| Description | 'American negotiations re. merger 1961-62' - Loose papers relating to a merger between Penguin USA, Houghton Mifflin, and other publishers, 1961-1962.:
Press clipping on the election of Charles Rembar as president of Grove Press Inc.
Correspondence with Harper & Brothers regarding their proposed deal with Penguin and its subsequent cancellation
Correspondence with Houghton Mifflin regarding Stockholder Meetings, Houghton Mifflin's input into the Penguin list, Penguin's American editorial policy, Allen Lane's appointment to the Houghton Mifflin Board of Directors, Houghton Mifflin's sales of Penguin titles and negotiations for their agreement with Penguin.
Correspondence between staff at Penguin Books Inc. (America), Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst, Paisner & Co. and Penguin Books Ltd. (UK) regarding the Houghton Mifflin agreement and the proposed agreements with Harper & Brothers and Affiliated Publishers.
Correspondence with D.C. Heath and Company regarding the termination of their agreement with Penguin.
Houghton Mifflin Financial Statements 1960
Accounts of Penguin's shares in Houghton Mifflin 1961
Paisner & Co. folder labelled 'Documents Referred to as Accompanying Report on Proposed Association with Affiliated Group' with documents on the shares of Western Publishing Company Inc., Pocket Books Inc. and Penguin Books Ltd.
Paisner & Co. folder labelled 'Report on Proposed Association with Affiliated Group' containing agreements between Penguin and Pocket Books Inc.
Folder labelled 'ICD Report on America' containing a report by I.C. Dickson to Sir Allen Lane on his visit to America in connection with Penguin Books Inc.
Envelope containing cable correspondence between staff at Penguin Books Inc. (America) and Penguin Books Ltd. (UK) regarding the proposed mergers with Harper & Brothers and Houghton Mifflin.
Draft agreement between Penguin and Houghton Mifflin, December 1961. |