| Title: |
Reminiscences of Alfred A. Knopf
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP89-A33
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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: |
Early life in New York, N.Y.; Columbia College; years with Doubleday, Page & Co. and Mitchell Kennerley; founding of own firm, 1915; notable early publications; Anthony Comstock and other book censors; H. L. Mencken, George Jean Nathan, and the AMERICAN MERCURY; book design; growth of the firm; vignettes of Charles A. Beard, Willa Cather, Clarence Day, Joseph Hergesheimer, Thomas Mann, Katherine Mansfield, and others.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 325 leaves
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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 1961 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1892
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| Speaker occupation: |
Publisher
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| Age at speaking: |
69
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| Document date: |
1961
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| Interviewer: |
Starr, Louis Morris, 1917-1980
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Book design; Book industries and trade; Censorship; Periodicals--Publishing; Publishers and publishing
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Alfred A Knopf, Inc; Doubleday, Page & Company; Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0020849-16290
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