doi:10.7916/d8-bnv1-3s40Oral history interview with Donald Angus Cameron, 1977Cameron, Angus (Donald Angus)oral historiesmixed materialPublishers and publishingInternal security--United StatesBook industries and tradeAuthors and publishersBook clubs (Discussion groups)Cameron, AngusBobbs-Merrill CompanyProgressive Party (U.S. : 1948)Little, Brown and CompanyAlfred A. Knopf, IncCameron AssociatesUnited States. CongressChildhood and education, rural Indiana; DePauw University, 1930; editor; Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1935-38, Little, Brown & Co., 1938-51; Massachusetts Progressive Party, Henry Wallace campaign, 1948; break with Little, Brown; appearances before Senate committees, House Un-American Activities Committee, establishment of private publishing house in Adirondacks, 1953; Cameron and Kahn, later Cameron Associates, Liberty Book Club; Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., senior editor, 1959; trip to Russia; anecdotes on publishing history, publishing and literary figures including Alfred McIntyre, Alfred and Blanche Knopf, Thomas Mann, C.S. Forester, Ogden Nash, Norman Mailer