Latham, Harold Strong (1887-1969)

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Columbia University

Macmillan Company (United States Branch)

Jane Addams to Paul Underwood Kellogg, December 2, 1921

Arthur Piper Kellogg to Paul Underwood Kellogg, December 3, 1921

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, December 3, 1921

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, December 16, 1921

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, January 26, 1922

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, January 27, 1922

Jane Addams to Paul Underwood Kellogg, January 29, 1922

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, January 31, 1922

Jane Addams to Harold Strong Latham, December 2, 1921

Jane Addams to Harold Strong Latham, December 2, 1921

Jane Addams to Harold Strong Latham, September 18, 1922

Jane Addams to Harold Strong Latham, May 27, 1927

Jane Addams to Harold Strong Latham, April 26, 1932

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Birth Date

1887-02-14

Death Date

1969-03-06

Birthplace

Marlborough, CT

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Harold Strong Latham was an American editor and author. He graduated from Columbia University in 1909 and then began working in the editorial department of Macmillan Publishers, for the entirety of his career. He became a director of the editorial department around 1920, was vice president of the company by 1931, and ultimately became Macmillan's editor-in-chief before retiring in 1953. Latham wrote several novels targeted at teenage boys, Under Orders, Marty Lends a Hand, and Jimmy Quigg, Office Boy, as well as short stories and plays. He published an autobiography, My Life in Publishing in 1965. Latham is best known for discovering Margaret Mitchell and publishing Gone with the Wind. He lived in Kearney, NJ, where he served on many local hospital and museum boards and founded the advisory board of the Half Penny Playhouse.

Latham adopted a son Jerold Paul. He died in 1969.