Robert Joseph Flaherty papers, 1884-1970

Robert Joseph Flaherty papers, 1884-1970

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0433
Bib ID:
4078765 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Flaherty, Robert Joseph, 1884-1951
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
80 boxes (80 boxes 16 volumes)
Language(s):
English .
Other Finding Aids

The original typed finding aid for the collection is available for use at the RBML, as necessary.

Access:
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

The following boxes are located off-site: CMI Boxes 81-96, Box 97. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. Commercial materials are not routinely digitized.

Description

Summary

Professional and personal papers of Robert J. Flaherty and of his associates Frances Hubbard Flaherty and David Flaherty, concerning his career as an explorer in the Hudson Bay area, and as a film-maker from 1913 until 1951. The collection includes correspondence, diaries, financial records, scripts, publicity materials, his books, short stories, and articles and stills from his films including NANOOK OF THE NORTH (1922), MOANA (1925), MAN OF ARAN (1934), ELEPHANT BOY (1937), THE LAND (1941), and LOUISIANA STORY (1948). Also, files of the Robert Flaherty Foundation, including the later personal papers of Flaherty's wife, Frances Hubbard Flaherty.

Arrangement

Using the Collection

Other Finding Aids

The original typed finding aid for the collection is available for use at the RBML, as necessary.

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

The following boxes are located off-site: CMI Boxes 81-96, Box 97. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. Commercial materials are not routinely digitized.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

1) No original materials may be removed from the library at any time.

2) Requests for photoduplication must be made in writing to one of the officers of International Film Seminars.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Robert Joseph Flaherty papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Alternate Form Available

Microfilm available.

Ownership and Custodial History

On permanent deposit from International Film Seminars, Inc., 1966, 1979.

Photographs by Robert J. Flaherty, Frances H. Flaherty, and others are: on extended loan to the Flaherty Study Center, School of Theology, Claremont College, Claremont, CA 91711.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--International Film Seminars, Inc. Method of acquisition--On permanent deposit; Date of acquisition--1966. Accession number--M-66.

Letter from Robert Flaherty to William Edwin Rudge, circa 1946-1947. Accn: 2016.2017.M084. Gift of Joanna Rudge Long.

1 box of material from Cecile Starr re. Frances Hubbard Flaherty and others [2009-2010-M058].

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/1989.

Due to a need for clarification on the availability of film strips, photographs and stills listed in the finding aid, particularly in light of the statement that some photographs are on extended loan at Flaherty Study Center, a review of the RBML's collection file and existing finding aid was done by Catherine C. Ricciardi in August 2021. The Flaherty Center was allowed to take all photographic material for purposes of duplication and preservation in 1972, and this material has remained with the Flaherty Study Center, School of Theology, Claremont College, Claremont, CA 91711. As this material was not at Columbia University when the collection was microfilmed, this material is not available on the microfilms made by Columbia University. All individual items and files listed in the finding aid that are currently at the Flaherty Study Center are now noted in the container list, and also listed in a separate list at the end of the document. All historical references to container information and the availability of microfilm for these items has been corrected in the finding aid.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2019-02-07 XML document revised by Catherine C. Ricciardi. Revised library's statement on the required use of microfilm copies. Removed outdated restriction statements regarding Boxes 11-14.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

2021-08-18 Review of description pertaining to film strips, photographs, and stills done by CCR. Corrections made to existing container lists. For more detailed information, see the note under Processing Information.

Biographical / Historical

Film producer and director, pioneer in the documentary film. Robert Joseph Flaherty was married to Frances Hubbard Flaherty. His brother was the documentary film-maker David Flaherty.

The Robert Flaherty Foundation, later absorbed by International Film Seminars, Inc., was established after Flaherty's death to encourage study of "the Flaherty method" of film-making, to advise young directors, and to ensure the continued availability of the Flaherty films.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Diaries
Scripts (documents)
Name
Flaherty, David, 1897-1966
Flaherty, Frances Hubbard
International Film Seminars (Firm)
Place
Hudson Bay -- Description and travel
Subject
Documentary films -- Production and direction
Explorers
Motion picture industry
Motion picture producers and directors

Series I General correspondence


Cataloged correspondence:


Box 1-6

Cataloged correspondence: A-Z

On microfilm reels MN#1901 & 1902


General correspondence:


Box 7

1916-1937 & undated, 1916-1937, undated

On microfilm reel MN#1903


Box 8

1938-1942

On microfilm reels MN#1903 & 1904


Box 9

1943 - 1949

On microfilm reels MN#1904 & 1905


Box 9

Letter from Robert Flaherty to William Edwin Rudge, circa 1946-1947

Accn: 2016.2017.M084. Gift of Joanna Rudge Long


Box 10

1950-1951 & letters of condolence at the death of R.J.F., 1950-1951

On microfilm reel MN#1905


Family correspondence


Box 11

Frances Hubbard Flaherty (Mrs. Robert J.)

