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22-453: FDU Press was established in 1967 by the university's founder, Peter Sammartino , in collaboration with the publisher Thomas Yoseloff , formerly the director of University of Pennsylvania Press . Yoseloff had left this position in the previous year to found Associated University Presses (AUP), intended to operate as a consortium of small-to-medium-sized university presses and publisher/distributor of humanities scholarship. FDU Press became

44-724: A philanthropist , Barnes was a major benefactor of Cornell University , where he founded Barnes Hall , and was also associated with Fisk University in Tennessee. He supported academies and churches in Brooklyn as well, and contributed $ 3000 towards the construction of a building for the Long Island Historical Society. Barnes managed his company until his retirement in 1880. He was married twice, in 1840 to Harriet E. Burr, with whom he had ten children, and in 1883 to Mary Matthews Smith . His son, Alfred Cutler Barnes , took over

66-505: A dime. The bank's home office moved several times in the late 19th century as the city of Brooklyn grew. By the 1900s, Brooklyn was part of the City of Greater New York , and transportation and businesses were expanding into the area east of Brooklyn Borough Hall (including what is now Albee Square ). A new home-office building for the Dime Savings Bank at DeKalb Avenue and Fleet Street

88-853: A merger of equals that was worth $ 2 billion in stock. But before the merger could be implemented, North Fork Bancorporation initiated a hostile takeover attempt of Dime in March 2000. Since Dime was preoccupied with defending itself against North Fork, Dime and Hudson United decided to terminate their merger agreement in April. North Fork finally gave up in September 2000 after spending several months filling lawsuits against Dime and defending itself against counter lawsuits that were filed by Dime. (Hudson United would eventually be acquired by TD Banknorth in 2005, while North Fork would be acquired by Capital One shortly thereafter. ) In June 2001, Washington Mutual announced

110-478: A sensation. The company incorporated in 1909, in order to provide fresh working capital, needed after acquiring another publishing firm. In 1917, a merger with Prang Co. was attempted, but abandoned after a few months. The company split up, with John Barnes Pratt acquiring the rights to the company name and much of the back catalog. 1941, the American Sports Publishing Company, publishers of

132-882: The Long Island Historical Society and its Director for 21 years from 1867 until his death, and a trustee of the Clinton Avenue Congregational Church of Brooklyn , where he lived for many years. He was associated with the Union Pacific Railroad , the New York Elevated Railroad – for which he was a notable proponent – the Hanover Bank , the Dime Savings Bank and the Home Insurance Company . As

154-474: The Spalding Athletic Library , was sold to A.S. Barnes. The Spalding Athletic Library provided books for over 30 different sports. In the 1950s, A.S. Barnes & Company became the major publisher of sports reference books, with groundbreaking books such as The Official Encyclopedia of Baseball by Hy Turkin and S. C. Thompson and Roger Treat's Football Encyclopedia. Both titles represented

176-603: The United States in 1871. The company also put out Watson's Readers , Davies' Arithmetic , Monteith's Geography and the National Series of Standard Science Books . Barnes occasionally published fiction, such as Joseph Lincoln 's first novel, Cap'n Ernie . The company also published trade magazines ( Education Bulletin , National Teacher's Weekly , International Review ), manufactured furniture for schools, and sold classroom supplies. After Alfred Barnes' death, and

198-458: The age of 12, Barnes was placed with an uncle, Deacon Norman Smith, who lived near Hartford , and he was schooled by Prof. Jesse Olney , working on his uncle's farm in the summer. As a young man, Barnes worked as a clerk in a shoe store, then for D. F. Robinson & Co., a publisher in Hartford, where he learned the publishing trade. While in Hartford, he successfully published books aimed at

220-588: The business after the death of his father, later helping to form the conglomerate American Book Company , under which "A. S. Barnes" continued as an imprint. Barnes died at his Brooklyn Heights home, which later became the Brooklyn Women's Club . A. S. Barnes published textbooks under the "Library for Teachers" imprint: one of their earliest best sellers was Clark's English Grammar . Barnes published Joel Dorman Steele 's Fourteen Weeks science book series beginning in 1867 and his Barnes Brief History of

242-411: The educational market by Charles Davies on mathematics and Emma Willard on history, in a joint venture between the three of them. Barnes then moved to Philadelphia in 1840, where for four years he built a publishing company, which he then transferred to New York City. After passing through a number of partners and company names, Barnes settled on "A. S. Barnes & Co." in 1865. A. S. Barnes

