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''The Saturday Evening Post'' is an American magazine, currently published six times a year. It was issued weekly under this title from 1897 until 1963, then every two weeks until 1969. From the 1920s to the 1960s, it was one of the most widely circulated and influential magazines within the American middle class, with fiction, non-fiction, cartoons and features that reached two million homes every week. The magazine declined in readership through the 1960s, and in 1969 ''The Saturday Evening Post'' folded for two years before being revived as a quarterly publication with an emphasis on medical articles in 1971. As of the late 2000s, ''The Saturday Evening Post'' is published six times a year by the Saturday Evening Post Society, which purchased the magazine in 1982. The magazine was redesigned in 2013.


History


Rise

''The Saturday Evening Post'' was first published in 1821 in the same printing shop at 53 Market Street in Philadelphia where the
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-founded ''
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'' had been published in the 18th century. While the ''Gazette'' ceased publication in 1800, ten years after Franklin's death, the ''Post'' links its history to the original magazine.


Heyday

The ''Post'' grew to become the most widely circulated weekly magazine in America. The magazine gained prominent status under the leadership of its longtime editor
George Horace Lorimer George Horace Lorimer (October 6, 1867 – October 22, 1937) was an American journalist, editor, author and publisher who worked as the editor of ''The Saturday Evening Post'' from 1899 to 1936. During his time as editor, circulation rose from s ...
(1899–1937). ''The Saturday Evening Post'' published current event articles, editorials, human interest pieces, humor, illustrations, a letter column, poetry (with contributions submitted by readers), single-panel gag
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s (including '' Hazel'' by Ted Key) and stories by the leading writers of the time. It was known for commissioning lavish illustrations and original works of fiction. Illustrations were featured on the cover and embedded in stories and advertising. Some ''Post'' illustrations continue to be reproduced as posters or prints, especially those by
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.


Decline

The ''Post'' readership began to decline in the late 1950s and 1960s. In general, the decline of general interest magazines was blamed on television, which competed for advertisers and readers' attention. The ''Post'' had problems retaining readers: the public's taste in fiction was changing, and the ''Post''s conservative politics and values appealed to a declining number of people. Content by popular writers became harder to obtain. Prominent authors drifted away to newer magazines offering more money and status. As a result, the ''Post'' published more articles on current events and cut costs by replacing illustrations with photographs for covers and advertisements.


''Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts''

The magazine's publisher, Curtis Publishing Company, lost a landmark defamation suit, '' Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts'' 388 U.S. 130 (1967), resulting from an article, and was ordered to pay U.S.$3,060,000 in damages to the
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. The ''Post'' article implied that football coaches Paul "Bear" Bryant and Wally Butts conspired to fix a game between the
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and the
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. Both coaches sued Curtis Publishing Co. for defamation, each initially asking for $10 million. Bryant eventually settled for $300,000, while Butts' case went to the Supreme Court, which held that
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damages may be recoverable (in this instance against a news organization) when the injured party is a non-public official, if the plaintiff can prove that the defendant was guilty of a reckless lack of professional standards when examining allegations for reasonable credibility. (Butts was eventually awarded $460,000.) William Emerson was promoted to editor-in-chief in 1965 and remained in the position until the magazine's demise in 1969.


Closure

In 1968, Martin Ackerman, a specialist in troubled firms, became president of Curtis after lending it $5 million. Although at first he said there were no plans to shut down the magazine, soon he halved its circulation, purportedly in an attempt to increase the quality of the audience, and then subsequently did shut it down. In announcing that the February 8, 1969, issue would be the magazine's last, Curtis executive Martin Ackerman stated that the magazine had lost $5 million in 1968 and would lose a projected $3 million in 1969. In a meeting with employees after the magazine's closure had been announced, Emerson thanked the staff for their professional work and promised "to stay here and see that everyone finds a job". At a March 1969 ''post-mortem'' on the magazine's closing, Emerson stated that ''The Post'' "was a damn good vehicle for advertising" with competitive renewal rates and readership reports and expressed what ''
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'' called "understandable bitterness" in wishing "that all the one-eyed critics will lose their other eye". Otto Friedrich, the magazine's last managing editor, blamed the death of ''The Post'' on Curtis. In his ''Decline and Fall'' (Harper & Row, 1970), an account of the magazine's final years (1962–69), he argued that corporate management was unimaginative and incompetent. Friedrich acknowledges that ''The Post'' faced challenges while the tastes of American readers changed over the course of the 1960s, but he insisted that the magazine maintained a standard of good quality and was appreciated by readers.


