Time Inc. International Records
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Abstract
Time Inc. International marketed and published Time Inc. magazines outside the United States. It set up offices in various cities around the world to work on regional version of magazines, made deals to license the names of Time Inc. magazines to foreign publishers, and occasionally published original magazines in foreign territories. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, data on sales and expenses, projections and propositions for the future, and printed presentations. This record group includes files from earlier divisions that provided the same function such as Time Life International (TLI) and Corporate International.
Historical Note
Time Life International was responsible for the sale of Time Inc. magazines outside the United States. This included setting up offices in cities around the world and establishing communications between this foreign offices and Time Inc. headquarters in New York City and printing and shipping versions of American magazines (such as Time ) tailored for specific regions around the world. Time Inc. headquarters retained significant control over foreign offices in terms of editorial, hiring, changes in pay and benefits for employees, and purchasing of office space and equipment. Between 1967 and 1968 the name of the division was changed to Corporate International, but seems to have retained the same staff and functions. Later, a division called Time Inc. International handled these same functions, suggesting the latter is the same division after another name change, but there is not direct evidence for this in the collection.
In addition to the functions described above, Time Inc. International also made deals with foreign publishers to license the names of Time Inc. magazines such as Fortune; such operations were governed by agreements regarding content and style but not under the direct control of Time Inc. Time Inc. International also published original magazines in foreign countries such as Who Weekly in Australia.
Arrangement
The materials within the Time Inc. International Files record group are organized into three series: I. International Offices Files; III. Vice President Martin Gardner Files; and III. Mike Taylor Files.
Scope and Contents
Part of the collection contains records using the name Time Life International and part contains records using the name Time Inc. International. See the Historical Note for more information. During the time span represented by their files in the collection, Martin Gardner was Vice President of Time Inc. International and Mike Taylor worked on "strategic aspects of international magazine publishing" according to his LinkedIn profile viewed in 2021.
The collection consists of correspondence, reports and information on ad sales, subscriptions, and expenses for Time Inc. International Magazines, discussion of pay and benefits for employees, assessments of the states of publishing ventures and proposals for future action, budgets, and samples of magazines.
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Conditions Governing Access
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Preferred Citation
This record group should be cited as Time Inc. International Records, MS 3009-RG 56, New-York Historical Society.
Location of Materials
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Time Inc. in 2015.
About this Guide
Processing Information
The Time Inc. International Records were processed by Allen Thomas in 2021. The original folders were retained although some documents were transferred to archival containers in instances of overcrowding. Allen Thomas created the inventory and other descriptive notes to produce this finding aid. The records were organized into series based on the original groupings of folders, and arrangement was imposed.
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Repository
Series I: International Offices Files, 1957-1974, inclusive
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Scope and Contents
Series I consists of correspondence, reports on business conditions in foreign countries, and data on sales, subscriptions, and expenses for Time Inc. international magazines. Most of the folders are organized into "business" and "personnel" for different cities in which Time Inc. offices are located; the former regarding general business operations and the latter regarding issues of hiring, pay, and benefits for employees. Common correspondents include Charles B. Bear, Vice President of Time Life International during the time these files were created, his assistants, Charles Terranella, Paul Hale, and Howard Dunn, and J. Winston Fowlkes, Business Manager of Time Life International and later of Corporate-International.
Arrangement
Series I is arranged alphabetically.
Asia: Miscellaneous, 1967-1969, inclusive
Germany: Office Equipment, 1960-1967, inclusive
Hong Kong, 1969, inclusive
India: Legal, 1969-1971, inclusive
Japan: Bank Accounts, 1968-1969, inclusive
Japan: Monthly Updaters, 1973-1974, inclusive
Japan: Personnel Policy Manual, 1957-1964, inclusive
Latin/South America: Miscellaneous, 1968-1970, inclusive
Life: International Reduction, 1970-1971, inclusive
Life: Japanese Study, 1968, inclusive
London: Business, 1969-1970, inclusive
London: Business, 1971-1972, inclusive
London: Business, 1973, inclusive
London: International Raise Review, 1972, inclusive
London: International Raise Review, 1973, inclusive
London: Personnel, 1969-1970, inclusive
London: Personnel, 1971-1972, inclusive
London: Personnel, 1973, inclusive
Manilla: Miscellaneous, 1968, inclusive
Manilla: Miscellaneous, 1969-1970, inclusive
Middle East: General, 1967, inclusive
Peru: Miscellaneous, 1968-1969, inclusive
Philippines: Advertising, 1968-1970, inclusive
Philippines: Circulation File, 1969, inclusive
Philippines: Corporate and Legal Matters, 1968-1971, inclusive
Philippines: Marcos vs. Time, 1971, inclusive
Philippines: Time Life International Philippines (TLIP) Problems, 1971, inclusive
South Africa: Miscellaneous, 1964, inclusive
Sydney: Business, 1969-1970, inclusive
Sydney: Business, 1969-1970, inclusive
Sydney: Business, 1971-1972, inclusive
Sydney: Personnel, 1969-1970, inclusive
Sydney: Personnel, 1971-1972, inclusive
Tokyo: Business, 1969-1970, inclusive
Tokyo: Business, 1971, inclusive
Tokyo: Business, 1972, inclusive
Tokyo: Business, 1973, inclusive
Tokyo: Incorporation, 1970-1971, inclusive
Tokyo: Personnel, 1969-1970, inclusive
Tokyo: Personnel, 1971, inclusive
Tokyo: Personnel, 1972, inclusive
Tokyo: Personnel, 1973, inclusive
Tokyo: Personnel, 1973, inclusive
Tokyo: Space Project, 1968, inclusive
Series II: Vice President Martin Gardner Files, 1984-1997, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
Series II consists of correspondence, reports, projections, proposed projects, printed presentations, information on the state of publishing ventures, samples of magazines, and information about certain major advertisers. The materials were produced during Martin Gardner's role as Vice President of Time Inc. International and largely concerns review of and planning for Time Inc. International's business ventures.
