Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Mary Bass Gibson, 1975.
Creator: | Gibson, Mary Bass | Project: | Individual interviews oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 549 pages Sound recording 5 reels Sound recording 7 audiocassettes Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteEditor: interviewee married A. Chauncey Newlin
Scope and ContentsFamily background, childhood in Mexico, college life, publicity work; marriages, motherhood and career; LADIES HOME JOURNAL, 1939-1962: work with Bruce and Beatrice Gould, editorial policies, philosophy, "How America Lives" series, "What the Women of America Think" polls, Kinsey report; World War II coverage and feature articles; plotting readership appeal; advertising, magazine rivalry, 1955-65; financial crisis, Curtis Publishing Co.; SEVENTEEN magazine book editing; lecture series; FAMILY CIRCLE "Careers at Home" series; MacDowell Colony
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