| Title: |
Reminiscences of Thomas H. Guinzburg
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A118
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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: |
Boarding schools; Marine Corps, World War II; Yale, 1946-50, staff of Yale DAILY NEWS; managing editor, PARIS REVIEW, 1952-53; father's career and founding of Viking Press; work at Viking, 1953-78, as president 1962-78: royalties, book awards, competition with other publishers, best sellers, purchase of Viking Press by Penguin Books 1975, corporate relations, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' work at Viking 1975-77; dismissal, 1978, future plans; reminiscences of his father Harold K. Guinzburg, William F. Buckley, Jr., John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Marshall Best, the Kennedy family and many Viking editors, employees, executives and authors.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 612 leaves, Tape: 6 reels
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open except for certain pages. 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 1980 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Guinzburg, Thomas H., 1926-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1926
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| Speaker occupation: |
Publisher
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| Age at speaking: |
54
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| Document date: |
1980
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| Interviewer: |
Sheaffer, Louis
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Book industries and trade; Consolidation and merger of corporations; Publishers and publishing
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Books and reading; Books--Best sellers; Guinzburg, Thomas H., 1926-; Viking Press
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0019004-14447
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