Reemergence

In 1970, control of the debilitated Curtis Publishing Company was acquired from the estate of Cyrus Curtis by Indianapolis industrialist
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. SerVaas relaunched the ''Post'' the following year on a quarterly basis as a kind of nostalgia magazine. In early 1982, ownership of the ''Post'' was transferred to the Benjamin Franklin Literary and Medical Society, founded in 1976 by the ''Posts then-editor, Dr. Corena "Cory" SerVaas (wife of Beurt SerVaas). The magazine's core focus was now health and medicine; indeed, the magazine's website originally noted that the "credibility of ''The Saturday Evening Post'' has made it a valuable asset for reaching medical consumers and for helping medical researchers obtain family histories. In the magazine, national health surveys are taken to further current research on topics such as
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,
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, high blood pressure, heart disease, ulcerative colitis, spina bifida, and
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." Ownership of the magazine was later transferred to the Saturday Evening Post Society; Dr. SerVaas headed both organizations. The range of topics covered in the magazine's articles is now wide, suitable for a general readership. By 1991, Curtis Publishing Company had been renamed Curtis International, a subsidiary of SerVaas Inc., and had become an importer of audiovisual equipment. Today the ''Post'' is published six times a year by the Saturday Evening Post Society, which claims
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status. With the January/February 2013 issue, the ''Post'' launched a major makeover of the publication, including a new cover design and efforts to increase the magazine's profile, in response to a general public misbelief that it was no longer in existence. The magazine's new logo is an update of a logo it had used beginning in 1942. As of October 2018, the complete archive of the magazine is available online.


Legacy

The ''Post'' has made significant contributions to American and world culture.


Illustrations

In 1916, ''Saturday Evening Post'' editor
George Horace Lorimer George Horace Lorimer (October 6, 1867 – October 22, 1937) was an American journalist, editor, author and publisher who worked as the editor of ''The Saturday Evening Post'' from 1899 to 1936. During his time as editor, circulation rose from s ...
discovered
Norman Rockwell Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was an American painter and illustrator. His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of the country's culture. Rockwell is most famous for the ...
, then an unknown 22-year-old New York artist. Lorimer promptly purchased two illustrations from Rockwell, using them as covers, and commissioned three more drawings. Rockwell's illustrations of the American family and rural life of a bygone era became icons. During his 50-year career with the ''Post'', Rockwell painted more than 300 covers. The ''Post'' also employed Nebraska artist
John Philip Falter John Philip Falter (February 28, 1910 – May 20, 1982) was an American artist best known for his many cover paintings for ''The Saturday Evening Post''. Early life Born in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, Falter moved at an early age with his family to F ...
, who became known as "a painter of Americana with an accent of the
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," who "brought out some of the homeliness and humor of Middle Western town life and home life." He produced 120 covers for the ''Post'' between 1943 and 1968, ceasing only when the magazine began displaying photographs on its covers. Another prominent artist was Charles R. Chickering, a freelance illustrator who went on to design numerous postage stamps for the U.S. Post Office. Other popular cover illustrators include artists George Hughes, Constantin Alajalov,
John Clymer John Ford Clymer (January 29, 1907 – November 2, 1989) was an American painter and illustrator known for his nature works featuring the American West. Early life and education Born in Ellensburg, Washington, Clymer first studied art throu ...
, Alonzo Kimball,
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,
J. C. Leyendecker Joseph Christian Leyendecker (March 23, 1874 – July 25, 1951) was a German-American illustrator, considered one of the preeminent American illustrators of the early 20th century. He is best known for his poster, book and advertising illustrati ...
,
Mead Schaeffer Mead Schaeffer (July 15, 1898 – November 6, 1980) was an American illustrator active from the early to middle twentieth century. Biography Schaeffer was born in Freedom Plains, New York, in 1898, the son of Presbyterian preacher Charles ...
, Charles Archibald MacLellan, John E. Sheridan, Emmett Watson, Douglass Crockwell, Amos Sewell,
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and
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. Cartoonists have included: Bob Barnes,
Irwin Caplan Irwin Caplan (May 24, 1919 – February 22, 2007), nicknamed Cap, was an American illustrator, painter, designer and cartoonist, best known as the creator of ''The Saturday Evening Post'' cartoon series, ''Famous Last Words'', which led to newspap ...
, Tom Henderson, Al Johns, Clyde Lamb, Jerry Marcus,
Frank O'Neal Frank O'Neal (May 9, 1921 – October 10, 1986)
at the
Charles M. Schulz, B. Tobey, Pete Wyma and Bill Yates. The magazine ran Ted Key's cartoon panel series '' Hazel'' from 1943 to 1969.


