learning predecessor benzinger rcl resources for christian living founded 1792 founder joseph charles benziger country of origin united states headquarters location cincinnati ohio publication types books nonfiction topics catholicism official website www.rclbenziger.com rcl benziger is a roman catholic book publishing house founded by joseph charles benziger in 1792 in einsiedeln switzerland . 1 it is currently based in cincinnati ohio and operates as a subsidiary of new mountain learning . contents 1 history 1.1 charles benziger 1.2 nicholas benziger 1.3 end of 19th century 1.4 expansion to the united states 1.5 20th and 21st century 2 references 3 external links history edit benziger brothers token . the company started as a catholic religious publisher . in 1833 benziger s sons charles and nicholas succeeded their father under the firm name of charles and nicholas benziger brothers . two years later in addition to their book publishing business they began the lithographing of religious pictures as well as the coloring of them by hand before the introduction of chromolithography . 1 charles benziger edit charles benziger b. 1799 d. 1873 a man with a good classical education devoted himself especially to the literary end of the business . in 1840 the einsiedler kalender was founded . the pilgrim a popular catholic periodical established at the same time lasted only ten years . charles also took an active part in public life and served as president of the swiss canton of schwyz . 1 nicholas benziger edit nicholas benziger home in new york nicholas benziger b. 1808 d. 1864 who took charge of the technical part of the business proved himself a pioneer introducing to the mountain village of einsiedeln a series of improved trades methods as they appeared from time to time in the great centres of europe and america . under his guidance the work of book binding which was formerly carried on in the family at home was systematized . in 1844 the old hand press was superseded by the first power press . stereotyping was introduced in 1846 ; in 1856 steel and copper printing ; and in 1858 electrotyping . 1 end of 19th century edit on the retirement of charles and nicholas benziger in 1860 the business was continued by three of charles sons charles martin and j.n. adelrich and three of nicholas sons nicholas adelrich and louis . under this third generation the different branches of the house were still further developed chromolithography and other modern printing methods being added . in 1867 the alte und neue welt the first illustrated popular catholic german magazine on a large scale was begun and then appeared a number of illustrated catholic family books and a series of school books including a bible history in twelve languages together with prayer books by well known authors . between 1880 and 1895 a fourth generation succeeded to the business and the firm name was changed to benziger and company . 1 expansion to the united states edit although benziger brothers had established offices in the united states in new york city in 1853 its development as a publishing house did not begin until 1860 when j.n. adelrich benziger and louis benziger took charge . in 1860 further offices were opened in cincinnati and in 1887 one in chicago . the publishing of english catholic books was vigorously undertaken and their catalogue covered the field of devotional educational and juvenile literature besides works of a theological character . benziger was not only a publishing house but also a liturgical supply factory . 2 3 the american firm of benziger brothers is now independent of the swiss house . the holy see conferred on the firm the title printers to the holy apostolic see in 1867 . 1 20th and 21st century edit in 1968 benziger was acquired by crowell collier macmillan later to become macmillan inc. and the following year its headquarters were moved to california . in 1971 it was merged with two other companies bruce publishing founded in milwaukee in the 1890s and glencoe press began in beverly hills in 1966 . in july 2007 the benziger name and product line was purchased from mcgraw hill by cfm publishing and merged with texas based catholic publisher rcl resources for christian living founded in 1964 by richard c. leach to form rcl benziger . 4 the new company is headquartered in cincinnati ohio as in the 19th century . references edit wikimedia commons has media related to rcl benziger . a b c d e f catholic encyclopedia joseph charles benzinger . newadvent.org . retrieved 2014 05 01 . https web.archive.org web 20120330150340 http ionascribe.blogspot.com 2010 04 benziger brothers.html . archived from the original on march 30 2012 . retrieved august 11 2011 . missing or empty title help catalogue of religious articles lithographs and engravings . . benziger brothers . from old catalog free download & streaming internet archive . archive.org . 2001 03 10 . retrieved 2014 05 01 . richard leach external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rcl benziger & oldid 738538288 categories book publishing companies of switzerlandchristian publishing companiescompanies established in 1792publishing companies established in the 1790shidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urlscommons category with local link different than on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 9 september 2016 at 15 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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