Reminiscences of Mary Bass Gibson, 1975
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- Name
- Gibson, Mary Bass (Interviewee)
- Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Barbaralee (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of Mary Bass Gibson, 1975
- Abstract
- Family background, childhood in Mexico, college life, publicity work; marriages, motherhood and career; LADIES HOME JOURNAL, 1939-1962: work with Bruce and Beatrice Gould, editorial policies, philosophy, "How America Lives" series, "What the Women of America Think" polls, Kinsey report; World War II coverage and feature articles; plotting readership appeal; advertising, magazine rivalry, 1955-65; f inancial crisis, Curtis Publishing Co.; SEVENTEEN magazine book editing; lecture series; FAMILY CIRCLE "Careers at Home" series; MacDowell Colony
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Journalists; Women journalists; Periodicals--Publishing; Magazine design; Women's periodicals; Gibson, Mary Bass
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1975
- Note (Biographical)
- Editor: interviewee married A. Chauncey Newlin
- Note
- Interviewed by Barbaralee Diamonstein
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 15304454
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/je14-zc34
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.