Succession
Cataloger writes:I can't remember now if
the titles were connected in
the existing OCLC
records. But in any case, I decided to connect Ranch (North Yakima, Wash.)
(.b57920357) to Ranche and range (.b57920503) because:
1)
The issues for June 10, 1897- were called new ser. v. 1, no. 10- and also
old ser. v. 3 , no. 43-. I was puzzled by
the double numbering, but
then I
counted things out on calendars for 1894-1897 and saw that yes,
the June 10,
1897 issue would indeed have been v. 3, no. 43 of Ranch. I put a note in
the bib record about
the double numbering in a 515 field.
2)
They were both published in North Yakima.
3) Ranch (Seattle, Wash.) (.b4083895x), which is most definitely
the title
that continues Ranche and range, has
the very same slogan that appears on
Ranch (North Yakima, Wash.): "A journal of
the land and
the home in
the New
West."
The double numbering:
The last known issue of
the old "Ranch" 1894-08-18, vol 1 issue 31. Using a
calendar and assuming that one issue was printed each week and that 52 issues constitute a volume,
the 1897-06-10 issue of
the old "Ranch" would have been vol 4 issue 21. Of course this proves nothing because volume and issue numbering in
these early papers tends to be very inconsistent and perhaps
the old "Ranch" had stopped publishing in 1896 and
the Ranch and Range just picked up
the numbering from
there.
There is an alternate explanation for
the parallel numbering, though, which I will now offer.
In
the 1897-05-27 issue of Ranch and Range (2 issues before
the parallel numbering starts) a publisher's announcement appears: "
The Times-Argus subscription list has been sold to Miller Freeman...and he is hearby authorized to collect all delinquent subscriptions due
the Times Argus up to May 21, 1897 and hereby agrees to carry out all unexpired subscriptions to said newspaper" Later in
the same issue: "by absorption of
the Yakima Times-Argus, Ranche and Range has added eight hundred new names to its list this week." I have not found any bibliographic records for
the Yakima Times-Argus, but a single issue of
the Yakima Argus has survived. This issue is dated 1896-04-02 vol 2 no 25. If Times-Argus continued with
the Argus numbering after
the merger, and assuming that
the paper produced one issue per week and 52 issues per volume,
the 1897-06-10 issue of
the Times-Argus would have been vol 3 no 35. On this date
the Ranche and Range indicates that
the "old series" number was vol 3 no 43. This is not
the same number, but it is closer than
the old "Ranch" number would have been, plus
there is a clear motive for including this parallel numbering system. Freeman was under a financial obligation to carry out
the unexpired subscriptions to
the Times-Argus. By printing
the old series alongside
the new numbers Freeman could keep track of when
the old subscriptions ran out and also clearly communicate that information to
the old subscribers.
The parallel numbering system was suspended at
the end of 1897.
Argus in 1896 AyersThe slogan: The matching slogan clearly indicated that
the Range and Ranch owes an intellectual debt to
the old Ranch publication. From
Miller Freeman's memoirs (p.36): "For my publication I chose
the name "Ranch and Range."
There had been a paper in Yakima called "
the Ranch" which had been discontinued. I felt that I wanted my paper to include also
the vigorous livestock business and so decided on a name which would be indicative of its broader field of interest." Though
the two papers are linked intellectually, and perhaps should be linked in
the bibliographic record,
there is no indication that
they are linked financially (that Miller Freeman took over
the subscription list, printing equipment, or any o
ther assets of
the old Ranch.) In a business sense,
the Ranch and Range did not succeed
the old Ranch.
Who is E.H. Libby?
Who was E. H. Libby? Did he have something to do with
the Vineland project?
Yes!
The same Edgar H. Libby
Chicago 1881?
http://chestofbooks.com/gardening-horticulture/Gardener-Monthly-V20/The-American-Agriculturist.html
See page 72
Edgar H Libby, pres of
UMass Amherst Alumni Assoc, 1879?
Father of artist Grace Libby Vollmer
----Edgar Libby Bio and Publishing
Edgar Libby Bio
