Reminiscences of Andrew Heiskell, 1987
- Name
- Heiskell, Andrew, 1915-2003 (Interviewee)
- Holland, Jessica (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of Andrew Heiskell, 1987
- Abstract
- Childhood and education in France; LIFE magazine: history, management, coverage of World War II, church and state involvement, censorship, union relations, coverage of Vietnam war, entry into book market, decline; Time Inc.: involvement with memoirs, diversification into cable television, forest products, film, real estate and computer ventures, acquisition of Washington STAR, launch of PEOPLE maga zine; head of Urban America, 1967; involvement with Harvard University and Bennington College; chairman of New York Public Library, 1978; chair of President's Committee on Arts and Humanities, 1981; Vivian Beaumont Theatre board member, 1984; reconstruction of Bryant Park; impressions of Henry Luce III, John Billings, Hedley Donovan, Roy Larsen, James Shepley
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Publishers and publishing; Periodicals--Publishing; Book industries and trade; Federal aid to the arts; Diversification in industry; Recreation areas--New York (State); Heiskell, Andrew, 1915-2003; Time; Harvard University; Bennington College; New York Public Library
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1987
- Physical Description
- 824 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Magazine executive
- Note
- Interviewed by Jessica Holland between December 2, 1986 and March 13, 1987
- This interview is featured in Columbia University Libraries’ Notable New Yorkers website. Notable New Yorkers was a project of Columbia University Libraries Digital Program. The original website was developed by Columbia University Digital Knowledge V entures and published in 2006
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 15686719
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/b3bz-2w62
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.