Reminiscences of Fred Herbert Colvin : oral history, 1954

Biographical Note

Publishing executive

Scope and Contents

Family background: father worked for company which advertised in AMERICAN MACHINIST; John A. Hill as editor of LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER; first editor of MACHINERY, 1894; recollections of John A. Hill; McGraw-Hill merger

Subjects

• Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert), 1867-1965.
• Consolidation and merger of corporations.
• Executives--Interviews.
• Hill, John A., 1858-1912.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Periodicals--Publishing.
• Phillips, Harlan B., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Publishers and publishing--Interviews.