"Little Blue Books," Haldeman-Julius Company
1919-1946

Collection No. 66-007

Collection contains 175 "Little Blue Books." First published in 1919 by Emmanual Haldeman-Julius in Girard, Kansas, these "Little Blue Books" were small, inexpensive pamphlet editions of classics, sensational books, do-it-yourself books, and sex-related books. Most were printed in eight-point type on three-and-one-half by five inch page size, the volumes initally cost 25 cents, but eventually were priced at a nickel. By 1923, there were more than 2,000 titles.

Arranged by Little Blue Book number.

Access to this collection is unrestricted.

Finding aid; box level control.

1.5 linear ft. (4 4x4 negative boxes within 1 record center carton)

Removed from the Henry S. Johnston collection (66-006)

Oklahoma State University Libraries
Special Collections and University Archives
Stillwater, OK 74078-1071

BOX 1
Series No.:

19 - The Story of Friedrich Nietzche's Philosophy. n.d.
48 - Truth, and Seventeen Other Essays. n.d.
51 - Bruno: His Life and Martydom. 1923
56 - The Wisdom of Ingersoll. 1924
67 - A History of the Mediaeval Christian Church. 1924
75 - On the Choice of Books. 1924
77 - What Great Men Learned About Women. n.d.
78 - Hints on Public Speaking. n.d.
93 - How to Live One Hundred Years (2). 1612 translation
96 - Dialogues of Plato (2). n.d.
110 - A Short History of the World War. n.d.
112 - The Secret of Self Development (3). n.d.
122 - Debate on Spiritualism. 1922
124 - The Theory of Reincarnation Explained. n.d.
126 - History of Rome. n.d.
128 - Julius Caesar: Who He Was and What He Accomplished. n.d.
132 - History and Beliefs of the Major Religions. n.d.
146 - Snow Bound: The Pied Piper. n.d.
167 - Rules of Health. n.d.
169 - A History of the Modern Christian Church. n.d.
170 - A History of the Ancient Christian Church. n.d.
190 - Psycho-Analysis: The Key to Human Behavior. 1924
207 - The Olympian Gods. 1921
211 - The Idea of God in Nature. n.d.
229 - Ridiculous Women (2). n.d.
271 - Is Death Inevitable?. n.d.
282 - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. n.d.
292 - Mademoiselle Fifi and Other Stories. n.d.
304 - What Great Women Learned About Men. n.d.
304 - What Great Women Have Said About Men. n.d.
313 - The Decay of Lying. n.d.
332 - The Man Who Was. n.d.
335 - The Land of Heart's Desire. n.d.
336 - The Mark of the Beast and The Head of the District. n.d.
357 - City of the Dreadful Night. n.d.
364 - How to Argue Logically (2). n.d.
370 - Father Damien. 1923
401 - Woman the Warrior. 1928
447 - Autosuggestion: How It Works. n.d.
469 - The Egypt of Yesterday (2). n.d.
498 - Greek and Roman Mythology.n.d.
------ Little Blue Books (Catalogue)
------ Catalogue of 698 Larger Books
1,843 - Little Blue Books (catalog)
1,845 - Little Blue Books (catalog)

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BOX 2
Series No.:

511 - King Oedipus. n.d.
529 - Woman--The Criminal. n.d.
538 - Robin Hood and His Merry Men. n.d.
548 - Essays on History and Intellect. n.d.
557 - Is the Moon a Dead World?. n.d.
564 - Volney's Ruins of Empires. 1924
571 - Kant's Critical Philosophy. n.d.
572 - The Beggar's Opera. n.d.
583 - The Jungle Volume 1. 1920
593 - As a Man Thinketh. n.d.
600 - How to Play Chess. n.d.
607 - Solving the Mystery of the Comets. n.d.
609 - Are the Planets Inhabited?. n.d.
610 - Life of Martin Luther. n.d.
648 - Rejuvination--Science's New Fountain of Youth. 1924
650 - KKK - The Kreed of the Klansmen. n.d.
651 - How to Psycho-Analyze Yourself. 1924
664 - Oscar Wilde's Letters to Sarah Bernhardt. n.d.
668 - Humorous Fables. n.d.
681 - Spelling Self Taught. n.d.
683 - Punctuation Self Taught (2). n.d.
696 - How to Pronounce 4000 Proper Names. n.d.
697 - 4000 Words Often Mispronounced. n.d.
718 - Great Women of Antiquity. n.d.
730 - Mistresses of Today. 1927
739 - Tales in Verse of Terror and Wonder. n.d.
752 - Facts You Should Know About California. n.d.
753 - The Essence of Catholicism. n.d.
758 - The Frogs. n.d.
760 - Agamemnon. 1924
761 - Food and Diet. n.d.
772 - The Philosophy of Herbert Spencer. n.d.
789 - A Digest of U.S. Marriage and Divorce Laws. n.d.
799 - The Deserted Village. n.d.
808 - Man's Debt to the Sun. n.d.
824 - Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition. n.d.
849 - Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes. 1925
854 - Life of Ignatius Loyola. 1925
867 - Cicero As Revealed in His Letters. 1925
875 - Diabetes: Its Cause and Its Treatment with Insulin. 1925
878 - The Empire of Napolean. n.d.
884 - Debate on Prohibition. n.d.
894 - Hints on How to Advertise. n.d.
899 - Rome as Viewed By Tacitus and Juvenal. n.d.
930 - An Idle Excursion. n.d.
931 - The Stolen While Elephant. n.d.
932 - A Curious Experience. n.d.
945 - Tales of Oriental Life. n.d.
946 - Tales of Desert Places. n.d.
962 - Comic Poems. n.d.
974 - The Ordeal of Prohibition (2). 1925
985 - A Psych-Analysis of America. 1926
999 - Latin Self Taught. n.d.

