ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Title Little Blue Books Collection
Collection Number SC 135
OCLC Number In-process
Creator Various
Provenance Purchase from Haldeman-Julius Company of Girard, Kansas, c1974-1975.
Extent,Scope, and Content Note The collection is comprised of 10 linear inches of books and pamphlets published between
1922 and 1950 by the Haldeman-Julius Company of Girard, Kansas.
Arrangement and Processing Note The collection is arranged numerically by "Little Blue Book" number. Finding aid updated and revised by Kristen J. Nyitray in April 2020.
Language English
Restrictions on Access The collection is open to researchers without restriction.
Rights and Permissions Stony Brook University Libraries' consent to access as the physical owner of the collection
does not address copyright issues that may affect publication rights. It is the sole
responsibility of the user of Special Collections and University Archives materials
to investigate the copyright status of any given work and to seek and obtain permission
where needed prior to publication.
Citation [Item], [Box], Little Blue Books Collection, Special Collections and University Archives,
Stony Brook University Libraries.
Historical Note Little Blue Books are a series of small staple-bound books published from 1919 through
1978 by the Haldeman-Julius Publishing Company of Girard, Kansas. They were extremely
popular, and achieved a total of 300-500 million booklets sold over the series' lifetime.
Subjects Haldeman-Julius, E. -- (Emanuel), -- 1889-1951. Haldeman-Julius, Marcet, -- 1887-1941. Haldeman-Julius Company. Little blue book. Publishers and publishing -- United States -- History. Books -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Paperbacks -- Publishing -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Haldeman-Julius, E. -- (Emanuel), -- 1889-1951 Books. Paperbacks -- Publishing. Publishers and publishing. United States.
INVENTORY
Box 1
Little Blue Book Number: 27 Title: The Last Days of a Condemned Man Author: Victor Hugo Date: n.d.
Little Blue Book Number: 43 Title: Marriage and Divorce Author: Horace Greeley & Dale Owen Date: March 1, 1860
Little Blue Book Number: 83 Title: The Evolution of Marriage Author: Leo Markun Date: n.d.
Little Blue Book Number: 122 Title: Debate on Spiritualism Author: Conan Doyle and Joseph McCabe Date: 1922
Little Blue Book Number: 205 Title: Artemus Ward His Book Author: E. Haldeman-Julius Date: 1860
Little Blue Book Number: 220 Title: Senator Vest's Tribute to a Dog and other Dog Lore Author: Clarice Cunningham Date: n.d.
Little Blue Book Number: 228 Title: Plain Talks with Husbands and Wives Author: Havelock Ellis & George Sylvester Viereck Date: n.d.
Little Blue Book Number: 270 Title: Contemporary Portraits Volume 2 Author: Frank Harris Date: n.d.
Little Blue Book Number: 291 Title: Mark Twain's Jumping Frog and Other Humorous Tales Author: Mark Twain, Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius Date: n.d.
Little Blue Book Number: 470 Title: Jazz Music: What It Is and How to Understand It Author: Isaac Goldberg Date: 1927
Little Blue Book Number: 476 Title: Gilbert and Sullivan: A Handbook to the Famous Operettas Author: Isaac Goldberg Date: 1927
Little Blue Book Number: 634 Title: A Captain of Industry: Being the Story of a Civilized Man Volume 1 Author: Upton Sinclair Date: n.d.
Little Blue Book Number: 644 Title: Women Who Have Lived for Love Author: Leo Markun Date: n.d.
Little Blue Book Number: 727 Title: Your Affections Emotions & Feelings Author: Vance Randolph Date: n.d.
Little Blue Book Number: 743 Title: Great Christian Hymns Author: Nelson Antrim Crawford Date: n.d.
Little Blue Book Number: 789 Title: U.S. Marriage and Divorce Laws Author: Frank O. Eagin Date: n.d.
Little Blue Book Number: 961 Title: Humorous Verse: 17th & 18th Century: An Anthology Author: E. Haldeman-Julius Date: n.d.
Little Blue Book Number: 964 Title: How to Be Happy Though Married Author: James Oppenheim Date: n.d.
Little Blue Book Number: 985 Title: A Psycho-Analysis of America Author: James Oppenheim Date: n.d.
Little Blue Book Number: 859 Title: The Enjoyment of Music Author: Isaac Goldberg Date: n.d.
Little Blue Book Number: 1053 Title: A Guide to New York City's Strange Sections Author: Clement Wood Date: n.d.
Little Blue Book Number: 1063 Title: The Psychology of Laughter Author: Leo Markun Date: n.d.
