MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Cerf, Bennett, 1898-1971
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Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1967
Volume: 3 item(s); 3 pg(s)
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Humorist, editor and publisher, Bennett Cerf was Chairman of the Board and founder of Random House publishing house in New York. Prior to founding Random House, he had co-purchased the Modern Library series. He was a fellow graduate and editor of Jester at Columbia University, but many years prior to Merton's arrival. He later guest starred as a panelist on the TV show "What's My Line?". (Source: "Cerf, Bennett Alfred." Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Biography, Copyright Helicon Publishing Limited [2000]. Biography Reference Bank. Online. H.W. Wilson. Available: ‹http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/shared/shared_main.jhtml;jsessionid=FTJAM2QJSVQCJQA3DILSFFWADUNBIIV0?_requestid=100016› 2004/07/19.)
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