C. P. Byrd Explained

Charles Pinckney Byrd (c. 1857 – November 1935)[1] was a printing company proprietor in Atlanta, Georgia.[2] He established his printing company in 1897.[3] The business was a partnership for a time known as Byrd & Pattillo.[4] [2] Byrd incorporated Byrd Publishing Company and later, seeking to do textbook business, reincorporated as Byrd Printing Company.[5]

He was a native of Cuthbert, Georgia.[1] He married twice, first to Pearl Bryan in 1880 whom he divorced in 1894, then to Cora Lyon in 1896. He lived at 109 East North Avenue.[2]

History

C. P. Byrd operated the Byrd Publishing Company in Atlanta, Georgia. From about 1909 - 1915, C. P. Byrd was State Printer.[6] [7] In 1927, The Byrd Publishing Company, C. P. Byrd president, advertised school and college textbooks and "literary productions of all kinds" on its letterhead. Its office was at 506-507 Norris Building.[8] It was on Peachtree Street.[9]

Byrd published proceedings from encampments of the Grand Army of the Republic.[10]

In 1916 Byrd sued for an injunction against another printing company that was awarded the state printing job. He alleged that state officials were stockholders and that the company did not meet the criteria for state printer.[11]

Byrd married Pearl Bryan, daughter of Mary E. Bryan, in 1880. Mary stayed with him and launched The Old Homestead publication until she became afflicted with typhoid and moved to Florida for relief. He took over the publication while she pledged to continue as a writer for it. Charles and Pearl divorced in 1894.[12]

He was on the Executive Committee of the Georgia Printers' Association.[13] He served as president when it was known as Typothetae.[14]

He purchased several presses.[15] For $250,000, he acquired property at Peachtree and Kimball streets for a 10-story hotel.[16]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. News: 1935-11-06 . Charles P. Byrd, Publisher, Dies . 1, 4 . The Atlanta Constitution . 2023-12-14.
  2. Book: Howell, Clark . History of Georgia . 1926 . S.J. Clarke Publishing Company . 978-0-598-46489-7 . 276–277 . en.
  3. Web site: The American Stationer. December 14, 1897. Howard Lockwood. Google Books.
  4. Web site: Reports of the U.S. Board of Tax Appeals. United States Board of Tax. Appeals. December 14, 1930. U.S. Government Printing Office. Google Books.
  5. Web site: Bookbinding & Book Production . 1927 .
  6. Web site: The Confederate records of the state of Georgia, by Allen D. Candler et al. | The Online Books Page. onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
  7. Web site: Annual Report of the Comptroller-General and Insurance Commissioner, State of Georgia for the Fiscal Years .... Georgia Comptroller General's. Office. December 14, 1914. The Office. Google Books.
  8. Web site: The Byrd Publishing Co., [C.P. Byrd, President], 1927 (Atlanta, Georgia) [ANS correspondence, ca. 1908-1931]]. Internet Archive.
  9. Book: Craig, Robert Michael. The Architecture of Francis Palmer Smith, Atlanta's Scholar-architect. December 14, 2012. University of Georgia Press. 9780820328980 . Google Books.
  10. Book: Sarris, Jonathan Dean. A Separate Civil War: Communities in Conflict in the Mountain South. October 5, 2012. University of Virginia Press. 9780813934211 . Google Books.
  11. Web site: Opinions of the Attorneys-General of the State of Georgia. Georgia Attorney-General's. Office. December 14, 1917. Franklin Printing and Publishing Company. Google Books.
  12. Book: Mary Edwards Bryan: Her Early Life and Works. Canter Brown. Jr. Larry Eugene. Rivers. October 28, 2015. University Press of Florida. 9780813055565 . Google Books.
  13. Web site: Bulletin. December 14, 1914. United Typothetae and Franklin Clubs of America. Google Books.
  14. Web site: American Printer and Bookmaker: Jan.-Feb. 1900. December 14, 1916. Moore Publishing Company. Google Books.
  15. Web site: The Southeastern Reporter . 1895 .
  16. Web site: Industrial Development and Manufacturers Record. December 14, 1920. Publications Division, Conway Research, Incorporated. Google Books.
  17. Web site: Early and Historic Freemasonry of Georgia, 1733/4-1800 . Clarke . William Bordley . 1924 .
  18. Web site: Black Heels on White Necks; Or A Fight for Supremacy. Ephie Augustus. Williams. December 14, 1889. C.P. Byrd, Printer. Google Books.
  19. Book: Indian Education in the American Colonies, 1607-1783. July 1, 2007. U of Nebraska Press. 978-0803233836 . Google Books.
  20. Web site: Scraps of song and southern scenes; a collection of humorous and pathetic poems and descriptive sketches of plantation life in the backwoods of Georgia.. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  21. Web site: Library of Southern Literature: Biographical dictionary of authors. Edwin Anderson. Alderman. Joel Chandler. Harris. Charles William. Kent. December 14, 1910. Martin & Hoyt Company. Google Books.
  22. Web site: A reverie of the early dawn .
  23. Web site: Life in Dixie during the war. 1861-1862-1863-1864-1865 .
  24. Web site: The Confederate records of the State of Georgia, 2. Digital Library of Georgia.
  25. Book: Leisure, Plantations, and the Making of a New South: The Sporting Plantations of the South Carolina Lowcountry and Red Hills Region, 1900–1940. Julia. Brock. Daniel. Vivian. October 1, 2015. Lexington Books. 9780739195796 . Google Books.
  26. Book: Ingram, Tammy. Dixie Highway: Road Building and the Making of the Modern South, 1900-1930. March 3, 2014. UNC Press Books. 9781469612997 . Google Books.

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