This photo from www.cbarks.dk/theshowings.htm shows the staff at Western's Beverly Hills office in 1957. The numbers indicate the staff member's name and role in 1957:

• 1: Michael H. Arens, artist
• 2: Carl von Buettner, editor of Golden Books
• 3: J. Alfred Riley, sales
• 4: Jane Werner Watson, author of Golden Books
• 5: Alice Nielson Cobb, story editor [note: credited as managing editor from 1951]
• 6: Albert L. Stoffel, assistant to 15
• 7: Thomas J. McKimson, art director
• 8: Ralph Heimdahl, artist
• 9: Chase Craig, managing editor
• 10: Francis J. Hoffman, sales
• 11: A.L. Zerbe, sales
• 12: John N. Carey, artist
• 13: Guy Erne, sales
• 14: Carl Barks, artist
• 15: R.S. Callender, Vice President