H.W. Wilson Company Archives, 1900-1982
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Brief Description: The Archives of the H.W. Wilson Company (1900-1982), a publisher and indexing company, containing scrapbooks and binders of advertisments, circular letters, forms, clippings, editorials, and correspondence. Also includes ledgers of publication numbers and price rates, notes and revisions of William Poole's Index, union lists of serials and newspapers, information and clippings on the Readers' Guide, publications of fiction catalogs, bibliographies, information on libraries, H.W. Wilson's services, publication catalogs, catalog manuals, and booklists, photographs of staff, headquarters, and events, and indexes on industrial arts, education, art, essays, songs, and international publications.
Held at:
The American Library Association Archives
19 Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61802
Phone: 217 333 0798
Fax: 217 244 2868
Email: ala-archives [at] library.illinois.edu
Record Series Number: 85/13/6
Created by: H.W. Wilson Company, Inc.
Volume: 10.0 Cubic Feet
Acquired: 11/22/2022.
More information is available at https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/8513006a.pdf
Arrangement: Alphabetical order
Biographical Note for H.W. Wilson Company, Inc. : Founded in 1898 by Halsey William Wilson, the H.W. Wilson Company, Inc., is a publisher and indexing company. Its headquarters were located in the Bronx, New York. The company produced indexes, publications and content aimed for library patrons. In 2011, the company merged with EBSCO Publishing and the headquarters moved to Ipswich, Massachusetts.
Subject Index
Advertising
Booklists
Catalogs
Engravings
H. W. Wilson Company
Indexing
Periodicals Lists
Photographs
Publications
Publicity Scrapbooks
Publishers Circular
Serials
Union Catalogs
Wilson Indexes
Languages of Materials
English [eng]
Acquisition Notes: EBSCO, Kathleen McEvoy, KMcEvoy@EBSCO.COM