Oral history interview with Roger W. Straus, Jr., 1979.

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Oral history interview with Roger W. Straus, Jr., 1979.

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Family background; Hamilton College, 1935-1936; journalism, University of Missouri, 1940; WHITE PLAINS REPORTER; CURRENT HISTORY AND FORUM; Book Ideas, Inc.; Navy public relations, World War II; Guggenheim family experiences; establishment of Farrar and Straus, 1946; acquisition of Creative Age Press, 1950, other acquisitions; partnerships and contributions of Stanley Young, Sheila Cudahy; Robert Giroux becomes partner, 1955; consolidation as literary publishing house, purchase of Noonday Press, 1960. Impressions of many authors, editors, publishers, including Ernie Pyle, Theodor Reik, Evelyn and Alec Waugh, Charles Jackson, Colette, Malachi Martin, Marguerite Yourcenar, Nelson Algren, Mary McCarthy, T.S. Eliot, Bernard Malamud, Isaac Bashevis Singer.

Transcript: 1173 leaves.Tape: 13 reels.

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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Publisher. From the description of Oral history interview with Roger W. Straus, Jr., 1979. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309738652 Epithet: of Farrar, Straus and Giroux British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001569.0x00022b ...