Reminiscences of Edward E. Booher : oral history, 1956

Biographical Note

Publisher

Scope and Contents

School Department at McGraw-Hill, five-year program 1947, relationship with College Department, finances from 1930 to 1950, quality of personnel, acquisition of Harper's list, 1952, potential market; agricultural publishing; educational film, film-book series; experience as college traveler; Gregg merger: Gregg staff, sales volume, financial success 1949, type-writing publications, bookkeeping program, revision of business English, business mathematics, office management programs, Gregg magazines, stationery, schools; Gregg College in Chicago, Gregg Schools in England, Gregg hold on South American market; establishment of Technical and Business Education Dept., 1941; technical training manuals during World War II; engineering training in United States, 1931 to postwar period; correspondence courses, authors in technical education field

Subjects

• Booher, Edward E., 1911-
• Business literature--Publishing.
• Educational publishing.
• Executives--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• McGraw-Hill, inc.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Phillips, Harlan B., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Publishers and publishing--Interviews.