Series III. Senior Editor Patricia Ryan Files, 1970-1974, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
Records from Patricia Ryan primarily contain correspondence to place articles or excerpts from outside writers. Outside writers include those from other magazines (sometimes other Time Inc. magazines), freelancers, and some amateurs. Files do not always have correspondence from the writer and may only contain internal correspondence regarding their article or excerpt. Topics include story ideas, submissions, the logistics of publishing accepted articles, and payment amounts. The correspondence is similar to that in Ray Cave's and Joseph Carroll's files.
Besides the correspondence to outside writers, Ryan's files include copyright assignments as part of the correspondence files and memoranda to Sports Illustrated Managing Editor Roy Terrell. Her records also include financial records of the Text Department which seems to have reviewed submitted manuscripts.
Ryan's files are organized mainly chronologically then alphabetically and there is some repetition of names in each year. Correspondence contains general A to Z files followed by specific folders for individuals. It is possible materials from individuals with a specific folder are also in the general folder.
Arrangement
The records are organized alphabetically by Correspondence, Memoranda, and Text Department with this arrangement imposed by the archivist. The Correspondence is kept in the original arrangement scheme of alphabetical runs grouped chronologically. There is some crossover of years in each run. For example, while the first run is "1972 and Before", it has a few files with materials dating from 1973.
Biographical Note
Patricia "Pat" Ryan joined Time Inc. in 1960 as a secretary at Sports Illustrated (SI). In 1971 SI promoted her to senior editor after holding positions as a researcher and writer. While the 1971 and 1974 SI masthead lists her as a senior editor, Ryan signs as Text Department Editor, and is also addressed as the articles editor. Her duties included negotiations with contract writers for articles and publishers for book excerpts. Richard Munro obliquely states in his SI September 4, 1972 letter from the publisher that Ryan was the first woman to rise to Senior Editor at SI.
In her Inside Time Inc. 1984 interview, she recounts the argument she had with SI Managing Editor Andre Laguerre over her byline after her 1966 promotion to staff writer. Ryan wanted her byline to be "Pat Ryan" rather than "Patricia" since she "felt that a woman's byline would be suspect in a man's world." In fact, she is addressed as "Mr. Ryan" in a number of letters in her correspondence. Laguerre agreed to the byline, but still listed her as "Patricia" on the masthead.
Ryan joined People as a senior editor in 1978 and was swiftly promoted to Assistant Managing Editor, Executive Editor, then Managing Editor by March 1982. She was the second managing editor for People, and the first woman at Time Inc. in a top editorial position. According to a memoranda in Life Managing Editor Judith Daniels' files, Ryan was named Life Managing Editor in April 1987. She was fired in 1989 without an explanation though the The New York Times posits it was due to the rivalry between her partner and Time Inc. coworker Ray Cave and Editor-in-Chief Jason McManus.
Citations:
"Former Time Inc. editor dies at 75." Boothbay Register, December 31, 2013. https://www.boothbayregister.com/article/former-time-inc-editor-dies-75/26364.
Kirkpatrick, David. "New M.E.s at PEOPLE and LIFE." f.y.i., March 29, 1982.
Time Inc. Bio Files, MS 3009-RG 2, New-York Historical Society.
Weber, Bruce. "Patricia Ryan, a Managing Editor at Time Inc., Dies at 75." The New York Times, December 31, 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/01/business/media/patricia-ryan-75-an-editor-at-time-inc-dies.html.
