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{"value"=>"MssCol 2456", "type"=>"local_call"}
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{"value"=>"1910-1977", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1910/1977"}
{"value"=>"1945-1960", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1945/1960"}
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1910
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1977
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1910
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1910
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1977
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{"value"=>"Popular Publications, Inc. records"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"53 linear feet (80 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
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{"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
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{"value"=>"Popular Publications, a publisher of popular detective, adventure, romance, and Western fiction, was founded in New York City in 1930 by Henry Steeger. During the 1930s his firm became the largest publisher of popular pulp fiction in America. In 1942 the firm acquired the copyrights to the properties of the Frank A. Munsey Co. which included Argosy Magazine. Steeger was president and publisher of Popular Publications (in addition to various other publishing companies) until the firm was sold in 1972. Collection consists of correspondence, copyright records, index card files, financial records and personal papers of Henry Steeger, and other records related to the operations of Popular Publications. Correspondence, ca. 1914-1977, concerns copyright assignments and permissions of Popular Publications and Frank A. Munsey Co. and is with authors, agents, publishers, motion picture companies, and attorneys. Other correspondence pertains to radio rights and syndication, \"Court of Last Resort\" (feature in Argosy magazine which sought to aid those who might be victims of miscarriages of justice), foreign sales, and editorial policy. Copyright registration records, 1930s to 1960s, relate to publications of Steeger's various publishing companies. Index card files contain information about authors published by Popular Publications and Frank A. Munsey Co. Personal papers, 1960-1968, of Steeger include correspondence concerning his presidency of the National Urban League and Popular Publications, his real estate investments, anbd printed matter. Also, pen and ink illustrations published in Argosy magazine, photographs and audio disc recordings."}
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{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Popular Publications, Inc. records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
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{"value"=>"Popular Publications, Inc", "type"=>"corpname"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Popular Publications, Inc., a publisher of popular pulp magazines including detective, adventure, romance, and Western fiction, was founded in 1930 in New York City by Henry Steeger (1903-), a Princeton graduate and former editor at Dell Publishing Co. Steeger remained the firm's president and publisher until its sale in 1972. During the decade of the 1930's, the golden age of pulp magazines, the firm was the largest publisher of popular pulp fiction in America. Its numerous publications included <em>Dime Detective, Dime Mystery Magazine, Dime Western Magazine, Fifteen Love Stories, True Adventure</em>, and <em>Western Love Romances</em>. In 1942 the firm acquired the copyrights to the properties of the Frank A. Munsey Co. including its immensely successful <em>Argosy Magazine</em>. From 1946 Steeger edited <em>Argosy</em> and co-founded with Erle Stanley Gardner its popular feature \"Court of Last Resort\" which sought to aid those whom it considered to be victims of miscarriages of justice. Steeger was also president of Fictioneers, Inc. (1939-58), All-Fiction Field, Inc. (1942-58), New Publications, Inc. (1936-60), Recreational Reading (1936-60), and Post Periodicals, Inc. (1936-60).</p> <p>After the dissolution of Popular Publications, Inc. in 1972, its literary properties were acquired Joel Frieman, vice president and director of publications of Blazing Publications, Inc. of Newark, New Jersey. As successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc. Mr. Frieman has promoted the reprinting in book and paperback format of several authors of pulp magazine fiction including Ray Bradbury, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carroll Daly, Erle Stanley Gardner, Frederick Nebel, Hank Searles, and Rex Stout. In 1988 the corporate title of Blazing Publications, Inc. was changed to Argosy Communications, Inc.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Joel Frieman, Blazing Publications, Inc., 1984; Joel Frieman, Argosy Communications, Inc., 1995; Shirley M. Steeger, 1996</p>"}
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>John D. Stinson, 2/8/84; Revised: 12/15/95; 3/10/97; 4/19/98</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Literary rights retained by original owners</p>"}
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53 linear feet (80 boxes)
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{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Popular Publications, Inc. records are arranged in nine series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2456#c1063860'>I. CORRESPONDENCE</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2456#c1063870'>II. COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION RECORDS</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The copyright registration records (1930's - 1960's) relate to publications of the Frank A. Munsey Co., Popular Publications, Inc., New Publications, Inc., Fictioneers, Inc., Recreational Reading, Inc., and All-Fiction Field, Inc. Included are official certificates of copyright registration and renewal issued by the Registrar of Copyrights.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2456#c1063875'>III. INDEX CARD FILES</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The index card files contain author and/or title indices for authors published by Frank A. Munsey Co. and Popular Publications, Inc. The type of information provided on the cards varies but includes name of author, title of article or manuscript, title and date of publication in which the manuscript or article was first published, and the amount paid. Some indices contain the author's pen name, the author's title, the published title, number of words, voucher date, control number, agent's name, statement on rights, and note on sale of rights. Included also are a few title indices for specific magazines.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2456#c1063931'>IV. CANCELED CHECKS</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The cancelled checks (1910-72) were issued by Popular Publications, Inc., Frank A. Munsey Co., All-Fiction Field, Inc., Fictioneers, Inc., Recreational Reading, Inc., and New Publications, Inc. Most of the checks are annotated (above the endorsement line) with the title of the literary property, and the kinds of rights transferred (i. e., serial, North-American, etc.).</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2456#c1063956'>V. UNSORTED RECORDS</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The unsorted records are of the Frank A. Munsey Co. and Popular Publications, Inc.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2456#c1063957'>VI. PEN AND INK DRAWINGS</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The pen and ink drawings or sketches with overlays represent illustrations which were published in <em>Argosy</em> magazine.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2456#c1063958'>VII. PERSONAL PAPERS OF HENRY STEEGER</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The personal papers of Henry Steeger which are unsorted contain Steeger's correspondence as president of the National Urban League; and printed and near-printed ephemera issued by the League. There is also some correspondence relating to Steeger's real estate investments and to hispresidency of Popular Publications, Inc. Included are a few letters to Steeger from Whitney Young, Jr.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2456#c1063959'>VIII. ADDITIONAL RECORDS (95 M 28)</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2456#c1063979'>IX. ADDITIONAL RECORDS (96M33 and 96M44)</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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1945
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1960