On microfilm reel MN#1906


Box 12

Barbara Lee Flaherty and her family

On microfilm reel MN#1907


Box 13

Frances Farnham Flaherty and her family (Burns)

On microfilm reel MN#1908


Box 14

Monica Lambard Flaherty and her husband (Frassetto)

On microfilm reel MN#1908 & 1909


Box 14

Misc. family members

On microfilm reels MN#1908 & 1909

Series II: Canadian Explorations


Box 15

Correspondence

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Box 15

Coleman, A.P.: Northeastern Part of Labrador, and New Quebec

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Box 15

Cree legends

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Box 15

Cree legend of the flood

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Box 15

Eskimo collection of R.J.F.

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Box 15

Eskimo drawings (4)

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Box 15

Eskimo language

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Box 15

Eskimo religion

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Box 15

Eskimo sculpture

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Box 15

Eskimo stories

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Box 15

Kindle, E.M.: Geography and Geology of Lake Melville District ...

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Box 15

Leith, C.K.: "An Algonkian Basin in Hudson Bay"

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Box 15

Low & Bell: "Report on an Exploration of the East Coast of Hudson Bay ..."

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Box 15

Low & Bell: "Reports on Explorations of the Coasts of Hudson Straight ..."

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Box 15

McGregor Expedition, 1908

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Box 15

MacKenzie Expedition, 1910-1911

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Box 15

MacKenzie Expedition, 1911-1912

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Box 16

MacKenzie Expedition, 1913-1914 (4), 1913-1914

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Box 16

MacKenzie Expedition, 1914-1915

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Box 16

MacKenzie Expedition, 1915-1916

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Box 16

Maps

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Box 16

Moore, E.S.: The Iron-formation on Belcher Islands…

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Box 16

Printed misc., clippings, etc., 1913-1936 (8), 1913-1936

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Box 16

Sullivan, Alan: "In Baffin Land"

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Box 16

Young, G.A.: Iron-bearing Rocks of Belcher Islands ...

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Box 16

Miscellaneous

On microfilm reel MN#1910


Canadian explorations: R.J. Flaherty's writings:


Box 17

Autobiographical account of travels in the north

On microfilm reel MN#1911


Box 17

Baffinland

On microfilm reel MN#1911


Box 17

The Belcher Islands of Hudson Bay…

On microfilm reel MN#1911


Box 17

Down River to the Bay

On microfilm reel MN#1911


Box 17

The island exploration in Hudson Bay ..."

On microfilm reel MN#1911


Box 17

River travel, etc.

On microfilm reel MN#1911


Box 17

Two Cross Sections by Sledge and Canoe across the Peninsula of Northern Ungava

On microfilm reel MN#1911


Box 17

Two Traverses across Ungava Peninsula, Labrador

On microfilm reel MN#1911


Box 17

Wetalltook's Islands (3)

On microfilm reel MN#1911


Box 17

Winter on Wetalltook's Island

On microfilm reel MN#1911


Box 17

Two reviews of his articles

On microfilm reel MN#1911


Canadian explorations:


Diaries (kept by R.J.F. and by others, ships' logs, etc.:


Box 18

1846-1911

On microfilm reel MN#1911


Box 19

1911-1913

On microfilm reel MN#1912


Box 20

1913-1916

On microfilm reel MN#1912


Canadian explorations: Photographs (with an index to the photographs) -- ("Strip films in process")

This file is on extended loan to the Flaherty Study Center, School of Theology, Claremont College, Claremont, CA 91711.

Series III: Films


Nanook of the North , 1922


Box 21

Correspondence (4)

On microfilm reel MN#1913


Box 21

Captions

On microfilm reel MN#1913


Box 21

Contracts (2)

On microfilm reel MN#1913


Film fragments

This file is on extended loan to the Flaherty Study Center, School of Theology, Claremont College, Claremont, CA 91711.


Box 21

Flaherty, Frances H.: Diary

On microfilm reel MN#1913


Flaherty, R.J. Diaries (3):

On microfilm reel MN#1913


Box 21

Early account of the film

On microfilm reel MN#1913


Box 21

"Filming in the frozen north"

On microfilm reel MN#1913


Box 21

"Life among the Eskimos"

On microfilm reel MN#1913


Box 21

McCraken, Harold: script-sound version

On microfilm reel MN#1913


Box 21

Music

On microfilm reel MN#1913


Box 22

Patterson, F.T.: "Screened snow and Esquimaux"

On microfilm reel MN#1913


Box 22

Printed materials (misc.) 1922-1951 (7), 1922-1951

On microfilm reel MN#1913


Box 22

Publicity materials (4)

On microfilm reel MN#1913


Box 22

Reviews (typescript copies)

On microfilm reel MN#1913


Box 22

Serial: La Nacion (Santiago, Chile), July 1948

On microfilm reel MN#1913


Box 22

Teacher's guide for school versions

On microfilm reel MN#1913


Box 22

Theater programs

On microfilm reel MN#1913


Box 22

Miscellaneous

On microfilm reel MN#1913


Nanook of the North: Stills

This file is on extended loan to the Flaherty Study Center, School of Theology, Claremont College, Claremont, CA 91711.


