Series I. Senior Editor Cranston Jones Files on Best of People, 1977-1984, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
The Cranston Jones Files on Best of People include materials such as memoranda, correspondence, book drafts, Table of Contents, publishing budgets, Home Box Office's (HBO) Best of People television special script, founding People managing editor Richard Stolley's book introduction, weekly progress reports, and legal correspondence regarding obtaining photographic and distribution rights out of the United States. Notable correspondents are: Stolley; editor Pat Ryan; and publisher Richard Durrell.
People Polls refers to results of an annual nationwide reader survey on celebrities, politics, fashion, and culture. People Staff Polls refers to an internal survey on what should be included in the book.
Correspondence includes some with Amanda Urban, the project's literary agent at International Creative Management, Inc. (ICM). Amanda is also sometimes referred to as "Binky".
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Biographical / Historical
Cranston Jones was a staff member of Time from 1945 to 1969, serving variously as a correspondent in San Francisco, London and Paris and as bureau chief in Rio de Janeiro. He was editor in chief of Travel and Leisure magazine for several years and then a senior editor with People from its founding in 1974 until he retired in 1988.
Best of People: The First Decade was a retrospective of notable People covers, subjects, and articles from 1974 to 1983. It was published in softcover by Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House; a hardcover edition was published by Time-Life Books.
Citation:
Flint, Peter B. "Cranston Jones, 73, Architecture Author And Writer at Time." New York Times. June 03, 1991. Accessed November 16, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/03/obituaries/cranston-jones-73-architecture-author-and-writer-at-time.html.