Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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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 |
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 |