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Reminiscences of William Andrew Swanberg : oral history, 1981.

Creator: Swanberg, W. A. 1907-1992.
Project: Individual interviews oral history collection.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript 99 leaves. Tape 3 cassettes.
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Author, biographer.

Scope and Contents

Family's Scandinavian background; University of Minnesota, B.A., 1930; impact of the Depression: experiences with unemployment, menial work, delayed marriage; early writing and editorial assignments; Office of War Information, London, 1944: American propaganda magazines; research and writing of biographies; comparison of Henry Luce and William Randolph Hearst.

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