George A. Plimpton Papers, 1634-1956

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Series III: Ginn and Company, 1877-1936

This series contains extensive materials related to the operation of the publishing firm that Plimpton led for decades. Currently arranged as previously processed, the series includes correspondence, company reports, photographs, mailings, and other materials dating from 1877 to 1936. While documents dating before 1911 are grouped by year, most documents dating after 1911 are associated with the employee who wrote or received them.

Because the company's employees became such close associates over decades of cooperation, not all of their correspondence relates immediately to the company's affairs; for example, some materials relate to Edwin Ginn's peace work and, after 1914, to Ginn's estate. Moreover, not all the materials involve Plimpton directly.

Documents related to Lewis Parkhurst prove particularly illuminating; because the Boston-based Parkhurst served as the company's administrative leader for decades, his files contain numerous company memos, annual reports, and meeting minutes. Following Ginn's death in 1914, Parkhurst served as one of Ginn's executors.

General--Ephemera, 1877- 1911

Request Box 21

Box 21 Folder 3 Mailings and Leaflets

Box 21 Folder 4 Photographs, 1905

Box 21 Folder 5 Plaster cast of Edward Ginn

Correspondence and Records

General

Request Box 22

Box 22 Folder 1 Dated, 1877-1899

Box 22 Folder 2 to 9 Dated, 1900-1911, (7 folders)

Box 22 Folder 10 Ambrose, Fred M., 1911

Box 22 Folder 11 Ginn, Edwin, 1911

Box 22 Folder 12 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1911

Box 22 Folder 13 Laylander, Orange Judd, 1911

Box 22 Folder 14 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1911

Box 22 Folder 15 Smith, Selden C., 1911

Box 22 Folder 16 Thomas, Richard S., 1911

Box 22 Folder 17 Thurber, Charles Herbert, 1911

Request Box 23

Box 23 Folder 1 General, 1912

Box 23 Folder 2 Ambrose, Fred H., 1912

Box 23 Folder 3 Gilson, T. W., 1912

Box 23 Folder 4 Ginn, Edwin, 1912

Box 23 Folder 5 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1912

Box 23 Folder 6 Hodgdon, Frederick C., 1912

Box 23 Folder 7 Lawler, Thomas Bonaventure, 1912

Box 23 Folder 8 Laylander, Orange Judd, 1912

Box 23 Folder 9 to 10 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1912, (2 folders)

Box 23 Folder 11 Smith, Selden C., 1912

Box 23 Folder 12 Thomas, Richard S., 1912

Box 23 Folder 13 Thurber, Charles Herbert, 1912

Box 23 Folder 14 General, 1913

Box 23 Folder 15 Ambrose, Fred H., 1913

Box 23 Folder 16 Gilson, T. W., 1913

Request Box 24

Box 24 Folder 1 Ginn, Edwin, 1913

Box 24 Folder 2 Hall, Dana W., 1913

Box 24 Folder 3 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1913

Box 24 Folder 4 Hodgdon, Frederick C., 1913

Box 24 Folder 5 Lawler, Thomas Bonaventure, 1913

Box 24 Folder 6 Laylander, Orange Judd, 1913

Box 24 Folder 7 to 8 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1913, (2 folders)

Box 24 Folder 9 Smith, Selden Cornelius, 1913

Box 24 Folder 10 Thomas, Richard S., 1913

Box 24 Folder 11 Thurber, Charles Herbert, 1913

Box 24 Folder 12 General, 1914

Request Box 25

Box 25 Folder 1 General--A-Z, 1914

Box 25 Folder 2 Ambrose, Fred H., 1914

Box 25 Folder 3 Ayer, Flora H., 1914

Box 25 Folder 4 DeWitt, Edgar A., 1914

Box 25 Folder 5 Gilson, T. W., 1914

Box 25 Folder 6 Ginn Estate, 1914

Box 25 Folder 7 Hall, Dana W., 1914

Box 25 Folder 8 Hickam, A. R., 1914

Box 25 Folder 9 Hill, Charlotte F., 1914

Box 25 Folder 10 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1914

Box 25 Folder 11 Hodgdon, Frederick C., 1914

Box 25 Folder 12 Lawler, Thomas Bonaventure, 1914

Box 25 Folder 13 Laylander, Orange Judd, 1914

Request Box 26

Box 26 Folder 1 Maxwell, C. J., 1914

Box 26 Folder 2 to 3 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1914, (2 folders)

