Chums (paper)

Chums
TypeWeekly paper (1892 – 1932)
Monthly (1932 – 1934)
Yearly[1]
Owner(s)Cassell & Company (1892–January 1927)
Amalgamated Press (February 1927 – 1941)
PublisherCassell and Company (1892–January 1927)
Amalgamated Press[1]
Editor1892 – 1893: Max Pemberton[2]

1893 – c. 1907: Ernest Foster
1907 – 1915: Ernest H. Robinson
1915 – 1918: F. Knowles Campling
1918 – 1920: A. Donnelly Aitken
1920 – 1924: Clarence Winchester
1924 – 1927: Arthur L. Hayward
1926 – 1932: Draycot M. Dell

1939 – 1940: W.B. Home-Gall
Founded1892 (1892)
Ceased publicationSeptember 1941 (1941-09)[1]
Sister newspapersModern Boy
Ranger
The front page from Chums for 28 August 1895.
A cover from the early 1930s, by Cecil Glossop

Chums was a boys' weekly newspaper started in 1892 by Cassell & Company and later, from 1927, published by Amalgamated Press. The publisher gathered the weekly paper into monthly and annual editions. The monthly versions were published on the 25th of the month, and up to November 1920 included all the content of the weekly editions. From then on, the monthly editions had all the story content of the weeklies, but left out the covers. This left a gap which was then filled by short stories, articles and even serials that were not included in the weekly edition.[2] The serial ceased publication in 1941.[1]

Chums was notably the sponsor of the Chums League, Chums Society of Stamp Collectors, Chums Scouts, the British Boy Scouts and the British Boys Naval Brigade/National Naval Cadets. Chums is one of the most highly sought-after boys' papers by collectors due to its distinctive and attractively illustrated red covers.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d John (2007-12-11). "CHUM: The 48 Annuals and the Storypapers". CollectingBooksandMagazines.com. CollectingBooksandMagazines.com. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  2. ^ a b c "Chums". British Juvenile Story Papers and Pocket Libraries Index. Retrieved 2020-04-18.