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Reminiscences of George M. MacMurray : oral history, 1954

Creator: MacMurray, George M., 1881-1961
Project: McGraw-Hill project.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript 23 pages
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Scope and Contents

Recollections of very early days of McGraw Publishing Company when it was known as The Street Railway Publishing Company, work as an office boy; engineering courses at School of Science and Technology at Pratt Institute, business courses at New York University; general editorial issues; financial panic of 1907; ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW'S journalistic achievements; purchase of SUCCESS magazine; growth of city bus systems and start of BUS TRANSPORTATION

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