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Reminiscences of Emerson Lee Brown : oral history, 1956

Creator: Brown, Emerson Lee, 1901-
Project: McGraw-Hill project.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript 17 pages
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Publishing executive

Scope and Contents

McGraw-Hill's School Department: comparison with other publishers, titles published during 1950s, editorial advisers and consultants, traveling sales force, regional differences in sales, reading levels, planning publications, cooperation with other departments, advantages of across the board selling, role of the Text-Film Department, competition, new talent

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