| Title: |
Reminiscences of Phyllis Cerf Wagner
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A1
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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, Missouri and Oklahoma; Hollywood, 1930s; writing for movie magazines; move to New York, N.Y., 1939; advertising and daytime serial writing for radio; marriage to Bennett Cerf, 1940; columnist for NEWSDAY, 1947-58; support for Hollywood Ten; development of Beginner Books; Aesthetics Committee, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 1978: program for improving subway stations, funding, other agencies involved, problems of graffitti and vandalism, concessionaires; sale of Random House; Christopher and Jonathan Cerf; illness and death of Bennett Cerf, 1971; meeting, courtship and marriage to Robert Wagner. Impressions of Truman Capote, John O'Hara, Alicia Patterson, Ayn Rand, Ginger and Lela Rogers, Harry Scherman, Frank Sinatra.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 546 leaves, Tape: 5 reels and 8 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 1978 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Wagner, Phyllis Cerf, 1916-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1916
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| Speaker occupation: |
Journalist
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| Age at speaking: |
62
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| Document date: |
1978
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| Interviewer: |
Diamonstein, Barbaralee
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| Locations discussed: |
New York; New York, NY; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Book industries and trade; Journalism; Journalists; Motion picture industry; New York; New York, NY; North America; United States; Women journalists
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Cerf, Bennett Alfred, 1898-1971; New York (NY)--Social life and customs; New York (NY)--Transit systems; Wagner, Phyllis Cerf, 1916-; Wagner, Robert Ferdinand, 1910-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0019677-15120
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