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University presses of the United States

  • University of California PressThe University of California Press opened its doors in 1893 to serve a university established just twenty-five years prior.
  • New York University PressChancellor Elmer Ellsworth Brown established New York University Press in 1916. The press began operations that same year under his direct supervision.
  • Princeton University PressWhitney Darrow established Princeton University Press in 1905. He served as the manager of the Alumni Weekly at that time.
  • Columbia University PressMay 1893 marked the birth of Columbia University Press within New York City. The institution emerged from Columbia University to serve academic needs.
  • Air University PressAir University Press operates as a division of the Academic Services Directorate. It resides within the Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center at…
  • University of Chicago PressThe University of Chicago Press opened its doors in 1890. Its first book was Robert F. Harper's Assyrian and Babylonian Letters Belonging to the Kouyunjik…
  • Harvard University PressThe 13th of January 1913 marked the official birth of Harvard University Press. This new division emerged directly from the university itself to handle…
  • SUNY PressThe State University of New York Press opened its doors in 1966. This new entity emerged from the State University of New York system to serve a specific…
  • Cornell University PressCornell University Press began its life in 1869 inside the College of the Mechanic Arts. This college taught mechanical engineering during the nineteenth…
  • MIT PressThe year 1926 marked the first appearance of MIT Press origins when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology published a lecture series titled Problems of…
  • Duke University PressWilliam T. Laprade established The Trinity College Press in 1921 within the walls of what was then called Trinity College.
  • Fairleigh Dickinson University PressPeter Sammartino stood at the helm of Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1967. He sought to create a publishing house that could serve academic needs.
  • Stanford University PressIn 1892, the first work of scholarship to be published under the Stanford name appeared with the designation No. 1 in the Leland Stanford Junior University…
  • Johns Hopkins University PressDaniel Coit Gilman stood at the helm of Johns Hopkins University in 1878 when he inaugurated a new publishing division. This entity began life as the…
  • University of Illinois PressThe University of Illinois Press opened its doors in 1918. This new entity emerged from the University of Illinois System with a clear mandate to serve…
  • University of North Carolina PressThe University of North Carolina Press began its publishing history in 1925 with a volume titled Southern Pioneers in Social Interpretation.
  • University of Pennsylvania PressThe Pennsylvania state government incorporated the University of Pennsylvania Press on the 26th of March 1890. This legal act created one of the earliest…
  • Syracuse University PressAugust 1943 marked the birth of Syracuse University Press. President William P. Tolley made a promise to Thomas J. Watson that day.
  • Louisiana State University PressThe Louisiana State University Press opened its doors in 1935 at Louisiana State University. Its initial mission focused on publishing scholarly works for…
  • Fordham University PressThe Fordham University Press opened its doors in 1907 as a division of Fordham University. It stands today as the oldest Catholic university press in the…
  • Indiana University PressIndiana University Press opened its doors in 1950 under the leadership of President Herman B Wells. The press began with a single translation titled Travels…
  • University of Georgia PressThe University of Georgia Press opened its doors in 1938 within the Athens campus. It stands today as the oldest and largest publishing house in the entire…
  • Yale University PressGeorge Parmly Day established the Yale University Press in 1908. He worked alongside his cousin Clarence Day to launch this new publishing house.
  • Penn State University PressThe Penn State University Press opened its doors in 1956 as a new division of the Pennsylvania State University Library system.
  • University Press of KentuckyBruce F. Denbo arrived at the University of Kentucky Press in 1950 as its first full-time professional director. He came from Louisiana State University…
  • University of Minnesota PressThe University of Minnesota Press opened its doors in 1925 as a small operation within the state university system. Its initial mission focused on supporting…
  • University of Michigan PressThe University of Michigan Press began its life in 1930 under the Graduate School. Before this date, the university had no organized entity for scholarly…
  • Michigan State University PressIn 1876, Professor A.J. Cook commissioned a Lansing printer to produce his Manual of the Apiary. This text ran through numerous editions and remained in…
  • University of South Carolina PressThe University of South Carolina Press opened its doors in 1944. This new entity emerged from the heart of the university system to serve a specific academic…
  • Rutgers University PressRutgers University Press opened its doors on the 26th of March 1936 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The press began as a nonprofit academic house under Rutgers…
  • University of Hawaiʻi PressGregg M. Sinclair, president of the University of Hawai'i, established the press in 1947 to publish research across humanities and sciences for Asia and the…
  • University of Nebraska PressNovember 1941 marked the birth of the University of Nebraska Press under Chancellor Chauncey Samuel Boucher. He hired Emily Schossberger as the press's first…
  • University Press of KansasThe University Press of Kansas opened its doors in 1946 within the state of Kansas. It began as a single entity under the University of Kansas.
  • University Press of MississippiThe University Press of Mississippi opened its doors in 1970. This was not a solitary venture by one university. Eight state universities joined forces to…
  • University Press of FloridaThe University of Florida Press opened its doors in 1945 within the state of Florida. This new entity stood about four miles from the main campus of the…
  • University of Massachusetts PressThe University of Massachusetts Press opened its doors in 1963 at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Its initial mandate focused on producing scholarly…