Oral history interview with Edith Maris 1983

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Name: Maris, Edith (Interviewee); Grossner, Isabel S (Interviewer)
Title: Oral history interview with Edith Maris 1983
Abstract: Education, University of California, 1928; early work with institutional advertising, own advertising agency, public relations with Mark Hopkins Hotel, photography studio; work at Science Research Associates (SRA): success in sales, introduction of multi-level testing, problems of prejudice in testing, management controversies; sale of SRA to International Business Machines; impressions of Lyle Spe ncer: personality, interest in education, as administrator, marriage, general attitudes toward women.
Collection Name: Spencer Foundation project
Subjects: Sales personnel; Sales management; Educational tests and measurements; Maris, Edith; Spencer, Lyle Manley, 1911-1968; Science Research Associates; International Business Machines Corporation
Format: oral histories; sound recordings
Genre: Interviews
Date: 1983
Note (Biographical): Sales executive.
Note: Interviewed by Isabel S. Grossner on September 7, 1983.; Digitzed from analog recordings: Original available in the Columbia Center for Oral History, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries
Note (Provenance): Edith Maris, Gift 1990
Language: English
Library Location: Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record: 13506859
Also In: Time-Based Media; Oral History Archives at Columbia
Persistent URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-276w-gc20
Related URLs: Available digital content for this interview.