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Eliot Elisofon: An Inventory of His Papers at the Harry Ransom Center Descriptive Summary Creator: Elisofon, Eliot Title: Eliot Elisofon Papers and Photography Collection Dates: 1930-1988 (bulk 1942-1973) Extent: 144 boxes, 2 scrapbook boxes, 2 oversized boxes, 3 glass slide boxes (60.5 linear feet) Abstract: The papers of this American photographer and author contains photographs, transparencies, slides, negatives, films, research material, notes, photo captions, logbooks, correspondence, agreements and other documents, drafts, proofs, tearsheets, clippings, scrapbooks, catalogs, sketchbooks, and artifacts documenting his entire career. Language English. Arrangement Organization by Format Storage Black and white prints and paper material, boxes 1-73 Color transparencies and prints, boxes 74-121 Black and white negatives, boxes 122-144 Glass slides, boxes 145-147 Oversize material, boxes O1 and O2 Scrapbooks, boxes S1 and S2 Due to size, this inventory has been divided into three separate units which can be accessed by clicking on the highlighted text below: Eliot Elisofon Papers--Series I. [Part I] Eliot Elisofon Papers--Series I. (continued)[Part II] Eliot Elisofon Papers--Series II.-Indexes [Part III] [This page] Elisofon, Eliot Series II. Film and Television Projects, 1953-1973, 1986 "Noa Noa," proposed film project on Gauguin, by James Agee Gauguin, [Painting, "D'ou venons-nous? Que sommes-nous? Où allons-nous?" box-folder ], 5x7 color trans. (9 exp.), [Jan. 1955 or July 1959?] 120.10 box-folder Correspondence, draft of screenplay, clipping, [1953-55] 43.1 Khartoum- Prologue, 1965, storyboard drawings, scripts, movement order, box-folder correspondence (See also folders 31.6-32.3 and 104.7-8 in Series I, folders 43.3-4 in 43.2 Series II, and Scrapbook box 2) Man Builds: Ancient Egypt, for American Institute of Architects, 1965 Itinerary, correspondence, notes, shooting sequences, International Festival of box-folder Films on Architecture award, 1967 (housed in oversize box 2) 43.3-4 "The White Tiger," by Elisofon and Ben Kerner [never produced], film treatment, box-folder correspondence, [1966] 43.5 box-folder Documentary on the making of Doctor Dolittle, film treatment, [1966] 43.6 Africa, four-part documentary for ABC Television, 1967 (See also Africa's Animals, folder 32.14, in Series I) 8x10 prints (3 exp., including 1 duplicate) by Marvin E. Newman, [July-Aug. box-folder 1966] 43.7 box-folder 19 color slides by Marvin Newman, [July-Aug. 1966] 120.11 Correspondence; agreements; itinerary; notes by Elin Elisofon; press releases; box-folder fyi, 30 Sept. 1966; clippings 43.8-9 box-folder Proposed film and LIFE story on Mekong Delta, Cambodia correspondence, 1969 43.10 "African Sculpture: Glorious Past" and "African Sculpture: Dynamic Expression" television programs on African sculpture for CBS Camera III, 26 April and 3 May 1970 (See also Black African Heritage files) Videotape of broadcasts (*removed to videotape storage) box-folder * Address lists; correspondence, 1970-71; notes and correspondence by Elin box-folder Elisofon 43.11 2 Elisofon, Eliot Black African Heritage series of four one-hour television documentaries: "The Congo," "The Bend of the Niger," "The Slave Coast," "Africa's Gift" for "Group W" [Westinghouse Broadcasting Co.], May 1970-March 1971 (See also folders 37.15-17, 38.1, and 120.1-2 in Series I, folders 52.6 and 54.10-11 in Series III, and folders 58.27-28 in Series V) Contract, agreement, correspondence box-folder 43.12 Schedule, calendars, itineraries, memos box-folder 43.13 Treatments; correspondence; itinerary; synopses; clippings; TV Guide, March box-folder 1972; notes by Elin Elisofon 44.1-3 Final Treatment box-folder 44.4 Smith Trip, correspondence- John Smith box-folder 44.5 [Correspondence]- Bracher box-folder 44.6 Dotty's Letters, correspondence with Dorothy Scher box-folder 44.7 box-folder Official Correspondence- USIS, correspondence, personnel list 44.8 box-folder Congo Research, Book Notes, research material and notes 44.9 box-folder [Music and Dance] Research, clippings, articles, photocopy texts 44.10 African Sculpture Filmed, notes box-folder 44.11 box-folder African Sculpture Filmed, MAA Shot Notes, notes 44.12 Ghana, correspondence, program box-folder 44.13 Ghana 3 x 3-3/4 polaroid box-folder 44.14 box-folder Mali, correspondence, notes, clippings, tearsheets 44.15 Niger, correspondence box-folder 44.16 box-folder Nigeria, correspondence, press card, notes, map, postcards, clippings 45.1 Eyo File, correspondence box-folder 45.2 3 Elisofon, Eliot Nigeria Polaroids 3 x 3-3/4 polaroids (16 exp.) box-folder 45.3 Ivory Coast, correspondence, postcard box-folder 45.4 West Africa- General including Upper Volta, correspondence, notes, clippings, box-folder health handbook, brochures 