| Title: |
Reminiscences of Allan Ullman
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A129
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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: |
Book salesman 1931-1934 at Alfred A. Knopf and Company; promotion and publicity at Random House, 1946-1953; assistant vice president, Book-of-the-Month Club, 1953-1964: advertising campaigns, effect on book sales; Director of Publications, New York TIMES, 1964-1975: publishing and marketing; history and effect of book clubs, literary agents, paperbacks; opposition to computerized publishing and corporate takeovers of publishing firms.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 162 leaves, Tape: 2 cassettes
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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 1979 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Ullman, Allan, 1908-1982
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1908
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| Speaker occupation: |
Publisher
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| Age at speaking: |
71
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| Document date: |
1979
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| Interviewer: |
Dobkin, Marjorie Housepian, 1923-
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| Organizations discussed: |
New York Times, New York, NY
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| Locations discussed: |
New York; New York, NY; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Advertising; Book industries and trade; New York; New York Times, New York, NY; New York, NY; North America; Oral history; Publishers and publishing; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Alfred A Knopf, Inc; Book clubs; Book-of-the-Month Club; Random House; Ullman, Allan, 1908-1982
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0019122-14565
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