| Title: |
Reminiscences of Ben W. Huebsch
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A57
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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: |
New York, N.Y. in the 1890s; schooling; apprenticeship with a lithographer; work as a printer; early ventures in publishing; Gelett Burgess; Francis Hackett; first US publication of Sherwood Anderson and James Joyce; friendship with Joyce, Franz Werfel, Stefan Zweig; editing and publishing THE FREEMAN; correspondence with D.H. Lawrence, 1916-23; Henry Ford Peace Expedition, 1915-16; genesis of Viking Press; H.G. Wells; Hendrik Willem Van Loon; origins of American Civil Liberties Union; correspondence with John Quinn on Joyce and others; letters from H.L. Mencken; general comments on book publishing.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 492 leaves, Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1972. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part I, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1955 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Huebsch, Ben W., 1876-1964
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1876
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| Speaker occupation: |
Publisher
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| Age at speaking: |
79
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| Document date: |
1955
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| Interviewer: |
Starr, Louis Morris, 1917-1980
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| Organizations discussed: |
American Civil Liberties Union, 1920-
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
American Civil Liberties Union, 1920-; Book industries and trade; Publishers and publishing
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Huebsch, Ben W., 1876-1964; Viking Press
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0020133-15575
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