Title
McClure’s Magazine
Coverage
New York
Publisher
S. S. McClure Co.
Date
November 1902
Subject
Volume 20, number 1
Description
McClure’s Magazine was founded in 1893 by S. S. McClure to be a ten-cent monthly with varied and valuable content. It opened a new chapter in American investigative journalism, eventually known as muckraking, when in 1902 it began publication of Ida Tarbell’s explosive series of articles exposing the ruthless business practices of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company. McClure’s other talented staff writers also included Willa Cather, Lincoln Steffens, and Ray Stannard Baker.