The Century Company was an American publishing company, founded in 1881.
History
It was originally a subsidiary of
Charles Scribner's Sons, named Scribners and Company, but was bought by Roswell Smith and renamed by him after the
Century Association
The Century Association is a private social, arts, and dining club in New York City, founded in 1847. Its clubhouse is located at 7 West 43rd Street near Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. It is primarily a club for men and women with distinction ...
. The magazine that the company had published up to that time,
Scribners Monthly, was renamed
The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine.
The Century Company was also the publisher of
St. Nicholas Magazine
''St. Nicholas Magazine'' was a popular monthly American children's magazine, founded by Scribner's in 1873. The first editor was Mary Mapes Dodge, who continued her association with the magazine until her death in 1905. Dodge published work by th ...
from the time of its founding.
William Morgan Schuster became president of the Century Company of New York City in 1915 and held this position until 1933.
In 1933 the Century Company merged with publisher
D. Appleton & Company to form
Appleton-Century Company, and later
Appleton-Century-Crofts.
Schuster became the president of Appleton-Century Crofts Inc. from 1933 until his retirement in 1952.
Imprints
* Century Vagabond Books
See also
* ''
Century Dictionary''
*
Century type family
Century is a family of serif type faces particularly intended for body text. The family originates from a first design, Century Roman, cut by American Type Founders designer Linn Boyd Benton in 1894 for master printer Theodore Low De Vinne, for us ...
*
Duell, Sloan and Pearce
*
Meredith Publishing Company
*
Theodore Low De Vinne
References
External links
History of the Century Company at New York Public Library
Publishing companies established in 1881
Defunct book publishing companies of the United States
1881 establishments in New York (state)
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