Research Catalog

Popular Publications, Inc. records

Title
Popular Publications, Inc. records, 1910-1977, bulk (1945-1960)
Author
Popular Publications, Inc.
Supplementary Content
Finding Aid

Details

Additional Authors
  • Addullah, Achmed, 1881-
  • Boggie, Clarence Gilmore.
  • Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942.
  • Gannett, Peter.
  • Gardner, Erle Stanley, 1889-1970.
  • Gaunt. A.B.
  • Gibney, Albert J., 1882-1948.
  • Houts, Marshal.
  • Lucke, Leo F.
  • Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957.
  • Norton, Alden H.
  • Paust, Gil.
  • Schindler, Raymond C., 1883-1959.
  • Snyder, LeMoyne, 1898-
  • Steeger, Henry, 1903-
  • Street, Park.
  • Swick, Jean.
  • Thompson, Hunter S.
  • Towne, Charles Hanson, 1877-1949.
  • White, Kenneth Steele.
  • Young, Whitney M.
  • All-Fiction Field, Inc.
  • Authors' Syndicate, Ltd.
  • Fictioneers, Inc.
  • Frank A. Munsey Company.
  • George H. Doran Company.
  • National Urban League.
  • New Publications, Inc.
  • Recreational Reading, Inc.
Description
53 linear feet (80 boxes)
Summary
Collection consists of correspondence, copyright records, index card files, financial records and personal papers of Henry Steeger, and other records related to the operations of Popular Publications.
Uniform Title
Argosy.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Illustrations.
  • Photoprints.
  • Sound recordings.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Terms of Use (note)
  • Literary rights retained by original owners.
Source (note)
  • Blazing Publications
Biography (note)
  • Popular Publications, a publisher of popular detective, adventure, romance, and Western fiction, was founded in New York City in 1930 by Henry Steeger. During the 1930s his firm became the largest publisher of popular pulp fiction in America. In 1942 the firm acquired the copyrights to the properties of the Frank A. Munsey Co. which included Argosy Magazine. Steeger was president and publisher of Popular Publications (in addition to various other publishing companies) until the firm was sold in 1972.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
Processing Action (note)
  • Cataloged
Call Number
MssCol 2456
OCLC
NYPW92-A285
Author
Popular Publications, Inc.
Title
Popular Publications, Inc. records, 1910-1977, bulk (1945-1960)
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Terms Of Use
Literary rights retained by original owners.
Biography
Popular Publications, a publisher of popular detective, adventure, romance, and Western fiction, was founded in New York City in 1930 by Henry Steeger. During the 1930s his firm became the largest publisher of popular pulp fiction in America. In 1942 the firm acquired the copyrights to the properties of the Frank A. Munsey Co. which included Argosy Magazine. Steeger was president and publisher of Popular Publications (in addition to various other publishing companies) until the firm was sold in 1972.
Indexes
Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
Connect to:
Finding Aid
Occupation
Editors.
Literary agents.
Added Author
Addullah, Achmed, 1881-
Boggie, Clarence Gilmore.
Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942.
Gannett, Peter.
Gardner, Erle Stanley, 1889-1970.
Gaunt. A.B.
Gibney, Albert J., 1882-1948.
Houts, Marshal.
Lucke, Leo F.
Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957.
Norton, Alden H.
Paust, Gil.
Schindler, Raymond C., 1883-1959.
Snyder, LeMoyne, 1898-
Steeger, Henry, 1903-
Street, Park.
Swick, Jean.
Thompson, Hunter S.
Towne, Charles Hanson, 1877-1949.
White, Kenneth Steele.
Young, Whitney M.
All-Fiction Field, Inc.
Authors' Syndicate, Ltd.
Fictioneers, Inc.
Frank A. Munsey Company.
George H. Doran Company.
National Urban League.
New Publications, Inc.
Recreational Reading, Inc.
Added Title
Argosy.
Research Call Number
MssCol 2456
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