Box 26 Folder 4 Robeson, L. B., 1914

Box 26 Folder 5 Smith, Selden C., 1914

Box 26 Folder 6 Thomas, Richard S., 1914

Box 26 Folder 7 Thurber, Charles Herbert, 1914

Box 26 Folder 8 Weaver, Frank, 1914

Box 26 Folder 9 General, 1915

Box 26 Folder 10 to 11 General--A-Z, 1915, (2 folders)

Request Box 27

Box 27 Folder 1 Ayer, Flora H., 1915

Box 27 Folder 2 Fernald, Reginald L., 1915

Box 27 Folder 3 Field, Walter T., 1915

Box 27 Folder 4 Ginn Estate, 1915

Box 27 Folder 5 Greeley, W. H., 1915

Box 27 Folder 6 Hill, Charlotte F., 1915

Box 27 Folder 7 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1915

Box 27 Folder 8 Hughan, Evelyn W., 1915

Box 27 Folder 9 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1915

Box 27 Folder 10 Robinson, Edward K., 1915

Box 27 Folder 11 Thurber, Charles Herbert, 1915

Box 27 Folder 12 General, 1916

Box 27 Folder 13 General--A-Z, 1916

Box 27 Folder 14 Ayer, Flora H., 1916

Box 27 Folder 15 DeWitt, E. A., 1916

Box 27 Folder 16 Ginn Estate, 1916

Box 27 Folder 17 Hall, Dana W., 1916

Box 27 Folder 18 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1916

Box 27 Folder 19 Hodgdon, Frederick C., 1916

Box 27 Folder 20 Hughan, Evelyn W., 1916

Box 27 Folder 21 Jouett, Mark R., Jr., 1916

Box 27 Folder 22 Miller, Hugo, 1916

Box 27 Folder 23 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1916

Box 27 Folder 24 Robeson, L. B., 1916

Box 27 Folder 25 Robinson, Edward K., 1916

Box 27 Folder 26 Smith, Selden Cornelius, 1916

Box 27 Folder 27 Thomas, Richard S., 1916

Box 27 Folder 28 Thurber, Charles Hubert, 1916

Box 27 Folder 29 General, 1917

Request Box 28

Box 28 Folder 1 DeWitt, E. A., 1917

Box 28 Folder 2 Ginn Estate, 1917

Box 28 Folder 3 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1917

Box 28 Folder 4 Hodgdon, Frederick C., 1917

Box 28 Folder 5 Jouett, Mark R., Jr., 1917

Box 28 Folder 6 to 8 London Office, 1917, (3 folders)

Box 28 Folder 9 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1917

Box 28 Folder 10 Robeson, L. B., 1917

Box 28 Folder 11 Swartz, J. W, 1917

Box 28 Folder 12 Thomas, Richard S., 1917

Box 28 Folder 13 Thurber, Charles Herbert, 1917

General

Box 28 Folder 14 to 15 Dated, 1918- 1919, (2 folders)

Request Box 29

Box 29 Folder 1 to 4 Dated, 1920-1923, (4 folders)

