Publisher:Houghton Mifflin

Houghton Mifflin History

Unchanged since 2008 and mainly false. --Pwendt|talk 18:58, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

The roots of this company go back to 1832 when William Ticknor and James Fields established a publishing house. They formed a close association with The Riverside Press, a Boston printing company founded by Henry Houghton in 1852. George Mifflin became Houghton's partner in 1872. In 1880, Ticknor and Fields merged with The Riverside Press to form Houghton, Mifflin and Company. The name Ticknor & Fields is still used as an imprint.

Acquired Educational publisher McDougal Littell in the 1990s.

Variant Names

• Houghton, Mifflin and Company. The Riverside Press, Cambridge.
  • 1889 (Verified)

For one 1870 book, the Library of Congress (LCCN: 45-40833) records Hurd and Houghton and The Riverside Press as joint publishers in 1870, H.O. Houghton and Company as printer. Perhaps The Riverside Press should be considered Houghton's imprint as a publisher. --Pwendt|talk 19:14, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

• Houghton, Mifflin and Co.

One 1902 title page these two lines at the bottom of the page (T1952229)

(colophon, red, The Riverside Press) HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND CO. BOSTON AND NEW YORK 1902

(not mentioned on the copyright page) --Pwendt|talk 17:08, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

• Houghton, Mifflin & Company

One 1907 title page as transcribed by Project Gutenberg shows (T2026786)

BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. MDCCCCVII

("HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO." on the copyright page) --Pwendt|talk 17:08, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

Variant Locations

• Boston and New York
  • 1889 (Verified)

Variant House Copyrights

• By Ticknor and Company
  • 1889 (Verified)

Ticknor and Company was absorbed by Houghton, Mifflin in 1889 (Wikipedia). The latter would have acquired Ticknor and Company copyrights, or exercised them, or otherwise verbed them as appropriate. --Pwendt|talk 19:03, 19 September 2016 (UTC)