Charles Scribner's Sons was founded in 1846 at the Brick
Church Chapel on New York's Park Row in 1996 we celebrated the
150th anniversary of our founding. The house has moved many times since
then, and yet there has been remarkable continuity. Nowhere is that continuity
more evident than in our publishing program, where the way we edit, fact-check,
proofread, and even sell our books has been handed down over the decades.
Our predecessors who published the first Dictionary of American
Biography in the 1920s and the first edition of the Dictionary of American
History in 1940 would recognize what we are about. Our mission
remains broad to produce reference works that will serve a wide
range of readers, from high school students to advanced scholars.
In 1999 Charles Scribner's Sons joined Thomson Gale.
With Thomson Gale we find our reference mission strengthened, energized,
and ready for the 21st century.
We thank our librarian customers for their support over the years and
welcome new readers. We remain open, as always, to your ideas.