G. K. Hall & Co. is an American book publisher based in

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. It was founded sometime in the late 1950s by Garrison Kent Hall (1917–1973), who also had been an accountant. The firm initially, in the late 1950s through the 1960s, produced catalogs, in print and

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, of collections of renowned libraries notably the

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. In the 1960s, Betty Jensen Hall’s new marketing strategy increased profits markedly and the firm expanded, producing other library references in the sciences, humanities, fine arts, and music. Beginning in 1971, two years after being acquired by

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, the firm became a leading pioneer of publishing

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editions of best-selling fiction and non-fiction books. In 1972 it acquired

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the scholarly reprint company. In 1973 it acquired Twayne Publishers. In 1989 it acquired Sandak, the art slide publisher. In 1990 it acquired

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, its main American large print competitor.

Succession of ownership

G. K. Hall was founded sometime in the 1950s and was incorporated in Massachusetts in December 1962. The company was acquired by

in September 1969 and sold to

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in 1985. In 1990, Macmillan was acquired by Robert Maxwell, and in 1991 its order processing and shipping functions were moved to Riverside, N.J., its editorial and marketing functions distributed to other divisions, and its Boston office was closed. In 1999, G. K. Hall became an imprint of Thomson Gale when Gale acquired its parent, Macmillan Reference USA.

Selected library references

* ''Bibliographic Guide to Theatre Arts'' (1976) * ''Catalog of the Theatre and drama collections, 1967–1989;'' * ''Dictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas,'' compiled by the

, Reference Department, G.K. Hall & Co. (1961); , :; Compiled volumes : Vols. 1–4: A–Cat; : Vols. 5-8: Cas–GA; : Vols. 17–20: New–Sau; : Vols. 21–24: Sav–US; : Vols. 25–28: US-Z; :; Loose compiled volumes : Vol. 1–21; :; Single volumes : Vol. 1: A–M; : Vol. 2: An–Ba; : Vol. 3: Be–Brov; : Vol. 4: Brow–Car; : Vol. 5: Cas–Colt; : Vol. 6: Colu–Dec; : Vol. 7: Ded–E; : Vol. 8: F–Ga; : Vol. 9: Ge–Hall; : Vol. 10: Halo–Inc; : Vol. 11: Ind–Indians; : Vol. 12: Indians–J; : Vol. 13: K–Linc; : Vol. 14: Lind–Mass; : Vol. 15: Mast–Mol; : Vol. 16: Mom–Nev; : Vol. 17: New–O; : Vol. 18: P–Pin; : Vol. 19: Pio–Reu; : Vol. 20: Rev–Sau; : Vol. 21: Sav–Sous; : Vol. 22: Sout–Teh; : Vol. 23: Tei–US, C; : Vol. 24: US, D–US, History; : Vol. 25: US, History–US, Hy; : Vol. 26: US–Vat; : Vol. 27: Vau–Wer; : Vol. 28: Wes–Z; : ''1st Supplement'' (1973); : Vol. 1: A–E Brown; : Vol. 2: F Brown-Deu; : Vol. 3: Dev–Her; : Vol. 4: Hes–Lek; : Vol. 5: Lel–Nev; : Vol. 6: New–Roc; : Vol. 7: Rod-US Delaware; : Vol. 8: US Dem–US Rur; : Vol. 9: US San–Z; * ''Contemporary American Composers,'' compiled by E. Ruth Anderson (1907–1989), G.K. Hall & Co. : 1st ed. (1976); : 2nd ed. (1982);

Selected book series

* The Asian Literature Bibliography Series * Bibliographies of New England History * Critical Essays on American Literature * Critical Essays on British Literature * G. K. Hall Large Print Book Series * G. K Hall Large Print Inspirational Collection * G.K. Hall Large Print Science Fiction Series * G. K. Hall Nightingale Series Edition * G. K. Hall's Agatha Christie Series * The Gregg Press Science Fiction Series * Masters of Science Fiction and Fantasy * Portway Large Print Series * Professional Librarian Series * Research Bibliographies in American Literature * Reference Guides to Literature * A Reference Publication in FilmA Reference Publication in Film
worldcat.org. Retrieved 2 August 2021. * Thorndike Press Large Print Paperback Series * Twayne's English Authors Series * Twayne's Music Series * Twayne's United States Authors Series * Twayne's World Authors Series * World Bibliographical Series * World Cities Series

Former executives

* Garrison Kent Hall (1917–1973), founder * Betty Jensen Hall (1929-2009), co-owner and VP, comptroller (1960-1971) * Phillips A. Treleaven (1928–2000), President of G. K. Hall (1970-1978) * Thomas T. Beeler (1944-), Editor, Gregg Press and Twayne Publishers imprints (1972-1974); Editorial Director, General Publishing (1974-1978); President of G.K. Hall (1978–1991) * James Diamond, President of G. K. Hall (1991-1993) * Remo Alphonso Caroselli (1922–1968), Vice President * Thomas M. Finn, ThD (1924–1999), Editor-in-Chief; later, academic dean at the

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* Elizabeth Buckley Kubik (1938–), Editor, Editor-in-Chief (1968?-1991) * John F. Curley Sr. (1928–2001), Marketing Director (1970-1977)

References

External links

G. K. Hall alumni site (blog)
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