domestic letterbooks are two volumes from Ralph Bicknell (Volumes 219 - 220), spanning 1909 to 1915, and one volume (221) from the Dictionary Department (1905 – 1906), signed by H. G. Emery.

There is comparatively little incoming correspondence. A small number of letters from the second half of the 19th century was collected by Horace S. Ridings. Loose incoming and outgoing author 20th century correspondence is split into two groups. The first group was originally labeled “Permanent Records,” and these files are arranged chronologically by year (1903 – 1917). A few business correspondents are included. The second group of letters (1922 – 1936) is arranged alphabetically by author and chronologically by year. Retail sales reports which were included with these files have been grouped with similar records in Series 6b.

Five volumes of international correspondence (1877 – 1921) relate chiefly to imports. A few letters to domestic correspondents are included. Many letters in Volume 222 are written by Henry H. Kimball, who upon his death in 1894 was succeeded by Horace S. Ridings. The remaining volumes contain letters by Horace S. Ridings and Thomas H. Clagett.

General outgoing letters (1860s - 1936, bulk 1870s - 1930) 

Volume

Publication department letterbook (10 May 1870 to 22 November 1870) 

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Publication department letterbook (23 November 1870 to 27 February 1871) 

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Publication department letterbook (28 April 1871 to 30 August 1871) 

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Publication department letterbook (November 1871 to February 1872) 

Processing note

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Publication department letterbook (February 1872 to June 1872) 

Processing note

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5

Publication department letterbook (June 1872 to August 1872) 

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Publication department letterbook (23 November 1872 to 27 March 1873) 

Processing note

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Publication department letterbook (26 March 1873 to 30 May 1873) 

8

Publication department letterbook (30 May 1873 to 30 September 1873) 

Processing note

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Publication department letterbook (30 September 1873 to 18 December 1873) 

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Publication department letterbook (19 December 1873 to 21 April 1874) 

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Publication department letterbook (22 April 1874 to 18 July 1874) 

Processing note

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12

Publication department letterbook (18 July 1874 to 24 November 1874) 

Processing note

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Publication department letterbook (25 November 1874 to 13 April 1875) 

Processing note

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14

Publication department letterbook (14 April 1875 to 14 October 1875) 

Processing note

Cleaned for mold. A few letters from the early 1860s at front.

15

Publication department letterbook (14 October 1875 to 20 January 1876) 

Processing note

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Publication department letterbook (24 January 1876 to 27 April 1876) 

Processing note

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Publication department letterbook (28 April 1876 to 18 October 1876) 

Processing note

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Publication department letterbook (8 February 1877 to 21 July 1877) 

Processing note

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Publication department letterbook (20 July 1877 to 5 September 1877) 

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Publication department letterbook (11 October 1877 to 18 February 1878) 

Processing note

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21

Publication department letterbook (19 February 1878 to 3 May 1878) 

Processing note

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22

Publication department letterbook (4 May 1878 to 9 October 1878) 

23

Publication department letterbook (27 January 1879 to 24 June 1879) 

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Publication department letterbook (24 June 1879 to 25 September 1879) 

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Publication department letterbook (26 September 1879 to 25 February 1880) 

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Publication department letterbook (25 February 1880 to 27 May 1880) 

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Publication department letterbook (26 May 1880 to 17 January 1881) 

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Publication department letterbook (18 June 1881 to 7 October 1882) 

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Publication department letterbook (7 October 1882 to 18 December 1883) 

Processing note

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Publication department letterbook (19 December 1883 to 9 September 1884) 

Processing note

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32

Publication department letterbook (10 September 1884 to 29 January 1886) 

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Publication department letterbook (29 January 1886 to 26 August 1886) 

Processing note

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34

Publication department letterbook (23 August 1886 to 17 February 1887) 

Processing note

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35

Publication department letterbook (18 February 1887 to 10 October 1887) 

36

Publication department letterbook (10 October 1887 to 9 March 1888) 

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Publication department letterbook (10 March 1888 to 27 November 1888) 

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Publication department letterbook (30 November 1888 to 2 July 1889) 

39

Publication department letterbook (3 July 1889 to 23 January 1890) 

40

Publication department letterbook (23 January 1890 to 21 August 1890) 

41

Publication department letterbook (22 August 1890 to 16 March 1891) 

42

Publication department letterbook (17 March 1891 to 6 October 1891) 

43

Publication department letterbook (7 October 1891 to 5 April 1892) 

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Publication department letterbook (6 April 1892 to 13 September 1892) 

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Publication department letterbook (13 September 1892 to 28 April 1893) 

46

Publication department letterbook (29 April 1893 to 12 December 1893) 

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Publication department letterbook (4 January 1894 to 17 August 1894) 

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Publication department letterbook (21 August 1894 to 31 May 1895) 

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Publication department letterbook (31 May 1895 to 14 March 1896) 

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Publication department letterbook (14 March 1896 to 8 December 1896) 

51

Publication department letterbook (9 December 1896 to 9 July 1897) 

52

Publication department letterbook (10 July 1897 to 10 March 1898) 

53

Publication department letterbook number 62 (1 December 1899 to 17 February 1900) 

54

Publication department letterbook (17 February 1900 to 6 June 1900) 

55

Publication department letterbook (7 June 1900 to 15 December 1900) 

56

Publication department letterbook (14 December 1900 to [?] October 1901) 

57

Publication department letterbook (30 October 1901 to 23 June 1902) 

58

Publication department letterbook (25 June 1902 to 4 March 1903) 

59

Publication department letterbook (4 March 1903 to 24 August 1903) 

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61

Publication department letterbook (20 October 1903 to 19 December 1903) 

62

Publication department letterbook (19 December 1903 to 8 February 1904) 

63

Publication department letterbook (9 February 1904 to 21 March 1904) 

64

Publication department letterbook (21 March 1904 to 28 April 1904) 

65

Publication department letterbook (28 April 1904 to 11 June 1904) 

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Publication department letterbook (11 June 1904 to 29 July 1904) 

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Publication department letterbook (30 July 1904 to 29 September 1904) 

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Publication department letterbook (30 September 1904 to 29 November 1904) 

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Publication department letterbook (29 November 1904 to 17 January 1905) 

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Publication department letterbook (18 January 1905 to 2 March 1905) 

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Publication department letterbook (2 March 1905 to 14 April 1905) 

72

Publication department letterbook (14 April 1905 to 5 June 1905) 

73

Publication department letterbook (5 June 1905 to 24 July 1905) 

74

Publication department letterbook (24 July 1905 to 9 September 1905) 

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Publication department letterbook (9 September 1905 to 11 November 1905) 

76

Publication department letterbook (30 October 1905 to 18 January 1906) 

77

Publication department letterbook (18 January 1906 to 8 March 1906) 

78

Publication department letterbook (8 March 1906 to 16 May 1906) 

79

Publication department letterbook (16 May 1906 to 14 July 1906) 

80

Publication department letterbook (14 July 1906 to 8 September 1906) 

81

Publication department letterbook (8 September 1906 to 1 November 1906) 

82

Publication department letterbook (1 November 1906 to 27 December 1906) 

83

Publication department letterbook (27 December 1906 to 9 February 1907) 

84

Publication department letterbook (9 February 1907 to 25 March 1907) 

85

Publication department letterbook (25 March 1907 to 15 May 1907) 

86

Publication department letterbook (15 May 1907 to 16 July 1907) 

87

Publication department letterbook (15 July 1907 to 18 September 1907) 

88

Publication department letterbook (19 September 1907 to 20 November 1907) 

89

Publication department letterbook (21 November 1907 to 15 January 1908) 

90

Publication department letterbook (16 January 1908 to 6 March 1908) 

91

Publication department letterbook (6 March 1908 to 2 May 1908) 

92

Publication department letterbook (2 May 1908 to 3 July 1908) 

93
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Publication department letterbook (3 July 1908 to 18 September 1908) 

94

Publication department letterbook (18 September 1908 to 7 December 1908) 

95

Publication department letterbook (8 December 1908 to 23 February 1909) 

96

Publication department letterbook (23 February 1909 to 27 April 1909) 

97

Publication department letterbook (27 April 1909 to 3 July 1909) 

98

Publication department letterbook (3 July 1909 to 29 September 1909) 

99

Publication department letterbook (29 September 1909 to 15 December 1909) 

100

Publication department letterbook (15 December 1909 to 16 February 1910) 

101

Publication department letterbook (17 February 1910 to 9 May 1910) 

102

Publication department letterbook (9 May 1910 to 29 July 1910) 

103

Publication department letterbook (9 June 1914 to 20 August 1915) 

104

General outgoing letters (1899 - 1923) 

Volume

Publication department letterbook (5 December 1899 to 19 June 1901) 

Note

Many letters address the consequences of the November 1899 fire.

105

Publication department letterbook (20 June 1901 to 9 May 1903) 

106

Publication department letterbook (12 May 1903 to 19 December 1903) 

107

Publication department letterbook (21 December 1903 to 25 April 1904) 

108

Publication department letterbook (27 April 1904 to 9 November 1904) 

Note

For a few additional letters from this period, see volume 196.

109

Publication department letterbook (17 November 1904 to 14 June 1905) 

110

Publication department letterbook (14 June 1905 to 29 December 1905) 

111
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Publication department letterbook (30 December 1906 to 17 January 1907) 

112

Publication department letterbook (17 January 1907 to 13 December 1907) 

113

Publication department letterbook (13 December 1907 to 26 June 1908) 

114

Publication department letterbook (27 June 1908 to 30 November 1908) 

115

Publication department letterbook (30 November 1908 to 21 June 1909) 

116

Publication department letterbook (30 July 1910 to 8 October 1910) 

117

Publication department letterbook (8 October 1910 to 9 December 1910) 

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Publication department letterbook number 52 (9 December 1910 to 14 February 1911) 

119

Publication department letterbook (14 February 1911 to 6 April 1911) 

120

Publication department letterbook (6 April 1911 to 25 May 1911) 

121

Publication department letterbook (25 May 1911 to 21 July 1911) 

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Publication department letterbook (22 July 1911 to 19 September 1911) 

123

Publication department letterbook (19 September 1911 to 14 November 1911) 

124

Publication department letterbook (14 November 1911 to 10 January 1912) 

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Publication department letterbook (10 January 1912 to 24 February 1912) 

126

Publication department letterbook (26 February 1912 to 5 April 1912) 

127

Publication department letterbook (6 April 1912 to 13 May 1912) 

128

Publication department letterbook (13 May 1912 to 24 June 1912) 

129

Publication department letterbook (24 June 1912 to 13 August 1912) 

130

Publication department letterbook (13 August 1912 to 1 October 1912) 

131

Publication department letterbook (1 October 1912 to 5 November 1912) 

132

Publication department letterbook (5 November 1912 to 18 December 1912) 

Note

Includes 2 leaves dated 7 January 1913.

133

Publication department letterbook (18 December 1912 to 10 February 1913) 

134

Publication department letterbook (10 February 1913 to 19 March 1913) 

135

Publication department letterbook (19 March 1913 to 24 April 1913) 

136

Publication department letterbook (editorial department) (25 April 1913 to 5 June 1913) 

137

Publication department letterbook number 71 (5 June 1913 to 4 August 1913) 

138

Publication department letterbook (4 August 1913 to 24 September 1913) 

139

Publication department letterbook (24 September 1913 to 13 November 1913) 

140

Publication department letterbook number 74 (13 November 1913 to 31 December 1913) 

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Publication department letterbook (31 December 1913 to 13 February 1914) 

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Publication department letterbook (14 February 1914 to 20 March 1914) 

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Publication department letterbook (20 March 1914 to 1 May 1914) 

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Publication department letterbook (2 May 1914 to 22 June 1914) 

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Publication department letterbook (23 June 1914 to 12 October 1914) 

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Publication department letterbook (12 October 1914 to 28 December 1914) 

147

Publication department letterbook (29 December 1914 to 8 February 1915) 

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Publication department letterbook (8 February 1915 to 16 March 1915) 

149

Publication department letterbook (16 March 1915 to 27 April 1915) 

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Publication department letterbook number 84 (27 April 1915 to 11 June 1915) 

151

Publication department letterbook (10 August 1915 to 5 October 1915) 

152

Publication department letterbook (5 October 1915 to 23 November 1915) 

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Publication department letterbook (23 November 1915 to 6 January 1916) 

154

Publication department letterbook (6 January 1916 to 18 February 1916) 

155

Publication department letterbook (18 February 1916 to 28 March 1916) 

156

Publication department letterbook (28 March 1916 to 24 April 1916) 

157

Publication department letterbook (24 April 1916 to 31 May 1916) 

158

Publication department letterbook (31 May 1916 to 24 July 1916) 

159

Publication department letterbook number 94 (24 July 1916 to 5 September 1916) 

160

Publication department letterbook number 95 (5 September 1916 to 17 October 1916) 

