B. W. Huebsch Papers A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress Prepared by Grover Batts, Thelma Queen, and William Parham Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2013 Contact information: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.contact Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2013 Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013087 Collection Summary Title: B. W. Huebsch Papers Span Dates: 1893-1964 ID No.: MSS50013 Creator: Huebsch, B. W. (Benjamin W.), 1876-1964 Extent: 10,500 items ; 42 containers ; 16.8 linear feet Language: Collection material in English Repository: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Abstract: Publisher. Chiefly correspondence reflecting Huebsch's thoughts on literature and his career as a publisher under his own imprint, B. W. Huebsch, and after its merger, with Viking Press. Also documents his publication of the liberal weekly Freeman and his connection with organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association of Book Publishers. Selected Search Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein. People Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941--Correspondence. Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963--Correspondence. Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945--Correspondence. Edman, Irwin, 1896-1954--Correspondence. Feuchtwanger, Lion, 1884-1958--Correspondence. Franko, Sam, 1857-1937 Autograph collection of musical personalities. Franko, Sam, 1857-1937--Correspondence. Godden, Rumer, 1907-1998--Correspondence. Huebsch, B. W. (Benjamin W.), 1876-1964. Huebsch, Daniel A. (Daniel Adolph), 1871- --Correspondence. Laski, Harold Joseph, 1893-1950--Correspondence. Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930--Correspondence. Leonard, William Ellery, 1876-1944--Correspondence. Neilson, Francis, 1867- --Correspondence. Nock, Albert Jay, 1872 or 1873-1945--Correspondence. Pach, Walter, 1883-1958--Correspondence. Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970--Correspondence. Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967--Correspondence. Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968--Correspondence. Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 1893-1978--Correspondence. Werfel, Franz, 1890-1945--Correspondence. White, Patrick, 1912-1990--Correspondence. Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942--Correspondence. Organizations American Civil Liberties Union. B.W. Huebsch (Firm) National Association of Book Publishers. Viking Press. Subjects Authors and publishers. Autographs. Liberalism--United States. Literature. B. W. Huebsch Papers 2 Music trade. Publishers and publishing. Titles Freeman (New York, N.Y. : 1920) Occupations Publishers. Administrative Information Provenance The papers of B. W. Huebsch, publisher, were given to the Library of Congress by Huebsch and his family, 1964-1983. Additional material was received in 1969 as a gift of Gerard Willem Van Loon, in 1974 as a gift of Steve Smolien, and in 1983 as a gift of Mina K. Curtiss. Copyright Status Copyright in the unpublished writings of B. W. Huebsch in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public. Access and Restrictions The papers of B. W. Huebsch are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use. Preferred Citation Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, B. W. Huebsch Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Biographical Note Date Event 1876, Mar. 21 Born, New York, N.Y. 1900-1924 Published books under B. W. Huebsch imprint including first American editions of D. H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers, Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio, and the first printing of James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 1915-1916 Member, Ford Peace Plan Commission 1920 Married Alfhild Lamm 1920-1924 Published the weekly Freeman 1922 Began lifelong interest in P.E.N., serving on many boards and committees of its American Center 1924 Board member of American Civil Liberties Union from its founding; served as it treasurer from 1926 to his death 1925 Merged B. W. Huebsch publishing firm with Viking Press; responsible for the first publication in this country of Harold Laski, Stefan Zweig, Franz Werfel, Erich Maria Remarque, Thomas Mann, and others B. W. Huebsch Papers 3 1949 Represented book industry on United States National Committee for Unesco 1964 Received first Irita Van Doren Literary Award 1964, Aug. 7 Died, London, England Scope and Content Note The papers of Benjamin W. Huebsch (1876-1964) span the years 1893-1964. The greater part of the collection consists of