Found 2 collections related to Beadle%2C Erastus Flavel

Frank P. O'Brien, a dentist in New York City, was a collector of Beadle and Adams dime novels and half-dime novels. These novels were published from 1859 to 1905 (Orville J. Victor was the editor). Dr. O'Brien was known as "the living authority on the affairs of the House of Beadle". Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, copyrights, certificates of deposit, miscellaneous accounts and notes, and printed matter. Personal correspondence includes letters, 1865-1921, from authors of the dime novels mostly to Dr. O'Brien. Manuscripts are of short stories by Beadle authors and various manuscripts for a prize contest. Also, copyrights, 1867-1869, issued by the Library of Congress; certificates of deposit, 1862-1869, of title pages for copyright; Beadle related letters, accounts and notes, 1865-1897; and newsclippings concerning dime novels. less

The Beadle family settled in the U.S. in Salem, Mass. in the 17th century. Members of the family moved on to Connecticut and New York State. Erastus Flavel Beadle (1821-1894) was a printer and publisher who formed a company in 1856 with Robert Adams in New York City. In 1860 they published the first dime novel and continued the series with great success. Collection consists of record books and correspondence of Beadle family members, and diary of Erastus Flavel Beadle. Record books, 1635-1865, concern family legal matters, births, deaths, marriages, and baptisms. Correspondence, 1753-1889, of Beadle family members includes genealogical information. Diary, 1857, records the journey of Erastus Flavel Beadle from Buffalo, N.Y. to Nebraska. less