| Title: |
Reminiscences of Donald Angus Cameron
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A40
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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 and education, rural Indiana; DePauw University, 1930; editor; Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1935-38, Little, Brown & Co., 1938-51; Massachusetts Progressive Party, Henry Wallace campaign, 1948; break with Little, Brown; appearances before Senate committees, House Un-American Activities Committee, establishment of private publishing house in Adirondacks, 1953; Cameron and Kahn, later Cameron Associates, Liberty Book Club; Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., senior editor, 1959; trip to Russia; anecdotes on publishing history, publishing and literary figures including Alfred McIntyre, Alfred and Blanche Knopf, Thomas Mann, C.S. Forester, Ogden Nash, Norman Mailer.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 640 leaves, Tape: 10 reels
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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 1977 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Cameron, Angus
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker occupation: |
Editor; Publisher
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| Document date: |
1977
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| Interviewer: |
Sheaffer, Louis
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Congress. House. Un-American Activities Committee
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Authors; Book industries and trade; National security--United States; North America; Publishers and publishing; U.S. Congress. House. Un-American Activities Committee; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Alfred A Knopf, Inc; Bobbs-Merrill Company; Book clubs; Cameron Associates; Cameron, Angus; Little, Brown and Company; Progressive Party (US : 1948- )
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018161-13604
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