161

Publication department letterbook number 96 (18 October 1916 to 29 November 1916) 

162

Publication department letterbook number 97 (29 November 1916 to 13 January 1917) 

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Publication department letterbook number 98 (13 January 1917 to 19 February 1917) 

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Publication department letterbook number 99 (19 February 1917 to 19 March 1917) 

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Publication department letterbook number 100 (19 March 1917 to 19 April 1917) 

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Publication department letterbook number 101 (12 April 1917 to 24 May 1917) 

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Publication department letterbook number 102 (25 May 1917 to 9 July 1917) 

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Publication department letterbook number 103 (9 July 1917 to 31 August 1917) 

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Publication department letterbook number 104 (31 August 1917 to 29 October 1917) 

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Publication department letterbook number 105 (29 October 1917 to 19 December 1917) 

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Publication department letterbook number 106 (19 December 1917 to 8 February 1918) 

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Publication department letterbook number 107 (8 February 1918 to 30 March 1918) 

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Publication department letterbook number 108 (30 March 1918 to 11 May 1918) 

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Publication department letterbook number 109 (11 May 1918 to 28 June 1918) 

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Publication department letterbook number 110 (28 June 1918 to 28 August 1918) 

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Publication department letterbook number 112 (17 October 1918 to 12 December 1918) 

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Publication department letterbook number 113 (12 December 1918 to 28 January 1919) 

179

Publication department letterbook number 114 (28 January 1919 to 6 March 1919) 

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Publication department letterbook number 116 (23 April 1919 to 5 June 1919) 

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Publication department letterbook number 117 (5 June 1919 to 15 July 1919) 

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Publication department letterbook number 119 (4 September 1919 to 22 October 1919) 

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Publication department letterbook number 120 (22 October 1919 to 11 December 1919) 

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Publication department letterbook number 121 (11 December 1919 to 22 January 1920) 

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Publication department letterbook number 122 (22 January 1920 to 3 March 1920) 

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Publication department letterbook number 124 (7 April 1920 to 19 May 1920) 

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Leaves 1-32 (13 October 1913 to 13 October 1914) used by Thomas P. Bacon of the Business Department.

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Publication department letterbook number 126 (25 June 1920 to 5 August 1920) 

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Publication department letterbook number 128 (1 October 1920 to 16 November 1920) 

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Publication department letterbook number 129 (16 November 1920 to 31 December 1920) 

195

Publication department letterbook number 130 (31 December 1920 to 16 February 1921) 

196

Publication department letterbook number 131 (15 February 1921 to 2 April 1921) 

Note

Leaves 1-7 contain letters from 23 August 1904 to 11 October 1906.

197

Publication department letterbook number 132 (2 April 1921 to 13 May 1921) 

198

Publication department letterbook number 133 (13 May 1921 to 23 June 1921) 

199

Publication department letterbook number 134 (23 June 1921 to 29 July 1921) 

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Publication department letterbook number 135 (30 July 1921 to 14 September 1921) 

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Publication department letterbook number 136 (14 September 1921 to 27 October 1921) 

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Publication department letterbook number 138 (12 December 1921 to 30 January 1922) 

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Publication department letterbook number 139 (21 January 1922 to 20 March 1922) 

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Publication department letterbook number 140 (21 March 1922 to 28 April 1922) 

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Publication department letterbook number 141 (28 April 1922 to 18 June 1922) 

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Publication department letterbook number 142 (19 June 1922 to 3 August 1922) 

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Publication department letterbook number 143 (3 August 1922 to 28 September 1922) 

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Publication department letterbook number 144 (28 September 1922 to 18 November 1922) 

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Publication department letterbook number 146 (12 January 1923 to 23 February 1923) 

212

Publication department letterbook number 147 (23 February 1923 to 16 April 1923) 

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Publication department letterbook number 148 (16 April 1923 to 22 May 1923) 

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Publication department letterbook number 149 (22 May 1923 to 5 July 1923) 

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Publication department letterbook number 150 (5 July 1923 to 5 September 1923) 

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Publication department letterbook number 151 (6 September 1923 to 23 October 1923) 

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Publication department letterbook number 152 (23 October 1923 to 30 November 1923) 

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Only 415 leaves used.

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Volume

Ralph Bicknell’s letterbook (21 June 1909 to 30 December 1911) 

219

Ralph Bicknell’s letterbook (19 January 1912 to 15 October 1915) 

220

Outgoing letters from the dictionary department (1905 - 1906) 

Volume

 31 July 1905 to 4 April 1906 

Processing note

Only 68 leaves used.

221

Incoming correspondence (1855 - 1900) 

Box Folder

Letters collected by Horace S. Ridings (1855 - 1900) 

Processing note

Most pertain to Lippincott. Transferred from Collection #4028 J. B. Lippincott Letters.

3 1A

Author correspondence, incoming and outgoing (1896 - 1936) 

Box Folder

Correspondence: Permanent records (1903 - 1915) 

3 1B-18

Correspondence: Permanent records (1915 - 1917) 

4 1-10

Correspondence: Abbot, Mrs. Jane (1925 - 1930) 

5 1-5

Correspondence: Babcock, Mrs. Bernie (1922 - 1930) 

5 6-7

Correspondence: Beard, Daniel C. (1925 - 1930) 

5 8-12

Correspondence: Cattell, Dr. Henry (1925) 

5 13-14

Correspondence: Cattell, Dr. Henry (1925 - 1929) 

6 1-9

Correspondence: Cattell, Dr. Henry (1930) 

7 1-3

Correspondence: Hill, Grace Livingston (1925 - 1931) 

7 4-9

Correspondence: Hopkins, Nevil Monroe (1896 - 1918) 

7 10-11

Correspondence: Houghton, Carolyn Wells (1922 - 1926) 

7 12-14

Correspondence: Houghton, Carolyn Wells (1927 - 1930) 

8 1-4

Correspondence: La Wall, Dr. Charles H. (1927 - 1930) 

8 5-7

Correspondence: Huey Long Contest (1935 - 1936) 

8 8-9

Correspondence: Olmsted, Eloise (1924) 

8 10

Correspondence: Pennell, Mrs. Joseph (1927 - 1930) 

8 11 - 14

Correspondence: Rehberger, Dr. George E. (1926 - 1927) 

9 1-2

Correspondence: Wood, Dr. H. C., Jr. (1925 - 1926) 

9 3 - 4

Business correspondence, incoming and outgoing (1924 - 1929) 

Box Folder

Correspondence: Evans, Bayard, and Frick (1925-1929 

9 5-9

Correspondence: W. C. Heaton and Company (1927 - 1928) 

9 10-13

Correspondence: W. C. Heaton and Company (1928 - 1929) 

10A 1-2

Correspondence: Olmstead, Snyder, and Miller (1924) 

10A 3

International Correspondence (1877 - 1921) 

Volume

 30 August 1877 to 22 May 1893 

Note

Only 194 leaves used.

222

 9 January 1905 to 9 January 1911 

223

Horace Ridings’ letterbook (10 January 1911 to 28 December 1914) 

224

Horace Ridings’ letterbook (28 December 1914 to 19 February 1919) 

Note

Only 575 leaves used.

225

Horace Ridings’ letterbook (12 March 1919 to 18 August 1921) 

Note

Only 201 leaves used.

226

Series 1B. Account books and other records (1851 - 1949) 

Scope and content note

This subseries contains a wide variety of publication-related accounting records which span almost 100 years. Two copyright ledgers and eight general and publication ledgers range from 1851 to 1944 (incomplete). There is one volume of foreign invoices for 1895 to 1899. Two authors’ manuscript books cover the periods of 1882 to 1886 and 1917 to 1925. Also present are copyright records (1900 – 1917 and 1924 – 1930), one volume of new publications records (1889 – 1893), and publication orders placed by Horace S. Ridings, Ellis W. Bacon, John N. Rawlings, and others (1900 – 1949). The subseries also includes one volume of royalty account records (1946 – 1947) and one file of internal permissions to remainder (1922 – 1930).

Ledgers (1851 - 1944) 

Volume

Copyright ledger (beginning 1850) 

Note

Referred to as the “Old Copyright Ledger” in volume 228.

227
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 227 (1864) 

10A 4A
Volume

Copyright ledger (beginning 1864) 

Note

Referred to as “New Copyright Ledger” in volume 227.

228
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 228 (1864 - 1906, undated) 

10A 4B
Volume

General and publication ledger number 3 (January 1861 to January 1864) 

Processing note

Cleaned for mold.

229
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 229 (1874, undated) 

10A 5
Volume

General and publication ledger Number 5, special number 1 (beginning January 1868) 

Note

Referred to as “#1/#5” or “#5, special #1” in other ledgers.

230
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 230 (1868) 

10A 6
Volume

Publication department general and special ledger number 2 (beginning January 1873) 

Note

Referred to as “#2/#5” or “#5, special #2” in other ledgers.

231

Publication department general and special ledger (beginning January 1883) 

Note

Referred to as “publication dept. special ledger” in other ledgers; no index, but includes at beginning some general accounts such as “jobbing” and “advertising.”

232

Publication department special ledger number 3 (beginning 1892) 

Note

Referred to as “publication department, special #3.”

233
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 233 (1892 - circa 1915) 

10A 7

Material removed from Volume 233 (1892 - 1899) 

11 1
Volume

Publication department special ledger number 4 (beginning 1908) 

234
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 234 (1908 - 1946, undated) 

Note

Includes pages 251 - 252.

11 2
Volume

Publication department special ledger number 5 (beginning 1920) 

Processing note

Only 43 pages used.

235
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 235 (undated) 

10A 8
Volume

Publication department ledger (beginning 1900 and 1930 to 1944) 

Note

Labeled on spine “MISCL CHARGE BOOK 1/2 PROFIT BOOK 1930 TO 1943;” only 291pages used.

236
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 236 (1900 - 1945) 

10A 9

Foreign invoices (1895 - 1899) 

Volume

Foreign invoices book (February 1895 to November 1899) 

237
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 237 (1895 - 1899) 

10A 10

Authors’ manuscripts books (1882 - 1925) 

Volume

Authors’ manuscript book (1882 - 1886) 

238

Authors’ manuscript book (1917 - 1925) 

239
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 239 (1917 - 1925) 

10A 11

Copyright records (1900 - 1930)  

Volume

 24 January 1900 to 1 March 1904 

240

 2 March 1904 to 10 September 1910 

241
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 241 (1907 - 1908) 

2 2
Volume

 14 September 1910 to 28 April 1917 

242
Box Folder

Correspondence: Register of copyrights (1924 - 1930) 

10A 12-16

New publications records (1889 - 1893) 

Volume

New publications book (1 November 1889 to 2 March 1893) 

243
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 243 (1889 - 1893) 

10A 17

Publication orders (1900 - 1949) 

Box Volume

Publication orders by Horace S. Ridings (19 January 1900 to 11 October 1906) 

10B 244

Publication orders by Ellis W. Bacon (19 January 1900 to 10 October 1907) 

10C 245

Publication orders by John N. Rawlings (10 October 1905 to 15 December 1911) 

10D 246

Publication orders by Ellis W. Bacon (22 January 1912 to 28 March 1917) 

10E 247

Publication orders by Ellis W. Bacon (30 April 1917 to 7 December 1926) 

10F 248

Publication order book (September 1942 to 26 June 1946) 

10G 249

Publication order book (2 July 1946 to 19 December 1949) 

10H 250

Royalty Accounts (1946 - 1947) 

Volume

 30 June 1946 to 31 December 1947 

251

Permissions to remainder (1922 - 1930) 

Box Folder

Internal correspondence: permissions to remainder (1922 - 1930) 

10A 18

Series 1C. Miscellaneous publication records (circa 1871 - 1949) 

Scope and content note

Other records of the publication department include many trade catalogs (general and medical) and a few original manuscripts, typescripts, and artwork. Many of the children’s book catalogs contain artwork reproduced from the publications. Also in this subseries is a partial set of proofs for a comprehensive English dictionary, which was the pet project of J. Bertram Lippincott. In 1906, after the investment of 14 years and $400,000, J. Bertram Lippincott opted to shelve the project, citing the effects on his health and the projected cost of completion. Copy had been prepared through “G” and proofs printed through “esteem.”

