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William H. Rand. William H. Rand. William Henry Rand (May 2, 1828 – June 20, 1915) was an American printer and co-founder of the Rand McNally publishing company. He was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, and as a young man was an apprentice at his brothers' print shop in Boston. He was enticed west in September 1849, by the California Gold Rush.
Rand McNally began publishing educational maps in 1880 with its first line of maps, globes, and geography textbooks, soon followed by a world atlas. The company began publishing general literature in 1884 with its first title, The Secret of Success, and the Textbook department was established in 1894 with The Rand McNally Primary School Geography.
Title: Rand, McNally & co.'s handy guide to Boston and environs .. Year: 1906 Authors: Subjects: Publisher: Chicago and New York, Rand, McNally & co. Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book
John Ritchie attended the Fleet Street Primary School and the Eliot Grammar School, both in Boston. In 1850 he entered the English High School of Boston, one of the first public high schools in America. Two years later, in 1852, he dropped out of his studies to work for his uncle, George C. Rand, at his publishing house in Boston.
Parent (s) Amos Poole. Caroline Curtis Rand. Signature. George Amos Poole (March 20, 1843 – September 7, 1918) was an American printer and industrialist. He was a founding member of Rand McNally and Company and became the organization's first treasurer. He later parted with the company to start his own venture with his brother.
In 1980, Houghton Mifflin acquired the educational publishing operations of Rand McNally. [25] Under (new from 1991) president Nader F. Darehshori Houghton Mifflin acquired McDougal Littell in 1994, for $138 million, an educational publisher of secondary school materials, [26] and the following year acquired D.C. Heath and Company , [27] a ...
Died. August 30, 1979. (1979-08-30) (aged 89) Connecticut, US. Known for. The Boxcar Children book series. Gertrude Chandler Warner (April 16, 1890 – August 30, 1979) was an American author, mainly of children's stories. She was most famous for writing the original book of The Boxcar Children and for the next 18 books in the series.
A printer by trade, he moved to Chicago in 1858 and got a job in a print shop owned by William H. Rand at a wage of $9 per week. In 1873, McNally and William H. Rand incorporated Rand, McNally & Co. With William H. Rand as President and McNally as Vice President. Rand, McNally & Co. becoming one of the largest and best-known map publishers in ...