doi:10.7916/d8-ybst-hz52Reminiscences of Phyllis Cerf Wagner, 1978Fraser, Phyllis, 1911-2006oral historiessound recordingssound recording - nonmusicalWomen journalistsJournalistsBook industries and tradeJournalismMotion picture industryLocal transit--New York (State)New York (N.Y.) Social life and customsFraser, Phyllis, 1911-2006Cerf, Bennett, 1898-1971Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1910-1991Childhood, Missouri and Oklahoma; Hollywood, 1930s; writing for movie magazines; move to New York, N.Y., 1939; advertising and daytime serial writing for radio; marriage to Bennett Cerf, 1940; columnist for NEWSDAY, 1947-58; support for Hollywood Ten; development of Beginner Books; Aesthetics Committee, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 1978: program for improving subway stations, funding, other agencies involved, problems of graffitti and vandalism, concessionaires; sale of Random House; Christopher and Jonathan Cerf; illness and death of Bennett Cerf, 1971; meeting, courtship and marriage to Robert Wagner. Impressions of Truman Capote, John O'Hara, Alicia Patterson, Ayn Rand, Ginger and Lela Rogers, Harry Scherman, Frank Sinatra