Before the internet, students turned to Cliff's Notes (aka Cliffs Notes aka CliffsNotes). The black-and-yellow study guides helped generations understand classic literature.
Did you know the company called Nebraska home?
Nebraska Public Media producer Andy Hermann provides a summary.
Guests, in order of appearance:
- Jim McKee, former advertising and sales manager, Cliff's Notes;
- Linda Hillegass, daughter, Clifton and Catherine Hillegass;
- Ken Price, Hillegass University Professor of American Literature, Co-Director of the Walt Whitman Archive, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Music: "Cliffs of Dover" by Eric Johnson.
Additional audio: excerpt from Nebraska Nightly on the Nebraska Public Radio Network (April 16, 1997), reported by Carolyn Johnsen.
Special thanks to Alexis Scargill, Media Archivist, Nebraska Public Media.
