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Oral history interview with Roger W. Straus, Jr., 1979.

Creator: Straus, Roger W. 1917-2004
Project: Individual interviews oral history collection.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript 1,173 pages Sound recording 13 reels
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

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Scope and Contents

Family background; Hamilton College, 1935-1936; journalism, University of Missouri, 1940; WHITE PLAINS REPORTER; CURRENT HISTORY AND FORUM; Book Ideas, Inc.; Navy public relations, World War II; Guggenheim family experiences; establishment of Farrar and Straus, 1946; acquisition of Creative Age Press, 1950, other acquisitions; partnerships and contributions of Stanley Young, Sheila Cudahy; Robert Giroux becomes partner, 1955; consolidation as literary publishing house, purchase of Noonday Press, 1960. Impressions of many authors, editors, publishers, including Ernie Pyle, Theodor Reik, Evelyn and Alec Waugh, Charles Jackson, Colette, Malachi Martin, Marguerite Yourcenar, Nelson Algren, Mary McCarthy, T.S. Eliot, Bernard Malamud, Isaac Bashevis Singer

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