P. F. Volland Company of Chicago, Illinois published poetry books, greeting cards,''The American Stationer and Office Outfitter'', Volume 90, page 8. music, children's books, calendars, cookbooks, and children's occupational games, between 1908 and 1959. The press was noted for using new printing processes, including off-set printing techniques, and color illustrations. The P. F. Volland Company is also known for the many significant artists and writers whose work it published.

Founder

Paul Frederick Volland (April 24, 1875 – May 5, 1919) was a 20th century publisher, and the founder of the P. F. Volland Company. In 1908, he would become the founder of the P. F. Volland Company, which would work to publish poetry books, greeting cards,''The American Stationer and Office Outfitter'', Volume 90, page 8. music, children's books, calendars, cookbooks, and children's occupational games, all between 1908 and 1959. He also became a publisher during the time period following the foundation of the company. In 1917, Volland would publish the book ''

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'', made by John Rae. On May 5, 1919, Volland was shot and killed by Vera Trepagnier in a business dispute in the Volland offices.

Volland Ideal

The Volland Ideal was used to market P. F. Volland's lines of children's books. The Volland Ideal was "that books should make children happy and build character unconsciously and should contain nothing to cause fright, suggest fear, glorify mischief, excuse malice or condone cruelty."

History

Christmas cards were added as a product line in 1909. After 1912, the firm had offices in the Monroe Building (across the street from the Art Institute), which were designed by the well-known architect

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. Griffin also had offices in the Monroe Building and his wife, architect

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, provided illustrations for some of P. F. Volland's greeting cards. In 1916, the firm moved to a new space in the Garland Building, 58 East Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois. In 1917, the company was incorporated in Delaware. In 1919, the firm participated in the Victory Loan drive organized by the Liberty Loan Committee for the Publishing, Printing, Advertising, and Allied Interests. Frederick J. Clampitt, who had been a silent partner and an executive member of the firm since 1916, became president of P. F. Volland after Paul Volland's death in 1919.''Publishers' Weekly'', June 14, 1919, p. 1637. Other officers of the company in 1919 were W. R. Anderson, vice president; H. S. Adams, secretary; Edwin J. Clampitt, assistant treasurer; James R. Offield, member of board of directors; Maurice Berkson, member of board of directors. J. P. McEvoy headed up the editorial department. The New York representative of the firm was Francis H. Evans. In 1929, the New York representative of the firm was Harry A. Moore. The P. F. Volland Company merged with the Gerlach Barlow Company in 1924 and moved some of its offices to the Gerlach Barlow Building in

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. The Volland brand name continued to be used for Volland products. The Volland offices at 58 E. Washington in Chicago, Illinois were retained and sold both the Volland and Gerlach Barlow lines. After

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, Volland produced greeting cards for the emerging African American market. By 1935, the book titles published by Volland were acquired by other publishers, including Wise Book Company and M.A. Donahue. The Shaw Barton Company, a competitor of the Gerlach Barlow Company, purchased the company in 1959 and closed down the Joliet operation. Folks_Like_You

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Book series published by P.F. Volland

*Classics series *Friendship series *Golden Youth series *Good Cheer series *Happy Children series *Hug Me Toy Books *Jolly Jingle series *Jolly Kid series * Punky Dunk *Philadelphia Ledger Newspaper Books *Read Me A Story series *Sunny Book series *Volland "Fairy Children" series *Volland Inglenook series

References

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