Background
Curtis, John Jay was born on January 21, 1857 in near Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Hiram King and Harriet Elizabeth (Little) Curtis.
Curtis, John Jay was born on January 21, 1857 in near Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Hiram King and Harriet Elizabeth (Little) Curtis.
Graduate North Western Christian (now Butler) University, 1873.
Began with Bowen; Stewart & Company (now Bobbs-Merrill & Company), book publications, Indianapolis, 1873, successively manager retail department, secretary and vice-president, established New York office, 1898, Hollywood office, 1920, president, since 1926.
Mason. Known as “dean of modern book advertising”.
Married Bertha Justine Loeper, April.