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Creator
New York Times Company
Call number
MssCol 17810
Physical description
5.75 linear feet (14 boxes)
Preferred Citation

New York Times Company records. Oral History files, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.

Repository
Manuscripts and Archives Division
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The New York Times Company records. Oral History files consist of transcripts of oral histories conducted with staff members from The New York Times, accompanying documents such as biographical articles, and a name and subject file. The collection is arranged in three series and spans the years 1948 to 1986.

Biographical/historical information

The New York Times was founded in 1851 in New York City by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones and was later owned by the Ochs and Sulzberger families. Chester M. Lewis, the director of the archives and the oral history program began interviewing staff members in 1969. In subsequent years, Frank Bailsinson, a city editor, along with Hal Faber and David Dempsey conducted the interviews. After a brief period during which interviewing had halted, Susan Dryfoos, a member of the Sulzberger family and the director of the New York Times History Project, started conducting oral histories with herself as the interviewer.

Scope and arrangement

The New York Times Company records. Oral History files consist of transcripts of oral histories conducted with individuals who were associated with The New York Times, such as Sulzberger family members, reporters, editors, secretaries, and other workers. Some folders also contain accompanying documentation, for example background information about the individuals interviewed or articles written about them.

Series I contains transcripts of oral histories conducted by Frank Bailinson, Hal Faber, and David Dempsey and is arranged alphabetically by the interviewees' last name.

Series II is composed of transcripts of oral histories concerning the newspaper business and journalism. Interviews conducted in the 1980s were done by Susan Dryfoos. This series is arranged alphabetically by corporate name or topic.

A name and subject index card file is held in the last series. The cards have "see" and "see also" references.

The New York Times Company records. Oral History files are arranged in three series:

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

The New York Times Company

Processing information

Compiled by Leslie Reyman.

Folders sorted alphabetically. Some re-foldering done on over-stuffed folders.

Related Material

Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger Papers. Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. The New York Times Company Records. Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.

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

Conditions Governing Use

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