| Title: |
Reminiscences of Oscar Dystel
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A113
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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: |
American Entrepreneurs Project
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| Description: |
Family background; interest in Israel; childhood, education: New York University School of Commerce, Harvard Business School; business and political philosophy; early business experience: ESQUIRE subscriptions and publicity, CORONET editorship; World War II service with Office of War Information; postwar return to publishing: COLLIERS, FLAIR, PARENTS; leadership at Bantam Books: marketing successes, paperback revolution, changes in ownership, personal ties to company, sale to German firm Bertelsmann, conflict with Bertelsmann, resignation as chairman of Bantam; Oscar Dystel Fellowship at New York University; current experience in publishing and media: consulting, leveraged buy-outs, mergers and acquisitions; impressions of publishing today.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 292 leaves, Tape: 4 cassettes
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1986. 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 1985 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Dystel, Oscar, 1912-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1912
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| Speaker occupation: |
Publisher
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| Age at speaking: |
73
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| Document date: |
1985
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| Interviewer: |
Banks, Ann; Weyr, Tom
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| Organizations discussed: |
Bantam Books, New York, NY
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Bantam Books, New York, NY; Book industries and trade; Consolidation and merger of corporations; North America; Oral history; Paperbacks; Periodicals--Publishing; Publishers and publishing; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Dystel, Oscar, 1912-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018948-14391
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