Erik Barnouw papers, 1920-1990

Erik Barnouw papers, 1920-1990

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0079
Bib ID:
4079647 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Barnouw, Erik, 1908-2001
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
21 linear feet (46 boxes)
Language(s):
English .
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: Boxes 1B, 2-46. You will need to request this material 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.

Description

Summary

Correspondence, scripts, manuscripts, and reports regarding his activities in the American radio and film industries. Included are papers regarding projects for the United State Government, the Indian film industry, various television and radio networks, and private ventures. Also included is material regarding the Center for Mass Communications of Columbia University, in which Barnouw figured prominently and files for the books he has written.

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged. Box 1-1A: Cataloged correspondence; Boxes 1B-29: 1974 gift; Box 30: 1979 gift; Box 31-37: 1984 gift; Box 38: 1985 & 1992 gifts; Boxes 39-40: 1993 gift; Boxes 41-46 Addition (Unprocessed).

Using the Collection

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: Boxes 1B, 2-46. You will need to request this material 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.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Erik Barnouw 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

Peal S. Buck letter is also on: microfilm.

W.H. Auden letters are also on: microfilm.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Erik Barnouw, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1992& 1993.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Barnouw, Erik. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--04/08/74. Accession number--M-74-04-08.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Barnouw, Erik. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--11/04/92. Accession number--M-92-11-04.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Barnouw, Erik. Method of acquisition--Gift; Accession number--M-93-01-28.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Processed HR 04/--/85.

Papers Processed HR 01/28/93.

Papers Processed HR 01/29/93.

Revision Description

2009-07-07 File created.

2012-03-28 XML document instance created by Catherine C. Ricciardi

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

Biographical / Historical

Professor of Dramatic Arts at Columbia University, author, and editor.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Articles
Interviews
Lectures
Proofs (printed matter)
Scripts (documents)
Name
Albert, Eddie
Alperovitz, Gar
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973
Baldwin, Roger N (Roger Nash), 1884-1981
Bergman, Ingrid, 1915-1982
Bernays, Edward L., 1891-1995
Bertelli, Gian Carlo
Braudy, Leo
Buck, Pearl S (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973
Chayefsky, Paddy, 1923-1981
Columbia University. Press. Center for Mass Communication
Cooney, Joan Ganz
Corwin, Norman, 1910-2011
Denison, Merrill, 1893-1975
Douglas, William O (William Orville), 1898-1980
Flaherty, Frances Hubbard
Flaherty, Robert Joseph, 1884-1951
Fontanne, Lynn
Friendly, Fred W.
Graff, Henry F (Henry Franklin), 1921-
Horgan, Paul, 1903-1995
Iwasaki, Akira, 1903-1981
Jessup, Philip C (Philip Caryl), 1897-1986
Kagan, Norman
Krishnaswamy, S. (Subrahmanyam)
Laflin, Louis Ellsworth, 1898-
Lasker, Mary
Leyda, Jay, 1910-1988
Lorentz, Pare
Lurtsema, Robert J.
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982
Malamud, Bernard
Manvell, Roger, 1909-1987
Mareth, Paul D
Medina, Harold R (Harold Raymond), 1888-1990
Mekas, Jonas, 1922-
Merriam, Eve, 1916-1992
Merton, Robert King, 1910-2003
Nash, Ogden, 1902-1971
Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989
Postman, Neil
Ray, Satyajit, 1921-1992
Riefenstahl, Leni
Robeson, Eslanda Goode, 1896-1965
Roud, Richard
Rubbo, Michael
Solomon, Rosalind, 1930-
Stirling, Nora B., 1900-
Stone, Idella Purnell, 1901-
Suid, Lawrence H., 1938-
Swing, Raymond, 1887-1968
Thant, U, 1909-1974
Thapar, Raj
Thapar, Romesh
Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989
Van Dyke, Willard
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Wright, Basil
Subject
Authors
College teachers
Documentary films
Editors
Motion picture industry -- India
Motion picture industry -- United States
Radio
Television

Series I. Cataloged Correspondence


Box 1

Albert, Eddie


Box 1

Alperovitz, Gar


Box 1

Auden, W. H.

(Correspondence is also available on microfilm# 91-2095)


Box 1

Baldwin, Roger N.


Box 1

Bergman, Ingrid


Box 1

Bernays, Edward L.


Box 1

Bertelli, Gian Carlo


Box 1

Braudy, Leo


Box 1

Buck, Pearl S.

(Correspondence is also available on microfilm# 91-2094-2)


Box 1

Chayefsky, Paddy


Box 1

Cooney, Joan Ganz


Box 1

Corwin, Norman


Box 1

Denison, Merrill


Box 1

Douglas, William 0.


Box 1

Flaherty, Frances H


Box 1

Fontanne, Lynne


Box 1

Friendley, Fred W.


Box 1

Graff, Henry F.


Box 1

Horgan, Paul


Box 1

Hughes, Harcher


Box 1A

Iwasaki, Akira


Box 1A

Jessup, Philip C.


Box 1A

Kagan, Norman


Box 1A

Kirkus, Virginia


Box 1A

Krishnaswamy, S.


Box 1A

Laflin, Louis E.


Box 1A

Lasker, Mary


Box 1A

Leyda, Jay


Box 1A

Lorentz, Pare


Box 1A

Lurtsema, Robert J.


Box 1A

MacLeish, Archibald


Box 1A

Malamud, Bernard


Box 1A

Manvell, Roger


Box 1A

Mareth, Paul D.


Box 1A

Medina, Harold R.


Box 1A

Mekas, Jonas


Box 1A

Merriam, Eve


Box 1A

Merton, Robert


Box 1A

Nash, Ogden


Box 1A

Olivier, Laurence


Box 1A

Postman, Neil


Box 1A

Ray, Satyajit


Box 1A

Riefenstahl, Leni


Box 1A

Robeson, Eslands G.


Box 1A

Roud, Rlchard


Box 1A

Rubbo, Michael


Box 1A

Shaw, Sir Run Run


Box 1A

Solomon, Rosalind


Box 1A

Stirling, Nora B.


Box 1A

Stone, Idella P.


Box 1A

Suid, Lawrence H.


Box 1A

Swing, Raymond


Box 1A

Thant, U


Box 1A

Thapar, Romesh & Raj


Box 1A

Thomson, Virgil


Box 1A

Turteltaub, Saul


Box 1A

Van Dyke, Willard


Box 1A

Wilkins, Roy


Box 1A

Wright, Basil

Series II. 1974 Gift, 1974


Box 1B

U.S. War Department Materials


Box 1B

Indian Film Industry


Box 2

Constitutional Law Series (NET)


Box 3

Constitutional Law Series (NET)


Box 4

Constitutional Law Series (NET)


Box 5

Constitutional Law Series (NET)


Box 6

Theatre Guild Scripts (radio and television)

(Theatre Guild on the Air, radio, sponsored by U.S. Steel U.S. Steel Hour, television, produced by Theatre Guild)


Box 7

Theatre Guild Scripts (radio and television)

(Theatre Guild on the Air, radio, sponsored by U.S. Steel U.S. Steel Hour, television, produced by Theatre Guild)


Box 8

Theatre Guild Scripts (radio and television)

(Theatre Guild on the Air, radio, sponsored by U.S. Steel U.S. Steel Hour, television, produced by Theatre Guild)


Box 9

Theatre Guild Scripts (radio and television)

(Theatre Guild on the Air, radio, sponsored by U.S. Steel U.S. Steel Hour, television, produced by Theatre Guild)


Box 10

Public Health and Welfare Projects


Box 11

Public Health and Welfare Projects


Box 12

Radio scripts, 1920-1950


Box 13

Radio Commentaries


Box 13

Miscellaneous Scripts


Box 13

"American Radio: 1927 A Research Study of One Year of Radio", 1927


Box 14

Representative television scripts by various writers, 1940-present


Box 15

Representative television scripts by various writers, 1940-present


Box 16

Representative television scripts by various writers, 1940-present


Box 17

Documentary film scripts and related material from various countries


Box 18

Documentary film scripts and related material from various countries


Box 19

Manuscripts and related correspondence regarding Barnouw's three volume work, History of Broadcasting in the United States


Box 20

Manuscripts and related correspondence regarding Barnouw's three volume work, History of Broadcasting in the United States


Box 21

Manuscripts and related correspondence regarding Barnouw's three volume work, History of Broadcasting in the United States


Box 22

Scripts (radio, television, and film) by Barnouw, 1930-1960s


Box 23

Scripts (radio, television, and film) by Barnouw, 1930-1960s


Box 24

Scripts (radio, television, and film) by Barnouw, 1930-1960s


Box 25

Scripts (radio, television, and film) by Barnouw, 1930-1960s


Box 26

Books Inscribed to Barnouw


Box 27

Documentary: A History of the Non-Fiction Film--Typescript


Box 28

Tube of Plenty--Typescript and Proofs


Box 29

Tube of Plenty--Typescript and Proofs

Series III. 1979 Gift, 1979


Box 30

Hiroshima-Nagasaki 1945--Correspondence and material related to the film

Series III. 1984 Gift, 1984


Box 31

Documentary: A History of the Non-Fiction Film (Oxford University Press, 1984)--Correspondence and other related materials,, 1970-1983


Box 32

Handbook of radio production (Little, Brown & Co., 1949).


Box 32

Handbook of radio writing (Little, Brown & Co., 1939)--Correspondence & other related materials,, 1939-1959


Box 32

A History of Broadcasting in the United States (Oxford University Press): A tower in Babel (1966); The golden web (1968); and The image empire (1970)-- Correspondence & other related materials,, 1939-1983


Box 33

Indian Film, Revised edition by E. Barnouw & S. Krishnaswamy (Columbia University Press, 1980)--Correspondence, Manuscripts, proofs, & other related materials, 1977-1982.


Box 34

Lectures, articles, & interviews, 1976-1980


Box 34

Library of Congress: Chief of Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division & Various Consultancies--Correspondence & other related materials,, 1975-1983


Box 35

The Magician and the Cinema (Oxford University Press, 198l)--Correspondence, manuscript, proofs, & other related materials,, 1977-1983


Box 35

National Educational Television. "Mr. Secretary" & other proposals. Correspondence, scripts, & other related materials, 1958-1963.


Box 36

"Problems of Democracy" (.Center for Mass Communications). Correspondence, scripts, & other related materials,, 1960-1961


Box 36

Radio Scripts--Correspondence & scripts, 1935-1951


Box 36

Robert Flaherty Film Seminar (1982)--Correspondence & other related materials,, 1981-1982


The Sponsor (Oxford University Press, 1978)


Box 36

Correspondence & Other related materials, 1974-1977


Box 37

Correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, & other related materials,, 1977-1979

Series V. 1985 and 1992 Gifts


Subseries V.1. 1985 Gift


Box 38

Radio drama in action. (Farrar & Rinehart, 1945)

("Includes revealing autobiographical notes by a number of different writers, most of whom were little known at the time, Manv later became celebrated in other media, but were, in the early 1940s mainly concerned with radio...Other contributors to the anthology were writers prominent in other media but occasionally drawn to radio, especially during World War II...The anthology was reprinted several times, remaining in print until the late 1950s and widely used in College and university courses."- Erik Barnouw)

These are photocopies of original manuscripts held by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.


Box 38

General correspondence, 1942, 1944, 1942, 1944


Box 38

Farrar & Rinehart, publishers, 1945-1947


Box 38

Foreign editions, royalties, 1947


Box 38

Benet, Stephen Vincent


Box 38

Buck, Pearl S.


Box 38

Chevigny, Hector


Box 38

Corwin, Norman


Box 38

Dryer, Bernard


Box 38

Gottlieb, Joseph


Box 38

Hughes, Langston


Box 38

Kleiner, Harry


Box 38

Lampell, Mi Hard


Box 38

Laurents, Arthur


Box 38

Lawrence, Jimmy


Box 38

Lomax, Alan


Box 38

Lyon, Peter


Box 38

MacDougall, Ranald


Box 38

Marquis, Arnold


Box 38

Michael, Sandra


Box 38

Miller, Arthur


Box 38

Mulvey, Timothy (Father)


Box 38

Oboler, Arch


Box 38

Ottley, Roi


Box 38

Robson, William


Box 38

Rosten, Norman


Box 38

Welles, Orson


Box 38

Wishengrad, Morton


Box 38

Miscellaneous: Playwrights whose works were omitted. Also, one copy of the printed book.


Subseries V.2. 1992 Gift, 1992


Box 38

Miscellaneous correspondence and documents, 1927-1989

Series VI. 1993 Gift, 1993


International Encyclopedia of Communications

(Per E. Barnouw, these files "are from my personal files as editor-in-chief of the encyclopedia. The official files are at the Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylvania. The 4-vol encyclopedia was published by Oxford University Press in 1989.")


Box 39

Genesis and funding of the project, 1982-83


Box 39

Organization, contracts, progress report, 1983-84


Box 39

Editorial correspondence, 1985-88


Box 39

Hiroshima-Nagasaki, 1945

(Per E. Barnouw, "Supplementing the original Hiroshima-Nagasaki file, this file records continuing reactions to the film, 1973-88; the evolution of various articles about the film in journals; and of the video The Case of the A-Bomb Footage.")


Box 40

Fable Safe--File on the evolution and history of this controversial film on the arms race,, 1972-1989


Box 40

US-USSR Projects

(Organization and history of (a) the 1989 Glasnost Film Festival tour of USA; (b) the 1990 Flaherty Film Seminar in Riga, Latvia, and follow-up visits to USSR documentary studios; and (c) the 1990 USSR tour of the American Showcase (d) Documents supplementing these, including the final Showcase report)


Box 40

Tube of Plenty, 1971-1986

(Evolution of the one-volume condensation and updating of the 3-volume History of Broadcasting in the United States (A Tower in Babel, The Golden Web, and The Image Empire).)