Macchia, Jerry. Interview, May 13, 1992.

Interview conducted May 12, 1992 by CSUSM Library Dean Marion Reid with Green Tiger Press owner/publisher Jerry Macchia. In his interview, Macchia speaks to his experience in taking over Green Tiger Press in 1986; his work before taking over Green Tiger Press with a forklift company in Michigan; shifting from a printing house to a publisher model; the Press's original owners, Harold and Sandra Darling and Harold Leigh; and the general history of the Press, its logo and name, and business operations. Macchia delves into the sale of Green Tiger Press to Simon & Schuster in detail, and discusses his involvement in leasing the San Marcos, California former Green Tiger building to California State University San Marcos, where the university's Foundation operations were housed, as well as overflow shelving for the library.

1992-05-13

California State University San Marcos University Library

audio

SC060-01

Oral Histories

Community history, CSUSM history

Jerry Macchia, “Macchia, Jerry. Interview, May 13, 1992.,” Voices of North County, accessed July 16, 2025, https://archivesoralhistories.csusm.edu/items/show/446.