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  2. Rand McNally - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Andrew McNally - Wikipedia

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    After Rand retired in 1899, McNally was president until his unexpected death from pneumonia in 1904 at his winter home in Altadena, California. For nearly 100 years the company was majority owned and headed by several generations of the McNally family. In 1997, the family divested its majority stake for a reported $500 million. Personal life ...

  4. William H. Rand - Wikipedia

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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.

  5. Andrew McNally House - Wikipedia

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    The Andrew McNally House in Altadena, California was the home of Andrew McNally (1838–1904), co-founder and president of the Rand McNally publishing company. The Queen Anne Style house is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It remains a private house. A postcard from around 1900 showing the house and gardens.

  6. History of the University of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Rand McNally map of Penn circa 1915, reflecting the growth caused in part by Provost Edgar Fahs Smith and first director of public relations, George E. Nitzsche. The success of efforts to reach out to the international students was reported in 1921 when the official Penn publicity department reported [63]

  7. Mary Alice Jones - Wikipedia

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    She was the first woman teacher at the Yale Divinity School . She became a children's book editor at Rand McNally & Company in 1945, before transitioning into writing work, authoring such books as Prayers for Little Children, which sold over 2 million copies, and Tell Me About God . In 1951 she left Rand McNally and became the director of ...

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