{"id":2215,"date":"2018-12-19T10:10:46","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T15:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/?p=2215"},"modified":"2019-01-11T10:16:39","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T15:16:39","slug":"st-nicholas-illustrated-christmas-stories-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/2018\/12\/st-nicholas-illustrated-christmas-stories-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Nicholas Illustrated – Christmas Stories & Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"

Within the Rare Book Collection of the Seton Hall University Archives & Special Collections Center are a number of volumes from the St. Nicholas Illustrated<\/em> series. \u00a0Although no longer published, St. Nicholas<\/em> was a popular children\u2019s monthly that achieved popularity during the late 19th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

First published in 1873 by Scribner & Company publishers, this magazine dedicated its pages to featuring quality short stories, poems, and other creative writing examples about a wide-range of topics penned by novice and experienced writers alike including Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, and Joel Chandler Harris to name a few.\u00a0 Pieces that saw print were often accompanied by stylized black and white illustrations and wood engravings that complimented the text.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

During its peak years, single issues St. Nicholas<\/em> arrived in mailboxes monthly and achieved an average subscription rate of 100,000 readers.\u00a0 Publishers worked on other ways to attract further readership and show its aesthetic quality throughout its run.\u00a0 This manifested itself through the option of purchasing bound copies for a particular year(s) with a specifically designed cover to better showcase the magazine as shown above.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

After seven decades, the magazine ceased operations by 1943 as readership diminished during the war years, but the existing copies that have been preserved offer an illuminating insight into juvenile literature of another age.\u00a0 Additionally, St. Nicholas<\/em> and its Christmas-centered themes that were written in honor of the holiday and celebrating a wide-range of aspects that touched on everyday life is part of its lasting legacy.<\/p>\n

For more information on St. Nicholas Illustrated<\/em> and our Rare Book collections please contact us at: Archives@shu.edu<\/a> or by phone at: (973) 275-2378.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Within the Rare Book Collection of the Seton Hall University Archives & Special Collections Center are a number of volumes from the St. Nicholas Illustrated series. \u00a0Although no longer published, St. Nicholas was a popular children\u2019s monthly that achieved popularity during the late 19th century. First published in 1873 by Scribner & Company publishers, this … Continue reading “St. Nicholas Illustrated – Christmas Stories & Beyond”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives-and-special-collections","category-rare-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/290"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2216,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215\/revisions\/2216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}