William J. Benners correspondence
Scope and Contents
The William J. Benners correspondence contains letters addressed to Benners, as well as a small amount of carbon copies of his own letters, primarily regarding his professional dealings, including the sale and purchasing of stories and publication rights.
Dates
- 1899 - 1902
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
William J. Benners was born in 1863 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a writer, publisher, and historian of dime novels. While he wrote some stories himself, published in New York Fireside Companion and the Chicago Ledger, he was primarily successful as a literary agent and buyer and seller of stories and publishing rights. He died in 1940.
Biographical source:
"Guide to the William J. Benners Papers." Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University Libraries. Accessed May 2023. http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/fales/mss_548/mss_548.html.
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence to and from William J. Benners.
- Correspondence Subject Source: Local sources
- Dime novels Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Publishers and publishing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- William J. Benners correspondence, 1899-1902
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Caitlin Marineau
- Date
- May 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
