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Appleton-Century mss., 1846-1962

Records, 1846-1962, of D. Appleton-Century Company at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

Electronic finding aid encoded by Beth Benda.

Summary Information

Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly

Creator
D. Appleton-Century Company.

Title
Appleton-Century mss.,1846-1962

Collection No.
LMC 1023

Extent
6,249 items

Language
Materials are in English.

Abstract
Consists of the office files of the publishing company, its two predecessors, D. Appleton & Co., and the Century Co., and to a small extent its successor, Appleton-Century Crofts, Inc. The papers in the collection consist of contracts with authors for the publication of their works, and for dramatizations, motion picture rights, foreign editions, and translations of books published by the firm; business correspondence with authors, executors of their estates, publishers and others; royalty statements; copies of the wills of some of the authors; and other business papers.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Biographical Note

D. Appleton & Co. was founded in 1825 by Daniel Appleton who in that year opened a general store which featured books among other things. In 1831 he began to publish books. In 1933 this company merged with the Century Co., founded in 1881, to form the D. Appleton-Century Co. A consolidation of this company with the F.S. Crofts Co., founded in 1924, was effected in 1948 under the name Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. In 1960 this firm was bought by the Meredith Publishing Co., but the name was not changed.

Arrangement/Organization

Arranged alphabetically by author or illustrator.

Scope and Content Note

The papers in the collection consist of contracts with authors for the publication of their works, and for dramatizations, motion picture rights, foreign editions, and translations of books published by the firm; business correspondence with authors, executors of their estates, publishers and others; royalty statements, copies of the wills of some of the authors; and other business papers.

The collection also contains a letter from Ulysses Simpson Grant to J.H. Work, December 22, 1881; corrected galley proof of Bess Streeter Aldrich's "A lantern in her hand," and "Miss Bishop;" galley and page proofs of Edith Wharton's "Age of innocence," and "A backward glance;" photographs of Edith Wharton and Harold Bell Wright; and printed promotional material (both unbound and mounted in 7 scrapbooks) for Harold Bell Wright's books.

Note on Indexing Term - "Art": Included is artwork for books in production.

Note on Indexing Term - "Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916": Includes a file of Riley material containing a memorandum of agreement and some letters.

Note on Indexing Term - "Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968": Sinclair is represented by one folder of letters and papers dated 1902-1906.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information
Purchase. 1964
Usage Restrictions
Prior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however, patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.

Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly Library.

Preferred Citation
[Item], Appleton-Century mss, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Series: Collection 1846-1962 

Arranged alphabetically by author or illustrator.

Box 1 Ade, George. Letters, 1901-1911 
Adler, Felix. Letters, 1932 
Aldrich, Bess Streeter
letters and papers, 1928-1957 
A Lantern in her hand Galley proofs, undated 
Miss Bishop Galley proofs, undated 
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey. Letters and papers, 1899 
Box 2 Allen, James Lane. Letters and papers, 1914-1933 
Astor, John Jacob. Letters and papers, 1894-1921 
Atherton, Gertrude Franklin. Letters and papers, 1897-1953 
Badeau, Adam. Letters and papers, 1866-1884 
Bancroft, George. Letters and papers, 1874-1921 

(2 folders)

Banner Play Bureau. Letters and papers, 1926-1927 
Barbour, Ralph Henry. Letters and papers, 1899-1930 

(2 folders)

Barton, Clara Harlowe. Letters and papers, 1904-1932 
Belloc, Hilaire. Letters and papers, 1912-1961 
Bennett, Arnold. Letters and papers, 1909-1911 
Bennett, John. Letters and papers, 1897-1959 

(2 folders)

Benton, Thomas Hart. Letters and papers, 1855-1857 
Bernhardt, Sarah, letters and papers, 1903-1923 
Bettner, George. Papers, 1848 Oct 4 
Birdsall, Katharine N. Papers, 1902-1929 
Bixby, John M. Papers, 1851 Oct 29 
Boutet de Monvel, Bernard. Letters and papers, 1904-1911 
Box 4 Broun, Heywood Campbell. Letters and papers, 1918-1943 
Bryant, William Cullen. Letters and papers, 1854-1936 

(3 folders)

Burnett, Frances Eliza. Letters and papers, 1906-1953 
Butler, Glentworth Reeve. Letter, 1902 
Butterworth, Hezekiah. Letters and papers, 1890-1926 

(2 folders)

Byrne, Donn. Letters and papers, 1921-1961 

(4 folders)

Caine, Sir Hall. Letters and papers, 1892-1936 

(2 folders)

Box 5 Chambers, Robert William. Letters and papers, 1921-1914 

(11 folders)

Box 6 Chambers, Robert William. Letters and papers, 1915-1961;  printed materials

(14 folders)