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BOX 3
Series No.:

1003 - How To Think Logically. n.d.
1004 - How To Save Money. n.d.
1016 - A Book of Nonsense Poems. n.d.
1049 - How To Teach Yourself To Sing. n.d.
1055 - The Horseman in the Sky. 1909
1076 - Morals in Ancient Babylon. 1926
1077 - Religion and Morals in Ancient Egypt. 1926
1087 - The Facts About Fascism. 1911
1088 - The Truth About Mussolini. n.d.
1126 - Eating for Health (2). n.d.
1128 - The Church and the School. 1926
1130 - The Dark Ages. n.d.
1134 - The Horrors of the Inquisition (4). n.d.
1143 - How to Prepare Manuscripts. n.d.
1144 - The Jesuits: Religous Rogues. 1927
1153 - The Haunted Mind and Other Strange Tales. n.d.
1157 - The Sea Beast. n.d.
1162 - Mystery Tales of Ghosts and Villains. n.d.
1177 - Woman and the New Race. n.d.
1183 - How to Play Checkers. n.d.
1189 - Pin Money: One Hundred Ways to Make Money at Home. n.d.
1198 - The Devil's Mother-in-Law. n.d.
1203 - Seven Infidel U.S. Presidents (2). 1927
1204 - A Dictionary of Musical Terms. n.d.
1207 - French Self Taught. n.d.
1209 - How to Be A Charming Hostess. n.d.
1226 - Easy Reading in French. n.d.
1296 - The Personal Element in Business. n.d.
1300 - Sources of Intolerance in America. 1928
1305 - Patents: How to Get and Sell Them. n.d.
1315 - The Debunking of a Midwestern Lawyer. 1928
1325 - Americans of a Million Years Ago. n.d.
1330 - Facts You Should Know About Digestion. n.d.
1332 - Debunking the Law of Moses. 1929
1339 - Crooked Financial Schemes Exposed. n.d.
1346 - Religion's Blight on American Divorce Laws. 1929
1364 - How to Use the Dictionary. n.d.
1386 - The Problem of Old-Age Dependency (2). 1929
1387 - Racial Intermarriage in the United States. n.d.
1395 - Instantaneous Personal Magnetism Debunked(2). n.d.

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BOX 4
Series No.:

1422 - How Business Men Avoid Litigation. n.d.
1423 - Is the U.S. Immigration Law Beneficial?(2). n.d.
1424 - The Famous Examination of Bryan at the Scopes Evolution Trial. n.d.
1430 - Lightning Shorthand Self-Taught. n.d.
435 - Constipation and Its Correction by Exercise (5). n.d.
1444 - The Secret of Making Words Work for You. n.d.
1448 - Character Reading From the Face (3). n.d.
1453 - Have We Religious Freedom?. n.d.
1459 - The Psychology of the Criminal. n.d.
1468 - How to Deal With Crime (3). 1929
1469 - Americal Industrial History. 1929
1471 - How to Become Mentally Superior (2). n.d.
1477 - How Glands Affect Personality. n.d.
1480 - The Causes of the World War (2)n.d.
1483 - Trial by Jury: The Great Burlesque of Modern Criminal Justice. 1929
1491 - The Power of Women. n.d.
1499 - New Light on the Ten Commandments. n.d.
1502 - Why I Believe in Fair Taxation of Church Property. 1930
1503 - How to Use Effective English in Speech and Writing. n.d.
1533 - Famous Infant Prodigies. n.d.
1547 - How Can We Wipe Out the Crime of War?. n.d.
1552 - Africa--Its Place in Modern History. n.d.
1556 - How the Sun's Rays Will Give You Health and Beauty (3). n.d.
1559 - Can We Change Human Nature?. n.d.
1562 - How To Live Long (3). n.d.
1563 - The Marvels and Oddities of Sunlight (2). 1930
1565 - The Danger of Catholicism to the Public Schools. n.d.
1571 - Should Church Property Be Tax Exempt?. 1931
1572 - How America Was Forced Into the World War. n.d.
1578 - Was President Harding Murdered?. n.d.
1581 - Environment vs. Heredity (2). n.d.
1582 - A Liberal View of Divorce. n.d.
1584 - The Crisis that Threatens the Church. 1931
1588 - Debunking the Myth of Calvin Coolidge. 1931
1592 - A History of Gambling. n.d.
1614 - How to Improve Yourself Intellectually. n.d.
1616 - How to Improve Yourself Physically. n.d.
1634 - The Dance of Death. n.d.
1658 - The Handbook of Swindling. 1839 (original publication date)
1683 - My Life at the U.S. Naval Academy (2). n.d.
1724 - The Next World War: How it is Being Prepared. n.d.
1725 - The Story of Tammany Hall. 1932
1726 - How to Think Creatively. n.d.
1733 - The Blood of Martyrs. 1933
1739 - Hints on Developing Personality. n.d.
1748 - Scientific Crime Detection. n.d.
1751 - Methods of Criminals. 1945
1758 - Is Adolf Hitler a Maniac?. n.d.
1775 - How Christianity Grew Out of Paganism. 1943
1778 - The Middle Ages. 1943
1790 - Sham Fighting About Matter and Spirit. 1943
1817 - How to Understand Mental Deficiency. 1943
1845 - Little Blue Books Catalogue
1846 - Belle Starr, The Bandit Queen. 1946

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"Little Blue Books," Haldeman-Julius Company 1919-1946

"Little Blue Books," Haldeman-Julius Company
1919-1946