Reminiscences of William Andrew Swanberg : oral history, 1981.

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Reminiscences of William Andrew Swanberg : oral history, 1981.

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Family's Scandinavian background; University of Minnesota, B.A., 1930; impact of the Depression: experiences with unemployment, menial work, delayed marriage; early writing and editorial assignments; Office of War Information, London, 1944: American propaganda magazines; research and writing of biographies; comparison of Henry Luce and William Randolph Hearst.

Transcript: 99 leaves.Tape: 3 cassettes.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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