45.5 Photographs of Elisofon and others, 2-7/8 x 3-3/4 polaroid, 7-1/2 x 9-1/2 print box-folder and 6-1/2 x 9-1/2 print 45.6 Production budgets, station clearances, resume box-folder 45.7 box-folder Equipment and Film Shipments, receipts, notes, brochure, price lists 45.8 Camera and Sound Reports, Vault File box-folder 45.9 box-folder Camera and Sound Reports, Cutting Notes 45.10-11 Cutting Notes, notes and correspondence box-folder 45.12 Narrations and Timing, timing reports box-folder 45.13 box-folder Invoices and Petty Cash Expenses, invoices, notes 45.14-15 I. "The Congo" [ The Congo ], scripts, Julian Bond agreement, breakdown, art box-folder sequence 45.16-17 II. Niger [ "The Bend of the Niger" ], notes, maps, scripts, list of art, Ossie Davis box-folder agreement, time breakdown 46.1-2 III. G[uinea] C[oast] [ "The Slave Coast" ], credits, scripts, Maya Angelou box-folder agreement, brochures, notes, breakdowns 46.3-4 IV. [ "Africa's Gift" ], credits; scripts; agreements with Gordon Parks, Mongo box-folder Santamaria, Lionel Hampton; breakdown; tearsheets 46.5 Releases box-folder 46.6 Books Sent box-folder 46.7 Group W Publicity, itineraries, press releases, brochures, clippings, box-folder correspondence 46.8-10 box-folder Royalties, contract, correspondence, profit and loss statements, 1986 46.11 4 Elisofon, Eliot "Africa: Its People and Their Art," "Artists and Craftsmen of West Africa," filmstrips on African art for Encyclopedia Britannica and proposed filmstrips on Chinese culture Agreement, correspondence, outline box-folder 47.1 Scripts, notes, maps box-folder 47.2-4 Film on Dogon mask making, Peabody Museum Film Study Center, agreement, box-folder correspondence (See also Black African Heritage files in Series II and folders 47.5 58.27-28 in Series V) Akan Gold, [film on the Paul Tishman Collection], script, notes, agreement, box-folder correspondence, invoices (See also folder 38.9 in Series I, folder 52.11 in Series III, 47.6 and Black African Heritage files in Series II) box-folder "The Silent Flute," film project, never produced, correspondence, 1971-72 47.7 "Inca Emeralds," "The Lost Emeralds of the Incas," film project never produced, box-folder budget, proposal by Neil B. Persinger 47.8 "Hidden Treasure," proposed series of 13 television broadcasts, correspondence, box-folder budgets, project descriptions 47.9 box-folder Proposed film on Asia, notes, correspondence, 1973 47.10 5 Elisofon, Eliot Series III. Writings and Lectures, 1938-1973 Subseries A: Books and Articles, 1939-1973 Early Writings, including "My Attempt at Documentary Photography," "The box-folder Photographic Salon--90% Trash," and "The Mechanics and [A]esthetics of Flash 47.11 Photography," and others, ca. 1939-40, typescripts "The Camera Underwater," MINICAM (tearsheets housed in scrapbook) "You're Wrong, Mr. Salon Judge," Good Photography, #7, 1941, typescript, box-folder tearsheets 47.12 box-folder "Eliot Elisofon on North Africa," Saturday Review, 24 Oct. 1943, draft, clipping 47.13 "The Relationship of Photography and Painting," exhibit catalog from "An box-folder American Looks at the Nordic Countries" 47.14 "War Photography," U.S. Camera, March 1944, U.S. Camera Annual 1944, box-folder tearsheets, review 47.15 "Magazine Photography," typescript, [1947] box-folder 47.16 Food Is a Four-Letter Word [cookbook], 1948 Notes and drafts box-folder 47.17-18 Draft box-folder 48.1 box-folder Agreement, correspondence, royalty statements, recipes 48.2 box-folder Publicity, publisher's catalog, reviews, clippings, fan mail 48.3 box-folder "Paradise That Was," U.S. Camera Annual 1950, tearsheets 48.4 box-folder Unidentified re. Africa, U.S. Camera Annual 1954, review 48.5 "Spring in Japan," essay published in Camera Mainichi, May 1955, draft pages, box-folder 1955 48.6 "A Japanese Kaleidoscope," typescript, [1955] box-folder 48.7 [Untitled essay for exhibit catalog, exhibition of photographs, drawings, watercolors at 6 Elisofon, Eliot [Untitled essay for exhibit catalog, exhibition of photographs, drawings, watercolors at Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1955] (See folder 57.16 in Series V. Exhibitions) "Sour Cream," typescript, [1956] box-folder 48.8 "Ideas for food article," notes, nd box-folder 48.9 "Color in Paradise," U.S. Camera, May 1956, U.S. Camera Annual 1956, drafts, box-folder correspondence, tearsheets 48.10 "The South Seas" travel article draft, [1956] box-folder 48.11 "Color Photography," [1956], typescript box-folder 48.12 The Literary South Seas, unpublished book Notes, drafts, layout box-folder 48.13-14 Correspondence, agreement, clipping box-folder 48.15 "A Symposium on Color: How Creative Is Color Photography?," Color Annual, box-folder 1957, tearsheets 48.16 "The Dance: What It Means to
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