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Description: Collection consists of correspondence and author files of the Macmillan Company. General correspondence, 1892-1914, contains letters from authors, publishers, booksellers, paper manufacturers, literary agents, as well as internal correspondence from editors, agents, field representatives, and academic book reviewers. Much of the correspondence deals with the publication of scholarly works and textbooks in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, and religion. Foreign correspondence, 1898-1914, includes letters to and from publishers and literary agents, mostly in Great Britain. Correspondence with Macmillan & Co. in London, 1891-1915, concerns publishing plans, negotiations for British and American editions of various works, copyright matters, etc. George Platt Brett, Sr.'s letterbooks consist of his outgoing letters from 1889 to 1907. Other letterbooks are of Kate Stephens, Children's Dept., 1898-1900, and the Subscription Dept., 1901-1902. Author files, 1894-1960, contain personal and business correspondence of Macmillan's major authors, their literary agents, legal counsel, and families with the Bretts and Macmillan editors. In addition to letters, the files often include memoranda, contracts, typescripts, press releases and publicity materials, legal records, press clippings, or photographs. The most extensive files in this series concern the publication of works such as Gone With the Wind, Forever Amber and the Cyclopedia of American Agriculture.
Names: Macmillan & Co. (Creator); Adams, George Burton, 1851-1925 (Contributor); Adams, Herbert B. (Herbert Baxter), 1850-1901 (Contributor); Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910 (Contributor); Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn, 1857-1948 (Correspondent); Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954 (Correspondent); Brett, George Platt, 1893-1984 (Correspondent); Brett, George Platt, 1859-1936 (Correspondent); Brittain, Vera, 1893-1970 (Correspondent); Channing, Edward, 1856-1931 (Correspondent); Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947 (Author); Ely, Richard T. (Richard Theodore), 1854-1943 (Author); Herrick, Robert, 1868-1938 (Correspondent); Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1859-1937 (Contributor); London, Jack, 1876-1916 (Correspondent); Macmillan, Frederick (Correspondent); MacMillan, George (Contributor); Masefield, John, 1878-1967 (Correspondent); Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 (Correspondent); Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 (Correspondent); Stephens, Kate, 1853-1938 (Correspondent); Titchener, George (Correspondent); Winsor, Kathleen (Correspondent); Wister, Owen, 1860-1938 (Correspondent); Adam and Charles Black (Firm) (Contributor); American Publishers' Association (Contributor); Cambridge University Press (Contributor); George Bell & Sons (Contributor); J.M. Dent & Sons (Contributor); James Macklehose & Sons (Contributor); Macmillan & Co. (Correspondent); Methuen & Co. (Contributor); Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947 (Addressee); London, Jack, 1876-1916 (Former owner); Masefield, John, 1878-1967 (Author)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1889 - 1960
Library locations: Manuscripts and Archives Division; Shelf locator: MssCol 1830
Topics: American literature -- 20th century; Authors and publishers; Authors, American; Authors, English -- 20th century; Children's literature; Publishers and publishing -- United States; Scholarly publishing; Science publishing; Textbooks -- Publishing; Publishers
Genres: Correspondence; Documents; Clippings; Photographs
Notes: Biographical/historical: The Macmillan Company, one of the largest publishing companies in the United States, was founded in 1869 as a branch in New York City of the British firm of Macmillan & Co., Ltd. of London. The Macmillan brothers sent George Edward Brett from Scotland to establish the American outlet. In 1890 his son, George Platt Brett (1859-1936) became president of the company and guided it to independence in 1896. Nevertheless, the British firm maintained close ties and a strong financial interest in the company. As agent for Macmillan & Co., Ltd., Cambridge University Press, and several other British publishers, Macmillan grew into "the colossus of American publishing". The Macmillan Company attracted major American authors and published a wide variety of fiction, non-fiction, textbooks, reference works, and children's books. George Platt Brett, Jr. who became Macmillan's president in 1931, arranged for the publication of Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind which became a blockbuster bestseller for the firm. Macmillan Company merged with the Crowell - Collier Publishing Company in 1960 as a subsidiary and in 1973 the name was changed to Macmillan Publishing Company.; Content: The collection consists of correspondence and author files of the Macmillan Company. General correspondence, 1886-1914, contains letters from authors, publishers, booksellers, paper manufacturers, literary agents, as well as internal correspondence from editors, agents, field representatives, and academic book reviewers. Much of the correspondence deals with the publication of scholarly works and textbooks in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, and religion. Foreign correspondence, 1898-1914, includes letters to and from publishers and literary agents, mostly in Great Britain. Correspondence with Macmillan & Co. in London, 1891-1915, concerns publishing plans, negotiations for British and American editions of various works, copyright matters, etc. George Platt Brett, Sr.'s letter books consist of his outgoing letters from 1889 to 1907. Other letter books are of Kate Stephens, Children's Dept., 1898-1900, and the Subscription Dept., 1901-1902. The author files, 1894-1960, contain personal and business correspondence of Macmillan's major authors, their literary agents, legal counsel, and families with the Bretts and Macmillan editors. In addition to letters, the files often include memoranda, contracts, typescripts, press releases and publicity materials, legal records, press clippings, or photographs. The most extensive files in this series concern the publication of works such as Gone With the Wind, Forever Amber and the Cyclopedia of American Agriculture. Other series consist of letters from prominent persons and pamphlets and poems printed for copyright purposes.; Acquisition: The Macmillan Company, 1963-1964; Content: Processing information: Compiled by Melanie Yolles, October 1986, Revised and updated October 1996
Physical Description: Extent: 91 linear feet (130 boxes); 1 microfilm reel; 8 microfilm reels; 1 microfilm reel
Type of Resource: Text
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11660956; MSS Unit ID: 1830; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f39d8e80-ead5-0138-f0f1-0242ac110002

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