Series II.D. Editorial Director Ray Cave Files, 1975-1988, inclusive

Correspondence contains Cave's correspondence spanning several roles. Some of his correspondence is also in a folder in the Subject Files: Editorial Director titled "Letters from Notables."

While Time Managing Editor, topics include responses to the subjects of articles or sources for the articles; responses to Time readers; use of trademarked names; comments to writers; and responses to external suggestions for covers and articles. Correspondents include editors from other publications, business leaders, and government officials. Items of interest are several letters from the International Center for Photography director Cornell Capa; Henry J. Heinz's response to an article on cholesterol; and correspondence with John Hinckley, Jr. and his parents.

While at the corporate level as Corporate Editor and Editorial Director, Cave still responds to magazine readers and corresponds with editors from other publications. Correspondence also include invitations to events and to speak; and business social correspondence to Time Inc. staff in the form of congratulations, welcomes, and farewells.

Court Records contains Ray Cave's copies of court records related to Ariel Sharon's and Synanon Foundation's libel suits against Time Inc. and its magazine Time.

This series contains files that are likely during Cave's tenure as Acting Editorial Director. These records were in a separate grouping from his other subject files. Several of his memoranda refer to him taking action in lieu of Editor-in-Chief Hedley Donovan. Records include his participation in committees, the company-wide hiring and salary freezes, and discussion with Human Resources regarding the union required training program.

The Subject Files span Ray Cave's tenure as Time Assistant Managing Editor and Managing Editor, Corporate Editor, and Editorial Director. Records include correspondence and memoranda mainly between him and others in the corporate editorial department, Time writing staff, and human resources; comments on and changes to sections of Time; news clippings; studies and reports; and copies of magazine issues. Of interest are his notepads from the 1981 Newstour of Eastern Europe and the Middle East, and the Newsweek folder where he was monitoring Time's rival. His file of "Letters from Notables" includes correspondence from Blanchette Ferry Rockefeller, Dianne Feinstein, and Ansel Adams.