Box 7 Chittenden, Lucius Eugene. Letter, 1864 
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne. Letters and papers, 1889-1902 
Cocteau, Jean. Letters and papers, 1924-1956 
Cleveland, Grover. Letters and papers, 1901-1904 
Conrad, Joseph. Letters and papers, 1895-1941 
Cooke, John Esten. Letters and papers, 1875 
Cooper, James Fenimore. Letters and papers, 1871 
Cox, Palmer. Letters and papers, 1887-1894;  photographs and drawings

(5 folders)

Crane, Stephen. Letters and papers, 1895-1960 

(5 folders)

Cuyas, Arturo. Letter, 1902 
Box 8 Deleth, August William. Letters and papers, 1939-1950 
Deutsch, Babette. Letters and papers, 1925-1955 
Dixon, Thomas, letter, undated 
Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge. Letters and papers, 1926 
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. Letters and papers, 1894-1944 

(2 folders)

Dreiser, Theodore. Letters and papers, 1913-1934 
Ferber, Edna. Letters and papers, 1925-1956 
Flammarion, Camille. Letters and papers, 1903-1950 

(2 folders)

Fleury, Maurice, comte. Letters and papers, 1906-1933 

(2 folders)

Fuller, Henry Blake. Letters and papers, 1891-1909 
Box 9 Gale, Zona. Letters and papers, 1919-1961 

(4 folders)

Garland, Hamlin. Letters and papers, 1892-1942 
George, Henry. Letters and papers, 1925-1929 
Gillespie, William Mitchell. Papers, Apr. 20, 1858 
Gissing, George. Letters and papers, 1895-1926 
Gorki, Maksim. Letters and papers, 1906-1955 

(2 folders)

Grant, Ulysses Simpson. Letters and papers relating to, 1881-1940 
Gray, David. Letters and papers, 1898-1911 
Hale, Edward Everett. Agreement, Feb. 17, 1906 
Halleck, Fitz Greene. Papers, 1846-1858 
Box 10 Harris, Joel Chandler. Letters and papers, 1889-1931 

(7 folders)

Box 11 Harris, Joel Chandler. Letters and papers, 1932-1950;  printed material

(7 folders)

Box 12 Hawkins, Anthony Hope. Letters and papers, 1896-1928 

(2 folders)

Hay, John Milton. Letters, 1901-1904 
Henderson, Archibald. Letters and papers, 1923-1950 

(2 folders)

Henty, George Alfred. Letters, 1897 
Herbert, Henry William. Memorandum of agreement, 1849 
Henford, Oliver. Letters and papers, 1894-1930 
Hobson, Richard Pearson. Letters and papers, 1898-1956 

(2 folders)

Hough, Emerson,
Miscellaneous pages and letters, May 2, 1916  
The Covered Wagon

(Galley, proofs)

Howells, William Dean. Letters and papers, 1915-1957 
Hudson, William Henry. Letters and papers, 1894-1908 
Huxley, Thomas Henry. Agreement, 1892 
Johnston, Joseph Eggleston. Letters and papers, 1872-1891 
Jones, John William. Letters and papers, 1874-1886 
Keller, Helen Adams. Letters and papers, 1907-1951 
Kemble, Edward Windsor. Letters and papers, 1856-1903 
Kerensky, Aleksandr Fyodorovich. Letters and papers, 1927-1932 
Box 13 Kipling, Rudyard. Letters and papers, 1892-1930;  Kipling readers, edited by Grace Shoup, undated 

(8 folders)

Box 14 Lecky, William Edward Hartpole. Letters and papers, 1897-1932 
Lee, Fitzhugh. Letters and papers, 1894-1922 
Lincoln, Joseph. Letters and papers, 1901-1962 

(8 folders)

Lincoln, Natalie Sumner. Letters and papers, 1935-1938 
Box 15 Lindsay, Nicholas Vachel. Letters and papers, 1922-1958 
London, Jack. Letters and papers, 1904-1951 

(4 folders)

McEnery, Sarah S. Letter, 1933 Nov. 1 
McKenzie, Sir Compton. Letters and papers, 1911-1952 
McKinley, William. Letters and papers, 1893-1922 
Maclay, Edward Stanton. Letters and papers, 1901-1902 
McLellan, James Alexander. Letters and papers, 1894-1918 
Mahan, Alfred T. Letters and papers, 1892-1920 
Marquis, Don. Letters and papers, 1915-1941 

(2 folders)

Masters, Edgar Lee. Letters and papers, 1928-1955 
Matthews, Brander. Papers, 1910 
Maurois, André. Letters and papers, 1930-1961 

(2 folders)

Merrick, Leonard. Letters and papers, 1901-1913 
Box 16 Mitchell, Silas Weir. Letters and papers, 1892-1955 

(4 folders)

Moore, George. Letters and papers, 1898-1955 

(2 folders)

Morley, Christopher Darlington. Letters and papers, 1921-1961 
Muir, John. Letters and papers, 1895-1956 

(2 folders)