Nanook of the North: Stills -- See Also: A Visual Index to the Flaherty Still Photographs in Series VIII, Box 80


Moana of the South Seas , 1925


Box 23

Correspondence

On microfilm reel MN#1914


Box 24

Journals, diaries, accounts, and articles by the Flaherty family

On microfilm reel MN#1914


Box 25

Articles

On microfilm reel MN#1915


Box 25

Bridle, August us: "Film by Canadian called greatest yet"

On microfilm reel MN#1915


Box 25

Captions-notes

On microfilm reel MN#1915


Box 25

Contract

On microfilm reel MN#1915


Box 25

Dexter, Gayne: Article

On microfilm reel MN#1915


Box 25

Expenditures

On microfilm reel MN#1915


Box 25

Gurr, G.W.: Temple of the fete:

On microfilm reel MN#1915


Hall, C.F.:


Box 25

"Samoa approves of Moana"

On microfilm reel MN#1915


Box 25

The Snare Fence

On microfilm reel MN#1915


Photographs

This file is on extended loan to the Flaherty Study Center, School of Theology, Claremont College, Claremont, CA 91711.


Photographs -- See Also: A Visual Index to the Flaherty Still Photographs in Series VIII, Box 80


Box 25

Reviews (2)

On microfilm reel MN#1915


Box 25

Royalties

On microfilm reel MN#1915


Box 25

Samoa-background notes

On microfilm reel MN#1915


Box 25

Samoa-maps

On microfilm reel MN#1915


Box 25

Samoan collection at the American Museum of Natural History

On microfilm reel MN#1915


Box 25

Samoan highlights

On microfilm reel MN#1915


Box 25

Samoan songs

On microfilm reel MN#1915


Box 25

The Story of Mr. Flaherty (O le tala a Misi Falati)

On microfilm reel MN#1915


Box 25

Tattooing designs

On microfilm reel MN#1915


Box 25

White, W.A.: "Are the movies a mess or a menace?"

On microfilm reel MN#1915


Box 26

Printed materials (except reviews) misc.

On microfilm reel MN#1915


Box CMI Box 81

Moana Press Book #1, 1923 March 1-1927 November 28

On microfilm reel MN#1915

Scrapbook of clippings, letters, and publicity materials.


Box CMI Box 82

Moana Press Book #2, 1924 January 6-1927 January 2

On microfilm reel MN#1915

Scrapbook of clippings, letters, and publicity materials.


Box CMI Box 83

Moana Press Book #3, 1925 March 22-1927 February 5

On microfilm reel MN#1915

Scrapbook of clippings, letters, and publicity materials.


Box 27

The Twenty-four Dollar Island , 1927

Any photographic material related to this film is on extended loan to the Flaherty Study Center, School of Theology, Claremont College, Claremont, CA 91711. This photographic material is not available on microfilm.

On microfilm reel MN#1916


White Shadows on the South Seas. Photographs, 1928

This file is on extended loan to the Flaherty Study Center, School of Theology, Claremont College, Claremont, CA 91711.

"Strip films in process"


Acoma , 1929


Box 27

"Clippings & correspondence

On microfilm reel MN#1916


Box 27

Contract

On microfilm reel MN#1916


Box 27

Flaherty, F.H.: Polacca diary

On microfilm reel MN#1916


Photographs

This file is on extended loan to the Flaherty Study Center, School of Theology, Claremont College, Claremont, CA 91711.

"Strip films in process"


Box 27

Scenarios

On microfilm reel MN#1916


Box 27

Synopses

On microfilm reel MN#1916


Tabu , 1929


Box 27

Correspondence

On microfilm reel MN#1916


Box 27

Colorart vs. Flaherty & Murnau

On microfilm reel MN#1916


Box 27

Contracts

On microfilm reel MN#1916


Box 27

Diaries

On microfilm reel MN#1916


Box 27

Maps

On microfilm reel MN#1916


Photographs

This file is on extended loan to the Flaherty Study Center, School of Theology, Claremont College, Claremont, CA 91711.

"Strip films in process"


Box 27

Printed materials

On microfilm reel MN#1916


Box 27

Synopses

On microfilm reel MN#1916


Box 27

Miscellaneous

On microfilm reel MN#1916


Industrial Britain , 1933

Any photographic material related to this film is on extended loan to the Flaherty Study Center, School of Theology, Claremont College, Claremont, CA 91711. This photographic material is not available on microfilm.