Book catalogs, general and medical (1912 - 1988) 

Box Folder

Complete Catalogue of J. B. Lippincott Company's Publications (1947 - 1950) 

12 1-3

Lippincott Books for Young People (1950) 

12 4-5

Lippincott Publications (1950 - 1951) 

12 6

Complete Catalogue of J. B. Lippincott Company's Publications (1950 - 1951) 

12 7

Lippincott Books for Young People (1951) 

12 8-9

Lippincott Spring Publications (spring 1951) 

12 10

Lippincott catalogue (fall 1951) 

12 11

Lippincott Publications (1951 – 1952) 

12 12

Complete Catalogue of J. B. Lippincott Company's Publications (1951 – 1952) 

12 13

Lippincott Books for Young People (1952) 

12 14-15

Lippincott catalogue (spring 1952) 

12 16

Lippincott Fall Publications (fall 1952) 

12 17

Complete Catalogue of J. B. Lippincott Company's Publications (1952 - 1953) 

12 18

Lippincott Books for Young People (1953) 

12 19-20

Lippincott Spring Publications (spring 1953) 

12 21

Lippincott Fall Publications (fall 1953) 

12 22

Complete Catalogue of J. B. Lippincott Company's Publications (1953 - 1954) 

12 23

Lippincott Books for Young People (spring 1954) 

12 24

Lippincott Books for Young People (fall 1954) 

13 1

Lippincott Spring Publications (spring 1954) 

13 2

Lippincott Fall Publications (fall 1954) 

13 3

Complete Catalogue of J. B. Lippincott Company's Publications (1955 - 1956) 

13 4

Lippincott Books for Young People (spring 1956) 

13 5

Lippincott Adult Publications (fall 1956) 

13 6

Lippincott Books for Young People (fall 1956) 

13 7

Complete Catalogue of J. B. Lippincott Company's Publications (1956 - 1957) 

13 8

Lippincott Books for Junior and Senior High School Libraries (1956 - 1957) 

13 9

Lippincott Books for Young Readers (spring 1957) 

13 10

Lippincott Adult List (1957) 

13 11-12

Lippincott Books for Young People (fall 1957) 

13 13

Complete Catalogue of J. B. Lippincott Company's Publications (1957 - 1958) 

13 14

Lippincott Books for Young Readers (spring 1958) 

13 15

Lippincott Adult Publications (1958) 

13 16-17

Books for Young Readers (fall 1958) 

13 18

Complete Catalogue of J. B. Lippincott Company's Publications (1958 - 1959) 

13 19

Lippincott Books for Young People (spring 1959) 

13 20

Lippincott Adult Publications (1959) 

13 21-22

Lippincott Books for Young People (spring 1959) 

13 23

Lippincott Books for Young Readers (fall 1959) 

13 24

Lippincott Adult Publications (spring 1959) 

13 25
Volume

A Complete List of the Publications of J. B. Lippincott Company (1960 - 1961) 

252
Box Folder

Lippincott Adult Publications (spring 1960) 

13 26

Complete Catalogue of J. B. Lippincott Company's Publications (1960 - 1961) 

14 1
Volume

A Complete List of Publications (1 July 1961) 

253
Box Folder

Lippincott Books for Young Readers (spring 1961) 

14 2

J. B. Lippincott Company Adult Publications (spring 1961) 

10A 19
Volume

A Complete List of Publications (1 July 1962) 

254
Box Folder

J. B. Lippincott Company: A Complete Catalogue of Publications (1962 - 1963) 

14 3
Volume

A Complete List of Publications (1 July 1963) 

255

A Complete Catalogue of Publications (1 July 1964) 

256

A Complete Catalogue of Publications (1 July 1965) 

257

A Complete Catalogue of Publications (1 July 1966) 

258

A Complete Catalogue of Publications (1 July 1967) 

259

A Complete Catalogue of Publications (1 July 1968) 

260

A Complete Catalogue of Publications (1 July 1969) 

261

A Complete Catalogue of Publications (1 June 1970) 

262

A Complete Catalogue of Publications (1 June 1971) 

263

A Complete Catalogue of Publications (1 June 1972) 

264

A Complete Catalogue of Publications (1 June 1973) 

265

A Complete Catalogue of Publications (1 June 1974) 

266

A Complete Catalogue of Publications (1 June 1975) 

267

A Complete Catalogue of Publications (1 June 1977) 

268

A Complete Catalogue of Publications (1 June 1978) 

269
Box Folder

Spring clearance flyer (undated) 

10A 20

Catalogue of Medical and Surgical Publications (1912) 

14 4

Lippincott Medical Books Catalog (1941 - 1942) 

14 5-6

The 1944 Catalog of Lippincott Medical Publications (1944) 

14 7

The 1945 Catalog of Lippincott Publications (1945) 

14 8

1946 Catalog of Lippincott Medical Publications (1946) 

14 9-10

1947 - 1948 Catalog of Lippincott Medical Publications (1947 – 1948) 

14 11

Lippincott Publications (1949 - 1951) 

14 12-13

Lippincott Publications (1951 - 1952) 

15 1

Nursing Texts and Source Books (1952 – 1953) 

15 2

Lippincott Publications (1953 - 1955) 

15 3-5

Lippincott Medical Books (1956 - 1959) 

15 6-10

Lippincott Nursing Texts and Source Books (1959 - 1960) 

15 11

Lippincott Medical Books (1960 - 1961) 

15 12

Lippincott Medical Books (1960 - 1961) 

16 1

Lippincott Nursing Texts and Source Books (1961 - 1962) 

16 2

Lippincott Medical Books (1962 - 1966)) 

16 3-6
Volume

Lippincott Medical Books/Nursing Texts (1968 - 1969) 

270

Lippincott Medical Books/Nursing Texts (1969 - 1970) 

271

Lippincott Medical Books/Nursing Texts (1971) 

272

Lippincott Medical Books/Nursing Texts (1972) 

273

Lippincott Medical Books/Nursing Texts (1973) 

274

Lippincott Medical Books/Nursing/Allied and Health (1974) 

275

Lippincott Medical Books (1975) 

276

Lippincott Medical Books/Nursing/Allied and Health (1976) 

277

Lippincott Medical Books/Nursing/Allied and Health (1977) 

278

Lippincott Medical Books/Nursing/Allied and Health (1978) 

279
Box Folder

Lippincott Nursing and Allied Health (1978) 

16 7

Dictionary proofs (1906) 

Volume

Lippincott's Dictionary of the English Language, 1 "A and B"  (1906) 

280

Lippincott's Dictionary of the English Language, 2 "C" (1906) 

281

Lippincott's Dictionary of the English Language, 3 "D to Dogfish"  (1906) 

282

Lippincott's Dictionary of the English Language, 4 "Dog-fly to Egoistic" (1906) 

283

Lippincott's Dictionary of the English Language, 5 "Egotistical to Esteem"  (1906) 

284

Lippincott's Dictionary of the English Language, section 1 (1906) 

285

Lippincott's Dictionary of the English Language, section 5 (1906) 

286

Original manuscripts and typescripts (circa 1871 – 1934) 

Box

Original manuscript (circa 20 leaves) of chapter 2 of Folle-Farine by Ouida (circa 1871) 

10I

Original manuscript (circa 50 leaves) of Ouida’s “A Provence Rose” (circa 1893) 

Note

Published in A Dog of Flanders and Other Stories in 1893.

10J
Box Folder

Typescript of Richard Mansfield’s Blown Away, declined (1895) 

17 1

Manuscript by George Horton, Constantine, a Tale of Modern Greece, two related notes (1896) 

17 2

Galley proofs of Arthur Applin’s The Woman Who Was Not (1917) 

11 3

Duplicate galley proofs of Arthur Applin’s The Woman Who Was Not (1917) 

11 4

Typescript of Ford Madox Ford’s Provence, part 1 (1934) 

17 4

Typescript of Ford Madox Ford’s Provence, part 2 (1934) 

17 5

Typescript of Ford Madox Ford’s Provence, part 3, mailing wrapper from France (1934) 

17 6

Artwork (circa 1890s – circa 1920) 

Box Folder

Original artwork by Margaret Jones, for Richard Mansfield’s Blown Away (1895) 

17 7

Original artwork by M. L. Kirk for Heidi (circa 1915, undated) 

18 1-5

Original artwork by M. L. Kirk for Pinocchio (circa 1916) 

18 6-9

Original artwork by M. L. Kirk for unidentified work (undated) 

18 10-14

Mounted anatomical drawings (3) by Ernest F. Faber (undated) 

18 15

Mounted anatomical drawings (2) by Louis P. Schmidt (undated) 

18 16
Box

Mounted anatomical drawings by Erwin F. Faber (16) (undated) 

19

Mounted anatomical drawing by Louis P. Schmidt (undated) 

19

Mounted anatomical drawings (4) (undated) 

19
Box Folder

Anatomical drawings (63) by Hermann Faber, Ludgwig E. Faber, and unknown (1906 - 1907, undated) 

Processing note

Cleaned for mold.

20A 1-6

Anatomical drawings (31) by Hermann Faber, Ludwig E. Faber, and unknown (1907, undated) 

20B 1-2
Box

Anatomical drawing of spinal cord (undated) 

21

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Series 2. Lippincott's Monthly Magazine (1869 - 1918) 

Scope and content note

J. B. Lippincott published Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine from 1868 through November 1914, when the magazine was sold to McBride, Nast and Company of New York. It ceased publication in 1916. This series spans from 1886 to 1923 and includes extensive correspondence and manuscript records. Also present are two folders of original artwork and captions.

Series 2A. Outgoing correspondence (1886 - 1914) 

Scope and content note

Letters regarding the earliest years of Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine are included in the general series of outgoing correspondence of the publication department (Series 1A). Many letters regarding periodical subscriptions and advertising are included in the manufacturing department letter books (Series 5A). Outgoing general correspondence for  Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine was separated from the publishing department starting in 1886 in two sequential runs of pressed letterbooks, a general numbered series first and a later series for the editorial department. The latter is missing only one volume. Some volumes lack indexes. Several unidentified indexes are included in Series 10.

The numbered series (1886 – 1899) contains the outgoing letters of Joseph Marshall Stoddart, managing editor (1886 – 1894). Others who signed letters in this series include Frederick M. Bird (editor), J. Bertram Lippinott, Lillian A. North, Charles E. Roberts, Henry C. Walsh, William S. Walsh, J. E. Winner, and an unidentified “M. S.”. Stoddart’s correspondence in this period includes letters to Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde. When Stoddart left his position as managing editor in April 1894, this series of pressed letterbooks was continued by Alfred C. Balch and Charles E. Roberts, advertising manager. While Stoddart’s correspondence usually concerned editorial and management matters, Balch and Roberts showed a greater focus on business matters, such as subscriptions and advertising.

The editorial letterbooks (1899 – 1914) include outgoing letters from the following editors of Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine: Harrison S. Morris (January 1899 to May 1905), J. Berg Esenwein (June 1905 to March 1914), and Louise R. Bull (1914), whose signature appears increasingly throughout the series. Frederic L. Colver and Walter S. Slack signed occasionally from 1913. In addition to editorial matters, subjects include serial and motion picture rights.

There is one volume of international correspondence written by J. M. Stoddart to J. Garmeson and others (1889 – 1894). These letters deal with editorial and management issues surrounding the start up and continued publication of the English edition of Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine. This volume contains letters to Arthur Conan Doyle, Oscar Wilde, and Rudyard Kipling.

In 1899, advertising correspondence for the magazine was separated from editorial concerns and received its own dedicated series of letterbooks (1889 – 1905). Letters in these books were signed by Charles E. Roberts and E. Chase (starting in 1903). After 1905, letters related to periodical advertising correspondence were handled by the manufacturing department.

One file of unbound correspondence and receipts for Lippincott’s “Notable Stories” (1893) completes this subseries.

Numbered letter books (1886 - 1899) 

Volume

Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine letterbook number 1 (13 September 1886 to 5 September 1887) 

287

Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine letterbook number 2 (5 September 1887 to 1 August 1888) 

288

Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine letterbook number 3 (2 August 1888 to 26 January 1889) 

289

Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine letterbook number 4 (28 January 1889 to 19 June 1889) 

290

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine letterbook numberr 5 (20 June 1889 to 25 October 1889) 

Processing note

Letters to Oscar Wilde pages 237, 401. Letters to Conan Doyle pages 236, 462-463, 465 (clearer copy of 463).

291

Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine letterbook number 6 (26 October 1889 to 10 February 1890) 

Processing note

Letter to Oscar Wilde page 279.

292

Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine letterbook number 7 (10 February 1890 to 11 June 1890) 

Processing note

Letters to Walt Whitman pages 321, 334.

293

Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine letterbook number 8 (13 June 1890 to 11 October 1890) 

294
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 294 (1890) 

17 8
Volume

Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine letterbook number 9 (13 October 1890 to 27 December 1890) 

295

Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine letterbook number 10 (27 December 1890 to 24 March 1891) 

296

Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine letterbook number11 (26 March 1891 to 19 June 1891) 

297

Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine letterbook number 12 (19 June 1891 to 28 September 1891) 

298

Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine letterbook number 13 (28 September 1891 to 21 November 1891) 

299

Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine letterbook number 14 (28 November 1891 to 10 February 1892) 

Note

Only 644 leaves are present.

