Bond Wheelwright Company Business Records
Scope and Contents
The records of a publishing company in Freeport, Maine. Included are financial records, correspondence with authors, business correspondence, proofs, advertising materials and some illustrations, half tones, and manuscripts.
Dates
- Creation: 1949-1985
Creator
- Wheelwright, Bond (Person)
- Wheelwright, Thea (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Historical Note
The company was founded in New York City in 1949 by Bond and Thea Wheelwright. The company moved to Maine in 1953. They were publishers of "purposeful non-fiction, Maine regional books, and reprints". They also published municipal directories. Bond Wheelwright died in 1975. The company became TBW Books.
Extent
82 boxes (100 linear feet)
4 folio folders (4 folio shelves)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. (Thea) Bond Wheelwright in September of 1973. Later additions have been made.
Subject
- Bond Wheelwright Publishing Company (Organization)
- Directory Publishing Co. (Organization)
- Cumberland Press, Inc. (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Bond Wheelwright Company Business Records
- Status
- In Progress
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686