Series III. Time-Life Alumni Society (TLAS) Collection, 1940-2015, inclusive

Extent

6 Linear feet in 6 record cartons

Scope and Contents

Materials include videocassettes, audiocassettes, photographs, member directories, memos, meeting minutes, newsletters, news clippings, and correspondence. These are records gathered by the Time Inc. Archives from TLAS and do not reflect TLAS's original organizational records.

Arrangement

Organized into five subseries:
Subseries III.A. President's Files
Subseries III.B. Newsletters and Membership Directories
Subseries III.C. Photographs
Subseries III.D. Audiovisual materials
Subseries III.E. General

Biographical / Historical

The Time-Life Alumni Society (TLAS) was founded in October 1977 by several retiring editors as a way to keep former Time Inc. employees connected to Time Inc. and each other after leaving the company. Receiving a small stipend by Time Inc. to print invitations and a newsletter, as well as office space, TLAS used member dues to fund several luncheons with guest speakers per year prior to 2018. Notable members include Dick Stolley, Norm Pearlstine, John Huey, Ralph Graves, and Maureen Dowd.

Subseries III.A. President's Files, 1980-2005, inclusive

Extent

1 Linear feet in 1 record carton

Scope and Contents

Dick Stolley, whose materials from time as TLAS president are included, was an editor at various Time Inc. publications for over 40 years. His most notable moment was when he, as Life magazine editor, negotiated to purchase rights to the Zapruder film of the Kennedy assassination. Materials are dated from 2000 to 2005 and contain materials such as news clippings or personal letters from TLAS members, obituaries regarding past TLAS members, and internal correspondence or memos regarding TLAS activities.

Arrangement

Arranged in reverse chronological order.

Directory of Members, 2005, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2786, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Time-Life Alumni Society Miscellaneous, 2001-2004, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2786, Folder: 2-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Time-Life Alumni Society AOL Deal, 2001, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2786, Folder: 10-11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Time-Life Alumni Society Miscellaneous, 2000, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2786, Folder: 12-14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Luncheon Guests, 1980-2007, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2787, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Carky Rubens Poster, undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2787, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries III.B. Newsletters And Membership Directories, 1979-2015, inclusive

Extent

1 Linear feet in 1 record carton

Scope and Contents

The member directories and newsletters range from 1979 to 2015. Newsletters also contain extra souvenir pamphlets from TLAS-sponsored parties or "Travels with TLAS".

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically, then in reverse chronological order within each group.

Membership Directories, 1978-2011, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2787, Folder: 3-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newsletters, 1977-2015, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2787, Folder: 8-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries III.C. Photographs, 1940-1988, inclusive

Extent

1 Linear feet in 1 record carton

Scope and Contents

Most of the photographs are of TLAS parties or "Travels with TLAS", which consisted of tours in locations such as Storm King, Paris, and Washington, D.C. One set of photographs, from the now-defunct 1940s employee group Time Out, is from Daniel and Mary Fraser Longwell's personal collection, sent to Marian McDermott in 1978; Daniel helped found Life magazine and was an editor for ten years, and Mary was a chief of research at Time (Prendergast and Colvin 449). Please note this Time Out group is not associated with the later LGBT staff organization.

Arrangement

Arranged in reverse chronological, with undated materials at the end.

1988: April Bash, 1988, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2787, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1988 April: Ralph Crane Memorial, 1988, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2787, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1988 April: Paris Tour Photos

Offsite-Box: 2788, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1987 October: Unknown event

Offsite-Box: 2788, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1987 June 27: West Coast Cocktail Party: Photographed by Ben Martin

Offsite-Box: 2788, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1987: Paris Bash

Offsite-Box: 2788, Folder: 4-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1987: Paris Tour: Photographed By Walter Daren

Offsite-Box: 2788, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1986 October 8: New York Bash II

Offsite-Box: 2788, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1986 June 3-5: Travels With TLAS: Washington, D.C. and Mt. Vernon

Offsite-Box: 2788, Folder: 8-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1986: Unknown event

Offsite-Box: 2788, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1985 May 13-14: Travels With TLAS: Longwood Gardens, Brandywine Museum and Winterthorn: Photographed By Sandra Streapy

Offsite-Box: 2788, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1986 June 4: Washington Bash

Offsite-Box: 2788, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1985 December: Los Angeles Party

Offsite-Box: 2788, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1982-1985: Travels with TLAS: Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia

Offsite-Box: 2788, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1984 September 19-20: Travels With TLAS: A Connecticut Adventure: Photographed By Shelley Mydan

Offsite-Box: 2788, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1984 May 14-16: Travels With TLAS: Eastern Shore, Annapolis, Baltimore: Photographed by John Florea

Offsite-Box: 2788, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1983 September 29: Travels With TLAS: Storm King Art Center and Boscobel: Photographed By Harry Harding

Offsite-Box: 2788, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1982 October 19-21: Travels With TLAS: Washington, D.C.

