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- Taylor, Henry J. (Henry Junior), 1902-1984
- Call number
- *T-Mss 2000-033
- Physical description
- .21 linear feet. (1 box)
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- Your land and mine radio talks, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library
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- Billy Rose Theatre Division
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Henry J. Taylor was an economist, journalist, columnist, author, and ambassador. Born in Chicago in 1902, later a resident of Virginia, Henry J. Taylor began his career as a journalist and columnist. His articles describing his world travels during the two decades between the First and Second World Wars were collected in his first book, TIME RUNS OUT (1942). Mr. Taylor's other books included MEN IN MOTION (1943), MEN AND POWER (1946), AN AMERICAN SPEAKS HIS MIND (1957), a novel, THE BIG MAN (1964), and another collection of essays, MEN AND MOMENTS (1966). Mr. Taylor was U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1957-60, during Pres. Eisenhower's second term. Henry J. Taylor died in 1984. Consists of thirty radio talks by Henry J. Taylor, from his weekly program YOUR LAND AND MINE, from the period May 9, 1949 to March 20, 1950. The scripts are numbered #333 to 377, but lack nos. 334, 340-4, 348-9, 351-2, 364, 374-6. The program was sponsored by General Motors, and that organization is frequently mentioned in talks on economic themes, such as taxation. Other prominent topics include Communist subversion of the U.S. government, the concurrent Alger Hiss case, and international affairs, especially concerning the Soviet Union, China, and Europe.
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Billy Rose Theatre DivisionNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor