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Creator
New York Times Company
Call number
MssCol 17807
Physical description
1.26 linear feet (3 boxes)
Preferred Citation

New York Times Company records. Armory H. Bradford papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library

Repository
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Access to materials
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Amory Bradford was a vice president and general manager of The New York Times during the 1950s and early 1960s. The bulk of the papers consist of his office diaries,1959-1963, and files concerning his lawsuit against the Times following his resignation in 1963.

Biographical/historical information

Amory Howe Bradford (1912-1998) was was a vice president and general manager of The New York Times during the 1950s and early 1960s. He joined the Times in 1947 as a special assistant to the publisher Arthur Hays Sulzberger, and over the next 16 years became an important member of management. Bradford allied himself with Orvil E. Dryfoos, who became publisher in 1961, and was expected by some to be his successor. As chairman of the New York City Publishers Association, Bradford became it's chief negotiator during the 1962-1963 the printers' union strike.

Two months after the strike, Dryfoos died, and Arthur Ochs Sulzberger was named president and publisher of the Times. Bradford resigned; issuing a statement saying he was "not in agreement with the proposed plan of reorganization".

When he became an executive of Scripps-Howard Newspapers in 1964, the Times found him in violation of its Incentive Compensation Plan and withheld stock awarded to him because he had joined a competitor. Bradford brought a lawsuit against the Times, but was unsuccessful.

Scope and arrangement

As with other collections from the New York Times Company Records, the Bradford papers are divided into two series: People and Subjects. While the papers contain various biographical and personal materials, including some correspondence, clippings, memos, and photographs, the bulk of the papers consist of his office diaries, 1959-1963, and files concerning his lawsuit against the Times. The office diaries provide a detailed accounts of his meetings and other daily activities. However, there are no diaries for for the period of the newspaper strike December 8, 1962- April 1, 1963.

The New York Times Company records. Amory H. Bradford papers are arranged in two series:

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

New York Times Company, 2007

Processing information

Compiled by Leslie Reyman.

Using the collection

Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328