Offsite-Box: 2788, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1981: Luncheon With Guest Speaker Murray Gart

Offsite-Box: 2788, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1979-1983: California Reunion Photo Spread

Offsite-Box: 2788, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1979 October 18: TLAS Bash II

Offsite-Box: 2788, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1979 March 15: West Palm Beach Reunion

Offsite-Box: 2788, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1978 April 20: TLAS Bash I

Offsite-Box: 2788, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1941-1987: Longwell "Time Out" Photographs

Offsite-Box: 2788, Folder: 24-25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Undated: Paris Bash: Photographed By Walter Doran

Offsite-Box: 2788, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Undated: Unused Bash Photos: Photographed By Martha Holmes

Offsite-Box: 2788, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Undated: Unknown Event

Offsite-Box: 2788, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries III.D. Audiovisual materials [RESTRICTED], 1985-2001, inclusive

Extent

2 Linear feet in 2 record cartons

Scope and Contents

Videocassettes are recordings of TLAS luncheon presentations and panels. Notable speakers include Hugh Sidey, Dick Stolley, Norm Pearlstine, and Martha Stewart.

The audiocassettes are recordings of TLAS luncheon presentations.

Unreformatted audiovisual material is not accessible.

Arrangement

Arranged by subject of event, then by speakers.

Loose cassette labels, 1993, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2787, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Anniversary: People 20th Anniversary

Offsite-Box: 2789, item: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette. On label: "Time Life Alumni - People 20th Anniv 2/23/94".

Anniversary: Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue 25th Anniversary

Offsite-Box: 2789, item: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette. On label: "TLAS - S.I. 25th Anniv. of Swimsuit Iss. 2/21/89".

Anniversary: Time-Life Alumni Society 10th Anniversary Bash, 1986, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2789, item: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette. On label: "Time Life Alumni - 10th Anniv. Bash 10/8/86 (partially inaudible)".

Anniversary: Time Life Alumni Society 20th Anniversary Party

Offsite-Box: 2789, item: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette. On label: "Time Life Alumni Society 20th Anniversary Party November 20th, 1996".

Luncheon: Cloud, Stanley, 1988-1992, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2789, item: 5-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette (VHS). On label: "Time Life Alumni Society - Stanley Cloud, Hays Gorey, Alessandra Stanley on 1988 Election Candidates 6/8/88".

1 videocassette (VHS). On label: "TLAS Luncheon - Panel from TIME's Washington Bureau: Cloud, Stanley; Carlson, Margaret; Duffy, Michael 12/2/92".

2 videocassettes (VHS). On label: "Time-EDIT Washington Bureau Panel - TLAS luncheon 'Election' - Cloud, Duffy, Carlson 12/2/92".

2 videocassettes (U-matic). On label: "TLAS luncheon - Washington correspondents - The election - Cloud, Barrett, Goodgame 6/4/92 (Parts I and II)".

Luncheon: Fuchs, Michael, 1985, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2215, item: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

1 audiocassette : analog, 1 5/16 ips, stereo ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape. Label on container: "Fuchs, Michael - Speech Time Life - Alumni Luncheon 9/10/85." Label on Side 1: "Side 1 M. Fuchs (HBO) Time Inc. Alumni Speech Sept. 10, 1985." Label on Side 2: "Side 2."

Luncheon: Grunwald, Harry, 1985, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2215, item: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

1 audiocassette : analog, 1 5/16 ips, stereo ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape. Label on container: "Grunwald - speech TLAS 1/4/85." Label on Side 1: "#1 T/L Aud. - Grunwald 1-4-85." Label on Side 2: "#2"

Luncheon: Loeb, Marshall, 1988, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2215, item: 3-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

1 audiocassette : analog, 1 5/16 ips, stereo ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape. Label on container: "Loeb, Marshall - TLAS Meeting 10/19/88." Label on container: "TLAS Meeting 10/19/88. Anne Moore re: SI for Kid, Fortune ME; Loeb, Marshall 'One Year After The Crash'." Label on Side 1: "Anne Moore, Marshall Loeb TLAS meeting 10/19/88."

1 audiocassette : analog, 1 5/16 ips, stereo ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape. Label on container: "Loeb, Marshall TLAS 10/19/88." Label on Side 2: "Loeb, Marshall TLAS (partial) 10/19/88."

Luncheon: Pearlstine, Norman, 1995, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2789, item: 10-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette. On label: "Pearlstine, Norman. Time Life Alumni Society Luncheon 2/21/95. VO438".

2 videocassettes. On label: "Pearlstine, Norman. Time Life Alumni Society Luncheon 2/21/95. VO438 (dup)".

Luncheon: Prendergast, Whipple, 1986, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2215, item: 5-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

2 audiocassettes : analog, 1 5/16 ips, stereo ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape. Label on Side 1 of both tapes: "Prendergast, Whipple - TLAS (dup) 6/26/1986".

Luncheon: Rosenblatt, Roger, 1993, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2789, item: 13-15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

3 videocassettes. On labels: "Rosenblatt, Roger. "Freedom of Speech" Time Life Alumni Speaker 2/18/93".