Little Blue Book Number: 1225 Title: How to Avoid Marital Discords Author: Gloria Goddard Date: n.d.
Box 2
Little Blue Book Number: 1310 Title: Snyder-Gray Murder Echoes Author: Robert T. Griebling Date: n.d.
Little Blue Book Number: 1320 Title: How to Get a Husband Author: Betty Van Deventer Date: n.d.
Little Blue Book Number: 1379 Title: President Harding's Illegitimate Daughter Author: Isaac Goldberg Date: n.d.
Little Blue Book Number: 1423 Title: Is the U.S. Immigration Law Beneficial? A Debate Clarence Darrow vs. Lothrop
Stoddard Author: E. Haldeman-Julius Date: 1929
Little Blue Book Number: 1436 Title: Strange Marriage Customs Author: Leo Markun Date: n.d.
Little Blue Book Number: 1491 Title: The Power of Women Author: Konrad Bercovici Date: n.d.
Little Blue Book Number: 1814 Title: How to Choose a Mate Scientifically Author: undetermined Date: 1941
Little Blue Book Number: 1819 Title: How to Understand Criminology and Penology Author: Dr. John H. Burma, PH.D. Date: 1943
Little Blue Book Number: 1828 Title: Bunk About Marriages Author: Joseph McCabe Date: 1948
Little Blue Book Number: Title: Free Catalogue Containing List of Five Hundred Great Books In Fit-the-Pocket-Size Author: undetermined Date: n.d.
Little Blue Book Number: B-475 Title: The Truth About Aimee Semple McPherson: A Symposium Author: Louis Adamic, Edward Campbell, Mike Schindler, Robert B. Mason Date: n.d.
Little Blue Book Number: B-476 Title: Slayers of Superstition: A Popular Account of Some of the Leading Personalities
of the Deist Movement Author: E. Royston Pike Date: n.d.
Little Blue Book Number: B-501 Title: The Blood Soaked Career of Monnie Parker: How Bandit Clyde Barrow and his
Cigar Smoking Moll Fought It out with the Law Author: W.R. & Mabel Draper Date: 1946
Little Blue Book Number: B-503 Title: On the Trail of Pretty Boy. Floyd: A Reporters Thrilling Report of an Outlaw.
s Story Author: W.R. Draper Date: 1946
Little Blue Book Number: B-519 Title: How Comic Strips are Made: Why They Have Enormous Influence on American Thought
and Custom Author: Russ WinterBotham Date: 1946
Little Blue Book Number: B-644 Title: The Wisdom of Clarence Darrow Author: Introduction by John W. Gunn Date: 1947
Little Blue Book Number: B-715 Title: Atlantis The Lost Continent: A Summary of the Evidence, Pro and Con, for the
Existence of Such an Island Author: Hereward Carrington, PH.D. Date: 1948
Little Blue Book Number: B-784 Title: Quotable Quotes: A Book of Short, Jabby, Verbal Life Savers, To put Sparkle
into what would Otherwise be a Dull and Trite Stream of Gab Author: Bonny T. Ward Date: 1948
Little Blue Book Number: B-807 Title: Arguments in Support of Suicide: Instead of Being Cowardly, Self-Destruction
Can be Manly and Noble Author: Robert G. Ingersoll Date: [1949]
Little Blue Book Number: B-814 Title: My Second 25 Years: Instead of a Footnote Author: E. Haldeman-Julius Date: 1949
Little Blue Book Number: B-850 Title: Haldeman-Julius and Upton Sinclair: The Record of a Long Collaboration Author: Albert Mordell Date: 1950
Little Blue Book Number: 5228 Title: Clarence Darrow's Plea in Defense of Loeb and Leopold Author: Clarence Darrow Date: August 1924
Little Blue Book Number: Title: Clarence Darrow's Two Great Trials: Reports of the Scopes Anti-Evolution Case
and the Dr. Sweet Negro Trial Author: Marcet Haldeman-Julius Date: 1927
Little Blue Book Number: Title: Ideas that have Helped Mankind: A Philosopher's Look at Man's Long History,
Points to the Things that Moved him Forward, and Shows What We Must Do in the Near
Future If Civilization is to Continue to Grow Author: Bertrand Russell Date: 1946
Little Blue Book Number: Title: Scientific Humanism: It's Origins, Teachings and Social Program: An Outline
of the Philosopher that may Provide a Basis for the Integration of the Worlds Great
Cultures Author: Oliver L. Reiser Date: 1946
Little Blue Book Number: Title: The Story of the Shakers: The Facts About the Most Fantastic Church in America Author: Louis K. Henderson Date: 1945
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