M.J. Ivers & Company records
Creator: M.J. Ivers & Co.
Call Number: D.98
Dates: 1880-1915
Physical Description: 16 Volumes, 1 box
Language(s): Materials are in English
Repository: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

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Biographical/Historical Note
Scope and Content
Subject(s)
Access
Use
Citation
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Collection Overview
Title: M.J. Ivers & Company records
Creator: M.J. Ivers & Co.
Call Number: D.98
Dates: 1880-1915
Physical Description: 16 Volumes, 1 box
Language(s): Materials are in English
Repository: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Biographical/Historical Note
The New York based publishing firm of M.J. Ivers and Company was best known for its production of cheap books including Beadle's Dime Dialogues, Dime Speakers, Dime Hand Books, Boy's Library, and Deadwood Dick Library. Following the dissolution of Beadle and Adams in 1898, James Sullivan, the owner of M.J. Ivers and Company, purchased the collections of Beadle Dime and Half Dime Novels. M.J. Ivers and Company continued to publish these titles as monthlies under the name of Beadle and Adams until 1905. Ivers printed sixty four numbers of Beadle's Boy's Library and sixty four of Edward Wheeler's novels in addition to one hundred other works. The company continued to operate throughout the early part of the twentieth century. Eventually, the plates and stock of M.J. Ivers and Company were bought by the Arthur Westbrook Company of Cleveland, Ohio, who continued to publish both the Deadwood Dick and Frontier Libraries until 1937.

Scope and Content
This collection is comprised of sixteen bound volumes that contain business records of M.J. Ivers and Company. They include correspondence, sales, orders, and titles of the series of novels published. The one box contains some loose letters and notes found in a few of the volumes.

Subject(s):
Dime novels
Publishers and publishing
Records (Documents)
Correspondence
M.J. Ivers & Co.
Beadle and Adams (1872-1898)
Access
The M.J. Ivers & Company records is open for research use. Researchers are advised to contact Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation prior to visiting. Upon arrival, researchers will also be asked to fill out a registration form and provide photo identification.Use
Reproductions are made upon request but can be subject to restrictions. Permission to publish materials from the collection must currently be requested. Please note that some materials may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the researcher's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections. For more information contact rarebks@library.rochester.eduCitation
[Item title, item date], M.J. Ivers & Company records, D.98, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
Administrative Information
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Publisher: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
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