Arrangement
Series II is arranged alphabetically.
Acquisitions, 1991-1993, inclusive
Acquisitions, 1993, inclusive
Acquisitions [Restricted], 1991-1993, inclusive
Announcements, 1996-1997, inclusive
April Estimates, 1997, inclusive
Asia, 1996, inclusive
Asia, 1996, inclusive
Asia, 1996, inclusive
Asia [Restricted]
Asia Inflight [empty], undated, inclusive
Atlantic (Atlo), 1996, inclusive
Atlantic (Atlo), 1996, inclusive
Atlantic (Atlo), 1996, inclusive
Atlantic (Atlo), 1996, inclusive
Cave, Roy, 1984-1987, inclusive
Central 1996 Budget, 1996, inclusive
Central 1996 Budget, 1996, inclusive
Currency, 1996, inclusive
Dancyu, 1996, inclusive
Davidson Atai, 1996, inclusive
Doder, undated, inclusive
Dow Corning, 1991, inclusive
Edit Decentralization, 1996, inclusive
Edit Decentralization Steer, 1996, inclusive
Edit Decentralization Steer [Restricted]
Edit Positioning, 1991, inclusive
Entertainment Weekly Japan, 1996, inclusive
Europe, 1996, inclusive
Europe, 1996, inclusive
Expense Reports, 1984-1988, inclusive
Expense Reports [Restricted]
Fortune European Roundtable, 1996, inclusive
Globe Media, 1996, inclusive
Independent Media Distribution (IMD), 1996-1997, inclusive
Independent Media Distribution (IMD) Working File: Dealing with Hanbury, 1996, inclusive
Independent Media Distribution (IMD) Working File: Dealing with Hanbury [Restricted]
Independent Media Distribution (IMD) Working File: Email, 1996-1997, inclusive
Independent Media Distribution (IMD) Working File: General Files, 1996-1997, inclusive
Independent Media Distribution (IMD) Working File: Hanbury's Approach to Logan, 1996-1997, inclusive
International Circulation Conference Notes, 1996, inclusive
International Circulation Conference Venue/Billing, 1996, inclusive
International Finance Forum, 1996, inclusive
John Buck Company, 1996, inclusive
John Buck Company [Restricted]
Kleinwort Benson, 1991, inclusive
Latin America (LatAm), 1996, inclusive
Latin America (LatAm), 1996, inclusive
Latin America (LatAm), 1996, inclusive
Latin America (LatAm), 1996, inclusive
Licensing: Magazines, 1990, 1993, inclusive
Magazine Omnibus Study, 1993, inclusive
Magazines: Business Presentation, 1996, inclusive
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1996, inclusive
Murdoch Magazines, undated, inclusive
New Job, 1988-1990, inclusive
New Job, 1984-1993, inclusive
Olympics, 1996, inclusive
Olympics '96: Meeting, 1996, inclusive
Olympics '96: Meetings, 1996, inclusive
People Japan, 1997, inclusive
President, 1996, inclusive
South Pacific (SOPAC), 1996-1997, inclusive
South Pacific (SOPAC) Financial Review, 1996, inclusive
Strategic Plan Meeting [empty], undated, inclusive
Time Canada, 1996, inclusive
Time Inc. Europe Strategic Plan Review [empty], undated, inclusive
Time Inc. International 1996 Results, 1997, inclusive
Time International Edit, 1989-1993, inclusive
Travel and Leisure Europe: Development Ideas, 1992-1995, inclusive
Who Weekly, 1997, inclusive
Who Weekly, 1996, inclusive
Zenith Media Worldwide, 1992, inclusive
Series III: Mike Taylor Files, 1997, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
Series III consists of correspondence, reports, budgets, and printed presentations produced in a review of the state of Time Inc. International's various business concerns and proposals for future development during Mike Taylor's time working for Time Inc in "strategic aspects of international magazine publishing".
Arrangement
Series III is arranged alphabetically.