Reminiscences of James Stacy Thompson : oral history, 1954

Biographical Note

Book publishing executive

Scope and Contents

Family background and childhood in Indiana; journalism in Wisconsin; McGraw-Hill Book Company from 1910; recollections of John A. Hill, James H. McGraw, Martin Foss, Edward G. Caldwell; merger of McGraw and Hill book companies; textbook publishing, international business

Subjects

• Book industries and trade.
• Educational publishing.
• Hill, John A., 1858-1912.
• Interviews.
• Journalism.
• McGraw, James H. (James Herbert), 1860-1948.
• McGraw-Hill, inc.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Phillips, Harlan B., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Publishers and publishing--Interviews.
• Textbooks--Publishing.
• Thompson, James S. (James Stacy), 1887-1966.