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Reminiscences of Russell Anderson : oral history, 1956.

Creator: Anderson, Russell
Project: McGraw-Hill project.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript 47 pages
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Publishing executive

Scope and Contents

Education and early journalism, war reporting, Office of Naval Intelligence, BUSINESS WEEK; World News at McGraw-Hill; foreign correspondence; spy charges against McGraw-Hill Moscow correspondent; actions against McGraw-Hill correspondents in Czechoslovakia, Argentina, Colombia; development of Overseas Business Services from World News: training, selection, salaries, significance of foreign bureaus; photography for World News; treatment of stringers; AMERICAN LETTER newsletter; threats against McGraw-Hill correspondents in Latin America; AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE and its Spanish counterpart; advertising and selling publications abroad; readership in South America

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