Helen Gurley Brown Papers 1938-2001 [ongoing] 1961-1990

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Helen Gurley Brown Papers 1938-2001 [ongoing] 1961-1990

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Editor of magazine, advertising copywriter, journalist, and author. The bulk of the material provides a comprehensive picture of Brown's intertwined personal and professional lives. Materials include speeches and scripts; writings; audiovisual material; and memorabilia, as well as records from . A large selection of photographs include images of celebrity friends. There is extensive correspondence from celebrities, publishers, fans, and others. Correspondents include Edward Koch, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, and Barbara Walters. Cosmopolitan Cosmopolitan

47 boxes; (22.5 linear ft.)

eng,

Sophia Smith Collection

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Cosmopolitan Magazine

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Hearst Books (Firm)

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Historical note The Los Angeles Examiner was founded in December 1903 by William Randolph Hearst. A morning paper, it printed its last issue on January 7, 1962. The paper closed at the same time as the Times-Mirror afternoon paper the Los Angeles Mirror . These closures left the Los Angeles Times as the only significant morning newspaper in Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Evening Herald & Express, another Hearst paper, as the only signifi...

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Brown, Helen Gurley

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Helen Gurley Brown at a book signing, 1963 Author and magazine editor Helen Gurley Brown was born in Green Forest, Arkansas on 18 February 1922 to Ira and Cleo (Sisco) Gurley, both schoolteachers. Though the family was poor, Cleo quit teaching to rear her two daughters. In Helen's early childhood, the Gurleys moved to Little Rock when Ira was elected to the state legislature. He was killed in an elevator accident when Helen was ten. Cleo struggled to support her childre...