American Book Publishers: 1865-1920

Resources

Books:

Joost, Nicholas. The Dial, 1912-1920, Years of Transition. Barre: Barre Publishers, 1967.

Smith, Frederick B. A Sketch of the Origin and History of the House of A. C. McClurg & Co. Chicago: A.C.  McClurg, c. 1902.

Archives:

A. C. McClurg & Co. Records, 1873-1967, Midwest Manuscript Collection, The Newberry Library.

https://archives.newberry.org/repositories/2/resources/3

Francis F. Browne Papers, c. 1860-1949. Midwest Manuscript Collection. The Newberry Library. https://archives.newberry.org/repositories/2/resources/30

Articles:

"A Half-Century of Chicago Publishing," Publishers' Weekly (16 Aug 1941): 456-459

McClurg, Alexander. "Of Making Many Books." The Dial (May 1885): 8-10.

Dietrich, Lucas, "At the Dawning of the Twentieth Century: W. E. B. Du Bois, A. C. McClurg & Co., and the Early Circulation of The Souls of Black Folk," Book History 20 (2017): 307-329.

"A. C. McClurg & Company, Chicago's Largest Bookseller." Publishers' Weekly (29 June 1918): p.1970.