C0781Scientific Book Club Records, 1930-1946: Finding Aid C0781Manuscripts Division

2009

Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, New Jersey 08544
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-09-22 19:34:03 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Finding aid content adheres to that prescribed by Describing Archives: A Content Standard.2013-06-21T14:33:17.885-04:00Run through PULFA 2.0 normalization routines.2022-11-11 09:19:25 -0500Updated physloc code2022-11-11 10:39:50 -0500Updated physloc code2022-11-16 13:07:01 -0500Updated physloc code2023-12-05 20:06:26 -0500Updated use restriction2024-08-12 21:37:50 -0400Updated links Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division Scientific Book Club Records Scientific Book Club C0781 /repositories/5/resources/3696 5 boxes 2.4 linear feet 1930-1946 Consists of selected financial records from the New York City office of the Scientific Book Club, which had its editorial office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. scarcpxm English Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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 Scope and Contents

The collection consists of selected financial records from the New York City office of the Scientific Book Club, which had its editorial office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Included are alphabetical files (1944-1945) of bill statements for books purchased by the Scientific Book Club from various publishers, such as Blakiston Co., Bobbs-Merrill, Garden City Publishing House, G. P. Putnam's, Princeton University Press, and Random House; 9 ledgers of accounts (1930-1944); 3 checkstub books (1942-1944); and representative samples of cancelled checks (1942-1946).

The collection consists of selected financial records from the New York City office of the Scientific Book Club, which had its editorial office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Included are alphabetical files (1944-1945) of bill statements for books purchased by the Scientific Book Club from various publishers, such as Blakiston Co., Bobbs-Merrill, Garden City Publishing House, G. P. Putnam's, Princeton University Press, and Random House; 9 ledgers of accounts (1930-1944); 3 checkstub books (1942-1944); and representative samples of cancelled checks (1942-1946).

 Arrangement

Arranged as follows: bill statements, A-Z (1944-1945); miscellaneous papers (1946); ledgers and cancelled checks (1930-1946).

 Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

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 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred from within Manuscript Services. AM 1995-58.

 Appraisal

No appraisal information is available.

 Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Scientific Book Club Records, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

 Processing Information

Folder inventory added by Feng Zhu '14 in 2013.

