Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library Finding Aid : GA 1 International Press Bureau fonds. © Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library GA 1 : International Press Bureau. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 1 GA 1 : International Press Bureau International Press Bureau fonds. - 1904-1953. - 10.5 m of textual records. The International Press Bureau was a literary agency in Chicago, Ill. owned first by William Gerard Chapman and after his death by his son Gerard. Chapman sold and syndicated pieces for newspaper and magazine features, mostly in the United States. Contents: the fonds consists of approximately 100,000 letters dating between 1904 and 1953 to and from authors, publishers, agents, film studios, journals, newspapers, etc. concerning the use of articles, stories, and manuscripts. Some of Chapman's personal correspondence is included. Previously known as the William Gerard Chapman fonds. Purchased from Christian Verbeke, Antiquarian Bookseller in 1969. Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent or publication title. Also includes an alphabetical index to "Miscellaneous" correspondence files bearing only a letter of the alphabet as title. Detailed finding aid available. Added Entries: Chapman, William Gerard, 1877-1945 Chapman, Gerard File 1 A.O.P.A. Magazine, Denver, Colo. - 1920-1921. File 2 Abdill, John D., Chicago, Ill. - 1908-1911. File 3 Adventure Magazine, New York, N.Y. - 1912-1936. File 4 Ainsell's Magazine, New York, N.Y. - 1913-1921. File 5 Allen, Hervey, Oxford, Md. - 1937. File 6 Amalgamated Press, Limited, London, England. - 1937-1938. File 7 American Agriculturist, New York, N.Y. - 1918-1926. File 8 American Boy, Detroit, Mich. - 1913-1939. File 9 American Farming, Chicago, Ill. - 1915-1926. File 10 American Film Company, Inc., Chicago, Ill. - 1916-1922. File 11 American Legion Magazine, New York, N.Y. - 1922-1943. File 12 American Magazine, New York, N.Y. - 1913-1949. File 13 American Needlewoman, Augusta, Me. - 1923-1926. File 14 American Press Association, New York, N.Y. - 1912-1917. File 15 American Standard Motion Picture Corp., Chicago, Ill. - 1915. File 16 American Thresherman, Madison, Wis. - 1913-1925. File 17 Anchor Magazine, Glendale, N.Y. - 1932-1933. File 18 D. Appleton-Century Co., New York, N.Y. - 1907-1944. File 19 Apropos, St. Louis, Mo. - 1923-1926. File 20 Arcadia House, Inc. Publishers, New York, N.Y. - 1934-1948. File 21 Argosy Magazine, New York, N.Y. - 1932-1939. File 22 Arrow Film Corporation, New York, N.Y. - 1916-1920. File 23 Artcraft Pictures Corporation, Los Angeles, Calif. - 1916-1918. File 24 Associated First National Pictures, Inc., NewYork, N.Y. - 1921-1925. File 25 Associated Newspapers, New York, N.Y. - 1913-1930. GA 1 : International Press Bureau. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 2 File 26 Associated Press, New York, N.Y. - 1912-1938. File 27 Associated Sunday Magazines and Every Week, New York, N.Y. - 1909-1917. File 28 Astra Film Corporation, Jersey City, N.Y. - 1916-1917. File 29 Atlanta Constitution (newspaper), Atlanta, Ga. - 1913-1943. File 30 Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Ga. - 1915-1943. File 31 Atlantic Monthly, Boston, Mass. - 1916-1944. File 32 Authors and Photo-Players Co., Inc., NewYork, N.Y. - 1923-1925. File 33 Authors League of America, Inc., New York, N.Y. - 1913-1936. File 34 Ave Maria (Catholic Home Weekly), Notre Dame, Ind. - 1936-1940. File 35 A Miscellaneous (file 1 of 3). File 35-37 Abbott, Eleanor Halowell, Wilton, N.H. - 1931-1932. File 35-37 Abbott, Jane, Ridgeway, Ont. - 1932-1936. File 35-37 Abbott, William Ben, Tampa, Fla. - 1934. File 35-37 Abdullah, Jean Wick, New York, N.Y. - 1932-1933. File 35-37 Abernethy, Arthur Talmage, Burke County, N.C. - 1937. File 35-37 A.C. Corporation, Miami, Fla. - 1932. File 35-37 Academy of American Poets, New York, N.Y. - 1935. File 35-37 Ace-High Magazine, New York, N.Y. - 1925. File 35-37 Action Stories, New York, N.Y. - 1921-1925. File 35-37 L'Action Sociale Catholique, Quebec, Que. - 1940-1941. File 35-37 Adams, Samuel Hopkins, Auburn, N.Y. - 1936. File 35-37 Adirondack Advertising Service, Hudson Falls, N.Y. - 1936. File 35-37 Administrative Clearing Corporation, New York, N.Y. - 1936. File 35-37 Advance Magazine, New York, N.Y. - 1940. File 35-37 Advertiser, Honolulu, Hawaii. - 1942. File 35-37 Advertising & Selling, New York, N.Y. - 1939. File 35-37 Aero Digest, New York, N.Y. - 1924. File 35-37 AFG Literary Agency, New York, N.Y. - 1935. File 35-37 African Publicity Service, Cape Town, South Africa. - 1943. File 35-37 The Afro-American, Baltimore, Md. - 1922. File 35-37 Agee, J.B., Mrs., Yuba City, Calif. - 1926-1927. File 35-37 Agence Litteraire Internationale, Paris, France. - 1930-1936. File 35-37 Agricultural Publishing Co., Baltimore, Md. - 1921. File 35-37 Ahbe, W.F. and O.W., Chicago, Ill. - 1932. GA 1 : International Press Bureau. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 3 File 35-37 Ahlen & Akerlunds Forlag, Stockholm, Sweden. - 1937. File 35-37 Air Lanes Magazine, Chicago, Ill. - 1936. File 35-37 Air Lines, Chicago, Ill. - 1935. File 35-37 Air-Mart, Hamlet, N.C. - 1940. File 35-37 Airport Journal, Conneaut, Ohio. - 1932. File 35-37 Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio. - 1938. File 35-37 Akron Evening and Sunday Times, Akron, Ohio. - 1921. File 35-37 Akron Times-Press, Akron, Ohio. - 1921-1938. File 35-37 Alabama Traveler, Birmingham, Ala. - 1923. File 35-37 Alaska Life, Seattle, Wash. - 1941-1942. File 35-37 Albany Argus, Albany, N.Y. - 1916-1917. File 35-37 Albany Times-Union, Albany, N.Y. - 1913-1942. File 35-37 Aldis, Dorothy, Lake Forest, Ill. - 1935. File 35-37 Aldrich, Bess Streeter, Elmwood, Neb. - 1932-1935. File 35-37 Alexander, Charles, Albany, Or. - [1910?]. File 35-37 Alexander, W.P., New York, N.Y. - 1916. File 35-37 All-American Fiction Magazine, New York, N.Y. - 1938. File 35-37 All Around Magazine, New York, N.Y. - 1916. File 35-37 All Fiction Magazine, Detroit, Mich. - 1940. File 35-37 All Outdoors, Los Angeles, Calif. - 1932-1933. File 35-37 All Story Magazine, New York, N.Y. - 1932-1936. File 35-37 Alleghany Chronicle, Pittsburgh, Pa. - 1939. File 35-37 Allen, C. Snell, New York, N.Y. - 1936. File 35-37 Allen, Henry J., New York, N.Y. - 1928. File 35-37 Allen, Ruth S., Hollywood, Calif. - 1921-1922. File 35-37 Allen, W. Harry, Penniac, N.B. - 1920. File 35-37 Alliance Book Corporation, Chicago, Ill. - 1942. File 35-37 Allied Advertising Agencies, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif. - 1937. File 35-37 Allied Publications, Toronto, Ont. - 1941. File 35-37 Altemus, Henry Co., Publishers, Philadelphia, Pa. - 1926. File 35-37 Alvord, Adeline M., Hollywood, Calif. - 1922-1936. File 35-37 Ambition, Scranton, Pa. - 1915. File 35-37 America's Humor, Chicago, Ill. - 1926. File 35-37 American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. - 1926. GA 1 : International Press Bureau. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 4 File 35-37 American Art Association, Inc., New York, N.Y. - 1927. File 35-37 American Associated Newspapers, Chicago, Ill. - 1913. File 35-37 American Auto News, Los Angeles, Calif. - 1932. File 35-37 American Bond & Mortgage Company, Chicago, Ill. - 1922. File 35-37 American Book and Magazine Exchange, St. Louis, Mo. - 1914. File 35-37 American Book Company, Chicago, Ill. - 1918. File 35-37 American Bookfinder, New York, N.Y. - 1941. File 35-37 American Brotherhood of Free Reading for the Blind, Los Angeles, Calif. - 1932. File 35-37 American Cinema Corporation, Detroit, Mich. - 1926. File 35-37 American Cookery, Boston, Mass. - 1932. File 35-37 American Cooperative Journal, Chicago, Ill. - 1917-1923. File 35-37 American Cotton Grower, New Orleans, La. - 1940. File 35-37 American Detective, New York, N.Y. - 1935. File 35-37 American Educational Press, New York, N.Y. - 1928. File 35-37 American Educational Society, St. Louis, Mo. - 1921. File 35-37 American Family, Chicago, Ill. - 1943. File 35-37 American Farm Youth Magazine, Danville, Ill. - 1935-1941. File 35-37 American Federationist, Washington, D.C. - 1940. File 35-37 American Fireside, Chicago, Ill. - 1932. File 35-37 American Forests, Washington, D.C. - 1923-1937. File 35-37 American Fruit Grower, Chicago, Ill. - 1920. File 35-37 American Hebrew, New York, N.Y. - 1922-1932. File 35-37 American Historical Genealogical Society, Philadelphia, Pa. - 1927. File 35-37 American Issue Publishing Company, Westerville, Ill. - 1918. File 35-37 American Journal of Clinical Medicine, Chicago, Ill. - 1914. File 35-37 American Kennel Gazette, New York, N.Y. - 1938. File 35-37 American Lady, New York, N.Y. - 1939. File 35-37 American Legion, Indianapolis, Ind. - 1925-1939. File 35-37 American Legation, Copenhagen, Denmark. - 1939. File 35-37 A.L.A. Informer, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. - 1924. File 35-37 American Library Service, New York, N.Y. - 1926-1941. File 35-37 American Luther Association, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1924. File 35-37 American Mercury, New York, N.Y. - 1939-1941. File 35-37 American Motorist, Washington, D.C. - 1923-1937. GA 1 : International Press Bureau. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 5 File 35-37 American Mutual Alliance, Chicago, Ill. - 1923-1925. File 35-37 American Naturalist, Boston, Mass. - 1917. File 35-37 American News Annual Directory, Philadelphia, Pa. - 1924. File 35-37 American News Company, New York, N.Y. - 1931. File 35-37 American Newspaper Publishers Association, New York, N.Y. - 1916. File 35-37 American News Trade Journal, New York, N.Y. - 1939. File 35-37 American Parade, Brooklyn, N.Y. - 1926. File 35-37 American Play Company, New York, N.Y. - 1934-1935. File 35-37 American Police Review, Chicago, Ill. - 1938.