Name
Gallup, George, 1901-1984 (Interviewee)
Rounds, Frank (Interviewer)
Title
Reminiscences of George Horace Gallup, 1962
Abstract
Family background and education; early newspaper readership surveys; journalism teaching 1929-1932; principles of effective advertising; magazine publishing: LITERARY DIGEST, READER'S DIGEST, SATURDAY EVENING POST, LOOK, etc.; postcard polling; Gallup polls from 1933; impressions of Gardner Cowles, Jr., Raymond Rubicam, Douglas Southall Freeman
Collection Name
Individual interviews oral history collection
Subjects
Statisticians; Readership surveys; Public opinion polls; Journalism; Periodicals--Publishing; Demographic surveys; Gallup, George, 1901-1984
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1962
Physical Description
158 pages
Note (Biographical)
Public opinion statistician, pollster
Note
Interviewed by Frank Rounds
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
15198925
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-1h2v-fj52
Related URLs
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