Correspondence: 1972 and Earlier
Correspondence: A-L, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: M-Z, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Allen: Philosophy of Coaching [empty], circa 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Allen, Woody, circa 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Bell, Upton: Where the Bodies Buried, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Bowen, Ezra, 1970-1971, inclusive
Correspondence: Brown, Sandy: Croquet, 1971, inclusive
Correspondence: Bruns: Milt Kahn [empty], circa 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Butwin, David: Bowling, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Carter, Rubin: The Sixteenth Round, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Casler, Conrad: Street-racing Scene, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Chapin, Kim, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Chatham: Schaadt [empty], circa 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Cope, Myron, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Cronley, Jay, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Dickerson, George: High-Low Poker, circa 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Dryden, Ken: Nader Research, 1971, inclusive
Correspondence: Duffy, Bob, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Eliot, Alex: Eton Story, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Elon, Amos: National Israeli Walk, 1971, inclusive
Correspondence: Feldkamp, Fred: Head Family, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Fischer, Bobby: Chess, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Fowles, John: Cricket, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Francis, Dick, 1971-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Gammon, Clive, 1972-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Gilbert, Bil, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Harrison, Jim, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Hathaway, Paul, 1969-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Henkin, Harmon: Clark Fork Fishing [empty], circa 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Hersey, John, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Higdon, Hal: David Pain, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Hirschberg, Al: Haiti Baseballs, circa 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Hjortsberg, William, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Hoagland, Edward: Lynn Rogers and Black Bears, 1972-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Jerome, John: Cross-Country Ski Essay, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Johnston, Dick, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Jordan, Pat, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Kay, John: Numbers Game, 1972-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Kinnel, Galway: Virginia Wade, 1972?, inclusive
Correspondence: Kobler: Las Vegas Junkets, circa 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Lombardy, William: Chess Championship, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Maddocks, Melvin, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Mailer, Norman: Frazier, 1972?, inclusive
Correspondence: McGuane, Tom, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: McIlvanney, Hugh, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Metcalf, John, 1971, inclusive
Correspondence: Miles, Dick, 1971-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Miller, Peter: Burke Mountain Academy, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Mitchell, Carleton, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Moore, Kenny, 1971-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Myslenski, Skip, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Needleman: Thesis, 1972?, inclusive
Correspondence: O'Neil: Caddying at the Open [empty], circa 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Orr, Bobby: Instructional [empty], circa 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Perry, Gaylord: Spitter [empty], circa 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Plimpton, George, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Rapoport, Roger, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Roth, Philip: The Great American Novel, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Sheehan: Senior Olympic Travelers, 1972?, inclusive
Correspondence: Smith, Adam: Yoga Tennis, 1972?, inclusive
Correspondence: Telander, Rick, 1971-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Tippette, Giles: Saturday's Children, 1971, inclusive
Correspondence: Weeks, Morris: Boatman Van Ost, 1970, inclusive
Correspondence: Yates, Brock, 1972-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: 1973
Correspondence: Assignment of Copyrights, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: A-D, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: D-N, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: P-Z, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Bell, Upton: Where the Bodies Buried [empty], circa 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Blount, Roy, Jr.: Pittsburgh Steelers [RESTRICTED], 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Blount, Roy, Jr.: Pro Football Club, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Brown, Sandy: Croquet [empty], circa 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Bruns, Bill: Milt Kahn (Milt's Mirror), 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Cantwell, Robert, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Chapin, Kim, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Chatham, Russell, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Conroy, Frank: Bob Francis, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Cope, Myron, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Creamer, Bob: Babe Ruth, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Crews, Harry, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Cronley, Jay, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Dillard, Annie: Letter from the Blue Ridge, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Duffy, Bob, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Dunn, Jim: West Coast Run, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Gerber, Dan, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Gilbert, Bil, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Gilbert, Sam: Bill Walton, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Goodman, George aka Adam Smith, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Gutkind, Lee, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Harris, Sherwood: Voisin Flying Machine, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Harrison, Jim, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Havemann, Ernest, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Hjortsberg, William, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Hoagland, Edward, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Holland, Gerald, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Holway, John, 1971-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Johnston, Dick, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Jordan, Pat, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Lombardy, William: Chess Championship, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Maddocks, Melvin, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Mano, Keith: Softball, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: McCabe, Susan: Hartack Story, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: McGuane, Tom, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: McIlvanney, Hugh, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Miles, Dick [empty], 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Mitchell, Carleton, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Moore, Kenny, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Moses, Sam: Kenny Roberts, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Needleman: Thesis [empty], circa 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Nicklaus, Jack, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Orr, Bobby: Instructional, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Perkins, Steve: Archie Stone, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Plimpton, George, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Reed, J. D., 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Richler, Mordechai: Maxi Burger [empty], circa 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Robertson, Bob: Crosswords/Ted Weed, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Schulian, John, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Smith, Mason: Upcoming Story, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Sutton-Smith, Brian: Vive Essay, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Telander, Rick, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Tippette, Giles, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Tronquet, P. J.: Fishing on Cape Flattery, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Tyler: Perfect Liberty, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Valdene, Guy de la, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Whall, Hugh, 1972-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: White, Ellington: Lake Drummond, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Willeford, Charles, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Wills, Garry: Sport and Religion, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Wolf, Dave: Duane Bobick, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Writers, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Yates, Brock, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Zimmerman: Falconers Hunting Meet, 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: 1974
Correspondence: A-C, 1974, inclusive
Correspondence: D-M, 1974, inclusive
Correspondence: M-Z, 1974, inclusive
Correspondence: Assignment of Copyright, 1974, inclusive
Correspondence: Blount, Roy: Contract: Pittsburgh Steelers, 1973-1974, inclusive
Correspondence: Brome, Chuch: Gold House, 1974, inclusive
Correspondence: Butcher, Grace, 1974, inclusive
Correspondence: Cantwell, Robert, 1974, inclusive
Correspondence: Chatham, Russell, 1974, inclusive
Correspondence: Crews, Harry [empty], 1974, inclusive
Correspondence: Cronley, Jay, 1974, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes audiovisual material.
1 audiocassette : analog, stereo ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape. Label on container: "Whelan's Nature Series." The tape is detached.