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Stone Publishing Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0010

Scope and Contents

This collection contains newspaper clippings, advertising brochures, and correspondence. The clippings are primarily reviews of Stone publications, while the correspondence is composed chiefly of business letters from newspaper editors.

Dates

  • Creation: 1906 - 1922

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.

Biographical / Historical

The Stone Publishing Company (also known as Stone & Barringer), was active in Charlotte from ca. 1905 to ca. 1922. The company operated mainly as a book and office supply store, in addition to publishing at least 18 books and pamphlets.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet (127 items)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Advertising brochures, correspondence, and clippings of a Charlotte publisher, active ca. 1905 to ca. 1922. Includes material by or about Issac Erwin Avery, Henry Edward Cowan Bryant, Daniel Harvey Hill Jr., John Charles McNeill, and several of the firm's lesser-known writers.

Arrangement

The Stone Publishing Company Records are organized in a single folder title series.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Mrs. Charles M. Stone, 1975. Copies of items in John Charles McNeill's Songs Merry and Sad in the UNC Charlotte Library, General Collection, 1992.

(This was in previously - which to keep - Gift of Charlotte Mecklenburg Charter Commission, 1971; Gift of Hila Stratton, 1983.)

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Mrs. Charles M. Stone, 1975; Copies of items in John Charles McNeill's Songs Merry and Sad in the UNC Charlotte Library, General Collection, 1992.

Processing Information

Processed by Robin Brabham.

Missing Title

  1. Foundation for the Carolinas.
  2. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Charter Commission.
  3. Metropolitan government North Carolina Mecklenburg County.
  4. Charlotte (N.C.) Politics and government
  5. Mecklenburg County (N.C.) Politics and government
Title
Stone Publishing Company records
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid written by Robin Brahbam
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte Repository

Contact:
Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd
Charlotte NC 28223 United States

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