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Publishers and publishing--Virginia--History

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Bird and Bull Press Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01172
Scope and Contents

Publication announcements of the Bird & Bull Press. Some of these announcements are broadsides.

Dates: circa 1960s-1970s; Majority of material found in undated

Ferguson Seminar in Publishing Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 222
Scope and Contents Contains subject files, correspondence, and copies of lectures given at the Ferguson Seminar for Publishing from 1970 to 2009.Also included are addresses given at the Ferguson Seminar in Publishing at the College of William and Mary. The seminar is a one day introduction to the nature of book publishing with emphasis on career possibilities. Among those present for the seminars have been editors from McGraw-Hill; Random House; Bantam Books; Harper's Magazine; and Princeton...
Dates: 1970-2009

Henkel Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.1 H38
Scope and Contents Correspondence, papers, and ledgers of the Rev. Paul Henkel (1754-1825), who was a Lutheran missionary, and David Henkel, Ambrose Henkel, and Solomon Henkel of New Market, Shenandoah Co., Va. Includes woodcuts and watercolor sketches, Ambrose Henkel's account ledger (1807-1813), notebooks on the study of Hebrew, memorandum book, indentures, certificates, and other. Topics include Lutheranism, printing, Shenandoah County, immigration, merchants, and education. Mss poem with a hand...
Dates: 1783-1874

John S. Gallaher Journal

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ane1
Scope and Contents

Journal, 1833-1836, of John S. Gallaher, newspaper publisher, of Charles Town, Jefferson County, Va. [W.Va.].  Includes accounts for advertising in the newspaper.  Topics range from lost horses to chancery notices.

Dates: 1833-1836