Reminiscences of Phyllis Cerf Wagner, 1978
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- Name
- Fraser, Phyllis, 1911-2006 (Interviewee)
- Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Barbaralee (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of Phyllis Cerf Wagner, 1978
- Abstract
- Childhood, 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, oth er 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
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Women journalists; Journalists; Book industries and trade; Journalism; Motion picture industry; Local transit--New York (State); New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs; Fraser, Phyllis, 1911-2006; Cerf, Bennett, 1898-1971; Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1910-1991
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Note (Biographical)
- Journalist; interviewee married (1) Bennett Cerf; (2) Robert F. Wagner
- Note
- Interviewed by Barbaralee Diamondstein
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 15308526
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ybst-hz52
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.