Greenberg Publisher records, 1894-1976

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0516
Bib ID:
4078838 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Greenberg, Publisher
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
76 linear feet (96 boxes, 2 flat boxes, and 462 volumes in 31 record storage cartons)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 1-95, Series V: Boxes 1-4, and the 462 volumes in 31 records storage cartons. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

Series I: Cataloged Correspondence and Documents are located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Description

Summary

The surviving editorial, production, and publicity files of Greenberg: Publisher. The Greenberg: Publisher library includes 462 titles published by the firm. Also, personal papers of Jacob Walter Greenberg consisting of letters, manuscripts, photographs, clippings, printed ephemera, and memorabilia. These are biographical in nature relating to Greenberg, his family, friends, business associates, authors, politicians, and other public figures. Among the letters are one each from public figures including Robert Benchley, Bennett Cerf, Fiorello La Guardia, and Eleanor Roosevelt.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into 7 series.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 1-95, Series V: Boxes 1-4, and the 462 volumes in 31 records storage cartons. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

Series I: Cataloged Correspondence and Documents are located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Greenberg Publisher records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Greenberg, Dorothy. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1979. Accession number--M-79.

Source of acquisition--Greenberg, Dorothy. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1995.

Gift of the Chilton Book Company, 1977. Gift of Dorothy Greenberg, 1979.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/89. Processed by Henry Rowen 1/78; Rev. BRC/PMW 11/79

Revision Description

2010-01-29 Legacy finding aid created from Pro Cite.

2012-06-08 XML document instance created by Catherine C. Ricciardi

2018-05-07 Series II: 1979 Gift (Cataloged Correspondence) integrated into Series I: Cataloged Correspondence to reflect actual box organization

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical / Historical

Founded in 1924 by Jacob W. and David B. Greenberg. Sold to Chilton Book Company in 1958. Greenberg published in many fields including "how to" books, westerns, inspirational topics, health, cooking, agriculture, early gay fiction, sociology, police techniques, and theater.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Photographic prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Benchley, Robert, 1889-1945 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Cerf, Bennett, 1898-1971 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Greenberg, David B. (David Benjamin), 1892-1968 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Greenberg, Jacob Walter CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
La Guardia, Fiorello H (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Agriculture CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Cooking CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Gays -- Fiction CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Health CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Police CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Publishers and publishing CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sociology CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Theater CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID