Series I. Administrative Records, 1877-1972, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
This series includes general administration records, including board minutes for Dodd, Mead and a subsidiary, International Encyclopedia Company. Other records relate to employees (e.g., attendance, compensation, lists), insurance, lease/rentals, and other matters. There is a small amount of correspondence, especially related to furnishings of a store at 35th Street and 5th Avenue (1899-1900) and letters of 1890 with directives from Edward Mead to employee Miles Nourse.
Arrangement
Arranged by format/subject.
Dodd, Mead Board Minutes (3 volumes), 1916-1950, inclusive
Transcript of Board Authorization for the President to have Purchase and Sale Power (concerning company holdings and stocks), 1941
International Encyclopedia Company Minutes (3 volumes), 1909-1972, inclusive
Attendance Records, 1943-1944, 1951-1959, inclusive
Salaries, 1925-1961, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Analysis and records by year consecutively, with some gaps. There are also bonus records from 1935-54 and an undated employee list.
List of Officers and Employees, 1924, 1928
Scope and Contents
Two lists, both cumulative showing all employees beginning in 1876.
Unexecuted Compensation Agreement between Stockholders and Management, 1941, inclusive
Insurance Policies and Related Material, 1956-1963
Scope and Contents
Includes: Insurance Audit; Insurance Policy, 1963; Insurance Policy, 1960; Fire Insurance Correspondence; Insurance Policy, 1956; Insurance Policy, 1961; Insurance Policy, 1963; Insurance Policy, 1963.
Lease Agreements, Correspondence, and Related Materials, 1937-1965
Scope and Contents
Includes: Lease agreements, 1937, 1941, 1945 (office), 1946, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, and 1965; Lease correspondence, 1953, 1954, and 1963; Window Cleaning Tenant Policy; Electrical Payment Record, 1964.
Many of the letters in this file are written by Fred Slota, the former treasurer of Dodd, Mead, concerning a dispute about their lease. Slota engages in a heated exchange with their landlord before convincing him to lower the lease price. Many of the leases and other records contain related correspondence.
Correspondence re: Store and Office Construction & Furnishings, 1886-1900, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Most of the documents date from 1899-1900 and relate to furnishing Dodd, Mead's store at 35th Street & 5th Avenue. A few earlier documents relate primarily to rentals.
Correspondence, 1879, 1891-1892, 1935, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Primarily includes letters written to Miles Nourse by Edward Mead while at Southampton or in Europe conveying various instructions. Also an 1879 arrangement for sales commissions with J.F. Smith and a 1935 letter to E.H. dodd from George Wharton Edwards recalling the meaning of the colophon.
General Releases and Related Materials, 1877-1885, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Defendants Leonard and Whipple among others.
Correspondence of J. Carrell Leiper and Loan Agreement, 1896
Correspondence with the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1939
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of the two telephone styles in use during the year of 1897.