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Additional authors

1. Addullah, Achmed, 1881-
2. Boggie, Clarence Gilmore
3. Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942
4. Gannett, Peter
5. Gardner, Erle Stanley, 1889-1970
6. Gaunt. A.B
7. Gibney, Albert J., 1882-1948
8. Houts, Marshal
9. Lucke, Leo F
10. Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957
11. Norton, Alden H
12. Paust, Gil
13. Schindler, Raymond C., 1883-1959
14. Snyder, LeMoyne, 1898-
15. Steeger, Henry, 1903-
16. Street, Park
17. Swick, Jean
18. Thompson, Hunter S
19. Towne, Charles Hanson, 1877-1949
20. White, Kenneth Steele
21. Young, Whitney M
22. All-Fiction Field, Inc
23. Authors' Syndicate, Ltd
24. Fictioneers, Inc
25. Frank A. Munsey Company
26. George H. Doran Company
27. National Urban League
28. New Publications, Inc
29. Recreational Reading, Inc

Description

1. 53 linear feet (80 boxes)

Summary

1. 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

1. Argosy.

Subject

1. Popular Publications, Inc
2. American fiction -- 20th century
3. American periodicals
4. Authors, American
5. Authors and publishers -- United States
6. Copyright -- United States
7. Fiction -- Authorship
8. Motion picture studios
9. Periodicals -- Publishing -- New York (State) -- New York
10. Popular literature -- United States
11. Prisoners -- United States
12. Publishers and publishing -- New York (State) -- New York
13. Serial publications -- United States
14. United States -- History -- Periodicals -- 20th century

Genre/Form

1. Illustrations.
2. Photoprints.
3. Sound recordings.

Call number

1. MssCol 2456

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Terms of use (note)

1. Literary rights retained by original owners.

Source (note)

1. Blazing Publications

Biography (note)

1. 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)

1. Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged

Author

1. Popular Publications, Inc.

Title

1. Popular Publications, Inc. records, 1910-1977, bulk (1945-1960)

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Terms of use

1. Literary rights retained by original owners.

Biography

1. 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

1. Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Editors.
2. Literary agents.

Added author

1. Addullah, Achmed, 1881-
2. Boggie, Clarence Gilmore.
3. Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942.
4. Gannett, Peter.
5. Gardner, Erle Stanley, 1889-1970.
6. Gaunt. A.B.
7. Gibney, Albert J., 1882-1948.
8. Houts, Marshal.
9. Lucke, Leo F.
10. Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957.
11. Norton, Alden H.
12. Paust, Gil.
13. Schindler, Raymond C., 1883-1959.
14. Snyder, LeMoyne, 1898-
15. Steeger, Henry, 1903-
16. Street, Park.
17. Swick, Jean.
18. Thompson, Hunter S.
19. Towne, Charles Hanson, 1877-1949.
20. White, Kenneth Steele.
21. Young, Whitney M.
22. All-Fiction Field, Inc.
23. Authors' Syndicate, Ltd.
24. Fictioneers, Inc.
25. Frank A. Munsey Company.
26. George H. Doran Company.
27. National Urban League.
28. New Publications, Inc.
29. Recreational Reading, Inc.

Added title

1. Argosy.

Research call number

1. MssCol 2456