Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences Records, 1927-1934

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Series I: Business Records, 1927-1934

This series contains the business records of the staff, which produced the Encyclopaedia. It includes correspondence with Macmillan (the publisher of the Encyclopaedia), with sponsoring organizations, and with subscribers. Also present are financial records, including bills and invoices, checkbook ledgers, account books, and information on Encyclopaedia staff and salaries. Files of press notices, reviews of the Encyclopaedia, and a scrapbook of press clippings are also present in this series.



Box I 1 Press notices


Box I 1 Press notices, book reviews


Box I 1 Encyclopaedia of Social Sciences, Inc.


Box I 1 Macmillan Company-correspondence, 1929-1930


Box I 1 Correspondence-invoices


Box I 1 Macmillan Correspondence-reprints, Prink, etc.


Box I 1 Macmillan Company-R.R. Brett


Box I 1 Macmillan Company-G. Brett


Box I 1 Subscription correspondence-Macmillan-E.L. Mead (1-2)


Box I 1 Lease for Morningside Apt.-Related correspondence


Box I 1 Correspondence


Box I 1 Who's Who-qualifications and job histories of staff


Box I 1 Replies to letters re possible future employment of E.S.S. editorial staff


Box I 1 Salary lists


Box I 1 Financial statements and salary lists


Box I 1 Macmillan bills (1-3)


Box I 1 Receipted bills (December 1, 1927-1934)


Box I 1 Carnegie Corporation


Box I 1 Commonwelath Fund


Box I 1 Rockefeller Foundation


Box I 1 Rockefeller Foundation-Day


Box I 1 Rosenwald Foundation


Box I 1 Russell Sage Foundation


Box I 1 Couzens, James


Box I 1 Dawson, W.H.


Box I 1 Howson, Roger -- Columbia University Library


Box I 1 Insurance -- Burnett Miller


Box I 1 Irvine, Elsie, Mrs.


Box I 1 Jones, Mark


Box I 1 Memorandums


Box I 1 Memoranda and outlines of topics


Box I 1 Price, Waterhouse & Co.


Box I 1 Association of American Law Schools


Box I 1 American Anthropological Association


Box I 1 American Association of Social Workers


Box I 1 American Economic Association


Box I 1 American Historical Association


Box I 1 American Political Science Association


Box I 1 American Psychological Association


Box I 1 American Sociological Association


Box I 1 American Statistical Association


Box I 1 National Education Association


Box I 1 Brinkman and Schumpeter -- advisory editors correspondence


Box I 1 Advisory editors correspondence


Box I 1 Joint Committee-subscription campaign


Box I 1 Joint committee meetings, February1925 -- June 1932, February1925, June 1932



Box I 2 Sillivan and Cromwell


Box I 2 Form Letters


Box I 2 Subscription campaign-early correspondence of ERA's (1-4)


Box I 2 Correspondence with universities


Box I 2 Assorted correspondence


Box I 2 Correspondence-mainly with Edwin Gay


Box I 2 Board of Directors and constituent societies correspondence (1-2)


Box I 2 Board of Directors-annual meetings, 1931-1933


Box I 2 Directors of the Encyclopaedia of Social Sciences, Inc.


Box I 2 U-Miscellaneous, including correspondence with prospective publishers (1-2)


Box I 2 Page proofs, Vol. I through


Box I 2 Page proofs, Vol. IV


Box I 2 Uncut signatures



Box I 3 Page corrections


Box I 3 Letters from Macmillan


Box I 3 Contents, Vol. 2; Table of contributors, Vol. 2


Box I 3 Dinner acceptances (1-2)


Box I 3 Regrets


Box I 3 Correspondence re dinner


Box I 3 Subscriber's correspondence


Box I 3 Complimentary subscription correspondence


Box I 3 Congratulatory letters


Box I 3 Review copies requested


Box I 3 Correspondence re subscriptions (1-10)


Box I 3 Lists of subscribers


Box I 3 Sample subscription agreements


Box I 3 Reviews of the E.S.S.


Box I 3 Specimen pamphlets (1928)


Box I 3 Specimen biography pamphlets (1931)


Box I 3 Envelopes


Box I 3 Sample checks


Box I 3 Sample voucher form


Box I 3 Special offer to members pamphlet (American Economic Association)



Box I 4 Checkbook ledgers


Box I 4 Account books


Box I 4 Journal


Box I 4 Books of requisition slips


Box I 4 Blank book of voucher forms (no. 1801-1850)


Box I 4 Scrapbook


Box I 4 Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences membership record


Box I 4 E.S.S. staff (card file)


Box I 4 Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences embossing stamp