| Title: |
Reminiscences of Andrew Heiskell
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP90-A17
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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 and education in France; LIFE magazine: history, management, coverage of World War II, church and state involvement, censorship, union relations, coverage of Vietnam war, entry into book market, decline; Time Inc.: involvement with memoirs, diversification into cable television, forest products, film, real estate and computer ventures, acquisition of Washington STAR, launch of PEOPLE magazine; head of Urban America, 1967; involvement with Harvard University and Bennington College; chairman of New York Public Library, 1978; chair of Presidents Committee on Arts and Humanities, 1981; Vivian Beaumont Theatre board member, 1984; reconstruction of Bryant Park; impressions of Henry Luce III, John Billings, Hedley Donovan, Roy Larsen, James Shepley.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 824 leaves, Tape: 31 cassettes
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Written permission required from interviewee. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1990. 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 1987 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Heiskell, Andrew, 1915- (1)
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1915
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| Speaker occupation: |
Magazine executive
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| Age at speaking: |
72
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| Document date: |
1987
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| Interviewer: |
Holland, Jessica
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| Organizations discussed: |
Bennington College, Bennington, VT; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Life Magazine; New York Public Library, New York, NY; Time, New York, NY, 1923-
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Bennington College, Bennington, VT; Book industries and trade; Federal aid to the arts; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Life Magazine; New York Public Library, New York, NY; Periodicals--Publishing; Publishers and publishing; Time, New York, NY, 1923-
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Diversification in industry; Heiskell, Andrew, 1915-; New York(NY)--Recreational facilities; PEOPLE (magazine)
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0021129-16568
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