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Weber & Field	The music hall production and publishing firm of Weber & Field flourished in the 1890s, after which its publishing list was purchased by M. Witmark & Sons. See the FOB entry for M. Witmark & Sons, which indicates that the firm is now part of Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. See the history pages of www.warnerchappell.com.	2007
Wee Books for Wee Folks	The children's publishing house called Wee Books for Wee Folks was purchased by Platt and Munk from the Henry Altemus Company in 1926. Platt and Munk was acquired by Grosset & Dunlap in 1977. In 1982 Grosset & Dunlap was purchased by G. P. Putnam's Sons (of the Putnam Berkley Group). Putnam Berkley was bought by Penguin in 1997, and is part of the Pearson Group. See www.pearson.com; the company history pages of us.penguingroup.com; and 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 289.	2008
William S. Damrell	The publishing firm of Ford and Damrell was founded in Boston in 1833 by John Ford and William S. Damrell. In 1835 the partners separated and Damrell ran his own firm. From 1837 to 1848 the firm traded as Whipple and Damrell, before reverting to William S. Damrell and occasionally Damrell and Moore. The firm went out of business in 1861. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 113.	2009

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