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Alfred Smith Barnes

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141: 180: 317:, which created a sensation. The company incorporated in 1909, in order to provide fresh working capital, needed after acquiring another publishing firm. In 1917, a merger with Prang Co. was attempted, but abandoned after a few months. The company split up, with John Barnes Pratt acquiring the rights to the company name and much of the back catalog. 364: 94:
on history, in a joint venture between the three of them. Barnes then moved to Philadelphia in 1840, where for four years he built a publishing company, which he then transferred to New York City. After passing through a number of partners and company names, Barnes settled on "A. S. Barnes
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As a young man, Barnes worked as a clerk in a shoe store, then for D. F. Robinson & Co., a publisher in Hartford, where he learned the publishing trade. While in Hartford, he successfully published books aimed at the educational market by
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Both titles represented the first entry in the genre for their respective sports. In 1958, A. S. Barnes was acquired by Thomas Yoseloff, who merged his namesake publishing company into Barnes as an imprint.
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in Tennessee. He supported academies and churches in Brooklyn as well, and contributed $ 3000 towards the construction of a building for the Long Island Historical Society.
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A. S. Barnes was a family operation: eventually, his five sons, his brother and one nephew were connected to the firm, which became the leading publisher of
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Barnes managed his company until his retirement in 1880. He was married twice, in 1840 to Harriet E. Burr, with whom he had ten children, and in 1883 to
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and its Director for 21 years from 1867 until his death, and a trustee of the Clinton Avenue Congregational Church of
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After Alfred Barnes' death, and the takeover of the company by his son, Alfred C. Barnes, and the formation of the
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A. S. Barnes published textbooks under the "Library for Teachers" imprint: one of their earliest best sellers was
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in the United States, as well as issuing general interest books on a wide range of subjects.
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Proceedings of the Long Island Historical Society in memory of ... Alfred Smith Barnes
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Barnes himself became well-connected in New York society. He was a member of the
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America's Successful Men of Affairs. An encyclopedia of contemporaneous biography
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Barnes died at his Brooklyn Heights home, which later became the
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1941, the American Sports Publishing Company, publishers of the
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Press and Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, NY, August 28, 1941.
125:– for which he was a notable proponent – the 301:. The new regime published educational books edited by 438:Information compiled by The Hyde Park Book Store. 253:. Barnes occasionally published fiction, such as 27:American publisher and philanthropist (1817–1888) 503:American literary publishing houses, 1900-1980 233:science book series beginning in 1867 and his 77:, working on his uncle's farm in the summer. 8: 266:The company also published trade magazines ( 433: 431: 429: 427: 425: 423: 421: 289:became editor-in-chief, bringing with him 109:, a long-time member and supporter of the 251:National Series of Standard Science Books 235:Barnes Brief History of the United States 353: 466: 464: 403: 401: 399: 397: 395: 359: 357: 326:The Official Encyclopedia of Baseball 7: 560:19th-century American businesspeople 237:in 1871. The company also put out 159:, Barnes was a major benefactor of 65:. Barnes went to primary school in 187:townhouse at 114 Pierrepont Street 25: 540:American book publishers (people) 385:In Memory of Alfred Smith Barnes 371:. November 29, 1904. p. 2. 167:, and was also associated with 73:, and he was schooled by Prof. 501:. In Dzwonkoski, Peter (ed.). 111:Long Island Historical Society 1: 107:Union League Club of New York 555:People from Brooklyn Heights 444:PaperBarn.www1.50megs.com:80 440:"1838—A.S. Barnes & Co" 382:Barnes, Hillman B. (1889). 576: 123:New York Elevated Railroad 408:Hall, Henry, ed. (1895). 322:Spalding Athletic Library 272:National Teacher's Weekly 67:Wethersfield, Connecticut 497:Elwell, Stephen (1986). 365:"Gen. A. C. Barnes Dead" 315:New Barnes Writing Books 63:Morris Cove, Connecticut 55:Southington, Connecticut 487:Retrieved Oct. 23, 2020 223:Clark's English Grammar 217:A. S. 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Thomas Yoseloff

New Haven, Connecticut
Southington, Connecticut
Fair Haven, Connecticut
Morris Cove, Connecticut
Wethersfield, Connecticut
Hartford
Jesse Olney
Charles Davies
Emma Willard
textbooks
Union League Club of New York
Long Island Historical Society
Brooklyn
Union Pacific Railroad
New York Elevated Railroad
Hanover Bank
Dime Savings Bank
Home Insurance Company

Barnes Hall
Cornell University
philanthropist
Cornell University
Barnes Hall
Fisk University

Brooklyn Heights
Mary Matthews Smith

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