Scope and Contents: The Emanuel Haldeman-Julius Publishing Records consists of a small number of business records, the personal records of Jack Botwin, the printing plates for one title, and articles about the Haldeman-Julius Collection at the Leonard H. Axe Library (formerly the Porter Library) at Pittsburg State University, Kansas. The collection is divided into four major series: Business Records, Jack Botwin Records, Haldeman-Julius Collection at Kansas State College, and Printing Plates.
Series I, Business Records, consists of cancelled checks, publisher’s catalogs, correspondence, photographs, and advertisements.
Series II, Jack Botwin Records, consists of the personal records of Jack Botwin, a Haldeman-Julius salesman.
Series III, Haldeman-Julius Collection at Kansas State College, consists of articles about the Haldeman-Julius Collection at Kansas State's Porter Library, which has subsequently been replaced by the Leonard H. Axe Library, Pittsburg State University, Kansas.
Series IV, Printing Plates, consists of one complete set of copper-electro printing plates (16 plates) for Little Blue Book no. 930, Mark Twain's An Idle Excursion.