Session 1, December 2, 1986

Early Life: Family, European Education 1–23

Youth in Europe 23–26

Family Return to United States, Harvard Business School 26–32

Employment 32–40

   Herald-Tribune 32–36, 38–40
   Life magazine, science and medicine editor 36–37


Session 2, January 20,1987

Life Magazine 41–67

   Location 42
   Science and medicine editor 42–44
   Photographers and editors 44–54
   Writers 54–55
   Work routine 55–61
   Henry Luce 57–59

Reflections on Work at Life Magazine 61–66

Time Inc., 1937–1940 67–69

Science and medicine editor 69–71

Internationalism and World war II 71–73

Assistant General Manager, Life, 1939 73–78

Paris, 1940 78–85


Session 3, January 23, 1987

Return to United States, Evacuation of Paris 86–92

Relations with Guild 92–96

World War II, Effect on Life Magazine 94–109

Postwar Reorganization of Life 109–15

Reorganization of Time, Inc., 1946 115–26

Cold War, China and Time Magazine, Hiss-Chambers 126–36

Deaths of Life staffers in World War II 136–37


Session 4, January 27,1987

Time Inc 138–48

   Retirement of Henry Luce 139
   Heiskell/Donovan years 139–48


Life Magazine, 1946–1972 151–65

   Circulation 149–53
   Decline of Life 152–72
   The Gallagher Report 158–59
   Postal-rate increases 159–61

Time Inc. Magazines, St. Francisvile 164–66

Revival of Life, New Magazines 167–71

1948 Election, Collaboration on Coverage with NBC 172–77

McCarthyism 177–85

Henry Luce and McCarthy 186–91

1949 Life Editorial Changeover 190–92

Winston Churchill Memoirs 196–200

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples 202


Session 5, January 28,1987

Life Books, Various Memoirs 203–19

Suicide of Edward Cerf 220–21

Henry Luce 221–65

   Family 221–22, 227–34
   Business and political associates 222–24, 235–39
   Philosophy of 239–44
   As world figure 244–46
   Political views and Time 245–53
   Rome 1953–1960 254–55
   Death of 257–59
   Anecdotes 259–65


Session 6, February 3, 1987

Time Inc. Management, 1937–1980 266–69

Heiskell as Chairman of Time Inc. 270–75

Luce Foundation 275–76

Editors, Board, New Ventures 277–83

Selection as CEO 279–86

Time Inc. Management and Structure 286–306

Retirement and Successors 310–16

Time Inc. Board of Directors 316–19


Session 7, February 4, 1987

Time Inc. Board of Directors (cont) 320–31

Approach by NBC 332–33

Time Inc. Board, Postal Hikes, Lawyers 333–36

Time Inc. Ownership 336–41

Time Inc. Overview 342–54

Films 354–62

Television and Cable 357–64

Time-Life Films 364–66

Time-Life Books, Little Brown 366–72

New York Location 370–74


Session 8, February 12, 1987

Possible Merger with CBS 375–77

Manhattan Cable and Cable Industry 377–80

Newspaper Ownership 380–98

Forest Products 398–417

Printers 418–19

Time Inc. Buildings 420–25

Lawyers and Bankers of Time Inc. 427–31


Session 9, February 13, 1987

Harvard, Initial Involvement, Overseers 432–45

Harvard Corporation 445–77

   Investments 451–56
   University finances 456–60
   President and faculty 460–73
   Capital drive 473–75


Session 10, February 17, 1987

Concerns of the Moment: Harvard, NYPL, Wall St. 478–81

Harvard 350th Anniversary 482–87

Harvard, Divestment, Minorities, Honorary Degrees 487–97

Bennington College 497–505

Time Inc. Magazines, Editors 505–17


Session 11, February 24, 1987

Joseph Welch 518–20

Value of Education 520–24

President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities 525–34

People for the American Way 534–39

Time Magazine, Vietnam War and Watergate 540–62

Presidential Pressures on Time Magazine Editors 562–72


Session 12, February 26, 1987

1980 Election 573–78

Time Man of the Year 578–81

President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities (cont) 581–84

Time News Service 584–85

Time-Newsweek Competition 585–89

Fortune Magazine 589–93

Sports Illustrated 593–99


Session 13, March 2, 1987

Money Magazine 601–604

Real Estate Magazine (proposed) 605

Discover Magazine 606–7

Successful magazine production 607–10

People Magazine 610–18

International Publications 618–22

Unions 623–34

Minority and Women Staffing 634–41

Corporation and Society 642–45


Session 14, March 9, 1987

Travels in South America 646–51

Inter-American Press Agency 651–60

Other Travels 661–68

American Council to Improve our Neighborhoods (ACTION) 670–71

Urban America, Urban Coalition, Common Cause 671–89

Personalities 692–95

Brookings Institution 695–701


Session 15, March 11, 1987

CEO Time Inc. 702–4

Rockefeller Family 705–14

New York Mayors 714–21

New York Fiscal Crisis 717–18

CBS 721–22

Ford Family and Ford Motors 722–25

Chief Executive Officers 726–29

Vivian Beaumont Theater 730–56

Lincoln Center Research Center for the Arts 756–59


Session 16, March 13, 1987

New York Public Library 760–801

   Bryant Park 770–81
   Library funding 782–94
   President 796–98


Session 17, undated

Early career at Life Magazine, Editors 802–9

Henry Luce (cont) 809–15

People Magazine 816–24

Closing of Life Magazine 822–24