300

Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine letterbook number 15 (11 February 1892 to 10 June 1892) 

301

Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine letterbook number 16 (10 June 1892 to 19 November 1892) 

302
Box Folder

Correspondence: J. M. Stoddart and Captain Charles King (1892) 

17 9
Volume

Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine letterbook number 17 (19 November 1892 to 17 April 1893) 

303
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 303 (1892 - 1893) 

17 10
Volume

Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine letterbook number 18 (17 April 1893 to 23 February 1894) 

304

Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine letterbook number 19 (24 February 1894 to 6 October 1895) 

305

Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine letterbook number 20 (8 October 1895 to 3 August 1896) 

306

Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine letterbook number 24 (25 October 1898 to 17 October 1899) 

307

Lettered letter books (1899 - 1914) 

Volume

Editorial office letterbook A (5 January 1899 to 8 June 1899) 

308

Editorial office letterbook B (9 June 1899 to 1 November 1899) 

309

Editorial office letterbook C (1 November 1899 to 9 April 1900) 

310

Editorial office letterbook E (15 October 1900 to 24 April 1901) 

311

Editorial department letterbook (24 April 1901 to 29 July 1902) 

312

Editorial department letterbook (29 July 1902 to 15 September 1903) 

313
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 313 (1902 - 1903) 

17 11
Volume

Editorial department letterbook (16 September 1903 to 19 October 1904) 

314

Editorial department letterbook (18 October 1904 to 25 September 1905) 

315
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 315 (1905) 

2 3
Volume

Editorial department letterbook (26 September 1905 to 22 February 1906) 

316

Editorial department letterbook (23 February 1906 to 20 October 1906) 

317

Editorial department letterbook (20 October 1906 to 28 May 1907) 

318
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 318 (1907) 

2 4
Volume

Editorial department letterbook (29 May 1907 to 30 November 1907) 

319
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 319 (1907) 

17 12
Volume

Editorial department letterbook (2 December 1907 to 21 August 1908) 

320

Editorial department letterbook (21 August 1908 to 24 March 1909) 

321

Editorial department letterbook (24 March 1909 to 24 November 1909) 

322
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 322 (1909) 

Note

Pages were laid into the volume between pages 915 and 916.

2 5
Volume

Editorial department letterbook (24 November 1909 to 3 October 1910) 

323

Editorial department letterbook (4 October 1910 to 20 September 1911) 

324
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 324 (1910 - 1911) 

2 6
Volume

Editorial department letterbook (21 September 1911 to 4 March 1912) 

325
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 325 (1911 - 1912) 

17 13
Volume

Editorial department letterbook (4 March 1912 to 17 September 1912) 

326

Editorial department letterbook (18 September 1912 to 20 March 1913) 

327

Editorial department letterbook (20 March 1913 to 22 September 1913) 

328
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 328 (1913) 

17 14
Volume

Editorial department letterbook (22 September 1913 to 14 March 1914) 

329

Editorial department letterbook (17 March 1914 to 24 September 1914) 

330

Editorial department letterbook (24 September to 18 December 1914) 

Note

Only 63 leaves used.

331

International letters (1889 - 1894) 

Box Folder

J. M. Stoddart’s international letterbook (September 1889 to 27 July 1894) 

17 15

Advertising correspondence 

Volume

 27 March 1889 to 18 November 1889 

Note

Includes one letter from 18 February 1890.

332

 19 November 1889 to 17 February 1890 

333

 18 February 1890 to 15 August 1890 

334

 19 August 1890 to 28 February 1891 

335

 5 October 1891 to 8 April 1892 

Note

Some pages from 3 March 1892 pasted in at end.

336

 11 April 1892 to 17 November 1892 

337

 21 November 1892 to 18 September 1893 

338

 23 September 1893 to 31 July 1894 

339

 31 July 1894 to 20 April 1895 

340

 22 April 1895 to 13 January 1896 

341

 12 June 1902 to 31 July 1903 

342

 1 August 1903 to 9 August 1904 

343

 10 August 1904 to 30 September 1905 

344

Loose correspondence (1893) 

Box Folder

Correspondence and receipts, Lippincott's Notable Stories (1893) 

22 1

Pages 194 - 201 separated from unknown volume (undated) 

22 2

Pages 190 - 195 separated from unknown volume (undated) 

22 3

Pages 409 - 410 separated from unknown volume (undated) 

22 4

Series 2B. Other records (1869 - 1918) 

Scope and content note

Records in this subseries provide extensive documentation of payments for manuscripts and rights for material appearing in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine from 1869 to 1914. These have been maintained in their original groups as received from the J. B. Lippincott Company. The first section contains several sets of payment receipts for manuscripts and rights which are variously organized. Many are arranged chronologically and alphabetically. Second is a group of five letterpress receipt books for manuscript rights. The third section section consists of extensive manuscript purchase and disposal records (1869 – 1918), which continued to document sales of manuscript rights after  Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine was sold. Cards appear in three major groups (1869 – 1918, 1899 – 1914, and circa 1897 – circa 1912) and are organized alphabetically, followed by three folders of miscellaneous cards. Five letterpress receipt books (1899 - 1914) and two manuscript payments record books (1870 – 1911) conclude the magazine’s manuscript records.

Payment receipts for manuscripts and rights (1869 - 1914) 

Box Folder

Receipts for manuscripts and rights, novelettes published prior to 1900 (1869 - 1912) 

22 5-6

Miscellaneous receipts for manuscripts and rights (1869 - 1917) 

22 7-9

Agreements and receipts for manuscripts and rights (1889 - 1914) 

22 10-13

Receipts for manuscripts and rights (1889 - 1900) 

23 1-2

Receipts for manuscripts and rights (1899) 

Note

Includes receipt signed by Willa Cather.

23 3-4

Receipts for manuscripts and rights (1901) 

23 5-6

Receipts for payments for manuscripts and rights, A-P (1902) 

23 7-10

Receipts for payments for manuscripts and rights, Q–Z (1902) 

24 1-2

Receipts for payments for manuscripts and rights (1903) 

24 3-8

Short story receipts, Will Levington Comfort (1904 - 1915) 

24 9

Novelette receipts for Will Levington Comfort (1904 - 1915) 

24 10

Receipts for payments for manuscripts and rights, A-C (1904) 

24 11

Receipts for payments for manuscripts and rights, D-Z (1904) 

25 1-5

Receipts for payments for manuscripts and rights, A-S (1905) 

25 6-10

Receipts for payments for manuscripts and rights, T-Z (1905) 

26 1

Receipts for payments for manuscripts and rights (1906) 

26 2-7

Receipts for payments for manuscripts and rights, A-H (1907) 

26 8-9

Receipts for payments for manuscripts and rights, I-Z (1907) 

27 1-4

Receipts for payments for manuscripts and rights (1908) 

27 5-10

Receipts for payments for manuscripts and rights, A-I (1909) 

27 11-12

Receipts for payments for manuscripts and rights, J-Z (1909) 

28 1-4

Receipts for payments for manuscripts and rights (1910) 

28 5-10

Receipts for payments for manuscripts and rights, A-G (1911) 

28 11-12

Receipts for payments for manuscripts and rights, H-Z (1911) 

29 1-4

Receipts for payments for manuscripts and rights (1912) 

29 5-10

Receipts for payments for manuscripts and rights, A-D (1913) 

29 11

Receipts for payments for manuscripts and rights, E-Z (1913) 

30 1-3

Receipts for payments for manuscripts and rights (1914) 

30 4-5

Receipt books (1899 - 1914) 

Volume

 7 December 1899 to 30 March 1903 

345

 30 June 1903 to 10 December 1904 

346
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 346 (1904) 

2 7
Volume

 15 December 1904 to 28 May 1906 

347

 8 June 1906 to 25 April 1910 

348

 3 May 1910 to 5 October 1914 

349

Manuscript purchase and disposal (1869 - 1918) 

Box

Manuscript purchase cards, A-H (1869 - 1918) 

31

Manuscript purchase cards, H-Page (1869 - 1918) 

32

Manuscript purchase cards, Paine-Z and anonymous (1869 - 1918) 

33

Authors’ manuscript purchase cards (1899 - 1914) 

34

Manuscript purchase and disposal cards, A-Z (circa 1897 – circa 1912) 

35

Manuscript purchase and disposal card for Evelyn Aldridge’s “One-Sided Honeymoon” (1905) 

35

Manuscript purchase cards (4), Gribble – Green (1901 - 1915) 

35
Box Folder

Manuscript purchase card for L. M. Libbey (1911) 

30 6A

Manuscript payments record books (1870 - 1911) 

Volume

Manuscript payments record book (1870 - 1885) 

350
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 350 (undated) 

30 6B
Volume

Manuscript payments record book number 1 (1899 - 1909) 

351

Manuscript payments record book number 3 (12 March 1907 to 15 September 1911) 

352
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 351 (1883 - 1901) 

30 7

Series 2C. Original artwork 

Scope and content note

This minor subseries contains only one folder of artwork and one folder of accompanying captions by W. M. Goodes.

Box Folder

Original drawings (6) by W. M. Goodes with captions (undated) 

2 8

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Series 3. Lippincott's medical periodicals (1893 - 1905) 

Scope and content note

The Lippincott firm published many medical periodicals, which include International Medical Magazine (from 1891),  Annals of Surgery (from 1897),  American Journal of Nursing (from 1900 to September 1913), and the  International Dental Journal. For additional letters concerning subscriptions for some of these journals, see the manufacturing department letter books.

Outgoing correspondence for the medical periodicals relates to advertising. One volume concerns advertising for International Medical Magazine (1891 – 1893) and is mostly signed by Charles E. Roberts. Four volumes concern advertising for Lippincott’s other medical magazines. Most letters are signed by E. H. Kimball, advertising manager, and later William M. Hayes (1902 – 1905). One folder of copyrights for  Annals of Surgery (1901) concludes the series.

Series 3A. Correspondence (1893 - 1905) 

Outgoing advertising correspondence for International Medical Magazine (1893) 

Volume

 7 November 1891 to 10 October 1898 

353

Outgoing advertising correspondence for Lippincott’s medical magazines (1902 - 1905) 

Volume

Advertising letterbook (16 October 1902 to 16 July 1903) 

354
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 354 (1903) 

2 9
Volume

Advertising letterbook (16 July 1903 to 5 September 1903) 

355

Advertising letterbook (5 September 1903 to 27 January 1904) 

356

Advertising letterbook (27 January 1904 to 8 April 1904) 

357

Advertising letterbook (8 April 1904 to 2 November 1904) 

358

Advertising letterbook (31 October 1904 to 7 June 1905) 

359
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 359 (1905) 

2 10

Series 3B. Other records (1901) 

Box Folder

Copyrights, Annals of Surgery (August 1901 to December 1901) 

30 8

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Series 4. Lippincott's London agency (1875 - 1936) 

Scope and content note

Lippincott’s London agency was opened at 10 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, in 1875, under the directorship of Joseph Garmeson. The agency occupied various Covent Garden addresses, mostly on Henrietta Street until a 1913 removal to 16 John Street, Adelphi. In January 1918, these premises were commandeered for the duration of the war, forcing removal to temporary offices at 34 Bedford Street and 22 Henrietta Street. In February 1920, the agency returned to the John Street address. The original director, Joseph Garmeson, was succeeded by Arthur Milner in early 1906. Milner resigned suddenly in March 1922, and H. G. Lown took over as managing director.

Series 4A. Outgoing letters to Lippincott's London agency (1875 - 1923) 

Scope and content note

Outgoing correspondence to the London agency is in three series of pressed letterbooks. The first is general correspondence running from 1875 to 1895. This sequence appears to be missing one or two letterbooks and most of another. Signatories include Henry H. Kimball, John N. Rawlings, William S. Walsh, and “M. S.” (unidentified). The second, less complete group spans 1899 to 1923 and pertains to editorial and production matters. These books are signed by John N. Rawlings as well as Ellis W. Bacon, Alfred C. Balch, Ralph Bicknell, H. G. Emery, J. Berg Esenwein, Edward S. Holloway, Joseph Wharton Lippincott, Olive M. Sudders, Churchill Williams, and “M. S.” (unidentified). The third group is correspondence related primarily to imports, written mostly by Horace S. Ridings between 1894 and 1921. Thomas P. Bacon and J. Bertram Lippincott also signed these letterbooks.

Outgoing letters to Lippincott’s London agency (1875 - 1899) 

Volume

London letterbook (15 July 1875 to 2 January 1877) 

Processing note

Cleaned for mold.

360

London lettebook (6 January 1877 to 13 December 1878) 

361
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 361 (1877 - 1878) 

30 9
Volume

London letterbook (16 September 1881 to 2 February 1886) 

Processing note

Cleaned for mold.

