| Title: |
Reminiscences of Mary Bass Gibson
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP89-A14
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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: |
Family background, childhood in Mexico, college life, publicity work; marriages, motherhood and career; LADIES HOME JOURNAL, 1939-1962: work with Bruce and Beatrice Gould, editorial policies, philosophy, "How America Lives" series, "What the Women of America Think" polls, Kinsey report; World War II coverage and feature articles; plotting readership appeal; advertising, magazine rivalry, 1955-65; financial crisis, Curtis Publishing Co.; SEVENTEEN magazine book editing; lecture series; FAMILY CIRCLE "Careers at Home" series; MacDowell Colony.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 549 leaves, Tape: 6 reels, 7 cassettes, Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history
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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 1975 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Gibson, Mary Bass, 1905-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1905
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| Speaker occupation: |
Editor
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| Age at speaking: |
70
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| Document date: |
1975
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| Interviewer: |
Diamonstein, Barbaralee
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Journalists; Magazine design; Periodicals--Publishing; Women journalists
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Gibosn, Mary Bass; Ladies Home Journal (magazine); Women's periodicals
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0020635-16077
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