Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)Ken McCormick collection of Doubleday and Company, inc, records, 1882-1992
Main title
- Ken McCormick collection of Doubleday and Company, inc., records, 1882-1992 (bulk 1910-1992).
Links
Links
- Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998001
- Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998001.3
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Description
- 60,000 items.
- 171 containers.
- 68 linear feet.
Access advisory
- Open to research.
Finding aids
- Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998001
Local shelving no.
- 0636M
Portion of title
- Doubleday and Company, inc., records.
Related names
Biography/History note
- Doubleday and Company, Inc., a publishing firm, was founded as Doubleday, McClure & Company in 1897; known through various mergers and partnerships as Doubleday, Page & Company from 1900 through 1927 and Doubleday, Doran & Company from 1928 through 1945; and adopted its present name in 1946. Ken McCormick (Full name: Kenneth Dale McCormick. Born 1906; died 1997.) served more than fifty years with the company as an editor and administrative officer. These records were selected for preservation under his direction.
Organized/Arranged
- Arranged in three series. Series 1: Publishing Case File, 1882-1992; Series 2: Office File, 1896-1992; and Series 3: Addition, 1922-1971.
Summary
- Correspondence, memoranda, notes, drafts and manuscripts of writings, galley proofs, contracts, publicity material, book jackets, notes, financial papers, photographs, clippings, and other records comprising chiefly editorial and author files, together with some administrative files of the company. McCormick's cover notes (1986-1992) describe each author and editorial file. The bulk of the collection dates from 1910 to 1992, and the files on historical novelist Kenneth Lewis Roberts are the largest set. Among the many authors represented are Stephen Vincent Benét, Arnold Bennett, Bruce Catton, Noel Coward, Arthur Conan Doyle, Daphne Du Maurier, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Paul W. Gallico, Ellen Glasgow, Arthur Hailey, Alex Haley, O. Henry, Helen Keller, Robert F. Kennedy, Rudyard Kipling, T. E. Lawrence, W. Somerset Maugham, Christopher Morley, Kathleen Norris, Frederic Prokosch, Ishmael Reed, Max Schulman, Frank G. Slaughter, Wallace Stegner, Irving Stone, Booth Tarkington, Leon Trotsky, Harry S. Truman, Garry Wills, P. G. Wodehouse, and Herman Wouk. In addition to McCormick, editors represented include Lee Barker, Walter Bradbury, Howard S. Cady, Clara Claussen, Thomas B. Costain, Beverly Gordey, and Harry E. Maule.
LC Subjects
- Barker, Lee.
- Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943.
- Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931.
- Bradbury, Walter.
- Cady, Howard S.
- Catton, Bruce, 1899-1978.
- Claussen, Clara.
- Costain, Thomas B. (Thomas Bertram), 1885-1965.
- Coward, Noel, 1899-1973.
- Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930.
- Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989.
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
- Gallico, Paul, 1897-1976.
- Glasgow, Ellen, 1873-1945.
- Gordey, Beverly.
- Hailey, Arthur.
- Haley, Alex.
- Henry, O., 1862-1910.
- Keller, Helen, 1880-1968.
- Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.
- Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936.
- Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935.
- Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965.
- Maule, Harry E. (Harry Edward), 1886-
- Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957.
- Norris, Kathleen Thompson, 1880-1966.
- Prokosch, Frederic, 1908-1989.
- Reed, Ishmael, 1938-
- Roberts, Kenneth Lewis, 1885-1957.
- Shulman, Max, 1919-1988.
- Slaughter, Frank G. (Frank Gill), 1908-2001.
- Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993.
- Stone, Irving, 1903-1989.
- Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946.
- Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940.
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
- Wills, Garry, 1934-
- Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975.
- Wouk, Herman, 1915-2019.
- Authors.
- Authors, American.
- Authors and publishers--United States.
- Book editors.
- Publishers and publishing--United States.
Notes
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Gift, Ken McCormick, 1986-1995.
LCCN
- mm 87061978
Other standard no.
- MSS61978
Repository
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
Type of material
- Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
