Nelson Doubleday was a U.S. book publisher. He was the nephew of author Russell Doubleday

Russell Doubleday

Russell Doubleday was an American author, editor and publisher, the brother of Frank Nelson Doubleday and son of William Edwards Doubleday and Ellen Maria "Ella" Dickinson....

, the son of Frank Nelson Doubleday

Frank Nelson Doubleday

Frank Nelson Doubleday , known to friends and family as “Effendi”, was a famous U.S. publisher. His most significant achievement was as founder of the eponymous Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897.-Biography:...

 and Neltje Blanchan

Neltje Blanchan

Neltje Blanchan De Graff Doubleday was a United States scientific historian and nature writer who wrote books on gardening and birds under the pen name Neltje Blanchan...

, and the father of Nelson Doubleday Jr.

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature...

, a friend of Doubleday's father, wrote his Just So Stories

Just So Stories

The Just So Stories for Little Children were written by British author Rudyard Kipling. They are highly fantasised origin stories and are among Kipling's best known works.-Description:...

after young Doubleday asked him to publish a book of animal stories.

Doubleday established his own business in 1910 and used the profits to publish books under his own imprint. After serving in World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

, he joined his father's firm, Doubleday, Page and Company, as a junior partner. After the firm merged with Doran Company, and upon his father's death in 1934, he became chairman of the board of Doubleday, Doran Company, Incorporated. He remained chairman of the firm (later Doubleday and Company) until his death in 1949.

His widow, Ellen Doubleday (1899-1978), left her collection of Doubleday business and personal documents to Princeton University

Princeton University

Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....

. The Ellen McCarter Doubleday Papers, circa 1930s-1978 contain business and social correspondence, documents by and from Doubleday authors, personal and family letters, and issues related to Doubleday estates.