Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1900, June 11 | Born, New York, N.Y. |
| 1921 | A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1921-1930 | Business manager, Antiques magazine |
| 1924 | Married Charlotte Beir Ring |
| 1930-1933 | Circulation director and assistant to the publisher, Hunting and Fishing and National Sportsman magazines |
| 1934-1939 | Business manager, American Mercury |
| 1937-1950 | Published paperback mystery and science fiction stories through Mercury Publications, Inc. |
| 1939-1944 | Publisher, American Mercury |
| 1944-1950 | Publisher and editor, American Mercury |
| 1945 | Cofounder, co-originator, and coproducer with Martha Rountree of "Meet the Press," a radio program broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System to promote the American Mercury |
| 1947 | "Meet the Press" separated from American Mercury, Inc., and put under Press Productions, Inc., with the stock split between Spivak and Martha Rountree "Meet the Press" television debut |
| 1948 | "Meet the Press" aired as a regular series on the National Broadcasting Co. |
| 1950 | “Meet the Press” canceled by Mutual Broadcasting System |
| 1951 | "Meet the Press" thirteen-week extra series sponsored by Saturday Evening Post Teleproductions, Inc., established |
| 1952 | Televentions, Inc., established "Meet the Press" awarded George Foster Peabody Television Award |
| 1953 | Bought Martha Rountree's interest in "Meet the Press" Televentions, Inc., dissolved |
| 1954 | Sold interest in Mercury Publications, Inc. |
| 1955 | "Meet the Press" purchased by National Broadcasting Co. |
| 1956 | Press Productions, Inc., dissolved |
| 1956-1975 | Regular panelist and producer, "Meet the Press" |
| 1964 | "Meet the Press" interview of French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville on its first intercontinental show via the Telstar satellite |
| 1965 | "Meet the Press" interview of British Prime Minister Harold Wilson on its first transatlantic satellite show |
| 1973 | Teleproductions, Inc., dissolved |
| 1975 | Retired from "Meet the Press" |
| 1975-circa 1989 | Consultant, National Broadcasting Co. |
| 1983 | Last appearance on "Meet the Press" |
| 1985-1994 | Producer with Julia White, Public Broadcasting System television shows by Southern Center for International Studies |
| 1994, Mar. 9 | Died, Washington, D.C. |