Box 27

Flaherty, R.J.: Report, 1931

On microfilm reel MN#1916


Box 27

Printed materials

On microfilm reel MN#1916


Box 27

Scenario

On microfilm reel MN#1916


Box 27

Seabury, W.M.: Report, 1931

On microfilm reel MN#1916


Man of Aran , 1934


Box 28

Correspondence

On microfilm reel MN#1916


Box 29

Articles, background materials, etc.

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Box 29

Aran Islands-history

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Box 29

Cinema 16, 1958

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Box 29

Contracts, 1949-1950

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Box 29

Curach

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Box 29

Dialogue, prologue, script

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Box 29

Dublin Gate Theatre-Storm Song

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Box 29

Flaherty-alien registration

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Flaherty, F.H.:


Box 29

Account of storm scene

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Box 29

Making Man of Aran

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Flaherty, R.J.:


Box 29

Account of making the film

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Box 29

Maggie

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Box 29

Fordham University-The Gaelic Ram, 1958

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Box 29

Interviews (3)

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Box 29

Inventory

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Box 29

Irish Folk Tale

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Box 29

Liverpool essay contest

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Box 29

Maps

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Box 29

Mullen, Pat: Man of Aran-reviews

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Box 29

Premier invitation

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Box 29

Press releases

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Box 29

Publicity

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Box 29

Reviews (2)

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Box 29

Shark-notes on the basking shark

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Box 29

Sheffield campaign

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Box 30

Misc. printed materials

On microfilm reel MN#1917


Man of Aran: Photographs & stills


Photographs and stills

This file is on extended loan to the Flaherty Study Center, School of Theology, Claremont College, Claremont, CA 91711.


Stills

This file is on extended loan to the Flaherty Study Center, School of Theology, Claremont College, Claremont, CA 91711.


Stills -- See Also: A Visual Index to the Flaherty Still Photographs in Series VIII, Box 80


Box CMI Box 84

Man of Aran Press Book #1, 1932 January-1935 March

On microfilm reel MN#1918

Scrapbook of clippings, letters, and publicity materials.


Box CMI Box 85

Man of Aran Press Book #2, 1935 March-1937 March

On microfilm reel MN#1918

Scrapbook of clippings, letters, and publicity materials.


Box CMI Box 86

Man of Aran Press Book #3, 1934 September

On microfilm reel MN#1918

Press Notices, September 1934 #1. Scrapbook of clippings, letters, and publicity materials.


Box CMI Box 87

Man of Aran Press Book #4, 1934 September

On microfilm reel MN#1918

Press Notices, September 1934 #2. Scrapbook of clippings, letters, and publicity materials.


Box CMI Box 88

Man of Aran Press Book #5, 1934

On microfilm reel MN#1918

Scrapbook of clippings, letters, and publicity materials.


Box CMI Box 89

Man of Aran Press Book #6, 1934 October

On microfilm reel MN#1918

Clippings from the New York Papers Re:Man of Aranat Ritz-Carlton Benefit and Museum of Irish Art Opening. Scrapbook of clippings, letters, and publicity materials.


Box CMI Box 90

Man of Aran Press Book #7, 1934

On microfilm reel MN#1918

Canadian Publicity and Exploitation. Scrapbook of clippings, letters, and publicity materials.


Box CMI Box 91

Man of Aran Press Book #8, 1933-1934

On microfilm reel MN#1918

Pre-release press cuttings. Scrapbook of clippings, letters, and publicity materials.


Box CMI Box 92

Man of Aran Press Book #9, 1934

On microfilm reel MN#1918

Scrapbook of clippings, letters, and publicity materials.


Elephant Boy , 1937


Box 31

Correspondence

On microfilm reel MN#1919


Box 31

Accounts

On microfilm reel MN#1919


Box 31

Call sheets

On microfilm reel MN#1919


Box 31

Continuity

On microfilm reel MN#1919


Box 31

Continuity-notes

On microfilm reel MN#1919


Elephant Boy:


Box 32

Continuity-revised

On microfilm reels MN#1919 & 1920


Box 32

Continuity-treatments

On microfilm reels MN#1919 & 1920


Box 32

Continuity-typescript

On microfilm reels MN#1919 & 1920


Box 32

Cost sheet

On microfilm reels MN#1919 & 1920


Box 32

Dialogue

On microfilm reels MN#1919 & 1920


Box 32

First script

On microfilm reels MN#1919 & 1920


Box 32

Flaherty vs. London Film Production, Ltd., 1937-1938

On microfilm reels MN#1919 & 1920


Box 32

Flaherty, D.T.-contract

On microfilm reels MN#1919 & 1920


Box 32

Flaherty, R.J.-interview

On microfilm reels MN#1919 & 1920


Box 32

Flaherty, R.J.-newspaper articles

On microfilm reels MN#1919 & 1920


Box 32

Fremlin, Ralph W.

