Henry T. Schnittkind to Charles W. Chesnutt, 23 September 1921
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THE STRATFORD COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
TWELVE PEARL STREET
BOSTON 9, MASS.
U. S. A.
TELEPHONE MAIN 2620
BRANCH EXCHANGE CONNECTING ALL DEPARTMENTS1
Sept 23, 1921
Mr. C. W. Chestnutt
Cleveland
Ohio
Dear Sir:-
I am on the lookout for a few unusually good book manuscripts, either of an academic or of a literary nature, to add to our Winter list. I shall therefore be glad to examine anything that you may care to submit at this time.
Our readers will report promptly on whatever manuscripts you may offer and I trust we may soon have the pleasure of receiving some of your work for consideration.
Cordially yours, THE STRATFORD COMPANY, Henry T. Schnittkind, Ph.D. Editorial Department. HTS/FMWCorrespondent: Henry Thomas Schnittkind (1888–1970) was a White Jewish publisher, editor, and writer who sometimes used the pseudonym Henry Thomas. He emigrated from Russia to the United States in the late 19th century, received a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard and then co-founded the Stratford Company around 1915. The publishing company existed into the 1930s, when it merged with the American Book Bindery. Schnittkind routinely sent out inquiries to authors and scholars requesting manuscripts throughout the 1920s. The Stratford Company did not publish any works by Chesnutt, but did print several books on and about Black writers, including W. E. B. Du Bois's The Gift of Black Folks: The Negroes in the Making of America in 1924.
1. For readability, the remainder of the letterhead is not transcribed at the top of the letter but is included in this footnote as unformatted text. This portion of the letterhead can be seen in its entirety in the accompanying image of the letter. The text of the remainder of the letterhead is as follows: "THE STRATFORD UNIVERSAL LIBRARY THE STRATFORD JOURNAL THE STRATFORD TRANSLATIONS FROM FOREIGN MASTERPIECES THE STRATFORD COLLEGE ANTHOLOGIES THE STRATFORD UNIVERSITY SERIES THE STRATFORD RELIGIOUS SERIES THE STRATFORD SERIES OF MODERN POETS THE STRATFORD BOOKS OF FICTION THE STRATFORD PHILOSOPHICAL SERIES THE STRATFORD TEXT-BOOKS THE STRATFORD DRAMATIC SERIES THE STRATFORD HISTORICAL SERIES ALL MANUSCRIPTS AND CONTRACTS SUBJECT TO STRIKES, LOSS THROUGH FIRE OR OTHER CAUSES BEYOND OUR CONTROL" [back]
