December 8, 2017 - September 2018
In 2015, the New-York Historical Society was given the reference archive of Time, Inc. The storied publishing empire was leaving its noted midtown headquarters and moving to a small set of spaces in lower Manhattan. There was no room for the archive. Running to more than 8,000 linear feet, this enormous archive was formally begun in the early 1940s to provide documentation on the people and work of the organization, and the archive was to serve as the basis for some future history of the company and the people who worked there.
To mark this extraordinary gift, New-York Historical has created a special gallery devoted to Time Inc. as seen through the lens of its archive. This is the first in an ongoing series of exhibits that highlight aspects of what was the single most important news publishing organization in the 20th century and features key pieces of the Time portfolio.
Display of items from the Time Inc. Archive made possible through the generous support of the Henry Luce Foundation. Exhibitions at the New-York Historical Society are made possible by Dr. Agnes Hsu-Tang and Oscar Tang, the Saunders Trust for American History, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Covering the Twentieth Century: Time and Life Magazines
November 15, 2016 - May 14, 2017
For a century, the covers of Time and Life magazines have captured, in a single image, the zeitgeist of American culture, politics, and technology. Time Inc. was a serial innovator, spawning new publications, new ways of “being informed,” and new feature series, such as Time’s “Man of the Year.” Time’s founders aimed to create an informed citizenry for a new era of middle-class professionals. Their new approach to information, language, and marketing would shape the taste of mainstream America. A selection of Time and Life covers reveal how both magazines documented the major events of the 20th century.
Showcasing 18 covers published between 1926 and 2014, this installation flanking the walls of our West Gallery takes visitors on a journey through the past, recalling moments as confronting as an H-bomb mushroom cloud hovering over the Pacific in 1954 and as nostalgic as a young Bill Gates holding an early floppy disk in 1984.
In 2015, the reference archives of Time Inc. arrived at the New-York Historical Society. Thanks to a generous grant from the Henry R. Luce Foundation, the archive will open in segments for researchers beginning in 2017.
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