| Title: |
Reminiscences of Sherman Phelps Platt, Jr.
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A155
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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: |
Childhood, education, Yale 1940; career progression in Dodd, Mead and Co.: production manager to president; history of Dodd, Mead; changes in publishing since World War I; advice to young writers; impressions of Winston Churchill, Agatha Christie, Roger Peterson, Frank H. Dodd.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 118 leaves, Tape: 5 cassettes, Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Closed. 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 1977 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Platt, Sherman Phelps, 1918-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1918
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| Speaker occupation: |
Publisher
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| Age at speaking: |
59
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| Document date: |
1977
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| Interviewer: |
Honig, Margot
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Book industries and trade; Publishers and publishing
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Dodd, Mead & Company; Platt, Sherman Phelps, 1918-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017441-12884
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