Publisher:Houghton Mifflin
Houghton Mifflin History
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)
(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)
("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 (1885 to 1889) was absorbed by Houghton, Mifflin in 1889 per Wikipedia. The latter would have acquired Ticknor and Company copyrights, or exercised them, or otherwise verbed. --Pwendt|talk 19:03, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
Ticknor and Fields was succeeded Fields, Osgood & Co.; James R. Osgood and Co.; Houghton, Osgood and Company; then by Houghton, Mifflin and a second James R. Osgood and Co. (Osgood and the two younger Ticknor sons per Wikipedia); the latter by Ticknor and Company. --Pwendt|talk 17:23, 21 September 2016 (UTC)