Luncheon: Ross, Steven, 1989, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2789, item: 16-19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

3 videocassettes (U-matic). On label: "Ross, Steven, Speech TLAS luncheon, Re: Warner and merger 11/7/89"

1 videocassette (VHS). On label: "Ross, Steven, Speech TLAS luncheon, Re: Warner and merger 11/7/89, Copy from Time".

Luncheon: Rowan, Roy, 1996, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2789, item: 20-21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

2 videocassettes (VHS). On label: "Time Life Alumni Society Wednesday April 24, 1996".

Luncheon: Ryan, Patricia, 1987, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2789, item: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette (U-Matic). On label: "Ryan, Patricia - Life Me, TLAS Luncheon 2/1/87".

Luncheon: Ryan, Patricia, 1987, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2790, item: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette (VHS). On label: "Ryan, Patricia - Time-Life-Alumni Luncheon Speech 5/1/87".

Luncheon: Sagan, Paul, 1993, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2790, item: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette (VHS). On label: "Time Life Alumni Luncheon, New York News - Channel #1, Paul Sagan 10/7/1993".

Luncheon: Schecter, Jerrold, 1994, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2790, item: 3-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

2 videocassettes (VHS). On label: "Schecter, Jerrold TLAS Luncheon 9/28/94. Book, '...Soviet Spymaster'".

Luncheon: Sidey, Hugh, 1990-2001, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2790, item: 5-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette (VHS). On label: "Sidey, Hugh, Time Life Alumni Speaker (partial tape) 12/5/90".

1 videocassette (VHS). On label: "2/15/01 Hugh Sidey TLAS".

1 videocassette (U-matic). On label: "Sidey, Hugh Time Life Alumni Speaker (partial tape) 12/5/90".

Luncheon: Stacks, John, 1991, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2790, item: 8-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

2 videocassettes (VHS). On label: "Stacks, John - TLAS Luncheon - Coverage of Gulf War 3/11/91".

Luncheon: Stewart, Martha, 1994, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2790, item: 10-11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

2 videocassettes (VHS). On label: "TLAS - Luncheon, Martha Stewart 6/8/94".

Luncheon: Stolley, Richard, 1985, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2215, item: 7-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

1 audiocassette : analog, 1 5/16 ips, stereo ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape. Label on container: "Stolley - Speech TLAS 11/1985." Label on Side 1: "TLAS - Richard Stolley."

1 audiocassette : analog, 1 5/16 ips, stereo ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape. Label on container: ""Stolley, Richard TLAS (dup) - 'Picture Week' 11/85." Label on Side 1: "TLAS - Richard Stolley 11/85." Label on Side 2: "TLAS - Stolley cont. TLAS lunch."

Luncheon: Sutton, Kelso F., 1986, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2215, item: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

/1 audiocassette : analog, 1 5/16 ips, stereo ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape. Label on container: "T/L Alumni 5-29-86 Kelso F. Sutton." Label on Side 1: "T/L Alumni copy 5/29/86."

Luncheon: Talbott, Strobe, 1990, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2790, item: 12-13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette (VHS). On label: "Talbott, Strobe TLAS Luncheon 3/13/90".

1 videocassette (U-matic). On label: "Talbott, Strobe TLAS Luncheon 3/13/90".

Luncheon: Time Warner Merger, 1989, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2790, item: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette (U-matic). On label: "Time Warner Merger TLAS Luncheon Presentation 4/12/89".

Luncheon: Turner, Ted, 1997, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2790, item: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette (VHS). On label: "Time-Life Alumni Society Ted Turner lunch June 25, 1997".

Luncheon: Unknown speaker, undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2215, item: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

1 audiocassette : analog, 1 5/16 ips, stereo ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape. Label on Side 1: "II."

Luncheon: Washington Panel, 1992-2000, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2790, item: 16-17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette (VHS). On label: "TLAS - Luncheon - Washington Panel - "Election" - Copy from Time Inc. Archives 6/4/92".

1 videocassette (VHS). On label: "TLAS 3/14/00 Politics - Wash. and NY".

Miscellaneous: Crane, Ralph; Grant, Allan; Parks, Gordon, undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2790, item: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette (VHS). On label: "Crane, Ralph - Grant, Allan - Parks, Gordon".

1 videocassette (VHS). On label: "The LIFE Photographers: Allan Grant (3 short films); Gordon Parks Personal Bio; Ralph Crane's Memorial with LIFE photographers: Peter Stackpole, Loomis Dean, John Florea and John Zimmerman".

Miscellaneous: Unlabeled tape, undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2790, item: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette (VHS). No identifying label.

Subseries III.E. General, 1986-1999, inclusive

Extent

0.1 Linear feet in 3 folders

Scope and Contents

Contains newspaper clippings, obituaries, photographs, magazine drafts, and correspondence.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

"Life @ 50" Prints, 1986, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2787, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

News Clippings, Obituaries, and Photographs from Jim Pitt, 1992-1999, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2787, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Superbash, 1988, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2787, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)