To Every Thing There Is a Season, and a Time to Every Purpose under Heaven

Abstract

ABSTRACT Between 1989 and 2002 Norman Ross (Figure 1) published tens of thousands of microfilms and microfiches, created in Russia and Eastern Europe for his company, Norman Ross Publishing. He also published 33 reference books, Over the course of 25 visits to Russia, as well as on frequent trips to Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Austria, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, Ross developed microfilm and book projects with national libraries and local academic institutions and organized the local filming of major current newspapers. In these endeavors he was assisted by local representatives, a multi-lingual in-house staff in New York, and guidance from Edward Kasinec, the late Robert T. Whittaker, and others. This was the most rewarding segment of owning his own publishing company, which began in 1972 and continues nearly 50 years later.