Series II.B. Managing Editor Philip Kunhardt Files, 1968-1982, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents Note
Records includes correspondence and subject files from Philip Kunhardt during his tenure as Assistant Managing Editor and Managing Editor.
Arrangement Note
Organized into three subseries:
II.B.1. Correspondence
II.B.2. Subject Files
II.B.3. Assistant Managing Editor Files
Biographical Note
According to his biography released by Corporate Public Affairs, Philip Kunhardt joined Life as a reporter in 1950 and rose to Assistant Managing Editor in 1962. After the closure of Life in 1972, Kunhardt worked in Magazine Development designing new potential publications such as Camera Month, Woman, and People. He also was editor for the Life Special Reports. Kunhardt was named Life Managing Editor when it was revived as a monthly in 1978. He retired from Time Inc. in 1982 and later founded Kunhardt Productions.
Citations:
Fox, Margalit. "Philip B. Kunhardt Jr., 78, Writer and Producer of Documentaries, Is Dead." New York Times, March 24, 2006. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/24/arts/philip-b-kunhardt-jr-78-writer-and-producer-of-documentaries-is-dead.html.
Subseries II.B.1. Correspondence, 1980-1982, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondence includes invitations to speak or attend professional events; letters from readers, writers, and photographers; article proposals; photograph offers; and requests for copies of photographs.
Arrangement Note
Organized alphabetically by the last name of the correspondent.
Correspondence: A-S, 1980-1982, inclusive
Correspondence: T-Z, 1980-1982, inclusive
Subseries II.B.2. Subject Files, 1978-1982, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents Note
The Subject Files are dominated by records on the published interview of convict Bernard Welch, the resulting controvery over payment to him for photographs, and the complaint filed by the National News Council against Life.
Arrangement Note
Organized alphabetically.
Assignment Letters, 1978-1982, inclusive
Halberstam/Welch Article, 1981, inclusive
National News Council: In the Public Interest, 1975-1979, inclusive
Subseries II.B.3. Assistant Managing Editor Files, 1968-1972, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
Records includes correspondence and subject files from Kunhardt during the later years of his tenure as Assistant Managing Editor of Life before publication suspended.
Arrangement
Files are arranged by correspondence then subject files in alphabetical order. Arrangement was imposed by the archivist.