According to Frank Luther Mott's "A History of American
Magazines", the conventional spelling for "Harper's Bazar"
was substituted beginning in 1929 by Charles Hansen Towne
(he became editor in 1926). June Howard, in "Publishing
the Family" (Duke UP 2001) noted the Harpers (of Harper's
Bazar founded in 1867) initially named the magazine after
the German magazine Der Bazar (she also talked more about
the 1929 magazine name changeover in her paper at the
2001 Modern Language Association seminar in New Orleans.
I desire to know WHY/DOCUMENTED REASON(S) (please
identify your source for the answer) that the second
letter "a" after the letter "z" was added to the
magazine currently titled Harper's Bazaar? |
Request for Question Clarification by
nellie_bly-ga
on
16 Sep 2002 10:23 PDT
Have you examined the following thesis?
A history of Harper's literary magazines, 1850-1900.
John Gray Laird Dowgray 1956
A history of Harper's literary magazines, 1850-1900.
Author(s): Dowgray, John Gray Laird, 1922-
Year: 1956
Description: v, 360 .
Language: English
Series: University Microfilms publications; no. 14,763;
Dissertation: Thesis--University of Wisconsin./ Reproduction:
Microfilm copy (positive), of typescript./ Ann Arbor, Mich.,/
University Microfilms,/ 1956.
The document is owned by four libraries: New York Public Library,
Brown Univ.
Univ of Iowa and Auburn.
It may be possible to borrow it from Brown or NY.
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Clarification of Question by
1901bell-ga
on
16 Sep 2002 11:04 PDT
No, I have not seen or read the thesis you
have listed below. I was sent by another
source the same stated source (I think), but
I can not access desired information...Harper's
Bazaar is available in American Periodicals
Series Online. There's a longer explanation
in A History of American Magazines, Vol.
III: 1865-1885, Frank Luther Mott,
Harvard University Press, 1967, pp. 388-90.
For information on American Periodicals
Series Online
http://www.proquest.com/products/pt-product-APSOnline.shtml
APS, a digitized version of a popular microfilm
collection, is usually purchased by academic
libraries and made available through them to
their patrons. University of Iowa is a customer.
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Request for Question Clarification by
nellie_bly-ga
on
17 Sep 2002 20:05 PDT
Hello again --
Actually the citation I gave you and the one you were "given by
another source" are for different items.
I can attempt an Inter-Library Loan for the thesis is you wish, or, if
you live in the U.S. you can probably do that yourself through your
local library.
Meanwhile, let me ask the obvious. Have you contacted Harper's Bazaar
editorial staff and/or librarian to ask them your question?
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Clarification of Question by
1901bell-ga
on
18 Sep 2002 07:35 PDT
Yes, Harper's Bazaar corporation was been contacted.
As I am attempting to solve this question for the
parent company Hearst Corporation, as they stated
they do not know the documented reason for the
magazine's tiotle change.
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Request for Question Clarification by
nellie_bly-ga
on
18 Sep 2002 09:35 PDT
Hi-
'Tis I again.
Do you wish me to attempt to get the thesis I mentioned in my earlier
post?
It is interesting that Hearst doesn't know the answer.
I wonder if there might be any personal correspondence that might
touch on the matter.
Nellie
Nellie
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Clarification of Question by
1901bell-ga
on
19 Sep 2002 11:03 PDT
Yes, please get the theseis and/or the information needed
to solve for the documented reason as to whythe title change.
Thank You
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Request for Question Clarification by
nellie_bly-ga
on
02 Oct 2002 23:21 PDT
I will have access to microfilm of the Dowgray dissertation early next
week. Besides an answer to the burning question, is there anything
else I should look for in it?
Nellie Bly
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Clarification of Question by
1901bell-ga
on
03 Oct 2002 07:11 PDT
No other information is desired from the Dowgray paper
other than the answer to the main question...Thank You
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Request for Question Clarification by
nellie_bly-ga
on
09 Oct 2002 20:18 PDT
I reviewed the Dowgray thesis, but, unfortunately, it did not contain
a clue.
I have determined that Dowgray is currently emeritus professor from
the University of Tulsa. You may wish to try to contact him directly.
He obviously did a great deal of research into the earlier history of
Harper's and may be able to suggest a clue.
Have you looked at the actual issue of the magazine in which the name
first was changed? One would expect some sort of explanation to have
been printed then.
Back issues are available at the Philadephia Free Library. I could
make a short trip to check those, but, frankly, would only be so
inclined if the fee were increased to cover time and travel expenses.
I've spent quite a few hours on this already.
I checked the New York Times archive for that October and one could
see advertisements change the spelling from one week to another, but
there was no editorial mention.
Let me know about the back issues.
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Clarification of Question by
1901bell-ga
on
10 Oct 2002 13:52 PDT
I will try to contact Dowgray directly, if I figure our Tulsa's email
convention...also, I have not looked first actual magazine after
change, thus,
the value for answer to question has been changed to allow you to
follow lead concerning back issues available at the Philadephia Free
Library.
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Request for Question Clarification by
nellie_bly-ga
on
10 Oct 2002 17:34 PDT
OK I'll follow up on the Philadelphia Library within the next 5 or 6 days.
If you have a problem contacting Dowgray, let me know, and I'll give it a try.
Nellie
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Clarification of Question by
1901bell-ga
on
14 Oct 2002 13:21 PDT
ok I will attempt to person via Tulsa email, while you conduct
actual magazine lookup research.
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