362
Box Folder

London letterbook 1886 (8 September 1886 to 9 December 1886) 

Processing note

Pages 52-94 and cover only

30 10
Volume

London letterbook (26 June 1888 to 15 July 1890) 

363
Box Folder

Material separated from Volume 363 (1888 - 1890) 

30 11
Volume

London letterbook (22 July 1890 to 19 July 1892) 

364
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 364 (1890 -1892) 

30 12
Volume

London letterbook (21 July 1892 to 16 April 1895) 

365

Outgoing letters to Lippincott’s London agency (1899 - 1923) 

Volume

London letterbook (1 December 1899 to 22 July 1902) 

366

London letterbook (25 July 1902 to 9 June 1905) 

367
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 367 (1902 - 1905) 

30 13
Volume

London letterbook (13 June 1905 to 1 September 1908) 

368

London letterbook (4 September 1908 to 17 July 1912) 

369

London letterbook (19 July 1912 to 14 March 1916) 

370

London letterbook (15 March 1916 to 5 May 1921) 

371

London letterbook (4 May 1921 to 25 May 1923) 

372

London letterbook (28 May 1923 to 28 November 1923) 

Processing note

Only 147 leaves used.

373

Outgoing letters to Lippincott’s London agency (1894 - 1921) 

Volume

 22 July 1894 to 27 October 1896 

374

 30 October 1896 to 3 March 1899 

375
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 375 (1896 - 1899) 

36A 1
Volume

 5 December 1899 to 5 July 1904 

376

Mr. Ridings’ English letter book (12 July 1904 to 17 August 1908) 

377
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 377 (1904 - 1908) 

36A 2
Volume

 24 August 1908 to 5 August 1912 

378

 12 August 1912 to 2 April 1918 

379

 2 April 1918 to 27 May 1921 

380

Series 4B. Incoming letters from Lippincott's London agency (1890 - 1936) 

Scope and content note

Incoming letters and cables from Lippincott’s London Agency were bound into scrapbook volumes which spanned from 1890 to 1936. Due to their condition, these volumes have been disbound and rehoused in archival folders and boxes. In addition to correspondence originating with the London office employees, there are occasional letters from Lippincott’s Philadelphia directors and employees written while they were overseas. These include J. Jefferson Jones and J. Bertram Lippincott.

Box Folder

Wrappers from London letters (undated) 

36B 1

 23 April 1890 

36B 2

 28 September 1895 to 24 December 1897 

36B 3-9

 27 November 1897 

11 5

 1 January 1898 to 30 December 1899 

36C 1-5

 3 January 1900 to 22 March 1902 

36D 1-5

 26 March 1902 to 24 August 1904 

36E 1-5

 14 February 1906 to 11 January 1908 

36G 1-6

 11 December 1907 to 21 November 1908 

36H 1-4

 14 December 1910 to 27 February 1912 

36K 1-3

 28 February 1912 to 26 March 1913 

36L 1-4

 2 April 1913 to 26 June 1914 

36L 5-8

 16 June 1914 to 3 February 1916 

36M 1-6

 6 January 1916 to 14 January 1918 

36N 1-6

 2 January 1918 to 5 December 1919 

36O 1-6

 8 December 1919 to 27 January 1922 

36P 1-6

 3 February 1922 to 27 February 1923 

36Q 1-6

 1 January 1924 to 25 November 1924 

36R 1-6

 27 November 1924 to 28 July 1925 

36S 1-5

 29 July 1925 to 29 January 1926 

36T 1-4

 1925-1926 

2 10

 1 February 1926 to 28 May 1926 

36U 1-3

 1926 

2 11

 1 June 1926 to 17 December 1926 

36U 4-7

 4 January 1927 to 27 September 1927 

36V 1-4

 4 October 1927 to 1 May 1928 

36W 1-7

 1 June 1928 to 14 May 1929 

36X 1-3

 1928-1929 

2 12

 17 May 1929 to 31 December 1929 

36X 4-7

 3 January 1930 to 31 October 1930 

36Y 1-5

 6 November 1930 to 30 September 1931 

36Z 1-5

 2 October 1931 to 16 September 1932 

37A 1-7

 20 September 1932 to 22 August 1933 

37B 1-7

 24 August 1933 to 28 June 1934 

37C 1-4

 3 July 1934 to 29 March 1935 

37D 1-5

 2 April 1935 to 31 December 1935 

37E 1-6

 3 January 1936 to 28 September 1936 

37F 1-5

Loose material found in original box 79 (1895 - 1904) 

37F 6

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Series 5. Manufacturing department (1899 - 1956) 

Scope and content note

The records of the manufacturing department date almost exclusively from the 20th century. The department’s activities encompass much of the day-to-day work of publishing, ranging from layouts and proofs to advertising and orders. This series includes 142 volumes of outgoing correspondence plus a variety of accounting and record books.

Series 5A. Outgoing correspondence (1899 - 1923) 

Scope and content note

A near-complete series of pressed letterbooks ranges from 1899 to 1923, with two volumes predating the 1899 fire which destroyed the plant. Letters cover various topics including invoices, remittances, orders, inquiries, and layouts. There is a significant amount of correspondence to advertising and sales agents and some commission statements. Frederic L. Colver’s letters starting in 1913 reflect a campaign to increase periodical circulation. Among the other employees whose letters are recorded here are Alfred C. Balch; M. Blair (“Miss Blair”); George Burkhardt; J. C. Chevalier; Charles Clarke; George W. Daley; S. Boyer Davis; William F. Dowell; J. Berg Esenwein; Harry H. Fell; S. C. Garner; J. B. M. Grier; William P. Grunthorp, Jr.; William M. Hayes; Edward S. Holloway; George B. Carfrey; E. L. D. Roach; F. A. Roberts; Julian Shoemaker; Walter S. Slack; and “M.S.” (unidentified).

Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (7 January 1899 to 12 April 1899) 

381

Manufacturing department letterbook (13 April 1899 to 14 August 1899) 

382

Manufacturing department letterbook (2 December 1899 to 27 January 1900) 

383

Manufacturing department letterbook (27 January 1900 to 30 April 1900) 

384

Manufacturing department letterbook (7 February 1900 to 24 September 1900) 

Note

Only 131 leaves used.

385

Manufacturing department letterbook (1 May 1900 to 7 September 1900) 

386

Manufacturing department letterbook (7 September 1900 to 27 November 1900) 

387

Manufacturing department letterbook (27 November 1900 to 22 February 1901) 

388

Manufacturing department letterbook (23 February 1901 to 5 August 1901) 

389

Manufacturing department letterbook (5 August 1901 to 29 November 1901) 

390

Manufacturing department letterbook (29 November 1901 to 10 March 1902) 

391

Manufacturing department letterbook (10 March 1902 to 28 July 1902) 

392

Manufacturing department letterbook (28 July 1902 to 6 November 1902) 

393

Manufacturing department letterbook (8 November 1902 to 12 February 1903) 

394
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 394 (1902 - 1903) 

36A 3
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (12 February 1903 to 26 May 1903) 

395

Manufacturing department letterbook (26 May 1903 to 31 August 1903) 

396
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 396 (1903) 

36A 4
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (31 August 1903 to 4 November 1903) 

397

Manufacturing department letterbook (4 November 1903 to 30 December 1903) 

398

Manufacturing department letterbook (30 December 1903 to 18 February 1904) 

399

Manufacturing department letterbook (18 February 1904 to 13 April 1904) 

400

Manufacturing department letterbook (13 April 1904 to 30 June 1904) 

401

Manufacturing department letterbook (30 June 1904 to 19 September 1904) 

402
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 402 (1904) 

36A 5
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (19 September 1904 to 18 November 1904) 

403

Manufacturing department letterbook (18 November 1904 to 9 January 1905) 

404

Manufacturing department letterbook (8 January 1905 to 24 February 1905) 

405
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 405 (1905) 

36A 6
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (23 February 1905 to 12 April 1905) 

406

Manufacturing department letterbook (12 April 1905 to 13 June 1905) 

407
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 407 (1905) 

2 13
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (13 June 1905 to 8 September 1905) 

408
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 408 (1905) 

36A 7
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (8 September 1905 to 28 October 1905) 

409
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 409 (1905) 

36A 8
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (28 October 1905 to 15 December 1905) 

410
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 410 (1905) 

36A 9
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (15 December 1905 to 3 February 1906) 

411

Manufacturing department letterbook (3 February 1906 to 28 March 1906) 

412

Manufacturing department letterbook (25 March 1906 to 8 June 1906) 

413

Manufacturing department letterbook (8 June 1906 to 12 September 1906) 

414

Manufacturing department letterbook (12 September 1906 to 14 November 1906) 

415
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 415 (1906) 

36A 10
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (14 November 1906 to 7 January 1907) 

416

Manufacturing department letterbook (7 January 1907 to 1 March 1907) 

417
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 417 (1907) 

36A 11
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (1 March 1907 to 8 May 1907) 

418

Manufacturing department letterbook (8 May 1907 to 28 August 1907) 

419

Manufacturing department letterbook (28 August 1907 to 2 November 1907) 

420

Manufacturing department letterbook (2 November 1907 to 13 December 1907) 

421
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 421 (1907) 

36A 12
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (13 December 1907 to 20 December 1907) 

422

Manufacturing department letterbook (21 December 1907 to 7 February 1908) 

423
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 423 (1907 - 1908) 

36A 13
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (7 February 1908 to 25 March 1908) 

424

Manufacturing department letterbook (26 March 1908 to 25 May 1908) 

425
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 425 (1908) 

2 14
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (23 March 1908 to 19 August 1908) 

Note

First four pages dated 23 March 1908 to 25 March 1908. Page five continues with 26 May 1908.

426

Manufacturing department letterbook (19 August 1908 to 28 October 1908) 

427
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 427 (1908) 

36A 14
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (27 October 1908 to 14 December 1908) 

428

Manufacturing department letterbook (14 December 1908 to 2 February 1909) 

429
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 429 (1908 - 1909) 

36A 15
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (2 February 1909 to 1 April 1909) 

430
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 430 (1909) 

36A 16
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (1 April 1909 to 18 June 1909) 

431

Manufacturing department letterbook (18 June 1909 to 7 September 1909) 

432

Manufacturing department letterbook (8 September 1909 to 26 October 1909) 

433

Manufacturing department letterbook (26 October 1909 to 12 December 1909) 

434

Manufacturing department letterbook (11 December 1909 to 31 January 1910) 

435
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 435 (1909 - 1910) 

36A 17
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (31 January 1910 to 15 March 1910) 

436
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 436 (1910) 

2 15
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (16 March 1910 to 7 May 1910) 

437

Manufacturing department letterbook (7 May 1910 to 29 June 1910) 

438
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 438 (1910) 

2 16
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (29 June 1910 to 23 August 1910) 

439

Manufacturing department letterbook (23 August 1910 to 12 October 1910) 

440
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 440 (1910) 

2 17
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (13 October 1910 to 23 November 1910) 

441
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 441 (1910) 

36A 18
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (23 November 1910 to 10 January 1911) 

442
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 442 (1911) 

36A 19
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (10 January 1911 to 17 February 1911) 

443
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 443 (1911) 

2 18
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (17 February 1911 to 1 April 1911) 

444
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 444 (1911) 

36A 20
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (1 April 1911 to 10 May 1911) 

445
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 445 (1911) 

2 19
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (10 May 1911 to 29 May 1911) 

446

Manufacturing department letterbook (29 May 1911 to 16 June 1911) 

447
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 447 (1911) 

36A 21
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (15 June 1911 to 10 July 1911) 

448
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 448 (1911) 

2 20
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (7 July 1911 to 4 August 1911) 

449

Manufacturing department letterbook (4 August 1911 to 24 August 1911) 

450

Manufacturing department letterbook (24 August 1911 to 9 September 1911) 

451
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 451 (1911) 

36A 22
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (9 September 1911 to 25 September 1911) 

452

Manufacturing department letterbook (25 September 1911 to 5 October 1911) 

453

Manufacturing department letterbook (6 October 1911 to 18 October 1911) 

454

Manufacturing department letterbook (18 October 1911 to 27 October 1911) 

455

Manufacturing department letterbook (27 October 1911 to 7 November 1911) 

456

Manufacturing department letterbook (7 November 1911 to 17 November 1911) 

457

Manufacturing department letterbook (18 November 1911 to 29 November 1911) 

458

Manufacturing department letterbook (29 November 1911 to 12 December 1911) 

459

Manufacturing department letterbook (12 December 1911 to 19 December 1911) 

460

Manufacturing department letterbook (19 December 1911 to 29 December 1911) 

461

Manufacturing department letterbook (29 December 1911 to 11 January 1912) 

462

Manufacturing department letterbook (11 January 1912 to 22 January 1912) 

463

Manufacturing department letterbook (22 January 1912 to 31 January 1912) 

464
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 464 (1912) 

2 21
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (1 February 1912 to 12 February 1912) 

465

Manufacturing department letterbook (13 February 1912 to 23 February 1912) 

466

Manufacturing department letterbook (23 February 1912 to 8 March 1912) 

467

Manufacturing department letterbook (6 March 1912 to 20 March 1912) 

