Life Magazine records

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unitid

{"value"=>"1758", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 1758", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1892-1936", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1892/1936"}

{"value"=>"1920-1936", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1920/1936"}

{"value"=>"1920-1936", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1920/1936"}

date_inclusive_start

1892

date_inclusive_end

1936

keydate

1892

date_start

1892

date_end

1936

unittitle

{"value"=>"Life Magazine records"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"28 linear feet (30 boxes and 67 v.)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Life Magazine, Inc. was founded in New York City in 1883 by John Ames Mitchell (1845-1918). Published until October 1936, it was a popular magazine of satire, criticism, reviews, and humor which relied heavily on cartoons, sketches, illustrations, and anecdotal material. In November of 1936 a new magazine under the same title was published by Time, Inc. Collection consists of the records of Life Magazine, Inc. documenting all aspects of its operation and including correspondence, circulation, art and literary department records, minutes, financial records, and printed matter. Correspondence of secretary/treasurer, 1924-1936, is with advertisers, publishers, distributors, printers, illustrators, and cartoonists. Permissions correspondence, 1932-1936, concerns requests by organizations and persons to reprint copyrighted materials. Contracts and agreements series, 1896-1936, reflects the purchase and sale of artistic and literary properties, copyright matters and foreign reproduction rights. Circulation department series consists of audit reports of circulation statistics and records of issues returned. Art department records include scrapbooks of cartoons and process books, 1908-1936, with information about plate manufacture and design. Literary department series contains manuscripts, typescripts of poems, articles and humorous materials accepted by Life and records of manuscripts submitted to the magazine from 1911 to 1936. Also, minutes, 1892-1936, of the board of directors and stockholders; financial records, 1892-1936, including vouchers, journals and other accounts; and printed matter such as issues of Life and books containing art work published in the magazine."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"Materials in English"}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Life Magazine records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Life Magazine, Inc. (New York, N.Y.)", "type"=>"corpname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p><em render=\"underline\">Life Magazine, Inc.</em> was founded in New York City in 1883 by John Ames Mitchell (1845-1918) an architect turned artist, illustrator and writer. Published until October 1936, it was a popular magazine of satire, criticism, reviews and humour which relied heavily upon cartoons, sketches, illustrations and anecdotal material. In November of 1936 a new magazine under the same title was published by Time, Inc.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The records of the magazine document all aspects of its operation and include correspondence, Circulation and Literary Department records, minutes and financial records and printed material. There are several series of correspondence.</p> <p>The correspondence of the secretary-treasurer (name/subject file in period 1924-1936) is that of Henry A. Ritcher with advertisers, publishers, distributors, printers, illustrators, and cartoonists. Included is correspondence with American News Co., Condé Nast Publications, Charles E. Burchfield, Percy Crosby, and Edward William Bok. The permissions correspondence series is arranged alphabetically in period 1932-1936. It consists of Ritcher's correspondence with organizations and persons requesting permission to reprint copyrighted materials. The contracts and agreements series is arranged in serial order in period 1896-1936 and is provided with an alphabetical index. This series reflects the purchase and sale of artistic and literary properties, copyright matters, and foreign reproduction rights. This series Includes collateral correspondence mainly of William Krone and Henry A. Ritcher with Charles D. Gibson, the Century Co., Crowell Publishing Co., Coward-McCann, George H. Doran, Carey Printing Co., and P. V. Volland. The circulation department series consists of audit reports of circulation statistics, and records of issues returned by American News Co.</p> <p>The literary department series consists of manuscripts, typescripts of poems, articles and humorous materials accepted by Life, and 9 volumes of records of manuscripts submitted to Life in period of 1911-1936. The Minutes series includes minutes of the board of directors and stockholders in period of 1892-1936. The financial records series includes vouchers, credit memoranda, balance sheets, and 47 volumes of ledgers, journals, and other accounts in period 1892-1936. The printed matter series consists of the sales department.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Accessioned by John Stinson, April 30, 1982</p>"}

extent_statement

28 linear feet (30 boxes and 67 v.)

date_bulk_start

1920

date_bulk_end

1936

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1. Correspondence of the Secretary-Treasurer [6/1]
2. Permissions Correspondence
3. Contracts and Agreements [10/1]
4. Circulation Department [8/1]
5. Literary Department
6. Minutes [2/1]
7. Financial Records [7/1]
8. Art Department [2/1]
9. Printed Matter [3/1]
10. Accounting Department [12/1]
11. Circulation Department [1/1]
12. Literary Department [1/1]
13. Sales Department [1/1]
14. Art Department [1/1]