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The Daily Heller: Long-Playing Instructionals and the American Dreams

Steven Heller
Print Magazine

A book excerpt from Designed for Success: Better Living and Self-Improvement with Midcentury Instructional Records, by Janet Borgerson and Jonathan Schroeder

Jerry Jazz Musician

The Beguiling, Bizarre World of Midcentury Self-Help Records

The MIT Press Reader

What the history of self-improvement LPs teaches us about the culture of productivity and optimization

CBC Radio

Designed for Success: Learning At 33-1/3 Revolutions Per Minute, Northern Express

Northern Express

Candid Conversations - Zoomed In - Designed For Success - J Borgerson and J Schroeder

Candid Conversations - Zoomed In

Midcentury Instructional Records, Popular Music Books Series

Popular Music Books In Process

Docomomo US Summer Book List

Documentation and Conservation of buildings, sites, landscapes and neighborhoods of the Modern Movement

Simple! Fast! Modern! Fun! Taking the Road to Success with Midcentury Self-Improvement Records Palm Springs Modernism Week, 2025

Palm Springs Modernism Week, 2025