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Publishers and publishing

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:

Alembic Press Archive Records

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0882
Abstract

A significant archive, entire and extant, from one of the most prolific and independent of British fine presses, these documents are a record of the processes of hand printing, publishing, and typecasting undertaken by Claire and David Bolton.

Dates: 1978-2008

Allen Wortman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0732
Abstract

Editor of the Malvern Leader. Personal and professional correspondence.

Dates: 1918-1990

Arthur Francis Allen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0357
Abstract

Editor of the Sioux City Journal. Primarily correspondence, with speeches, clippings, and a scrapbook on Abraham Lincoln.

Dates: 1913-1949; Majority of material found in 1919-1930

B.H. Shearer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0242
Abstract

Newspaperman in Columbus Junction, Iowa. Journals, correspondence, business records, and subject files relating to his life and career as the editor and publisher of the Columbus Gazette and as the publisher of the Iowa Union Farmer. Subject files include topics ranging from the Iowa Union Farmer to the Louisa County Fair.

Dates: 1901-1969

Bruce Bliven Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0566
Abstract

Author, editor of The New Republic 1923-1953, and journalist. Typescript drafts, galleys, and page proofs for two books, Preview of Tomorrow and The World Changers.

Dates: 1952-1965

Bruce Gould Papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0614
Scope and Contents

There are no contents, the information for this collection has been moved to the Iowa Author’s Manuscript Collection, Msc0869.

Dates: 1929-1968

Carroll Coleman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0477
Abstract

Proprietor of the Prairie Press and printer. Correspondence, preliminary drafts, galleys and mock-ups for books printed by the Prairie Press, and related business records, advertising, etc.

Dates: 1927-1992; Majority of material found within 1960-1965

Charlotte M. Smith Papers, Including the Records of the Tamazunchale Press

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0457
Abstract

Publisher of miniature books in Newton, Iowa, founded by Charlotte and Thomas Smith. Correspondence, typescripts, proofs, advertising, contracts, etc., have been combined with Charlotte M. Smith's personal papers.

Dates: 1970-2001

Clarence W. Moody Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0326
Abstract

Editor and publisher of the Burlington Hawk-Eye, civic leader. Newspaper clippings, correspondence, speeches, etc., concerning the newspaper and the Burlington, IA area, with information on the Great River Road Project of the 1960s.

Dates: 1932-1965; Majority of material found within 1950-1965

Conger Reynolds Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0183
Abstract

Journalist, diplomat, and public relations expert. Subject files, correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, etc. relating to his varied career, from WWI intelligence officer to Chicago Tribune editor in Paris to consulate official to public relations director for Standard Oil.

Dates: 1899-1970

Dante Pierce Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0061
Abstract

Farm editor. Correspondence with State and National Political figures including Smith Brookhart, Calvin Coolidge, Robert LaFolette, Henry Wallace, and George Wilson.

Dates: 1916-1948; Majority of material found within 1925-1945

David Esslemont Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0837
Abstract

Fine press printer, controller of the Gregynog Press from 1985-1998.

Dates: 1970-2004

Edwin Thomas Meredith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0121
Abstract

Attorney and Iowa state legislator. Subject files and correspondence concerning his business, family and political career. The bulk of the papers consist of correspondence dealing with business conditions during the 1920s and W.W.II, politics, family life.

Dates: 1898-1949

Facts for Farmers Records

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0485
Abstract

Agricultural publication (1935-1962) edited by Charles J. Coe.

Dates: 1930-1990; Majority of material found within 1930-1949

Fairfield Daily Ledger Records and Walter Williams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0155
Abstract

Account books, tax receipts, operating statements, advertising returns, other financial records.

Dates: 1930-1938

Federal Writer's Project Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0295
Abstract

Subject files on Iowa history, counties, towns, colleges, churches, and other matters, unpublished manuscripts, radio scripts, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1923-1939; Majority of material found within 1936-1937

Frank Nye Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0437
Abstract

Reporter and editor for The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Correspondence, subject files, and photographs relating to Nye's career with the Gazette. Includes information on Iowa politics and legislature, reapportionment, Herbert Hoover, and copies of articles written by Nye.

Dates: 1942-1983

Frank Starzell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0231
Abstract

General manager of Associated Press. The scrapbooks contain photographs, speeches, press releases, and articles from his career with the Associated Press.

Dates: 1942-1959

Gladys Denny Shultz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0692
Abstract

Editor with Better Homes and Gardens and The Ladies' Home Journal and author of biographies. Typescript of her Jenny Lind (1962).

Dates: -

Glenn E. Whitehead Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0237
Abstract

State legislator and Perry, Iowa, newspaper publisher. Correspondence, poetry, diary, subject files, etc. relating to both his private and professional life. Includes items ranging from campaign advertising to his WWI supply officer's manual.

Dates: 1924-1963