Literature

Each issue featured several original short stories and often included an installment of a serial appearing in successive issues. Most of the fiction was written for mainstream tastes by popular writers, but some literary writers were featured. The opening pages of stories featured paintings by the leading magazine illustrators. The ''Post'' published stories and essays by
H. E. Bates Herbert Ernest Bates (16 May 1905 – 29 January 1974), better known as H. E. Bates, was an English writer. His best-known works include ''Love for Lydia'', '' The Darling Buds of May'', and ''My Uncle Silas''. Early life H.E. Bates was ...
,
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, Kay Boyle, Agatha Christie,
Brian Cleeve Brian Brendon Talbot Cleeve (22 November 1921 – 11 March 2003) was a writer, whose published works include twenty-one novels and over a hundred short stories. He was also an award-winning broadcaster on RTÉ television. Son of an Irish father ...
,
Eleanor Franklin Egan Eleanor Franklin Egan (April 28, 1879 — January 17, 1925) was an American journalist and foreign correspondent for the ''Saturday Evening Post''. Early life Bertha Eleanor Pedigo was born in 1879 (some sources give 1877), the daughter of Henry ...
, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, C. S. Forester,
Ernest Haycox Ernest James Haycox (October 1, 1899 – October 13, 1950) was an American writer of Western fiction. Biography Haycox was born in Portland, Oregon, to William James Haycox and the former Martha Burghardt on October 1, 1899.Corning, Howard M. ( ...
, Robert A. Heinlein, Kurt Vonnegut, Paul Gallico, Normand Poirier, Hammond Innes, Louis L'Amour, Sinclair Lewis,
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,
John P. Marquand John Phillips Marquand (November 10, 1893 – July 16, 1960) was an American writer. Originally best known for his Mr. Moto spy stories, he achieved popular success and critical respect for his satirical novels, winning a Pulitzer Prize for '' ...
,
Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (; Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is wid ...
, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Sax Rohmer, William Saroyan, John Steinbeck, Rex Stout, Rob Wagner, Edith Wharton, and
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. Poetry published came from poets including:
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,
Ogden Nash Frederic Ogden Nash (August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971) was an American poet well known for his light verse, of which he wrote over 500 pieces. With his unconventional rhyming schemes, he was declared by ''The New York Times'' the country's best ...
,
Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, writer, critic, and satirist based in New York; she was known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles. From a conflicted and unhap ...
, and
Hannah Kahn Hannah Kahn (1911–1988) was an American poet, born in New York City, and subsequently a longtime resident of Miami, Florida. She was known especially for her inspirational poem "Ride a Wild Horse." Biography Hannah quit school at the age of ...
.
Jack London John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to ...
's best-known novel '' The Call of the Wild'' was first published, in serialized form, in the ''Saturday Evening Post'' in 1903. Emblematic of the ''Post's'' fiction was author Clarence Budington Kelland, who first appeared in 1916–17 with stories of homespun heroes, "Efficiency Edgar" and "Scattergood Baines". Kelland was a steady presence from 1922 until 1961. For many years
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contributed a very popular series of short stories about the escapades of Earthworm Tractors salesman Alexander Botts. Publication in the ''Post'' launched careers and helped established artists and writers stay afloat. P. G. Wodehouse said "the wolf was always at the door" until the ''Post'' gave him his "first break" in 1915 by serializing '' Something New''.


