| Title: |
Reminiscences of Marshall Ayres Best
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A17
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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, education; founding of Viking Press, 1925; ULYSSES incident; impressions of Viking authors; Literary Guild, Book-of-the-Month Club; Viking PORTABLE LIBRARY; juvenile book publishing; wartime publishing; Armed Services Editions; American vs. English editing; work with Ben W. Huebsch, Thomas Guinzburg.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 239 leaves, Tape: 5 reels, Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. 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 1976 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Best, Marshall Ayres, 1901-1982
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1901
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| Speaker occupation: |
Publisher
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| Age at speaking: |
75
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| Document date: |
1976
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| Interviewer: |
Sheaffer, Louis
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Authors; Book industries and trade; Publishers and publishing
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Best, Marshall Ayres, 1901-1982; Book-of-the-Month Club; Joyce, James, 1882-1941; Literary Guild of America; Ulysses; Viking Press
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017665-13108
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