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
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