Charles Scribner's Sons

Biography: Family of U.S. publishers whose firm, named Charles Scribner's Sons from 1878, issued books and periodicals. After the death of its founder, Charles Scribner, the company was headed successively by his sons John Blair (1850-1879), Charles (1854-1930), and Arthur Hawley (1859-1932). During the long presidency (1879-1928) of the second Charles Scribner, the firm published such authors as Henry James, Theodore Roosevelt, Edith Wharton, Ernest Hemingway, George Meredith, and Rudyard Kipling. Later presidents were Charles Scribner (1890-1952), son of the second Charles; and his son Charles, Jr. (1921-1995), who also served as president of Princeton University Press, founded in 1905 by his grandfather. Charles Scribner's Sons was purchased in 1984 by Macmillan Inc. ("Scribner Family". 2014. In Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, Encyclopaedia Britannica. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica. Accessed June 24, 2015. www.credoreference.com)

This chronology provides a selected list of important dates and events in the history of the firm, noting partnerships, organizational changes, and changes in location. In addition, significant publications, and publishing series, are identified for each year--selected for the importance of the authors, from a literary standpoint and/or from their commercial benefit to the firm, for the subject, or for the publishing achievement itself, such as the number of volumes involved and the quantity of illustrations. For some titles, particularly early ones, only the copyright dates are available in the firm's records. (http://library.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/scribner/)