On microfilm reels MN#1919 & 1920


Box 32

Mandu

On microfilm reels MN#1919 & 1920


Box 32

Outlines

On microfilm reels MN#1919 & 1920


Box 32

Outline-draft a.ms.

On microfilm reels MN#1919 & 1920


Box 32

Outline-Biro notes

On microfilm reels MN#1919 & 1920


Box 32

Outline-by Zoltan Korda

On microfilm reels MN#1919 & 1920


Box 32

Outline-de Silva

On microfilm reels MN#1919 & 1920


Box 32

Outline-"Mysore"

On microfilm reels MN#1919 & 1920


Box 32

Outline-notes

On microfilm reels MN#1919 & 1920


Box 32

Outline-second half (3)

On microfilm reels MN#1919 & 1920


Box 33

Padripet

On microfilm reel MN#1920


Box 33

Progress reports

On microfilm reel MN#1920


Box 33

Properties

On microfilm reel MN#1920


Box 33

Publicity (7)

On microfilm reel MN#1920


Box 33

Reviews (2)

On microfilm reel MN#1920


Box 33

Schedules

On microfilm reel MN#1920


Stills & photographs

This file is on extended loan to the Flaherty Study Center, School of Theology, Claremont College, Claremont, CA 91711.


Box CMI Box 93

Scrapbook of clippings, 1935 January-1937 March

On microfilm reel MN#1920


F.H. Flaherty books:


Box 34

Der Elefanten-Boy , 1938

On microfilm reel MN#1921


Box 34

Elephant Dance , 1937

On microfilm reel MN#1921


Box 34

Sabu the Elephant Boy, 1937 Correspondence, reviews, & copies of her books, 1937

On microfilm reel MN#1921


Elephant Dance:


Box CMI Box 94

Scrapbook--Draft of Elephant Dance

On microfilm reel MN#1921


The Land , 1941


Box 35

Correspondence (5)

On microfilm reel MN#1921


Box 35

Bromfield, Louis: review

On microfilm reel MN#1921


Film clips

This file is on extended loan to the Flaherty Study Center, School of Theology, Claremont College, Claremont, CA 91711.

"Strip films in process"


Box 35

Flaherty, F.H.: soil erosion article ­ notes

On microfilm reel MN#1921


Box 35

Flaherty, R.J.: account of film

On microfilm reel MN#1921


Box 35

Griffith, Richard: "The Land." ­ review

On microfilm reel MN#1921


Lord, Russell:


Box 35

Memoranda

On microfilm reel MN#1921


Box 35

"Soil and man"

On microfilm reel MN#1921


Box 35

"Why farmers are poor" ­ review

On microfilm reel MN#1921


Box 35

Maps

On microfilm reel MN#1921


Box 35

Memoranda

On microfilm reel MN#1921


Box 35

Printed misc. (2)

On microfilm reel MN#1921


Box 35

Publicity (3)

On microfilm reel MN#1921


Box 35

Review

On microfilm reel MN#1921


Box 35

Scripts (10)

On microfilm reel MN#1921


Box 35

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture ­ pamphlets

On microfilm reel MN#1921


Wallace, Henry A.: "The American choice."


Box 35

Introduction to The Lands

On microfilm reel MN#1921


Box 35

Statements

On microfilm reel MN#1921


Louisiana Story 1948


Box 36

Correspondence

On microfilm reel MN#1922


Box 36

Financial records

On microfilm reel MN#1922


Louisiana Story:


Box 37

Academy Award ­ nomination

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

Advertising (2)

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

Arriflex camera

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

Authors League of America

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

Bonded Film Storage

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

Book mock-up

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

Boudraux, J.C. ­ sketch, etc.

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

British Film Academy

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

Contracts & agreements

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

Cutting continuity

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

Distribution

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

Edinburgh Festival ­ certificate

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

Equipment

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Film clips

This file is on extended loan to the Flaherty Study Center, School of Theology, Claremont College, Claremont, CA 91711.

"Stip films in process"


Box 37

Flaherty, F.H.: diary notes

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Flaherty, R.J.


Box 37

Account of film

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

Louisiana-Legende

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

"The story behind Louisiana Story"

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

Let Freedom Ring ­ ABC 30, November 1948

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

Music (5)

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

National Board of Review of Motion Pictures

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

Oil

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

Oil survey

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

Opening titles (2)

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

Publicity

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

Screen Directors Guild ­, January 1951

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

Standard Oil Co.

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

Standard Oil Co. ­ film proposal

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Van Dongen, Helen: Louisiana Story study film


Box 37

Notes for book, on editing

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

Script for BBC, June 1949

On microfilm reels MN#1922 & MN#1923


Box 37

Van Dongen, Helen: "350 cans of film." from: The Cinema 1951

On microfilm reel MN#1923


Box 37

Misc.

On microfilm reel MN#1923


Box 38

Scripts

On microfilm reel MN#1923


Box 39

Printed materials-U.S.