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264-466: The first entry in the genre for their respective sports. In 1958, A. S. Barnes was acquired by Thomas Yoseloff, who merged his namesake publishing company into Barnes as an imprint. Dime Savings Bank of New York The Dime Savings Bank of New York , originally the Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn , was a bank headquartered in Brooklyn , New York City . It operated from 1859 to 2002. The bank

286-557: The first participating member of AUP in 1968. Charles Angoff was the chief editor of FDU Press from 1967 to 1977. Harry Keyishian was director of the press from 1977 to 2017, and remains on its editorial committee. James Gifford is the current director of FDU Press. When AUP ceased most new publishing in 2010, a new distribution agreement was made with Rowman & Littlefield . The press relocated to FDU's Vancouver campus in July 2017, but retains its editorial committee composed of faculty from

308-470: The largest publicly accessible EV charging hub in New York, run by Revel . The bank's headquarters at 9 DeKalb Avenue were built in 1906–08 and were designed by Mowbray and Uffinger . It was significantly enlarged by Halsey, McCormack and Helmer in 1931–32. The headquarters is a New York City designated landmark . In December 2015, developers Michael Stern and Joe Chetrit closed on a $ 90 million purchase of

330-624: The pending acquisition of Dime Bancorp for $ 5.2 billion in cash and stock. The acquisition was completed in January 2002. At the time of its acquisition, Dime had 123 branch offices in the New York City area in the states of New York and New Jersey. Washington Mutual subsequently failed in 2008. Dime was included in the assets that were sold to JPMorgan Chase by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation after Washington Mutual

352-506: The takeover of the company by his son, Alfred C. Barnes, and the formation of the American Book Company conglomerate, Ripley Hitchcock became editor-in-chief, bringing with him Gilbert Parker , Stephen Crane and Stewart Edward White . The new regime published educational books edited by Margaret Sangster as well as her Woman's Home Library series; the 17-volume Trail Makers series and New Barnes Writing Books , which created

374-492: The university's campuses and advisory board composed of faculty and publishing professionals from outside FDU. FDU Press has issued over 1,500 non-fiction and research titles since its inception, the majority in the fields of literature , literary criticism , arts, history and social sciences . This publishing -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Thomas Yoseloff Alfred Smith Barnes (January 28, 1817 – February 17, 1888)

396-460: Was a family operation: eventually, his five sons, his brother and one nephew were connected to the firm, which became the leading publisher of textbooks in the United States, as well as issuing general interest books on a wide range of subjects. Barnes himself became well-connected in New York society. He was a member of the Union League Club of New York , a long-time member and supporter of

418-547: Was an American publisher and philanthropist. Barnes was born in New Haven, Connecticut , to Eli Barnes of Southington, Connecticut , a farmer and innkeeper, who founded the hamlet of "Barnesville", which is now Fair Haven, Connecticut . His mother's maiden name was "Morris", and her family came from Morris Cove, Connecticut . Barnes went to primary school in Wethersfield, Connecticut , but he left when his father died in 1827. At

440-684: Was announced in September 1905. The Dime Savings Bank moved to its DeKalb Avenue building on December 19, 1908. In July 1994, Dime Bancorp announced the pending acquisition of the Hewlett, New York -based Anchor Bancorp with its Anchor Savings Bank, FSB subsidiary for $ 1.2 billion in stock. The acquisition was completed in January 1995. The merger resulted in a newly combined company with 76 branches in New York, 18 in New Jersey and 5 in Florida. In September 1999, Hudson United Bancorp and Dime Bancorp announced

462-470: Was formerly headquartered at 9 DeKalb Avenue , built in 1906–08 in Downtown Brooklyn . Dime was acquired by Washington Mutual in 2002, which subsequently failed in 2008 and was acquired by JPMorgan Chase , which currently owns all former Dime assets. The Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn was chartered in 1859; its name referenced the fact that clients could originally create an account with as little as

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484-406: Was seized and placed in receivership. In 2016, Charney Companies purchased the bank's original site for $ 80 million. Charney Co. later announced in 2018 that the firm, along with Tavros Capital Partners, would restore the bank's original neoclassical architecture as well as construct a 22-story residential tower adjacent to the bank. The project was completed in 2020. The Dime is also home to

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