Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Andrew Heiskell, 1987.
Creator: | Heiskell, Andrew, 1915-2003 | Project: | Individual interviews oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 824 pages Sound recording 31 audiocassettes Sound recording 1 reel | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteMagazine executive
Scope and ContentsChildhood and education in France; LIFE magazine: history, management, coverage of World War II, church and state involvement, censorship, union relations, coverage of Vietnam war, entry into book market, decline; Time Inc.: involvement with memoirs, diversification into cable television, forest products, film, real estate and computer ventures, acquisition of Washington STAR, launch of PEOPLE magazine; head of Urban America, 1967; involvement with Harvard University and Bennington College; chairman of New York Public Library, 1978; chair of President's Committee on Arts and Humanities, 1981; Vivian Beaumont Theatre board member, 1984; reconstruction of Bryant Park; impressions of Henry Luce III, John Billings, Hedley Donovan, Roy Larsen, James Shepley
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1990
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