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Houghton family. Correspondence concerning Henry Oscar Houghton biography: Guide.

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Descriptive Summary

Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Location: b
Call No.: MS Am 1872
Creator: Houghton family.
Title: Correspondence concerning Henry Oscar Houghton biography,
Date(s): 1878-1931.
Quantity: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Abstract: Correspondence about American publisher Henry Oscar Houghton, and Henry Oscar Houghton: a biographical outline (1897), by American writer Horace Elisha Scudder.

Acquisition Information:

*71M-37 *71M-38
Gift of Mrs. William Barbour, Box 460, Concord, Mass., 01742; received: 1971 Oct.

Historical Note

Henry Oscar Houghton (1823-1895) was an American printer and publisher, proprietor of the Riverside Press in Cambridge, Mass., and partner, successively, in the publishing firms of Hurd and Houghton; Houghton, Osgood and Company; and Houghton, Mifflin and Company.

Arrangement

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Scope and Content

Consists chiefly of letters acknowledging the gift of Horace E. Scudder's memoir Henry Oscar Houghton: a biographical outline (1897). The letters, which often include reminiscences of Houghton, were written to Henry Oscar Houghton Jr. and his sisters; George H. Mifflin; Houghton, Mifflin and Company; and Horace E. Scudder. Also includes some miscellaneous correspondence together with records, minutes, and programs, 1878-1883, of the Game Club, a social club in Cambridge, Mass, and a photograph of the men of the Riverside Press composing room, as well as other photographs.

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