| Title: |
Reminiscences of Gerard Piel
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A125
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Family background, childhood; education at Andover and Harvard, A.B. 1937; LIFE magazine science editor 1938-1944; Henry Kaiser and American industry during and after World War II, assistant to Kaiser, 1945-1946; SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: purchase 1946, development, financing, advertising, special issues, circulation, subsidiary publications, anecdotes about staff, articles and scientists who wrote for magazine; views on nuclear arms and government control of scientific knowledge.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 533 leaves, Tape: 10 reels
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Written permission required from interviewee. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1982 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Piel, Gerard
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker occupation: |
Editor; Publisher
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| Document date: |
1982
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| Interviewer: |
Jessup, Frederick Peterson
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Periodicals--Publishing; Publishers and publishing; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Educational publishing; Kaiser, Henry J., 1882-; Piel, Gerard; Science publishing; World War, 1939-1945--Supplies
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017104-12547
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