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Reminiscences of Harry W. Waddell : oral history, 1964

Creator:	Waddell, Harry W., 1911-
Project:	McGraw-Hill project. (see all project interviews)
Phys. Desc. :	Transcript 30 pages
Location:	Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Publishing executive

Scope and Contents

Overview of McGraw-Hill operations 1956-1964: sales, mergers, atmosphere, recruitment practices, personnel training, physical and geographical expansion

Subjects

Book industries and trade.
Bruns, Scott, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
Business literature--Publishing.
Consolidation and merger of corporations.
Interviews.
McGraw-Hill, inc.
Oral histories (literary works)
Periodicals--Publishing.
Publishers and publishing--Interviews.
Sales management.
Waddell, Harry W., 1911-

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