468

Manufacturing department letterbook (20 March 1912 to 1 April 1912) 

469

Manufacturing department letterbook (1 April 1912 to 13 April 1912) 

470

Manufacturing department letterbook (13 April 1912 to 29 April 1912) 

471

Manufacturing department letterbook (29 April 1912 to 13 May 1912) 

472

Manufacturing department letterbook (13 May 1912 to 31 May 1912) 

473

Manufacturing department letterbook (31 May 1912 to 24 June 1912) 

474

Manufacturing department letterbook (24 June 1912 to 23 July 1912) 

475

Manufacturing department letterbook (23 July 1912 to 19 August 1912) 

476

Manufacturing department letterbook (19 August 1912 to 11 September 1912) 

477

Manufacturing department letterbook (11 September 1912 to 30 September 1912) 

478

Manufacturing department letterbook (30 September 1912 to 18 October 1912) 

479
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 479 (1912) 

36A 23
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (18 October 1912 to 5 November 1912) 

480

Manufacturing department letterbook (5 November 1912 to 26 November 1912) 

481

Manufacturing department letterbook (25 November 1912 to 13 December 1912) 

482

Manufacturing department letterbook (13 December 1912 to 2 January 1913) 

483
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 483 (1912) 

2 22
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (2 January 1913 to 23 January 1913) 

484

Manufacturing department letterbook (22 January 1913 to 10 February 1913) 

485
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 485 (1913) 

2 23
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (10 February 1913 to 5 March 1913) 

486
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 486 (1913) 

2 24
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (5 March 1913 to 26 March 1913) 

487
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 487 (1913) 

36A 24
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (26 March 1913 to 14 April 1913) 

488

Manufacturing department letterbook (14 April 1913 to 3 May 1913) 

489

Manufacturing department letterbook (3 May 1913 to 20 May 1913) 

490

Manufacturing department letterbook (20 May 1913 to 6 June 1913) 

491

Manufacturing department letterbook (6 June 1913 to 26 June 1913) 

492
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 492 (1913) 

36A 25
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (26 June 1913 to 15 July 1913) 

493
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 493 (1913) 

36A 26
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (14 July 1913 to 31 July 1913) 

494

Manufacturing department letterbook (31 July 1913 to 21 August 1913) 

495

Manufacturing department letterbook (21 August 1913 to 15 September 1913) 

496

Manufacturing department letterbook (16 September 1913 to 6 October 1913) 

497

Manufacturing department letterbook (6 October 1913 to 20 October 1913) 

498
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 498 (1913) 

2 25
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (20 October 1913 to 4 November 1913) 

499
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 499 (1913) 

2 26
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (4 November 1913 to 15 November 1913) 

500

Manufacturing department letterbook (14 November 1913 to 28 November 1913) 

501

Manufacturing department letterbook (25 November 1913 to 12 December 1913) 

502

Manufacturing department letterbook (13 December 1913 to 31 December 1913) 

503
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 503 (1913) 

2 27
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (31 December 1913 to 21 January 1914) 

504
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 504 (1913 - 1914) 

36A 27
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (21 January 1914 to 10 February 1914) 

505
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 505 (1914) 

36A 28
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (10 February 1914 to 7 March 1914) 

506

Manufacturing department letterbook (6 March 1914 to 2 April 1914) 

507

Manufacturing department letterbook (2 April 1914 to 5 May 1914) 

508
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 508 (1914) 

2 28
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (5 May 1914 to 6 June 1914) 

509

Manufacturing department letterbook (6 June 1914 to 3 July 1914) 

510
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 510 (1914) 

2 29
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (3 July 1914 to 5 August 1914) 

511
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 511 (1914) 

2 30
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (5 August 1914 to 8 September 1914) 

512
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 512 (1914) 

2 31
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (8 September 1914 to 9 October 1914) 

513
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 513 (1914) 

2 32
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (10 October 1914 to 18 November 1914) 

514

Manufacturing department letterbook (18 November 1914 to 28 December 1914) 

515

Manufacturing department letterbook (28 December 1914 to 2 February 1915) 

516

Manufacturing department letterbook (2 February 1915 to 8 March 1915) 

517

Manufacturing department letterbook (8 March 1915 to 17 April 1915) 

518

Manufacturing department letterbook (17 April 1915 to 23 July 1915) 

Note

There is a separate section for 21 April 1915 and 3 August 1915.

519
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 519 (1915) 

2 33
Volume

Manufacturing department letterbook (23 July 1915 to 22 February 1917) 

Note

See volume 548 for 3 August 1915.

520

Manufacturing department letterbook (26 February 1917 to 2 October 1919) 

521

Manufacturing department letterbook (6 October 1919 to 11 February 1921) 

522

Manufacturing department letterbook (28 February 1921 to 8 November 1923) 

Note

Only 371 leaves used.

523

Series 5B. Account books and other records (1900 - 1956) 

Scope and content note

The accounting records begin with a series of five sales journals ranging from 1905 to 1937. There is also a single job order book (1925 – 1929). This is followed by a series of six year-end departmental inventory books (1950 – 1956). Production records (circa 1900 – 1939) consist of two series of file cards. The first series (undated) is book production cards for the second half of the alphabet. The second is book cost and record cards for dead series (1921 – 1939). These are organized somewhat alphabetically and have been maintained in their original groups. A single composition order (1923) completes the production records. A plate inventory book (1900 – 1901) follows.

Sales and order records (1905 - 1937) 

Volume

Sales book number 4 (6 January 1905 to 30 June 1909) 

524

Sales book number 5 (7 July 1909 to 31 July 1913) 

525

Sales book number 6 (5 August 1913 to 30 June 1917) 

526
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 526 (1907 - 1910) 

36A 29
Volume

Sales book number 7 (3 July 1917 to 30 September 1923) 

527

Sales book number 8 (9 October 1923 to 3 February 1937) 

528
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 528 (1923 - 1937) 

36A 30
Volume

Job order book (31 January 1925 to 21 October 1929) 

529

Inventories (1950 - 1956) 

Volume

Inventory of book stock, paper, etc. (31 December 1950) 

530
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 530 (1950) 

36A 31
Volume

Inventory of book stock, paper, etc. (31 December 1951) 

531
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 531 (1951). 

36A 32
Volume

Inventory of book stock, paper, etc. (31 December 1952) 

532

Inventory of book stock, paper, etc. (31 December 1953) 

533
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 533 (1953) 

36A 33
Volume

Inventory of book stock, paper, etc. (31 December 1954) 

534
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 534 (1954 - 1955) 

11 6
Volume

Inventory of book stock, paper, etc. (31 December 1955) 

535

Inventory of book stock, paper, etc. (31 December 1956) 

536
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 536 (1956 - 1957) 

36A 34

Production records (circa 1900 to circa 1939) 

Box

Book production cards, M - P (undated) 

38A

Book production cards, P - S (undated) 

38B

Miscellaneous book production cards (undated) 

Note

Many with title beginning with "O."

38B
Box Folder

Book cost and record cards, dead series (1921 - 1939) 

39A 1-45

Book cost and record cards, dead series (1921 - 1939) 

39B 1-45

Book cost and record cards, dead series (1921 - 1939) 

39C 1-45

Book cost and record cards, dead series (1921 - 1939) 

39D 1-40

Book cost and record cards, dead series (1921 - 1939) 

39E 1-44

Book cost and record cards, dead series (1921 - 1939) 

39F 1-44

Book cost and record cards, dead series (1921 - 1939) 

39G 1-45

Book cost and record cards, dead series (1921 - 1939) 

39H 1-40

Book cost and record cards, dead series (1921 - 1939) 

39I 1-43

Book cost and record cards, dead series (1921 - 1939) 

39J 1-34

Book cost and record cards, dead series (1921 - 1939) 

39K 1-29

Composition order for Annie Isabel Robertson’s “Guide to Literature of Homer” and “Family Life” (29 August 1923) 

36A 35

Printing plate records (1900 - 1901) 

Volume

Plate book (1900 - 1901) 

537
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 537 (1900) 

36A 36

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Series 6. Sales department (1882 - circa 1956) 

Scope and content note

This small series is a heterogeneous mixture of sales-related records. It contains outgoing correspondence regarding sales to the trade and sales to individuals. Also included are letterbooks of the Educational Department which concern sales to schools and colleges. A small number of ledgers, sales reports, and commission records make up the rest of the series.

Series 6A. Outgoing correspondence (1884 - 1934) 

Scope and content note

One volume (538), with many letters signed by Henry H. Kimball, relates to sales to the trade (1882 - 1888). Volumes 539 through 546 are outgoing letters relating to sales to individuals and non-trade accounts for 1907 to 1912, with only one gap in the run. Many of these are signed by G. H. Newton or, from 1910, by “Miss Miller.” Volumes 547 through 551 consist of outgoing letters from the educational department, which concern sales of textbooks. These are signed by Ellis W. Bacon, Charles H. Robertson (who signed as “Ro.”), Thomas P. Bacon, and an unidentified “H. P.” (1910 - 1914). The remaining two volumes (552 - 553) contain correspondence related to school and college quotations and the Historical Tales series; the letters are signed by Ellis W. Bacon, Thomas P. Bacon, and William M. Lednum (1910 - 1913).

Outgoing letters of the sales department (1884 - 1912) 

Volume

Sales department letterbook (1882 to 1888) 

538

Sales department letterbook (30 August 1907 to 6 November 1907) 

539

Mr. Newton’s letterbook (24 November 1908 to 2 February 1909) 

540

Mr. Newton’s letterbook, number 58 (25 February 1910 to 2 May 1910) 

541

Mr. Newton’s letterbook (3 May 1910 to 18 July 1910) 

542
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 542 (1910 - 1912) 

40 1
Volume

Mr. Newton’s letterbook (19 July 1910 to 5 November 1910) 

543

Mr. Newton’s letterbook (7 November 1910 to 23 March 1911) 

544
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 544 (1910 - 1911) 

40 2A
Volume

Miss Miller’s letterbook (23 March 1911 to 22 September 1911) 

545

Miss Miller’s letterbook (22 September 1911 to 27 February 1912) 

Note

Only 100 leaves used.

546

Outgoing letters of the educational department (1910 - 1914) 

Volume

Educational department letterbook (17 June 1910 to 13 January 1911) 

547

Educational department letterbook (25 March 1913 to 16 July 1913) 

548

Educational department letterbook (17 July 1913 to 4 November 1913) 

549

Educational department letterbook (5 November 1913 to 20 February 1914) 

550

Educational department letterbook (21 February 1914 to 10 July 1914) 

551

School and college quotations (17 March 1910 to 27 November 1912) 

Note

Only 191 leaves used.

552

Letters regarding the Historical Tales (1 November 1910 to 29 October 1913) 

553

Miscellaneous correspondence (1925 - 1934) 

Box Folder

Correspondence: U. S. Pharmacopoeia and Dispensatory (1925 - 1933) 

40 2B

Correspondence: Malloy, J. V. (1933 - 1934) 

40 3

Series 6B. Account books and other records (1907 - circa 1956) 

Scope and content note

This subseries is comprised of a small array of unrelated sales records and account books. There are two sales ledgers, one for jobbers and one for bookstores and individuals (1907 - 1911); one folder of retail sales reports (1922 - 1924); three volumes of alesmen’s commission records (1938 - 1946); a journal for sales of medical books to doctors (1941 - 1943); and notecards for a sales presentation (1956).

Sales ledgers (1907 - 1910) 

Volume

Sales ledger, volume 1 (jobbers) (1907 - 1911) 

554

Sales ledger, volume 2 (bookstores and individuals) (1907 - 1911) 

555
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 555 (1907 - 1911) 

40 4

Retail sales reports (1922 - 1924) 

Box Folder

Sales reports for retail sales (1922 - 1924) 

40 5

Salesmen's commissions records (1938 - 1946) 

Volume

 5 October 1938 to 2 December 1940 

556
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 556 (1938 - 1940) 

40 6
Volume

 9 December 1940 to 8 December 1942 

557
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 557 (1940 - 1942) 

40 7
Volume

 5 January 1943 to 7 February 1946 

558
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 558 (1943 - 1946) 

40 8

Sales of medical books to doctors (1941 - 1943) 

Volume

Sales journal, medical books to doctors (1943 - 1943) 

559

Miscellaneous (circa 1956) 

Box Folder

Note cards (6) for a presentation regarding an elementary science text (circa 1956) 

40 9

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Series 7. Business department (1853 - 1958) 

Scope and content note

The business department handled the financial matters of the company. The records in this series contain of a small number of pressed letterbooks and a variety of account books and journals with dates ranging from 1853 to 1958.

