Series VIII. Circulation Director Files, 1961-1976, inclusive

Extent

6 Linear feet in 6 record cartons

Scope and Contents

The Circulation Director Files contain records from several different directors with the majority from Bruce Barnet who was the final Circulation Director before the suspension of Life in 1972.

Arrangement

Organized into two subseries:

Subseries VIII.A. General Files

Subseries VIII.B. Bruce Barnet Files

Subseries VIII.A. General Files, 1961-1972, inclusive

Extent

0.33 Linear feet in 6 folders

Scope and Contents

Includes a mix of files from several Life circulation directors: John Watters, William Conway, Robert Moore, and Bruce Barnet.

Arrangement

Organized alphabetically. Order was imposed by the archivist.

Life Atlantic, 1968-1969, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3819, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Life South Pacific, 1968, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3819, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Military Sale and Distribution (Vietnam), 1965-1966, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3819, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Publishers Clearing House, 1961-1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3819, Folder: 4-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rate Tests, 1965-1970, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3819, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries VIII.B. Bruce Barnet Files, 1963-1976, inclusive

Extent

5.67 Linear feet in 7 record cartons

Scope and Contents

Bruce Barnet's files document his short term as Life Circulation Director during the final months of publication and after publication was suspended. His files include some materials from earlier years that may have been used by him as reference. His records document some evaluation of the financial issues of Life and the slowness of subscription refunds and subscription transfers including a lawsuit regarding these problems.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically based on the original order. Files from several boxes have been interfiled together as they all contain records from Barnet.

Biographical Note

Bruce Barnet was the final Circulation Director for Life before publication was suspended at the end of 1972. Based on his records, he may have joined Life in mid-1972 and stayed on through 1973 to close out business. After finishing his work with Life, Barnet transferred to Sports Illustrated to serve as Circulation Director. For the rest of his career at Time Inc., he held positions in Corporate Circulation and the Magazine Development Group and served as the Magazine Group Vice President of Planning.

Accounting, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3819, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Acknowledgments, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3035, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Agency, 1972-1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3819, Folder: 9-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Agency: School Plans, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3819, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Agency: Williard Brown, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3819, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Agents, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3819, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Announcements, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3819, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Annual Meeting, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3819, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

APO/FPO, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3819, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Attorney General [empty], undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3819, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Audit Bureau of Circulation, 1969-1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3819, Folder: 20-22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Back Issues, 1972-1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3819, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Best of Life, 1972-1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3819, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bill Flyers, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3819, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bills, 1972-1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3819, Folder: 26-28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Budget, 1966, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3037, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bulk, 1972-1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3037, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cage, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3037, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Canada, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3037, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cash Refunds, 1973-1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3037, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Change of Address, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3037, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Christmas, 1972, undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3037, Folder: 7-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Circulation: Deadlines, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3037, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Circulation: Statistics, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3037, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Circulation: Venezuela: Affidavit, 1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3037, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Competitor's Promotion, circa 1970, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3037, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Complaints, 1972-1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3037, Folder: 13-14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Complaint Form Letters, 1973-1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3037, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Complaint Reports, 1973-1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3037, Folder: 16-19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Computing Forecasting, 1969-1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3037, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Consolidation, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3037, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Conversion Method [empty], undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3037, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Copy Rate, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3037, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Corporate Advertising, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3037, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Corporate Circulation Presentation, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3037, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Corporate Television Test, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3037, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3037, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cover Test, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3037, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cowin, Bob, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3037, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Deferred Income, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3037, Folder: 30-31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Delivery, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dialogue Marketing Inc. (DMI), 1972-1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 2-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Direct Mail, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 5-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Direct Renewal Report, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Distribution, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Domestic Foreign Newsstand, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Downe Communications, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Duplicate Copies, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Edit Survey, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Employees, 1972-1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Evaluation, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Executive Voice, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 17-18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

File Maintenance Tapes, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Filler Ads, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

541 (Chicago offices), 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 21-24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

For the Record, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

FPS, 1973-1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

FTC [empty], undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fulfillment, 1972-1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 28-29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Geographics, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Grace, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Income, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Inserts, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 33-34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Insert Allocations, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Inserts: Combo Test, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Installment Billing, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

International, 1972-1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

International Fees, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 39-40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

International Newsstand, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

International Subs, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Inventory and Analysis, 1972-1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 43-44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Issue Dates, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Keys / Media, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Kipperman vs, Time, 1973-1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Last Issue, 1972-1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Lawsuit: Mr. S. Josel, 1973-1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 49-51 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Liability [empty], undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Liability Reports, 1973-1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 53 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lieberman Study, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Limbo Tape, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

List Rental, 1972-1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 56-57 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Magazine Conversion Methods [empty], undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 58 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Magazine Publisher's Association (MPA), 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 59 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mailings, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3038, Folder: 60-61 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Marketing, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Master File, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Media, 1972-1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Media: Beetleboard, 1972?, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Media: Buying, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Media Returns, 1971, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Media: Three Way Combo, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Media Trades, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Miscellaenous, 1972-1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Monthly Complaint Report, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Monthly Report: Life, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Monthly Report: Other Magazines, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Motivation Analysis, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Net Paid: Life, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New Business, 1972-1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 16-17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper Stuffers, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newsstand, 1971-1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 19-21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newsstand Delivery, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newsstand: Newspaper Co-op, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York State Attorney General, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notification: Charge Donors, circa 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notification: Gifts, circa 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notification: Non-Respondents, 1973-1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 27-28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notification: Paid Donors, circa 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Obsolete Stock, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Operating Costs: 1973 Estimate, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 31-32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Operating Costs: Original Budgets, 1963, 1969, 1971, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 33-35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Operating Statement, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Option Code Numbers, undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Option Processing Report, 1973-1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 38-40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Outside Publishers, 1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Overstock, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Perle, Gabe, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Personnel, undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Premiums, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3820, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Price Commission, 1971-1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Processing, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Publicity, 1973-1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Publicity [RESTRICTED], 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: R27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes audiovisual material:

1 audiotape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, stereo; 7 in., 1/4 in. tape. On label attached to reel: "Tape Transcription Card Series Title W-O-S-U Radio Ombudsman Service Program Title Life Magazine Subscription Participants Listener, Bruce Barnett, Ron Wolf Speed 7 1/2 Open cue Aired 9-10-73".

Publishers Clearing House, 1972-1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Quantities Mailed, undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reilly, Bob, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reprints, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Request Nothing, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Response by Preferential Order, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Returns, 1973-1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 11-14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

R. G. Meadows Inc., 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

School Plans, 1972-1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Second Mailing, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Selection, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Special Lists, 1972-1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Special Report: 1974, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Special Report: Spirit of Israel, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sports Illustrated Games, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Statistical Reports, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Statistical Tracking, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stockholders, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Suspends, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Suspension Reports, 1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Third Mailing, 1973-1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Time Inc. Magazines, 1972-1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Time Zip Analysis, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tracking, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Transfers, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Unprocessed Mail, 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Updater, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Venture, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Weekly Option Report: Second Mailing, 1972-1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3039, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)