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| Genre/Form: | Oral histories Interviews |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Bennett Cerf; Donald Klopfer; Sylvia Sidney |
| Material Type: | Manuscript |
| Document Type: | Book, Archival Material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Bennett Cerf; Robbin Hawkins |
| OCLC Number: | 309731083 |
| Notes: | Interviewed by Robbin Hawkins. |
| Description: | Transcript: 1,029 leaves. Tape: 16 reels. |
Abstract:
Childhood and education in New York City; Columbia College; SPECTATOR, JESTER; journalism; Wall Street; Boni & Liveright; purchase of Modern Library; partnership with Donald Klopfer; travels and meetings with European authors; marriage to Sylvia Sidney; trip to Russia; building up Random House; contacts with authors, editors, other publishers; marriage to Phyllis Fraser; World War II publishing; TRY AND STOP ME and later books; magazine columns, radio programs, lecture tours; paperbacks, reprints, Bantam books, "What's My Line?"; role of an editor in a publishing house; dictionary and its promotion; purchase of other publishing houses; Singer, Knopf; stock issue, going public, 1959; purchase by Radio Corporation of America, 1965; educational developments, teaching machines; juvenile lists; spurt of growth in all publishing after World War II; purchase of Pantheon; foreign contacts; Peabody Awards Committee; director of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Miss America pageant; Famous Writers School; many anecdotes about well known personalities in literary and entertainment fields.
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- Cerf, Bennett, -- 1898-1971.
- Klopfer, Donald.
- Sidney, Sylvia.
- Random House (Firm)
- Authors -- Interviews.
- Publishers and publishing -- Interviews.
- Consolidation and merger of corporations.
- Authors and publishers.
- Book trade and industry.
- American literature -- 20th century.
- Popular culture.
