History Day - Communication in History

The collection contains three series, manuscripts, correspondence (1896-1910), and photographs. The manuscripts series includes copies of materials submitted for publication such as articles, poems, short stories and related correspondence. The majority of these materials are in very poor condition. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent and documents the editorial process. The final series is comprised of photographs and glass plate negatives. Not all of the images in this series were published in the magazine and the quality of the images varies greatly. A majority of the images having been touched up by magazine staff to increase the contrast or have crop lines indicating where the publisher cut the picture off in the final printed version.