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J. B. Lippincott Company records

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Corporate Author:	J.B. Lippincott Company (Creator)
Collection:	J. B. Lippincott Company Records
Collection Number:	3104
Format:	Manuscript
Language:	English
Subjects:	Bacon, Ellis W. > 1874-1961. Doyle, Arthur, Conan > 1859-1930. Faber, Erwin F. > 1866-1939. Faber, Hermann > 1832-1913. Faber, Ludwig E. > 1855-1913. Furness, Horace Howard > 1833-1912. Holloway, Edward Stratton > 1859-1939. Kirk, Maria Louise > 1860-1938. Lippincott, Craige > 1846-1911. Lippincott, J. B. (Joshua Ballinger) > 1813-1886. Lippincott, J. Bertram (Joshua Bertram) > 1857-1940. Lippincott, Joseph Wharton > 1887-1976. Stoddart, Joseph Marshall > 1845-1921. Wilde, Oscar > 1854-1900. Books and Bookselling > 19th Century. Medical illustration. Medical Publications > 19th century. Medical Publications > 20th century. Medical publishing. Publishers and Publishing > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > 19th century. Publishers and Publishing > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > 20th century. Publishing > Limited Editions. Publishing > Periodicals > 19th century. Publishing > United States > Periodicals > Early 20th Century.
Online Access:	Link to finding aid

Physical Description:	149.7 Linear feet ; 93 boxes, 768 volumes
Summary:	J. B. Lippincott Company was an American publishing house founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1836 by Joshua B. Lippincott. Joshua Lippincott's company began by selling Bibles and other religious works and then successfully expanded into trade books, which became the largest portion of the business. In 1849, Lippincott acquired Grigg, Elliot and Company, a major book distribution company. The acquisition helped make the company one of the largest publishers in the United States. In the 1950s the company expanded production of its successful line of medical and nursing books and journals. The company was sold to Harper and Row in 1978, but Joshua Lippincott's great-grandson Joseph Wharton Lippincott Jr. remained on the Board of Directors until 1987. In 1990, the company was acquired by the Dutch corporation Wolters Kluwer, which initated a series of mergers. First, Lippincott was combined with Raven Publishers in 1995 to form Lippincott-Raven, which was then merged with Williams and Wilkins in 1998 to form Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. The collection consists of business records documenting over 100 years of the company's history. The largest portion of the collection is comprised of a series of letterbooks containing outgoing correspondence related to all aspects of the publishing operation, from soliciting advertising for magazines to negotiating author contracts. Several dozen letterbooks contain incoming correspondence from Lippincott's London Agency. Much of the rest of the collection consists of a variety of financial records, including general ledgers, receipt books, cash disbursement books, and payroll records. Publication costs and sales are documented through stock cards, royalty payment records, book catalogs, and order and inventory volumes. The collection also includes several manuscripts for publications and some original artwork and illustrations. There is also 22.7 linear feet of books and periodicals published by Lippincott and its early incarnations.

Physical Description:

149.7 Linear feet ; 93 boxes, 768 volumes

Summary:

J. B. Lippincott Company was an American publishing house founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1836 by Joshua B. Lippincott. Joshua Lippincott's company began by selling Bibles and other religious works and then successfully expanded into trade books, which became the largest portion of the business. In 1849, Lippincott acquired Grigg, Elliot and Company, a major book distribution company. The acquisition helped make the company one of the largest publishers in the United States. In the 1950s the company expanded production of its successful line of medical and nursing books and journals. The company was sold to Harper and Row in 1978, but Joshua Lippincott's great-grandson Joseph Wharton Lippincott Jr. remained on the Board of Directors until 1987. In 1990, the company was acquired by the Dutch corporation Wolters Kluwer, which initated a series of mergers. First, Lippincott was combined with Raven Publishers in 1995 to form Lippincott-Raven, which was then merged with Williams and Wilkins in 1998 to form Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. The collection consists of business records documenting over 100 years of the company's history. The largest portion of the collection is comprised of a series of letterbooks containing outgoing correspondence related to all aspects of the publishing operation, from soliciting advertising for magazines to negotiating author contracts. Several dozen letterbooks contain incoming correspondence from Lippincott's London Agency. Much of the rest of the collection consists of a variety of financial records, including general ledgers, receipt books, cash disbursement books, and payroll records. Publication costs and sales are documented through stock cards, royalty payment records, book catalogs, and order and inventory volumes. The collection also includes several manuscripts for publications and some original artwork and illustrations. There is also 22.7 linear feet of books and periodicals published by Lippincott and its early incarnations.

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