Series 7A. Outgoing correspondence (1899 - 1913) 

Scope and content note

This small subseries consists of five pressed letterbooks, four containing correspondence from Thomas P. Bacon, director (1899 - 1913). Letters were also signed by J. Bertram Lippincott (vice president), Robert P. Morton (secretary and treasurer), and Horace S. Ridings. There is a single book of letters written by attorney Allen B. Clement (1907) on behalf of the company.

Outgoing letters from Thomas P. Bacon (director) (1899 - 1913) 

Volume

Mr. Thomas P. Bacon’s letterbook (1 December 1899 to 18 April 1901) 

560

Mr. Thomas P. Bacon’s letterbook (22 April 1901 to 4 August 1904) 

561

Mr. Thomas P. Bacon's letterbook (5 August 1904 to 10 October 1913) 

562

Outgoing letters of Thomas P. Bacon (13 October 1913 to 13 October 1914) 

Note

These letters are on the first 32 leaves, and the remainder comprise Publication Department Letterbook Number 124 in Series 1a.

190

Outgoing letters from Allen B. Clement (attorney) (1907) 

Volume

Outgoing letters from Allen B. Clement (16 January 1907 to 16 December 1907) 

Note

Includes one receipt 9 August 1908. 0nly 49 leaves used.

563

Series 7B. Acount books and other records (1853 - 1958) 

Scope and content note

A variety of accounting and financial records in this subseries spans over 100 years. None are complete for their date range except for the payroll records. There are three private account books from the early days of the company (1853 – 1879), including Joshua B. Lippincott’s day book and the partners’ private cash ledger. Volumes 596 and 597 are inventory (1888) and valuation books (1917 – 1936). For inventories of book stock, paper, etc. (1950 – 1956), see Volumes 559 through 565 in Series 5. A group of ten general journals ranges from 1906 to 1947. Cash records are comprised of six cash receipts journals (1908 – 1947) and one cash collections book (1938), eight cash disbursements journals (1910 – 1945), three folders of stamps records (1923), and two voucher registers (1927 – 1931 and 1942 – 1944). Six volumes (627 – 632) of payroll records complete the subseries (1937 – 1958). The back of each payroll book has many notes, letters, and human resources-related papers pasted in. The payroll records are closed to researchers for 75 years from the date of creation. See individual volumes for when access restrictions expire.

Private account books (1853 - 1879) 

Volume

Day book of Joshua B. Lippincott (28 February 1853 to 31 December 1885) 

564

Private journal of Lippincott, Grambo and Co./J. B. Lippincott and Co. (4 October 1856 to 22 April 1869) 

565

Partners’ private cash ledger (J. B. Lippincott, Edmund Claxton, George Remsen, and Benjamin B. Willis) (July 1855 to November 1879) 

Processing note

Cleaned for mold.

566

Inventory and valuation books (1888 - 1936) 

Volume

J. B. Lippincott Co.’s publications, stereotype plates, English stock, pub. dept. and recapitulation of stock (31 January 1888) 

567
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 567 (1888) 

40 10
Volume

Valuation book (plates, stamps, authors’ rights, artists’ rights, analysis of plates sold, furniture and fixtures), (1917 - 1936) 

568
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 568 (1917 - 1936) 

40 11

General journals (1906 - 1947) 

Volume

General journal number 2 (November 1906 to December 1909) 

569
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 569 (1906 - 1909) 

40 12
Volume

General journal number 4 (May 1913 to November 1916) 

570
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 570 (1913 - 1916) 

40 13
Volume

General journal number 5 (November 1916 to April 1920) 

571
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 571 (1916 - 1920) 

40 14
Volume

General journal number 8 (February 1927 to December 1928) 

572
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 572 (1927 - 1928) 

40 15
Volume

General journal number 9 (January 1929 to December 1930) 

573

General journal number 10 (January 1931 to December 1932) 

574
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 574 (1931 - 1932) 

40 16
Volume

General journal number 11 (January 1933 to February 1935) 

575

General journal number 12 (March 1935 to December 1937) 

576
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 576 (1935 - 1937) 

40 17
Volume

General journal number13 (January 1938 to June 1940) 

577
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 577 (1938 - 1940) 

40 18
Volume

General journal number 14 (July 1940 to August 1942) 

578
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 578 (1940 - 1942) 

11 7
Volume

General journal number 16 (September 1942 to December 1944) 

579
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 579 (1942 - 1945) 

40 19
Volume

General journal number 17 (January 1945 to October 1947) 

580
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 580 (1945 - 1947) 

40 20

Cash receipts journals (1908 - 1947) 

Volume

Cash receipts (17 October 1908 to 26 February 1910) 

581

Cash receipts (26 February 1910 to 31 July 1911) 

582

Cash receipts (12 December 1914 to 5 July 1916) 

583
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 583 (1914 - 1916) 

40 21
Volume

Cash receipts (2 January 1928 to 20 May 1938) 

584

Cash receipts (23 May 1938 to 31 December 1942) 

585

Cash receipts (4 January 1943 to 31 March 1947) 

586

Cash collections records (1938) 

Volume

Cash collections (1 July 1938 to 30 December 1938) 

587

Cash disbursements records (1910 - 1945) 

Volume

General cash disbursements (20 October 1910 to 22 July 1913) 

588

General cash disbursements (22 July 1913 to 7 September 1916) 

589

General cash disbursements (8 September 1916 to 29 November 1919) 

590

General cash disbursements (20 April 1931 to 30 November 1934) 

591

General cash disbursements (3 December 1934 to 22 October 1937) 

592
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 592 (1934 - 1937) 

40 22
Volume

General cash disbursements (22 October 1937 to 3 May 1940) 

593

General cash disbursements (3 May 1940 to 24 August 1942) 

594
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 594 (1940 - 1942) 

40 23
Volume

General cash disbursements (24 August 1942 to 31 May 1945) 

595
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 595 (1942 - 1945) 

40 24

Stamps records (1923) 

Box Folder

Stamps required (October 1923 to December 1923) 

40 25

Record of stamps used (October 1923 to December 1923) 

40 26

Stamps used (October 1923 to December 1923) 

40 27

Voucher registers (1927 - 1944) 

Volume

Voucher register (1927 - 1931) 

596
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 596 (1927 - 1931) 

40 28
Volume

Voucher register (1942 - 1944) 

597
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 597 (1942 - 1944) 

40 29

Payroll records (1937 - 1958) 

Volume

Pay roll (10 January 1937 to 19 December 1942) 

598
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 598 (1937 - 1942) 

40 30

Material removed from Volume 598 (1937 - 1942) 

11 8
Volume

Pay roll (9 January 1943 to 20 December 1946) 

Access restrictions

Closed to researchers until 1 January 2022.

599
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 599 (1943 - 1946) 

Access restrictions

Closed to researchers until 1 January 2022.

41 1
Volume

Pay roll (10 January 1947 to 22 December 1949) 

Access restrictions

Closed to researchers until 1 January 2025.

600
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 600 (1947 - 1949) 

Access restrictions

Closed to researchers until 1 January 2025.

41 2
Volume

Pay roll (10 January 1950 to 22 December 1952) 

Access restrictions

Closed to researchers until 1 January 2028.

601
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 601 (1950 - 1952) 

Access restrictions

Closed to researchers until 1 January 2028.

41 3
Volume

Pay roll (9 January 1953 to 20 December 1957) 

Access restrictions

Closed to researchers until 1 January 2033.

602
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 602 (1953 - 1957) 

Access restrictions

Closed to researchers until 1 January 2033.

41 4
Volume

Pay roll (10 January 1958 to 25 June 1958) 

Access restrictions

Closed to researchers until 1 July 2033.

603

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Series 8. Frederick A. Stokes Company (1881 - 1945) 

Scope and content note

Frederick A. Stokes Company was founded in 1881 as White and Stokes. Most records in this small series are dated prior to the firm’s acquisition by J. B. Lippincott Company in 1941. There is a single folder of author correspondence. The remainder is a hodge-podge of accounting and other records ranging from sales and royalties to manufacturing and advertising. This series has been arranged chronologically.

Volume

Summary record of sales (May 1881 to August 1941) 

604
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 604 (undated) 

40 31A
Volume

Annual royalties (beginning 1908) 

605
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 605 (1908 - 1930) 

40 31B
Volume

Monthly balances book (January 1914 to March 1925) 

606
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 606 (1906 - 1915) 

40 32
Volume

Manufacturing record for books published, printed, and imported (1918 to 1941) 

Processing note

Cleaned for mold.

607

Inactive wrapper orders (1929 - 1936) 

608
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 608 (1929 - 1936) 

42 1

Record of stocks and bonds owned (1936 - 1940) 

42 3
Volume

Circular advertising journal (January 1936 to October 1941) 

609
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 609 (1936 - 1941) 

42 3

Correspondence and promotional material: MacArthur, D. Wilson (1937 - 1938) 

42 4

Complete Descriptive Catalog of the Publications of Frederick A. Stokes Company (1938) 

16 8
Volume

Sales journal (1 January 1941 to 11 May 1945) 

610
Box Folder

Material removed from Volume 610 (1944 - 1945) 

42 5

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Series 9. Published materials (1833 - 1967) 

Scope and content note

This series contains circa 23 shelf feet of printed volumes, chiefly the publications of the Lippincott firm, but a few from other firms including F. A. Stokes Company, Grigg and Elliott, and Lippincott, Grambo and Company. Notable titles include Letter of Hernando De Soto and Memoir of Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda (Volume 635), of which only 100 copies were printed; and  The Veterinary Surgeon: Or Farriery Taught on a New and Easy Plan (Volume 653) which contains a Civil War inscription by Lt. A. Benson Brown. Many issues of  Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine are also represented.

A. Books (1833 - 1967) 

Volume

Allibone's Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, volume 1, "Abb-Lyt," S. Austin Allibone. J. B. Lippincott, 1871. 

611

Allibone's Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, volume 2,"Mab-Syz," S. Austin Allibone. J. B. Lippincott, 1871. 

612

Allibone's Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, volume 3, "Twa-Zwe," S. Austin Allibone. J. B. Lippincott, 1871. 

613

The History of Georgia from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, T. S. Arthur and W. H. Carpenter. J. B. Lippincott, 1856. 

614

The History of Virginia from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, T. S. Arthur and W. H. Carpenter. J. B. Lippincott, 1856. 

615

Bethlehem Seminary Souvenir: History of the Rise, Progress, and Current Condition of the Bethlehem Female Seminary. J. B. Lippincott, 1858. 

616

The Century: Its Fruits and Its Festival, by Edward C. Bruce. J. B. Lippincott, 1877. 

617

The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come, John Bunyan. J. B. Lippincott, 1884. 

618

Autobiography of Charles Caldwell, M. D. J. B. Lippincott, 1855. 

620

The Analogy of Religion, to the Constitution and Course of Nature…, 5th edition, Joseph Butler. J. B. Lippincott, 1863. 

619

The History of Connecticut from its Earliest Settlement to the Present, W. H. Carpenter and T. S. Arthur. J. B. Lippincott, 1856. 

621

The History of Illinois from its Earliest Settlement to the Present, W. H. Carpenter and T. S. Arthur. J. B. Lippincott, 1856. 

622

The History of Ohio from its Earliest Settlement to the Present, W. H. Carpenter and T. S. Arthur. J. B. Lippincott, 1856. 

623

The History of Pennsylvania from its Earliest Settlement to the Present, W. H. Carpenter, T. S. Arthur. J. B. Lippincott, 1856. 

624

The History of Tennessee from its Earliest Settlement to the Present, W. H. Carpenter. J. B. Lippincott, 1856. 

625

The History of Vermont from its Earliest Settlement to the Present, W. H. Carpenter and T. S. Arthur. J. B. Lippincott, 1856. 

626

Manual of Spherical and Practical Astronomy, volume 1, William Chauvenet. J. B. Lippincott, 1863. 

627

Manual of Spherical and Practical Astronomy, volume 2, William Chauvenet. J. B. Lippincott, 1863. 

628

The Ways and Means of Payment: A Full Analysis of the Credit System, with Various Modes of Adjustment, Stephen Colwell. J. B. Lippincott, 1859. 

629

Comprehensive Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments. J. B. Lippincott, 1865. 

630

Remington's Practice of Pharmacy, E. Fullerton Cook. J. B. Lippincott, 1926. 

631

The First Book of Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene of the Human Body for Pupils in the Lower Grades, J. A. Culler. J. B. Lippincott, 1909. 

632

First Book on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene for Grammar Schools and Families, Calvin Cutter. J. B. Lippincott, 1854. 

633

First Book on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene for Grammar Schools and Families, Calvin Cutter. J. B. Lippincott, 1854. 

634

Letter of Hernando De Soto and Memoir of Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda, 1854. 

Note

Only 100 copies printed.

635

Chicora and Other Regions of the Conquerors and the Conquered, Mary H. Eastman. Lippincott, Grambo, and Company, 1854. 

636

Portrait of a Colonial City Philadelphia 1670 - 1838, Harold Donaldson Eberlein and Cortlandt Van Dyke Hubbard. J. B. Lippincott, 1939. 

