D. Appleton and Company
active New York, 1825 - 1933
LC Heading: D. Appleton and Company
General notes: [D. Appleton and Company merged with the Century Company in 1933
Background:
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.
Biographical Note, Appleton-Century mss, 1846-1962, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Accessed November 2015, http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/findingaids/view?doc.view=entire_text&docId=InU-Li-VAA1233.
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