Series II.A. Editorial Director Ralph Graves Files, 1973-1983, inclusive

Office Files include correspondence, memoranda, and reports from all editorial departments at Time Inc. including planning material and memoranda regarding "American Revival," a project to publish special reports by all Time Inc. magazines; a cost evaluation of how many color pages could be afforded or desired in Time; and discussion between Editor-in-Chief Hedley Donovan and Graves regarding the Fortune revamp.

The Office Files also include administrative documents such as outside requests for permission to use the archives; Fortune investment guides; Book-Of-The-Month Club budgets and strategy plans; general all-staff memos collected by Graves regarding restructuring, earning reports, and staff changes; correspondence and memoranda on exhibits and publications involving the Picture Collection; and notes on the Home Box Office (HBO) strategy and board meeting.

Items of interest include an extensive recounting of a White House dinner; contact sheets of Henry Kissinger signing his book contract; and use rights discussion with Cornell Capa at the International Center of Photography.

Books and Binders include bound books and binders that look collected by Ralph Graves, maybe for reference. The books and binders include official meeting notes, manuals, reports, staff lists, and special magazine issues bound in hardcovers with his name embossed. The majority of materials are addressed to Graves or contain his name.

Specially branded binder covers are retained. Generic binder covers have been removed and discarded.