This post is one in a quarterly series in which the New-York Historical Society highlights the collections for which detailed finding aids were published over the prior three months. All collections receive at least a summary description in our catalog, Bobcat. But many collections have such depth or are simply so large or complex that…

In 1995, retired Time Inc. Corporate Editor Gil Rogin sent a memorandum to Time Inc. Ventures President Bob Miller, the head of magazine development, regarding his “weird fascination with a zine called Bust.” A zine is a homemade publication, and in 1995 was usually printed using a photocopier, meaning Bust would have room to grow with investment from a…

The March of Time radio newsreel, created by radio executive Fred Smith along with Time magazine circulation director Roy Larsen, debuted on March 6, 1931 on CBS Radio with Time Inc. as the main sponsor. The series dramatized the news and reenacted events from its inception through 1942 when it became a regular news program…

This post is one in a quarterly series in which the New-York Historical Society highlights the collections for which detailed finding aids were published over the prior three months. All collections receive at least a summary description in our catalog, Bobcat. But many collections have such depth or are simply so large or complex that…

This post is one in a quarterly series in which the New-York Historical Society highlights the collections for which detailed finding aids were published over the prior three months. All collections receive at least a summary description in our catalog, Bobcat. But many collections have such depth or are simply so large or complex that…

This post is the third in a quarterly series in which the New-York Historical Society highlights the collections for which detailed finding aids were published over the prior three months. All collections receive at least a summary description in our catalog, Bobcat. But many collections have such depth or are simply so large or complex…

This post is the second in a new quarterly series in which the New-York Historical Society highlights the collections for which detailed finding aids were published over the prior three months. All collections receive at least a summary description in our catalog, Bobcat. But many collections have such depth or are simply so large or…

Time Executive Editor J. Dana Tasker handled the retention or disposition of magazine cover art from around 1945 to 1953. While Time only acquired the first publication rights from the artists when commissioning a cover, Time frequently purchased and sent as a gift, or presented, the cover art to either the subject or a related…

In January 1976, Jesse Birnbaum, the European edition editor of Time, cabled Edward Jamieson, the magazine’s managing editor, about an unusual table he had received as a gift from French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing. The table’s gold-leaf legs supported a plain top, the edges of which were decorated with an “ornate series of nude figures…