On microfilm reel MN#1923


Box 40

Printed materials-foreign

On microfilm reel MN#1923


Stills & photographs

This file is on extended loan to the Flaherty Study Center, School of Theology, Claremont College, Claremont, CA 91711.

"Strip films in process"


Leica Film Strip Catalog

This file is on extended loan to the Flaherty Study Center, School of Theology, Claremont College, Claremont, CA 91711.

"Strip films in process"


Guernica, 1949


Box 41

Clipping

On microfilm reel MN#1924


Box 41

Notes by Alfred Barr

On microfilm reel MN#1924


Box 41

Scenario

On microfilm reel MN#1924


The Titan, 1950


Box 41

Correspondence

On microfilm reel MN#1924


Box 41

Distribution

On microfilm reel MN#1924


Box 41

Edinburgh Festival

On microfilm reel MN#1924


Box 41

National Gallery of Art-preview invitation

On microfilm reel MN#1924


Box 41

Photographs

On microfilm reel MN#1924


Box 41

Press release

On microfilm reel MN#1924


Box 41

Printed (6)

On microfilm reel MN#1924


St. Matthew Passion, 1951


Box 41

Correspondence

On microfilm reel MN#1924


Box 41

Opening titles

On microfilm reel MN#1924


Box 41

Outline

On microfilm reel MN#1924


Box 41

Printed materials (3)

On microfilm reel MN#1924


Box 41

Scenario

On microfilm reel MN#1924


Proposed films: outlines, correspondence, budgets, etc. for films which were planned but not made:


Box 42

Hawaii (6)

On microfilm reel MN#1924


Box 42

Iviuk son of Nanook

On microfilm reel MN#1924


Box 42

Machines and the world beyond war

On microfilm reel MN#1924


Box 42

Pit Boy (Collier story or Pony Boy)

On microfilm reel MN#1924


Box 42

A singer of the south seas

On microfilm reel MN#1924


Box 42

South American film

On microfilm reel MN#1924


Box 42

Soviet Union

On microfilm reel MN#1924


Box 42

Turia

On microfilm reel MN#1924


Box 42

York Penna

On microfilm reel MN#1924


Box 97

The Stranger: Kabloonak, 1998, 1 videocassettes (VHS)


Raven Releasing; Starr-Boyajian. From Cecile Starr

Series IV: General writings by R.J. Flaherty


Books:


The Captain's Chair:


Box 43

Correspondence (6)

On microfilm reel MN#1925


Box 43

Corrections

On microfilm reel MN#1925


Box 43

Dust-jacket (Hodder & Stoughton edition)

On microfilm reel MN#1925


Box 43

Registration & synopsis

On microfilm reel MN#1925


Box 43

Reviews (2)

On microfilm reel MN#1925


Box 43

Serial: The Elks Magazine, 1928-1929 (2), 1928-1929

On microfilm reel MN#1925


Box 43

The Captain's Chair; a story of the north. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938 315 p. one copy, 1938

On microfilm reel MN#1925


"The last voyage of Captain Grant." (3 t.ms. copies):


Box 44

Draft

On microfilm reel MN#1925


Box 44

Radio scripts 1-6

On microfilm reel MN#1925


Box 44

Television scripts (3)

On microfilm reel MN#1925


"The story of Comock":


Box 44

Correspondence

On microfilm reel MN#1925


Box 44

BBC broadcasts (4)

On microfilm reel MN#1925


Box 44

Drafts (2)

On microfilm reel MN#1925


Box 44

Readers Digest (Selections)

On microfilm reel MN#1925


Box 44

Typescripts-5 versions

On microfilm reel MN#1925


My Eskimo friends "Nanook of the North":


Box 45

Correspondence

On microfilm reel MN#1926


Box 45

Contract

On microfilm reel MN#1926


Box 45

Drafts

On microfilm reel MN#1926


Box 45

Introduction by R.J. Flaherty (not used)

On microfilm reel MN#1926


Box 45

Introduction by Charles Hanson Towne (not used)

On microfilm reel MN#1926


Box 45

Outline

On microfilm reel MN#1926


Box 45

Reviews

On microfilm reel MN#1926


Box 45

My Eskimo friends "Nanook of the North". New York, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1924. 170 p. two copies; one inscribed by R.J. Flaherty to F.H. Flaherty

On microfilm reel MN#1926


Samoa:


Box 45

Correspondence

On microfilm reel MN#1926


Box 45

Contract

On microfilm reel MN#1926


Box 45

Samoa Berlin, Reimar Hobbing, l932 179 p. one copy

On microfilm reel MN#1926


White Master:


Box 45

Correspondence


Box 45

Corrections & additions

On microfilm reel MN#1926


Box 45

Drafts (a.ms.)

On microfilm reel MN#1926


Box 46

Drafts (t.ms.)

On microfilm reel MN#1926


Box 46

Reviews

On microfilm reel MN#1926


Box 46

Typescripts (2)

On microfilm reel MN#1926


Box 46

White master; a story of the north London, George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. 1939 304 p. four proof copies, with corrections, 1939

On microfilm reel MN#1926


Short stories:


Box 47

The bear

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 47

Bonito the bull

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 47

Captain Allen

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 47

The 'Cercle Bougainville'

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 47

I.C. Nelson

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 47

Jungle story

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 47

Jungle story. Une histoire de la jungle

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 47

Lady Wolsey

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 47

Matches (The last match.)

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 47

Poi, the story of a boy of the south seas

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 47

Precious (!) stones

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 47

Purgatories of the sea

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 47

Red-nose Jones

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 47

Sketches & stories

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 47

Snakes!

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 47

Sorine

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 47

South sea customs

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 47

Thalberg's sister

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 47

Tomorrow's movies

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 47

Miscellaneous

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Autobiographical writings:


Box 48

Autobiography (2)

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 48

Diary, ca. 1950s

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 48

Diary, 1951

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 48

Film: the language of the eye. (2)

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 48

The islands that were not there. (3)

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 48

The story of Robert J. Flaherty. (2)

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 48

Wander no more

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Untitles:


Box 48

On English films

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 48

On motion pictures

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 48

On the Readers' Digest

On microfilm reel MN#1927


Box 48

Miscellaneous

On microfilm reel MN#1927

Series V: Other materials, before 1952


Box 49

Biographical manuscripts (20)

On microfilm reel MN#1928


Box 49

Interviews (10)

On microfilm reel MN#1928


Miscellaneous:


Box 49

Address books (20)

On microfilm reel MN#1928


Box 49

Check stubs

On microfilm reel MN#1928


Box 49

Wallets

On microfilm reel MN#1928


Box 49

Will-probate documents

On microfilm reel MN#1928


Box 49

Miscellaneous manuscripts

On microfilm reel MN#1928


German Tour ­, 1950

Any photographic material related to this film is on extended loan to the Flaherty Study Center, School of Theology, Claremont College, Claremont, CA 91711. This photographic material is not available on microfilm.

Correspondence, clippings, photographs, etc. re: R.J.F.'s tour for the Cultural Exchange Program of the State Department

On microfilm reel MN#1928


Box 50

Correspondence


Box 50

AFI - Post


Box 50

Allgemeiner Filmerleih--Press Releases


Box 50

Amerika Dienst


Box 50

Clippings


Box 50

R. J. Flaherty--Health Certificates


Box 50

R. J. Flaherty--Notes


Box 50

Internationale Kulturefilmtagung


Box 50

"Louisiana Story" brochures


Box 50

Reports


Box 50

State Department Report


Box 50

Miscellaneous


Box 51

Printed materials re. R.J.F., 1923-1951

On microfilm reel MN#1929


Box 52

Obituaries of R.J.F.

On microfilm reel MN#1929


Other materials (pre-1952):


Photographs:


R.J. Flaherty

Any photographic material related to this film is on extended loan to the Flaherty Study Center, School of Theology, Claremont College, Claremont, CA 91711. This material is not available on microfilm.


F.H. Flaherty and others

Any photographic material related to this film is on extended loan to the Flaherty Study Center, School of Theology, Claremont College, Claremont, CA 91711. This material is not available on microfilm.


Box 53

Awards, medals, etc.

On microfilm reel MN#1929


Box 54

Inscribed books & misc. printed materials

On microfilm reel MN#1930

Series VI: General writings by F. H. Flaherty:


The odyssey of a film-maker; Robert Flaherty's story. Urbana, Ill Beta Phi Mu, 1960. 45 p.:

On microfilm reel MN#1930


Box 55

Drafts, proofs, 3 copies, etc.

On microfilm reel MN#1930


Box 56

F.H. Flaherty's articles, short stories, etc.

On microfilm reel MN#1931

Series VII: Paul Rotha's biography of R.J. Flaherty


Box 56

Paul Rotha's biography of R.J. Flaherty (unpublished)

On microfilm reel MN#1931


Box 56

F.H. Flaherty Memorial Service (printed), 1972

On microfilm reel MN#1931

Series VIII: The Robert Flaherty Foundation (later absorbed by International Film Seminars, Inc.)


Box 57

Lectures given by F.H. Flaherty

On microfilm reel MN#1931


Organizations, subjects, states, etc.:


Box 58

A-Bon

On microfilm reel MN#1932


Box 59

Bos-Can

On microfilm reel MN#1932


Box 60

Car-Contemporary Films, Inc. (l)

On microfilm reel MN#1933


Box 61

Contemporary Films, Inc. (2)-Film N.

