Consists of general real estate records, including for the Scribner building and a warehouse in New Jersey.

Each containing an index by author's last name, provide a chronological, numbered list of unsolicited manuscripts received (and rejected) each year. This chronological record identifies the date each manuscript was received, its title, the author's name and address, and the date that it was returned. Beginning in 1940, these records include the name or initials of the Scribner editor to whom each manuscript was assigned.

Correspondence between Scribner editors and authors or their literary agents regarding rejected book ideas and manuscripts. During 1940-1948, letters bear numbers that reference works found in the "Record of Manuscripts Received and Rejected" series.

Files arranged alphabetically by author's name, then by title, of material relating to the Subscription Department editions of author works–for both multi-volume sets and individual titles. Examples: The Novels, Tales and Sketches of J. M. Barrie (Thistle Edition of 12 volumes, 1896-1911); S. A. Kilbourne's Game Fishes of the United States (1878).

Consists of the general correspondence, American Publishers' Association subject files, National Association of Book Publishers subject files, and Copyright subject files of Charles Scribner II.