Box 29 Folder 5 Balance Sheets, 1920-1928

Box 29 Folder 6 "A History of Ginn and Company"--Draft, 1922- 1923

Box 29 Folder 7 Conway, H. P., 1923

Box 29 Folder 8 DeWitt, Edgar A., 1923

Box 29 Folder 9 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1923

Box 29 Folder 10 Hodgdon, Frederick C., 1923

Box 29 Folder 11 Jouett, Mark R., Jr., 1923

Box 29 Folder 12 Laylander, Orange Judd, 1923

Box 29 Folder 13 Miller, Norman C., 1923

Box 29 Folder 14 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1923

Box 29 Folder 15 Priddy, A. L., 1923

Box 29 Folder 16 Robeson, L. B., 1923

Box 29 Folder 17 Smith, Selden Cornelius, 1923

Box 29 Folder 18 Swartz, J. W., 1923

Box 29 Folder 19 Thomas, Richard S., 1923

Box 29 Folder 20 Thurber, Charles Hubert, 1923

Request Box 30

Box 30 Folder 1 Weed, LeRoy J., 1923

Box 30 Folder 2 General, 1924

Box 30 Folder 3 DeWitt, Edgar A., 1924

Box 30 Folder 4 Executive Committee, 1924

Box 30 Folder 5 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1924

Box 30 Folder 6 Jouett, Mark R., Jr., 1924

Box 30 Folder 7 Kenerson, E.H., 1924

Box 30 Folder 8 Lawler, Thomas Bonaventure, 1924

Box 30 Folder 9 Miller, Norman C., 1924

Box 30 Folder 10 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1924

Box 30 Folder 11 Priddy, A. L., 1924

Box 30 Folder 12 Robeson, L. B., 1924

Box 30 Folder 13 Smith, Selden Cornelius, 1924

Box 30 Folder 14 Swartz, J. W., 1924

Box 30 Folder 15 Thurber, Charles Hubert, 1924

Box 30 Folder 16 Weed, LeRoy J., 1924

Box 30 Folder 17 General, 1925

Box 30 Folder 18 DeWitt, Edgar A., 1925

Box 30 Folder 19 Hall, Dana W., 1925

Box 30 Folder 20 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1925

Box 30 Folder 21 Hodgdon, Frederick C., 1925

Box 30 Folder 22 Jouett, Mark R., Jr., 1925

Box 30 Folder 23 Kenerson, E. H., 1925

Box 30 Folder 24 Lawler, Thomas Bonaventure, 1925

Box 30 Folder 25 Laylander, Orange Judd, 1925

Box 30 Folder 26 Miller, Norman C., 1925

Box 30 Folder 27 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1925

Box 30 Folder 28 Priddy, A. L., 1925

Request Box 31

Box 31 Folder 1 Robeson, L. B., 1925

Box 31 Folder 2 Smith, Selden Cornelius, 1925

Box 31 Folder 3 Swartz, J. W., 1925

Box 31 Folder 4 Thurber, Charles Hubert, 1925

Box 31 Folder 5 General, 1926

Box 31 Folder 6 Conway, H. P., 1926

Box 31 Folder 7 DeWitt, Edgar A., 1926

Box 31 Folder 8 Hall, Dana W., 1926

Box 31 Folder 9 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1926

Box 31 Folder 10 Jencko, Millard, H., 1926

Box 31 Folder 11 Jouett, Mark R., Jr., 1926

Box 31 Folder 12 Kenerson, E. H., 1926

Box 31 Folder 13 Laylander, Orange Judd, 1926

Box 31 Folder 14 Miller, Norman C., 1926

Box 31 Folder 15 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1926

Box 31 Folder 16 Priddy, A. L., 1926

Box 31 Folder 17 Robeson, L. B., 1926

Box 31 Folder 18 Smith, Selden Cornelius, 1926

Box 31 Folder 19 Swartz, J. W., 1926

Box 31 Folder 20 Thurber, Charles Hubert, 1926

Box 31 Folder 21 to 23 General, 1927-1934, (3 folders)

Box 31 Folder 24 General--The Ginn Sketchbook , 1933

Box 31 Folder 25 DeWitt, Edgar A, 1934

Box 31 Folder 26 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1934

Request Box 32

Box 32 Folder 1 Jouett, Mark R., Jr., 1934

Box 32 Folder 2 Laylander, Orange Judd, 1934

Box 32 Folder 3 Lucas, Homer C., 1934

Box 32 Folder 4 Miller, Norman C., 1934

Box 32 Folder 5 Newell, S. W., 1934

Box 32 Folder 6 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1934

Box 32 Folder 7 Priddy, A. L., 1934

Box 32 Folder 8 Smith, Selden Cornelius, 1934

Box 32 Folder 9 Stevens, Ernest N., 1934

Box 32 Folder 10 Thurber, Charles Hubert, 1934

Box 32 Folder 11 General, 1935

Box 32 Folder 12 DeWitt, Edgar A, 1935

Box 32 Folder 13 Ginn Estate, 1935

Box 32 Folder 14 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1935

Box 32 Folder 15 Jouett, Mark R., Jr., 1935

Box 32 Folder 16 Lawler, Thomas Bonaventure, 1935

Box 32 Folder 17 Miller, Hugo, 1935

Box 32 Folder 18 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1935

Box 32 Folder 19 Priddy, A. L., 1935

Box 32 Folder 20 Stevens, Ernest N., 1935

Box 32 Folder 21 General, 1936

Box 32 Folder 22 DeWitt, Edgar A., 1936

Box 32 Folder 23 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1936

Collection Overview

Collection Contents

George A. Plimpton Papers, 1634-1956

Series III: Ginn and Company, 1877-1936