On microfilm reel MN#1933


Box 62

Film P-Fo

On microfilm reel MN#1934


Box 63

Fr-Ge

On microfilm reel MN#1934


Box 64

Cr-In

On microfilm reel MN#1935


Box 65

Ir-Museum of Modern Art (l)

On microfilm reel MN#1935


Box 66

Museum of Modern Art (2)-N

On microfilm reel MN#1936


Box 67

O-T

On microfilm reel MN#1937


Box 68

U.-U.K.

On microfilm reel MN#1937


Box 69

U.N.-Z

On microfilm reel MN#1937


Personal names:


Box 70

A-B

On microfilm reel MN#1938


Box 71

C-D

On microfilm reel MN#1938


Box 72

E-J

On microfilm reel MN#1939


Box 73

K-R

On microfilm reel MN#1939


Box 74

S-Z

On microfilm reel MN#1940


Schools:


Box 75

A-L

On microfilm reel MN#1940


Box 76

M-Z

On microfilm reel MN#1941


Box 77

Seminars

On microfilm reel MN#1941


Box 78

Study film of Louisiana Story, correspondence, scripts, etc.

Any photographic material related to this film is on extended loan to the Flaherty Study Center, School of Theology, Claremont College, Claremont, CA 91711. This photographic material is not available on microfilm.

On microfilm reel MN# 1942.


Box 79

Miscellaneous: minutes, by-laws, etc.

On microfilm reel MN#1942


Box 80

A Visual Index to the Flaherty Still Photographs, 1974

On microfilm reel MN#1942

This index was created by the Flaherty Study Center. It includes copies of proof sheets for stills for Nanook of the North, Moana, and Man of Aran.


Box CMI Box 95

Press Book I--Reviews of the Films (Scrapbook), 1925-1953, undated

It does not appear that this volume is available on microfilm.


Box CMI Box 96

Press Book II--General (Scrapbook), 1927-1954, undated

It does not appear that this volume is available on microfilm.

Series IX: Cecile Starr materials on the Flaherty family and others


Box 97

Cecile Starr writings, programs, interviews, etc., 1990-2006


Box 97

Frances Hubbard Flaherty writings


Box 97

Robert Flaherty, 1951-1952, 1988


Box 97

Flaherty Seminars, 1956-1983


Box 97

Flaherty Films, 1949-1984


Box 97

John Grierson, 1948-1981


Box 97

George Stoney, 1978, 2009


Box 97

Helen Van Dongen, 1965, 2007


Box 97

Flaherty--other voices, 1965-1979, 2009


Box 97

Frances Hubbard Flaherty letters, 1952-1972, 7.5 letters


Box 97

Monica Flaherty Frassetto letters, 1972-2004, 20 letters; with cards and notes


Box 97

Frances Hubbard Flaherty Family (Barbara van Ingen and David Flaherty), 1964-1995, 4 letters; with 4 notes, cards, and manuscript


Box 97

Helen Grayson-Bryn Mawr College, 1948-1990


Box 97

Jack Coogan/Claremont Theology, 1972-2005


Box 97

Richard Leacock, 1985-2004, 8 letters


Box 97

John Goldman Monck, 1982-1983, 3 letters


Box 97

Alison Devine Nordstrom on Francis Hubbard Flaherty's still photographs, 1986, 1991, 4 items; 2 cards and 2 articles


Box 97

Peter Werner on Francis Hubbard Flaherty, 1972-1996, 2 letters


Box 97

Fred Zinnemann, 1967-1984, 4 letters


Box 97

Wide Angle Essay by Cecile Starr, 1994-1996

Series X: Oversize materials


Mapcase 14-L-6

Poster


Flatbox 98

Portrait photographs of Robert Flaherty and Frances Hubbard Flaherty


Flatbox 98

Award certificates; Louisiana Story posters


Flatbox 98

Photographs of bust (Photo by W. Suschitzky, London)

Photographic Material on Loan to the Flaherty Center

The Flaherty Center was allowed to take all photographic material for purposes of duplication and preservation in 1972, and this material has remained with the Flaherty Study Center, School of Theology, Claremont College, Claremont, CA 91711.


Canadian Exploration--Photographs (with an index to the photographs)


Nanook of the North , 1922


Stills


Film fragments


Moana of the South Seas--Photographs, 1925


The Twenty-four Dollar Island , 1927

Photographic materials


White Shadows on the South Seas--Photographs, 1928


Acoma--Photographs, 1929


Tabu--Photographs, 1929


Industrial Britain , 1933

Photographic materials


Man of Aran , 1934


Photographs and Stills


Stills


Elephant Boy--Stills and photographs, 1937


The Land--Film Clips, 1941


Louisiana Story , 1948


Stills and photographs


Film Clips


Leica print strip catalogue


Photographs: Robert Flaherty


Photographs: Frances Flaherty and others


Robert Flaherty Foundation--Study film of Louisiana Story--Stills and photographs


German Tour--Photographs, 1950