letters received and retained copies of Huebsch's replies. The collection is organized into three series: Correspondence, Notebooks, and Miscellany. The papers treat the years from 1900 to 1924 when Huebsch published under his own name and the period 1925 to 1964 when he served as vice president and editor with Viking Press. The papers contain numerous letters of Sherwood Anderson, whose American classic, Winesburg, Ohio, was issued by Huebsch in 1919 after having been rejected by all previous publishers. Other writers represented by both sizable and significant groups of correspondence are Van Wyck Books, Theodore Dreiser, Irwin Edman, Lion Feuchtwanger, Rumer Godden, Harold Joseph Laski, D. H. Lawrence, William Ellery Leonard, Roger Martin du Gard, Siegfried Sassoon, Upton Sinclair, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Franz Werfel, Patrick White, and Stefan Zweig. The letters of Zweig trace his descent from the cultural circles of prewar Vienna to his exile in Brazil, where in 1942 he and his wife took their lives. The papers also reflect Huebsch's work for liberal causes in many fields. Included are manuscripts concerning the Freeman, a liberal weekly that he published from 1920 to 1924, and correspondence with many of its contributors, including Francis Neilson, Albert Jay Nock, Walter Pach, and Bertrand Russell. Numerous manuscripts deal with Huebsch's work for the American Civil Liberties Union and other organizations. His efforts to stimulate and modernize the merchandizing of books through a series of seminars and lecturers are reflected in correspondence relating to the National Association of Book Publishers, which he helped establish. The Notebooks series, 1893-1940, beginning with the volume for 1900 contains pasted-in advertisements of books published by Huebsch. They serve as a veritable catalog of his firm's productions. Included in the Miscellany are a few of Huebsch's speeches and articles, intermittent diary entries for the years 1925-1961, some financial papers, and relevant printed matter. Also in the Miscellany are a small number of literary manuscripts by some of Huebsch's most admired authors, notably Franz Werfel and Stefan Zweig, and correspondence addressed to his brother, Daniel A. Huebsh, and his close friend, under whom he studied the violin, Sam Franko. Arrangement of the Papers The collection is arranged in three series: • Correspondence, 1893-1964 • Notebooks, 1893-1940 • Miscellany B. W. Huebsch Papers 4 Description of Series Container Series BOX 1-32 Correspondence, 1893-1964 Letters sent and received by Huebsch. Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent. BOX 33-38 Notebooks, 1893-1940 Volumes containing pasted-in advertisements of books published by Huebsch with some holograph annotations. Arranged chronologically. BOX 39-41 Miscellany Additional papers. Arranged by type of material and thereunder by author. B. W. Huebsch Papers 5 Container List Container Contents BOX 1-32 Correspondence, 1893-1964 Letters sent and received by Huebsch. Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent. BOX 1 Abbott, Leonard D. Abbott, William M. Abels, Cyrilly Abhedananda, Swami Abrams, Albert A. Achen, Sven Tito Acheson, Dean Adams, C. L. Adams, Franklin P. Adams, J. Donald Adams, Randolph G. Adams, Thomas R. Addams, Jane Adler, Elmer Adler, Isaac Adler, Selig Aiken, Conrad Aked, Charles F. Albertini, Henry Albin, Oscar Aldington, Richard Alemany, James C. Alexander, Tania Allen, Betty Allen, Frederick Lewis Allen, Henry Ware Allen, William H. Altmann, Manfred American Book Publishers Council American Civil Liberties Union American Committee for Emigre Scholars, Writers, and Artists American Friends Service Committee American Jewish Alliance American Jewish Archives American Jewish Committee American Mercury American-Scandinavian Foundation American Scholar B. W. Huebsch Papers 6 Correspondence, 1893-1964 Container Contents American Youth Congress Amter, F. Anderson, Eleanor (Mrs. Sherwood) Anderson, Ingeborg Anderson, Isaac Anderson, Karl Anderson, N. Margaret Anderson, Margaret C. Anderson, Melville B. Anderson, Sherwood (7 folders) Anderson, Wing Andreae, Anina Andrews, Henry Angell, Ernest Angoff, Charles Anschutz, J. Phillip Anson, Arthur Anspacher, Louis K. BOX 2 Arbitrator Press Arciniegas, German Arens, Hanns Arlt, Gustav O. Armstrong, Kathryn Arnold, Thurman Aronson, Stina Arvin, Newton Asch, Sholem Ascher, Charles S. Ashborn, Emil Ashton, Emma D. Asofsky, Isaac L. Atherton, Gertrude Atkinson, J. Brooks Atlas Atriaskin-Neumann, Dimitry Aubry, S. M. Auchincloss, James C. Aufbau Austin, Gerald J. Austin, Mary Austrian Action, Inc. Authors' League of America Bacon, Corinne Bacon,