McClure's or McClure's Magazine was a popular United States illustrated monthly magazine at the turn of the 20th century, often compared to the longer-running The Atlantic Monthly. The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... This article is about the magazine as a published medium. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... The Atlantic Monthly (also known as The Atlantic) is an American literary/cultural magazine that was founded in November 1857. ...

Cover of January, 1901 issue of McClure's Magazine

Founded by S. S. McClure in June of 1893, the magazine featured political and literary content, and syndicated novels-in-progress a chapter at a time. In this way, McClure's published such writers as Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jack London, Herminie T. Kavanagh, Willa Cather, and Arthur Conan Doyle. Mark Twain also contributed frequently. Download high resolution version (660x948, 200 KB)This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons, a repository of free content hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. ... Download high resolution version (660x948, 200 KB)This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons, a repository of free content hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. ... S.S. McClure (1857-1944) Key figure in Muckraking Journalism. ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Rudyard Kipling, British author Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936) was a British author and poet, born in India. ... Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (November 13, 1850-December 3, 1894), was a novelist, poet, and travel writer. ... Jack London, probably born John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916), was an American author of over 50 books. ... Herminie T. Kavanagh (1876 - 1933) was an Irish writer, most known for her short stories. ... Willa Cather photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1936 Willa Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) is among the most eminent female American authors. ... Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle ( May 22, 1859 – July 7, 1930) is the British author most famously known for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction. ... Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous and popular American humorist, writer and lecturer. ...

The magazine is credited with giving birth to muckraking journalism. Ida Tarbell's series in 1902 exposing the monopoly abuses of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company, and Ray Stannard Baker's earlier look at the United States Steel Corporation focused the public eye on the conduct of corporations and helped shape the moral compass of the time. In American English, a muckraker is a journalist or an author who searches for and exposes scandals and abuses occurring in business and politics. ... Ida Tarbell Ida Minerva Tarbell (November 5, 1857 - January 6, 1944) was an American author and journalist, known as one of the leading muckrakers. ... Events January-April January 28 - The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie. ... 1917 painting by John Singer Sargent. ... Standard Oil was an oil refining organization founded by John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) and partners beginning in 1863. ... Ray Stannard Baker, (April 17, 1870-July 12, 1946), American journalist, and author, was born in Lansing, Michigan. ... The United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X), later named USX Corporation in 1991, then renamed the United States Steel Corporation again in 2001 when the shareholders of USX spun off the steelmaking assets of the company after its acquisition of Marathon Oil, was once the largest steel producer and largest...

The writing staff defected in 1906 over disputes with McClure, forming The American Magazine. McClure's Magazine immediately began to lose readers and went into debt. S. S. McClure was forced to sell the magazine in 1911 to creditors. It was eventually retooled into a women's magazine and ran in this format until the last issue in March 1929. 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A database query syntax error has occurred. ... For alternative meanings, see March (disambiguation). ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

External links

• The Staff Breakup of McClure's Magazine (http://tarbell.alleg.edu/mcpref.html)
• Advertisements in McClure's Magazine 1920s (http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG00/rekas/attic/main.htm)
• McClure's  (http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/v) magazines at Project Gutenberg, filed under Various