Politics

After the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt, ''Post'' columnist Garet Garrett became a vocal critic of the New Deal. Garrett accused the Roosevelt administration of initiating
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strategies. After editor George Lorimer died, Garrett became editorial writer-in-chief and criticized the Roosevelt administration's support of the United Kingdom and efforts to prepare to enter what became the
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, and allegedly showed some support for
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in some of his editorials. Garrett's positions aroused controversy and may have cost the ''Post'' readers and advertisers in the aftermath of
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and
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.


Editors

(Listed from the purchase by Curtis, 1898)Otto Friedrich, ''Decline and Fall'' (Harper & Row, 1970), flyleaf, chapter 2, and passim, provides info for 1898–1969


Cover gallery

Image:Babynew.jpg, December 28, 1907. Cover by
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File:SatrudayEveningPost041610.jpg, April 16, 1910. Cover by
Anton Otto Fischer Anton Otto Fischer (February 23, 1882 – March 26, 1962) was a German-born American illustrator for the Saturday Evening Post. Background Born in Germany and orphaned at any early age, he ran away at the age of 15 to escape being forced into ...
File:SaturdayEveningPost11Mar1911.jpg, March 11, 1911. Cover by Alonzo Myron Kimball File:1920-12-04-Saturday-Evening-Post-Norman-Rockwell-cover-Santa-and-Expense-Book-no-logo-400-Digimarc.jpg, December 4, 1920 Cover by
Norman Rockwell Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was an American painter and illustrator. His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of the country's culture. Rockwell is most famous for the ...
File:1921-6-4 No Swimming - Norman Rockwell.jpg, June 4, 1921. Cover by
Norman Rockwell Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was an American painter and illustrator. His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of the country's culture. Rockwell is most famous for the ...


See also

* Constantin Alajalov * Cyrus Curtis *
John Philip Falter John Philip Falter (February 28, 1910 – May 20, 1982) was an American artist best known for his many cover paintings for ''The Saturday Evening Post''. Early life Born in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, Falter moved at an early age with his family to F ...
*
Anton Otto Fischer Anton Otto Fischer (February 23, 1882 – March 26, 1962) was a German-born American illustrator for the Saturday Evening Post. Background Born in Germany and orphaned at any early age, he ran away at the age of 15 to escape being forced into ...
* Garet Garrett * ''
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'' *
J. C. Leyendecker Joseph Christian Leyendecker (March 23, 1874 – July 25, 1951) was a German-American illustrator, considered one of the preeminent American illustrators of the early 20th century. He is best known for his poster, book and advertising illustrati ...
*
Norman Rockwell Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was an American painter and illustrator. His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of the country's culture. Rockwell is most famous for the ...
*
John E. Sheridan (illustrator) John Emmet Sheridan (June 14, 1877 – July 3, 1948) was an illustrator well known in his lifetime for his cover art for ''The Saturday Evening Post'', his illustrations for ''Collier's Weekly'' and ''Ladies' Home Journal'', and his commercial adv ...
* Harry Simmons *
Frank Glasgow Tinker Frank Glasgow Tinker (July 14, 1909 – June 13, 1939) was an American volunteer fighter pilot for the ''Fuerzas Aéreas de la República Española'' ("Air Forces of the Spanish Republic"; FARE), during the Spanish Civil War. Tinker was cre ...
* Edmund Ward


Similar magazines

* '' Collier's'' * '' Harper's Weekly'' * ''
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'' * '' Look'' * '' Reader's Digest'' (still in publication)


References


Further reading

* Cohn, Jan. ''Creating America: George Horace Lorimer and the Saturday Evening Post'' (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1990) * Damon-Moore, Helen. ''Magazines for the millions: Gender and commerce in the Ladies' Home Journal and the Saturday Evening Post, 1880–1910'' (SUNY Press, 1994) * Hall, Roger I. "A system pathology of an organization: the rise and fall of the old Saturday Evening Post." ''Administrative science quarterly'' (1976): 185–211
in JSTOR
* Tebbel, John William. ''George Horace Lorimer and the Saturday Evening Post'' (1948)


External links

*
''Saturday Evening Post'' illustration archive 1923–1975



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