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Summary Information
Access Restrictions
Biographical Note
Arrangement/Organization
Scope and Content Note
Indexing Terms
Administrative Information
Content List
Collection 1846-1962

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Appleton-Century mss

Biographical Note

D. Appleton & Co. was founded in 1825 by Daniel Appleton who in that year opened a general store which featured books among other things. In 1831 he began to publish books. In 1933 this company merged with the Century Co., founded in 1881, to form the D. Appleton-Century Co. A consolidation of this company with the F.S. Crofts Co., founded in 1924, was effected in 1948 under the name Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. In 1960 this firm was bought by the Meredith Publishing Co., but the name was not changed.