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Visual arts publishing companies

  • 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…
  • Thames & HudsonWalter Neurath stood in a London office in 1949 and declared his goal to build a museum without walls. He had fled Vienna in 1938 after the Nazi annexation…
  • Syracuse University PressAugust 1943 marked the birth of Syracuse University Press. President William P. Tolley made a promise to Thomas J. Watson that day.
  • 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.
  • Chronicle BooksIn 1967, Phelps Dewey established Chronicle Books while working as an executive for the Chronicle Publishing Company. The new firm operated within the…