G. K. Hall & Co.

G. K. Hall & Co.

Founder	Garrison Kent Hall
Successor	Gale (publisher)
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	Boston, Massachusetts
Publication types	Books

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, Betty Jensen Hall’s new marketing strategy increased profits markedly and 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. In 1972 it acquired Gregg Press the scholarly reprint company. In 1973 it acquired Twayne Publishers. In 1989 it acquired Sandak, the art slide publisher. In 1990 it acquired Thorndike Press, its main American large print competitor.

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 1990, Macmillan was acquired by Robert Maxwell, and in 1991 its order processing and shipping functions were moved to Riverside, N.J., its editorial and marketing functions distributed to other divisions, and its Boston office was closed. 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, 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, 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

Selected book series

• The Asian Literature Bibliography Series
• Bibliographies of New England History
• Critical Essays on British Literature
• G. K. Hall Large Print Book Series
• G. K. Hall Nightingale Series Edition
• G. K. Hall's Agatha Christie Series
• The Gregg Press Science Fiction Series
• Portway Large Print Series
• Professional Librarian Series
• Research Bibliographies in American Literature
• Reference Guides to Literature
• A Reference Publication in Film series
• Thorndike Press Large Print Paperback Series
• Twayne's English Authors Series
• Twayne's Music Series
• Twayne's United States Authors Series
• Twayne's World Authors Series
• World Bibliographical Series
• World Cities Series

Former executives

• Garrison Kent Hall (1917–1973), founder
• Betty Jensen Hall (1929-2009), co-owner and VP, comptroller (1960-1971)
• Phillips A. Treleaven (1928–2000), President of G. K. Hall (1970-1978)
• Thomas T. Beeler (1944-), Editor, Gregg Press and Twayne Publishers imprints (1972-1974); Editorial Director, General Publishing (1974-1978); President of G.K. Hall (1978–1991)
• James Diamond, President of G. K. Hall (1991-1993)
• 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
• Elizabeth Buckley Kubik (1938–), Editor, Editor-in-Chief (1968?-1991)
• John F. Curley, Sr. (1928–2001), Marketing Director (1970-1977)

External links

• G. K. Hall alumni site (blog)