G. K. Hall & Co.

G. K. Hall & Co. is an American book publisher based in Boston. It was founded sometime in the late 1950s by Garrison Kent Hall (1917–1973), who also had been an accountant. The firm initially, in the late 1950s through the 1960s, produced catalogs, in print and microform, of collections of renowned libraries — notably the New York Public Library. In the 1960s, the firm expanded, producing other library references in the sciences, humanities, fine arts, and music. Beginning in 1971, two years after being acquired by ITT, the firm became a leading pioneer of publishing large-print editions of best-selling fiction and non-fiction books.

Succession of ownership

G. K. Hall was founded sometime in the 1950s and was incorporated in Massachusetts in December 1962. The company was acquired by ITT in September 1969 and sold to Macmillan Publishing in 1985. In 1999, G. K. Hall became an imprint of Thomson Gale when Gale acquired its parent, Macmillan Reference USA.

Selected library references

• Bibliographic Guide to Theatre Arts (1976)
• Catalog of the Theatre and drama collections, 1967–1989; OCLC 469347178
• Dictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas, compiled by the New York Public Library, Reference Department, G.K. Hall & Co. (1961); OCLC 845713, 488981404 and 562179553, OCLC 235669094

Compiled volumes

Vols. 1–4: A–Cat; OCLC 500228784

Vols. 5-8: Cas–GA; OCLC 500228805

Vols. 17–20: New–Sau; OCLC 500228864

Vols. 21–24: Sav–US; OCLC 500228882

Vols. 25–28: US-Z; OCLC 500228901

Loose compiled volumes

Vol. 1–21; OCLC 479485453

Single volumes

Vol. 1: A–M; OCLC 165125948

Vol. 2: An–Ba; OCLC 165126132

Vol. 3: Be–Brov; OCLC 165126436

Vol. 4: Brow–Car; OCLC 165126450

Vol. 5: Cas–Colt; OCLC 165126458

Vol. 6: Colu–Dec; OCLC 165126463

Vol. 7: Ded–E; OCLC 165126471

Vol. 8: F–Ga; OCLC 165126477

Vol. 9: Ge–Hall; OCLC 165126482

Vol. 10: Halo–Inc; OCLC 165126490

Vol. 11: Ind–Indians; OCLC 165126495

Vol. 12: Indians–J; OCLC 165126505

Vol. 13: K–Linc; OCLC 165126512

Vol. 14: Lind–Mass; OCLC 165126521

Vol. 15: Mast–Mol; OCLC 165126530

Vol. 16: Mom–Nev; OCLC 165126534

Vol. 17: New–O; OCLC 165126542

Vol. 18: P–Pin; OCLC 165126555

Vol. 19: Pio–Reu; OCLC 165126633

Vol. 20: Rev–Sau; OCLC 165126641

Vol. 21: Sav–Sous; OCLC 165126651

Vol. 22: Sout–Teh; OCLC 165126655

Vol. 23: Tei–US, C; OCLC 165126662

Vol. 24: US, D–US, History; OCLC 165126666

Vol. 25: US, History–US, Hy; OCLC 165126673

Vol. 26: US–Vat; OCLC 165126679

Vol. 27: Vau–Wer; OCLC 165126685

Vol. 28: Wes–Z; OCLC 165126693

1st Supplement (1973); OCLC 1611716, 5534553 and 642886977

Vol. 1: A–E Brown; OCLC 165126258

Vol. 2: F Brown-Deu; OCLC 165126938

Vol. 3: Dev–Her; OCLC 165126939

Vol. 4: Hes–Lek; OCLC 165126942

Vol. 5: Lel–Nev; OCLC 165126945

Vol. 6: New–Roc; OCLC 165126947

Vol. 7: Rod-US Delaware; OCLC 165126955

Vol. 8: US Dem–US Rur; OCLC 165126965

Vol. 9: US San–Z; OCLC 165126968

• Contemporary American Composers, compiled by E. Ruth Anderson (1907–1989), G.K. Hall & Co.

1st ed. (1976); OCLC 2035024

2nd ed. (1982); OCLC 7795619

Former executives

• Garrison Kent Hall (1917–1973), founder
• Phillips A. Treleaven (1928–2000), President of G. K. Hall from about 1970 to 1974
• Remo Alphonso Caroselli (1922–1968), Vice President
• Thomas M. Finn, ThD (1924–1999), Editor-in-Chief; later, academic dean at the College of William and Mary
• John F. Curley, Sr. (1928–2001)

External links

• G. K. Hall alumni site (blog)