 Book clubs (discussion groups) -- United States -- 20th century Booksellers and bookselling -- United States -- 20th century Publishers and publishing -- United States -- 20th century Financial records. Scientific Book Club Bill Statements: A/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820401 folder194411Bill Statements: Appleton-Century/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820411 folder194412Bill Statements: B/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820421 folder194413Bill Statements: Blakiston Company/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820431 folder194414Bill Statements: Baker & Taylor/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820441 folder194415Bill Statements: Bobbs Merrill/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820451 folder194416Bill Statements: C/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820461 folder194417Bill Statements: Charles Scribner's Sons/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820471 folder194418Bill Statements: Chemical Publishing Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8820481 folder194419Bill Statements: Columbia University Press/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820491 folder1944110Bill Statements: D/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820501 folder1944111Bill Statements: John Day Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8820511 folder1944112Bill Statements: Dodd, Mead & Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8820521 folder1944113Bill Statements: Doubleday Doran Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8820531 folder1944114Bill Statements: E/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820541 folder1944115Bill Statements: E.P. Dutton & Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8820551 folder1944116Bill Statements: F/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820561 folder1944117Bill Statements: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc./repositories/5/archival_objects/8820571 folder1944118Bill Statements: G/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820581 folder1944119Bill Statements: Garden City Publishing House/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820591 folder1944120Bill Statements: Grosset & Dunlap, Inc./repositories/5/archival_objects/8820601 folder1944121Bill Statements: H/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820611 folder1944122Bill Statements: Harcourt, Brace & Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8820621 folder1944123Bill Statements: Harper & Brothers/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820631 folder1944124Bill Statements: Harvard University Press/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820641 folder1944125Bill Statements: Hastings House/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820651 folder1944126Bill Statements: Henry Holt & Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8820661 folder1944127Bill Statements: Hinde & Dauch Paper Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8820671 folder1944128Bill Statements: Houghton Mifflin Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8820681 folder1944129Bill Statements: I/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820691 folder1944130Bill Statements: J/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820701 folder1944131Bill Statements: K/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820711 folder1944132Bill Statements: Alfred A. Knopf/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820721 folder1944133Bill Statements: L/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820731 folder1944134Bill Statements: Lippincott & Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8820741 folder1944135Bill Statements: Longmans, Green & Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8820751 folder1944136Bill Statements: Little, Brown & Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8820761 folder1944137Bill Statements: Mc/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820771 folder1944138Bill Statements: M/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820781 folder1944139Bill Statements: McGraw-Hill Book Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8820791 folder1944140Bill Statements: Macmillian Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8820801 folder1944141Bill Statements: N/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820811 folder194421Bill Statements: O/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820821 folder194422Bill Statements: Oxford University Press/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820831 folder194423Bill Statements: P/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820841 folder194424Bill Statements: Helen S. Pattison/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820851 folder194425Bill Statements: Pitman Publishing Corp./repositories/5/archival_objects/8820861 folder194426Bill Statements: G.P. Putnam & Son/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820871 folder194427Bill Statements: Prentice Hall/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820881 folder194428Bill Statements: Princeton University Press/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820891 folder194429Bill Statements: R/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820901 folder1944210Bill Statements: Random House/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820911 folder1944211Bill Statements: Reynal & Hitchcock/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820921 folder1944212Bill Statements: S/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820931 folder1944213Bill Statements: Select Multigraphing Service/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820941 folder1944214Bill Statements: Select Printing Company/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820951 folder1944215Bill Statements: Simon & Schuster, Inc./repositories/5/archival_objects/8820961 folder1944216Bill Statements: T/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820971 folder1944217Bill Statements: U/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820981 folder1944218Bill Statements: University of Chicago Press/repositories/5/archival_objects/8820991 folder1944219Bill Statements: H.P. Ulich & Co., Inc./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821001 folder1944220Bill Statements: Felix Ullmann & Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821011 folder1944221Bill Statements: V/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821021 folder1944222Bill Statements: D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821031 folder1944223Bill Statements: Viking Press/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821041 folder1944224Bill Statements: W/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821051 folder1944225Bill Statements: W.W. Norton Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821061 folder1944226Bill Statements: Widney Envelope Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821071 folder1944227Bill Statements: John C. Winston Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821081 folder1944228Bill Statements: John Wiley & Sons/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821091 folder1944229Bill Statements: W.H. Wise & Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821101 folder1944230Bill Statements: Yale University Press/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821111 folder1944231Bill Statements: XYZ/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821121 folder1944232Bill Statements: Miscellaneous/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821131 folder1944233Bill Statements: A/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821141 folder1945234Bill Statements: Appleton-Century/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821151 folder1945235Bill Statements: B/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821161 folder1945236Bill Statements: Baker & Taylor/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821171 folder1945237Bill Statements: Blakiston Company/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821181 folder1945238Bill Statements: Bobbs Merrill/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821191 folder1945239Bill Statements: C/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821201 folder1945240Bill Statements: Chemical Publishing Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821211 folder1945241Bill Statements: Columbia University Press/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821221 folder1945242Bill Statements: D/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821231 folder1945243Bill Statements: Dodd Mead & Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821241 folder1945244Bill Statements: John Day Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821251 folder1945245Bill Statements: Doubleday Doran Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821261 folder1945246Bill Statements: E/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821271 folder1945247Bill Statements: E.P. Dutton & Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821281 folder1945248Bill Statements: F/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821291 folder194531Bill Statements: Farrar & Rinehart Inc./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821301 folder194532Bill Statements: G/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821311 folder194533Bill Statements: Garden Publishing House/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821321 folder194534Bill Statements: Grosset & Dunlap Inc./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821331 folder194535Bill Statements: H/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821341 folder194536Bill Statements: Harvard University Press/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821351 folder194537Bill Statements: Harcourt Brace Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821361 folder194538Bill Statements: Hastings House/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821371 folder194539Bill Statements: Hinde & Dauch Paper Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821381 folder1945310Bill Statements: Houghton Mifflin Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821391 folder1945311Bill Statements: Henry Holt & Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821401 folder1945312Bill Statements: Harper & Brothers/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821411 folder1945313Bill Statements: I/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821421 folder1945314Bill Statements: J/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821431 folder1945315Bill Statements: K/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821441 folder1945316Bill Statements: Alfred A. Knopf/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821451 folder1945317Bill Statements: L/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821461 folder1945318Bill Statements: Lippincott & Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821471 folder1945319Bill Statements: Longmans, Green & Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821481 folder1945320Bill Statements: Little, Brown & Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821491 folder1945321Bill Statements: Mc/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821501 folder1945322Bill Statements: McGraw-Hill Book Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821511 folder1945323Bill Statements: M/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821521 folder1945324Bill Statements: MacMillian Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821531 folder1945325Bill Statements: N/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821541 folder1945326Bill Statements: W.W. Norton Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821551 folder1945327Bill Statements: O/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821561 folder1945328Bill Statements: Oxford University Press/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821571 folder1945329Bill Statements: P/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821581 folder1945330Bill Statements: Helen S. Pattison/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821591 folder1945331Bill Statements: Pitman Publishing Corp./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821601 folder1945332Bill Statements: G.P. Putnam & Son/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821611 folder1945333Bill Statements: Prentice Hall/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821621 folder1945334Bill Statements: Princeton University Press/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821631 folder1945335Bill Statements: R/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821641 folder1945336Bill Statements: Random House/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821651 folder1945337Bill Statements: Reynal & Hitchcock/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821661 folder1945338Bill Statements: S/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821671 folder1945339Bill Statements: Charles Scribner's Sons/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821681 folder1945340Bill Statements: Select Multigraphing Service/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821691 folder1945341Bill Statements: Select Printing Company/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821701 folder1945342Bill Statements: Simon & Schuster, Inc./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821711 folder1945343Bill Statements: T/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821721 folder1945344Bill Statements: U/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821731 folder1945345Bill Statements: H.P. Ulich & Co., Inc./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821741 folder1945346Bill Statements: Felix Ulimann & Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821751 folder1945347Bill Statements: University of Chicago Press/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821761 folder1945348Bill Statements: V/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821771 folder1945349Bill Statements: D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821781 folder1945350Bill Statements: Viking Press/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821791 folder1945351Bill Statements: W/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821801 folder1945352Bill Statements: Widney Envelope Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821811 folder1945353Bill Statements: John Wiley & Sons/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821821 folder1945354Bill Statements: John C. Winston Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821831 folder1945355Bill Statements: Wm. H. Wise & Co./repositories/5/archival_objects/8821841 folder1945356Bill Statements: XYZ/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821851 folder1945357Bill Statements: Yale University Press/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821861 folder1945358Bill Statements: Zondervan/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821871 folder1944-1945359Miscellaneous Receipts/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821881 folder194641Bill Statements: Arrow Service/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821891 folder194642Bill Statements: A-K/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821901 folder194643Bill Statements: L-Z/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821911 folder194644Cancelled Checks/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821921 folder1940 September-1946 May51Check Stub Books/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821931 box1942 October-1945 March5Ledger Books/repositories/5/archival_objects/8821941 box1930-19445