Harper's Magazine
Magazine History
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1850, June:
First issue of Harper's Magazine published by Harper & Brothers of New York as a compendium of periodical articles and serialized fiction -
1850 -1856 :Henry J. Raymond, editor -
1856 -1869 :Alfred H. Guernsey, editor -
1869 -1919 :Henry Mills Alden, editor -
1919 -1931 :Thomas B. Wells, editor -
1931 -1941 :Lee Foster Hartman, editor -
1941 -1953 :Frederick Lewis Allen, editor -
1953 -1967 :John Fischer, editor -
1962:
Merger of Harper & Brothers with Row, Peterson, & Co. to create Harper & Row -
1965:
Magazine purchased by Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company -
1967 -1971 :Willie Morris, editor -
1971 -1975 :Robert Shnayerson, editor -
1975 -1981 :Lewis Lapham, editor -
1980:
Magazine sold to the John D. and Catharine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Atlantic Richfield Foundation to be run as an independent nonprofit enterprise -
1982:
Harper's Magazine Foundation established -
1982 -1983 :Michael Kinsley, editor -
1983 -: Lewis Lapham, editor
From the guide to the Harper's Magazine Records, 1847-1983, (bulk 1940-1983), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
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