Nicolay, John George and Hay, John Milton. Letters and papers, 1883-1950 
Nye, Frank Wilson. Letters and papers, 1926-1933 
O'Neill, Eugene Gladstone. Letters and papers, 1920-1960 
Osbourne, Lloyd. Letters and papers, 1893-1935 
Parker, Sir Gilbert, Bart. Letters and papers, 1893-1940 

(2 folders)

Parker, Theodore. Papers, May 21, 1881 
Peary, Robert Edwin. Letters and papers, 1917 
Perry, Matthew Galbraith. Papers, 1855 
Box 17 Porter, David Dixon. Letters and papers, 1884-1906 
Post, Emily (Price). Letters and papers, 1905-1916 
G.P. Putnam & Co. Letters and papers, 1852-1854 
Pyle, Howard. Letters and papers, 1894-1950 
Rackham, Arthur. Letters and papers, 1911-1941 
Reed, John. Agreement, 1914 
Remarque, Erich Maria. Letters and papers, 1946-1952 

(2 folders)

Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan and Rice, Cale Young. Letters and papers, 1902-1961 

(2 folders)

Riley, James Whitcomb. Letters and papers, 1892-1912 
Roosevelt, Theodore. Letters and papers, 1888-1961 

(2 folders)

Roseman, M.J. Letter, Feb. 1, 1902 
Royce, Josiah. Agreement, 1897 
Box 18 Sadleir, Michael. Letters and papers, 1940-1952 
Santos-Dumont, Alberto. Letters and papers, 1903 
Schley, Winfield Scott. Letters and papers, 1904-1909 
Seton, Ernest Thompson. Letters and papers, 1888-1953 

(3 folders)

Seward, Frederick William. Letters and papers, 1876 
Seward, William Henry. Letters and papers, 1872 
Sherman, General William Tecumseh. Letters and papers, 1875-1947 
Sigourney, Lydia Howard (Huntley). Letters and papers, 1864 
Sinclair, Upton, Beall. Letters and papers, 1902-1906 
Box 27 Squier, Ephraim George. Letters and papers, 1851 
Box 18 Spencer, Herbert. Letters and papers, 1903-1936 
Stanton, Theodore. Letters, undated 
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Letters and papers, 1895 
Box 19 Stockton, Frank Richard. Letters and papers, 1886-1962 

(4 folders)

Stoker, Bram. Letters and papers, 1895-1912 
Stong, Philip Duffield. Letters and papers, 1931-1945 
Stuart, Ruth (McEnery). Letters and papers, 1896-1938 
Tarkington, Booth. Letters and papers, 1922-1943 
Box 20 Taylor, Bayard. Letters and papers, 1872-1878 
Thompson, James Maurice. Letters and papers, 1884-1900 
Todd, Margaret Georgina. Letters and papers, 1902 
Traubel, Horace. Letters and papers, 1907-19117 
Ward, Elizabeth Stuart (Phelps). Letter, 1902 
Watson, Henry Brereton Marriott. Letter, undated 
Weik, Jesse William. Letters and papers, 1891-1944 
Wells, Herbert George. Letters and papers, 1902-1942 
West, Rebecca. Letters and papers, 1917-1945 
Westcott, Edward Noyes. Letters and papers, 1898-1958;  printed materials

(6 folders)

Box 21 Wharton, Edith Newbold. Letters and papers, 1902-1925 

(7 folders)

Box 22 Wharton, Edith Newbold. Letters and papers, 1926-1933 

(8 folders)

Box 23 Wharton, Edith Newbold. Letters and papers, 1934-1962 

(9 folders)

Box 24 Wharton, Edith Newbold. Age of Innocence (page proof and galley proof); A Backward Glance (page proof and galley proof)

(4 folders)

Box 27 Wharton, Edith Newbold. Photograph by Taponier of Paris
Box 25 Whitman, Walt. Letters and papers, 1907-1931 
Wiley, Belle. Card regarding copywright, 1932 
Wright, Harold Bell,
Letters and papers, 1920-1957 

(2 folders)

Printed,
Biographical material
Exit
God and the Groceryman
Helen of the Old House

(7 folders)

Box 26 Helen of the Old House, duplicates of I and II

(2 folders)

The Re-Creation of Briant Kent
The Sheperd of the Hills
A Son of his Father and duplicate

(2 folders)

That Printer of Udell's
The Winning of Barbara Worth, one page, undated 
Box 27 Photographs (3)
Photograph with inscription by Wright, Sept. 1921 
Promotional, Helen of the Old House, 1921 
Promotional, Exit
Scrapbooks,
1. Exit, 1930 
2. God and the Groceryman, 1927 
3. Helen of the Old House, 1921 
4-6. The Mine with the Iron Door, 1923 
7. A Son of the Father, 1925 
Box 26 Wright, John Henry. Letter, July 7, 1902 
Yarmolinskiy, Avrahm. Letters and papers, 1925-1957 
Young, Stark. Letters and papers, 1921-1947 
Zangwill, Israel. Letters and papers, 1896 
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