637

Portrait of a Colonial City Philadelphia 1670 - 1838, Harold Donaldson Eberlein and Cortlandt Van Dyke Hubbard. J. B. Lippincott, 1939. 

638

Diary of Independence Hall, Harold Donaldson Eberlein and Cortlandt Van Dyke Hubbard. J. B. Lippincott, 1948. 

639

The Lives and Times of the Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States First Series, Henry Flanders. J. B. Lippincott, 1858. 

640

The Lives and Times of the Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States Second Series, Henry Flanders. J. B. Lippincott, 1859. 

641

The Lives and Times of the Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, Henry Flanders. Lippincott, Grambo, and Company, 1855. 

642

New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: Macbeth, edited by H. H. Furness. J. B. Lippincott, 1903. 

643

New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: Hamlet, volume 2, edited by H. H. Furness. J. B. Lippincott, 1905. 

644

New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: As You Like It, edited by H. H. Furness. J. B. Lippincott, 1918. 

645

New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: As You Like It, edited by H. H. Furness. J. B. Lippincott, 1918. 

646

Productive Horse Husbandry, Carl W. Gay. J. B. Lippincott, 1916. 

647

Chamber’s Biographical Dictionary, new and revised edition, edited by William Geddie and J. Lidell Geddie. J. B. Lippincott, 1926. 

648

Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and Miscellaneous Antiquities, Ethel M. Hale. J. B. Lippincott, 1923. 

649

Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer or Geographical Dictionary of the World, edited by Angelo Heilprin and Louis Heilprin. J. B. Lippincott, 1906. 

650

Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer or Geographical Dictionary of the World, edited by Angelo Heilprin and Louis Heilprin. J. B. Lippincott, 1922. 

651

Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer or Geographical Dictionary of the World, edited by Angelo Heilprin and Louis Heilprin. J. B. Lippincott, 1922. 

652

Life and Campaigns of George B. McClellan, G. S. Hillard. J. B. Lippincott, 1864. 

653

The Veterinary Surgeon: Or Farriery Taught on a New and Easy Plan, John Hinds. John Grigg, 1833. 

Note

Captured by Lt. A. Benson Brown of the 9th Regiment New Jersey Volunteers at Beaufort, NC, on Burnside’s expedition. “Miss Mary Bree, Beaufort, NC” inscribed on back leaf.

654

Memoir of Henry Armitt Brown, Together with Four Orations, edited by J. M. Hoppin. J. B. Lippincott, 1880. 

655

The History, Treatment, and Diseases of the Horse. J. B. Lippincott, 1857. 

656

Jenkins's Vest-Pocket Lexicon, Jabez Jenkins. J. B. Lippincott, 1868. 

657

Wild Western Scenes: A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness…, J. B.Jones. J. B. Lippincott, 1874. 

658

Manual of Human Microscopical Anatomy, A. Kolliker. Lippincott, Grambo, and Company, 1854. 

659

New and Copious Lexicon of the Latin Language, F. P. Leverett. J. B. Lippincott, 1900. 

660

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer… J. B. Lippincott, 1872. 

661

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer… J. B. Lippincott, 1886. 

662

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer… J. B. Lippincott, 1904. 

663

Manual of Bayonet Exercise: Prepared for the Use of the Army of the United States, George B. McClellan. Lippincott, Grambo, and Company, 1852. 

664

Manual of Bayonet Exercise: Prepared for the Use of the Army of the United States, George B. McClellan. J. B. Lippincott, 1861. 

665

The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore, Collected by Himself, Thomas Moore. J. B. Lippincott, 1846. 

666

New Themes for the Protestant Clergy: Creeds without Charity, Theology without Humanity, and Protestantism without Christianity. Lippincott, Grambo, and Company, 1851. 

667

Indigenous Races of the Earth: Or New Chapters of Ethnological Inquiry, J. C. Nott and George R. Gliddon. J. B. Lippincott, 1857. 

668

Types of Mankind: Or Ethnological Researches…, J. C. Nott, George R. Gliddon. Lippincott, Grambo, and Company, 1854. 

669

Palestine, Past and Present, with Biblical, Literary, and Scientific Notes, Henry S. Osborn. James Challen and Son, 1859. 

670

United States Dispensatory and Physicians' Pharmacology, Arthur Osol, Robertson Pratt, and Mark D. Altschule. J. B. Lippincott, 1967. 

671

The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins. Lippincott, Grambo, and Company, 1854. 

672

Anatomy of the Arteries of the Human Body Descriptive and Surgical with the Descriptive Anatomy of the Heart, John Hatch Power. J. B. Lippincott, 1862. 

673

History of the Conquest of Mexico, volume 3, William H. Prescott. J. B. Lippincott, 1873. 

674

History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic, volume 2, William H. Prescott. J. B. Lippincott, 1873. 

675

History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic, volume 3, William H. Prescott, J. B. Lippincott, 1873. 

676

Republican Landmarks: The Views and Opinions of American Statesmen on Foreign Immigration, Being a Collection of Statistics…, John P. Sanderson. J. B. Lippincott, 1855. 

677

Treatise on Political Economy; or the Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Wealth, Jean-Baptiste Say. Lippincott, Grambo, and Company, 1854. 

678

Mason's Farrier and Stud Book, Richard Mason and J. S. Skinner. J. B. Lippincott, 1850. 

679

Principles of Human Physiology, with Their Chief Applications to Psychology, Pathology…, Francis Gurney Smith. Blanchard and Lea, 1856. 

680

Lippincott's Pronouncing Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer or Geographical Dictionary of the World, edited by J. Thomas and T. Baldwin. J. B. Lippincott, 1855. 

681

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer…, edited by J. Thomas and T. Baldwin. J. B. Lippincott, 1856. 

682

Complete Pronouncing Medical Dictionary: Embracing the Terminology of Medicine and the Kindred Sciences…, Joseph Thomas. J. B. Lippincott, 1887. 

683

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer…, J. Thomas. J. B. Lippincott, 1905. 

684

Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, Volume 1 "A-Her," Joseph Thomas. J. B. Lippincott, 1908. 

685

Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, Volume 2 "Her-Z," Joseph Thomas. J. B. Lippincott, 1908. 

686

Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, by Joseph Thomas. J. B. Lippincott, 1930. 

687

Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, by Joseph Thomas. J. B. Lippincott, 1930. 

688

Book of American Figure Painters, by Maria Griswold Van Rensselaer. J. B. Lippincott, 1886. 

689

Book of American Figure Painters, by Maria Griswold Van Rensselaer. J. B. Lippincott, 1886. 

690

Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and Miscellaneous Antiquities, by William S. Walsh. J. B. Lippincott, 1898. 

691

Romance of Natural History; or, Wild Scenes and Wild Hunters, by C. W. Webber. Lippincott, Grambo, and Company, 1852. 

692

The Life of Gen. Francis Marion, a Celebrated Partisan Officer of the Revolutionary War…, M. L. Weems and Brigadier General P. Horry. Joseph Allen, 1853. 

Note

Sold by Lippincott, Grambo, and Company.

693

Why a Cap? J. B. Lippincott, 1940. 

694

The Dispensatory of the United States of America, George B. Wood and Franklin Bache. Grigg and Elliott, 1833. 

695

The Dispensatory of the United States of America, George B. Wood and Franklin Bache. Grigg and Elliott, 1834. 

696

Comprehensive Dictionary of the English Language, Joseph E. Worcester. J. B. Lippincott, 1871. 

697

Dictionary of the English Language, by Joseph E. Worcester. J. B. Lippincott, 1878. 

698

Dictionary of the English Language, by Joseph E. Worcester. J. B. Lippincott, 1905. 

699

Universal and Critical Dictionary of the English Language, Joseph E. Worcester. Wilkins, Carter, and Company, 1846. 

Note

Label inside front cover for Lippincott's Dictionary Library.

700

Lippincott's Quick Reference Book for Nurses, 8th edition, edited by Helen Young and Eleanor Lee. J. B. Lippincott, 1962. 

701
Box Folder

Loose material removed from published volumes (1913 - 1959) 

42 6

B. Periodicals (1868 - 1908) 

Volume

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (January - June 1868) 

702

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (July - December 1868) 

703

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (January - June 1869) 

704

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (January - June 1870) 

705

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (June - December 1870) 

706

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (January - June 1871) 

707

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (July - December 1871) 

708

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (January - June 1872) 

709

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (July - December 1872) 

710

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (January - June 1873) 

711

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (July - December 1873) 

712

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (January - June 1874) 

713

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (July - December 1874) 

714

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (January - June 1875) 

715

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (July - December 1875) 

716

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (January - June 1876) 

717

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (July - December 1876) 

718

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (January - June 1877) 

719

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (July - December 1877) 

720

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (January - June 1878) 

721

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (July - December 1878) 

722

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (January - June 1879) 

723

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (July - December 1879) 

724

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (January - December 1880) 

725

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (July - December 1880) 

726

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (January - June 1881) 

727

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (July - December 1881) 

728

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (April 1888) 

729

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (April 1888) 

730

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (March 1890) 

731

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (April 1890) 

732

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (February 1897) 

733

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (February 1897) 

734

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (March 1897) 

735

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (May 1897) 

736

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (June 1897) 

737

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (July 1897) 

738

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (July 1897) 

739

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (October 1897) 

740

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (October 1897) 

741

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (November 1897) 

742

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (December 1897) 

743

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (January - March 1908) 

744

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (April - June 1908) 

745

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (July - September 1908) 

746

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, J. B. Lippincott, (October - December 1908) 

747

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, Ward, Lock, and Company: London (January 1890) 

748

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, Ward, Lock, and Company: London (April 1890) 

749

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, Ward, Lock, and Company: London (May 1890) 

750

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, Ward, Lock, and Company: London (June 1890) 

751

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, Ward, Lock, and Company: London (September 1890) 

752

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, Ward, Lock, and Company: London (October 1890) 

753

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, Ward, Lock, and Company: London (November 1890) 

754

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, Ward, Lock, and Company: London (December 1890) 

755

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Series 10. Miscellaneous (1878 - 1988) 

Scope and content note

The final series of the collection contains a partial set of electrotype printing plates (1878), a few photographs (circa 1905 and undated), a description of the history of the company (circa 1960), a group of book catalogs, mostly from Lippincott successors (1961 - 1978), and letterbook indexes from unidentified volumes.

Photographs (circa mid-1890s, undated) 

Box Folder

Officers of J. B. Lippincott Co. at East Washington Square building (circa mid-1890s) 

42 7

Photos (2), icebox with milk, scientist in lab (undated) 

42 8

Documents (circa 1960) 

Box Folder

“A Brief History of J. B. Lippincott Company,” 2 pages typed (circa 1960) 

42 9

Miscellaneous book catalogs (1961 - 1988) 

Volume

Lippincott 82/83 (1982 – 1983) 

756

Lippincott 83/84 (1983 - 1984) 

757

Lippincott 85/86 (1985 - 1986) 

758

Lippincott Catalogue (1988) 

759
Box Folder

Harper and Row Medical Publications (1978) 

16 9
Volume

Lippincott Harper Medical Publications (1979) 

760

Lippincott Harper Medical Publications (1980) 

761

Lippincott Harper Medical Publications (1981) 

762

Harper and Row, Publishers, Inc. 1984-1985 Price List (1984 - 1985) 

763

Harper and Row International/J. B. Lippincott 1988 Catalogue (1988) 

764

Trade Circuit Annual for 1871 including the American Catalogue, Office of the Trade Circular and Literary Bulletin (1871) 

765

Medical Books 85 (1985) 

766

Medical Books 86 (1986) 

767

Medical Books 87 (1987) 

768
Box Folder

Walker and Company (spring 1961) 

16 10

Printing plates (1878) 

Box

Electrotype printing plates (8) for Introduction to a History of Ironmaking and Coal Mining in Pennsylvania by James M. Swank, pp. 49-56, self-published (1878) 

43

Electrotype printing plates (8) for Introduction to a History of Ironmaking and Coal Mining in Pennsylvania by James M. Swank, pp. 57-64, self-published (1878) 

44

Electrotype printing plates (8) for Introduction to a History of Ironmaking and Coal Mining in Pennsylvania by James M. Swank, pp. 65-72, self-published (1878) 

45

Electrotype printing plates (8) for Introduction to a History of Ironmaking and Coal Mining in Pennsylvania by James M. Swank, pp. 73-80, self-published (1878) 

46

Other items (undated) 

Box Folder

Partial ndex separated from unknown volume (undated) 

42 10

Partial index separated from unknown volume (undated) 

42 11

Partial index separated from unknown volume (undated) 

42 12

Partial index separated from unknown volume (undated) 

42 13

Index separated from unknown volume (undated) 

42 14

Penn Letter Book cover, unknown volume (1913) 

42 15

Unidentified boards (undated) 

42 16

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