http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/ft558004w3 No online items Finding Aid for the Norman Cousins papers, 1924-1991, bulk 1944-1990 Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Manuscripts Division Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ © 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Finding Aid for the Norman 1385 1 Cousins papers, 1924-1991, bulk 1944-1990 Finding Aid for the Norman Cousins Papers, 1924-1991, bulk 1944-1990 Collection number: 1385 UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Manuscripts Division Los Angeles, CA Contact Information Manuscripts Division UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time) Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ Processed by: Manuscripts Division staff Encoded by: Caroline Cubé Text converted and initial container list EAD tagging in part by: Apex Data Services © 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Norman Cousins papers, Date (inclusive): 1924-1991, bulk 1944-1990 Collection number: 1385 Creator: Cousins, Norman. Extent: 1816 boxes (908 linear ft.) Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Language: English. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Copyright of portions of this collection has been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCLA. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. Restrictions on Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Gift of Norman Cousins, 1984-1987. Gift of Mrs. Ellen Cousins, 1991. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Norman Cousins papers (Collection 1385). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. Finding Aid for the Norman 1385 2 Cousins papers, 1924-1991, bulk 1944-1990 Biography Cousins was born on June 24, 1915 in Union Hill, New Jersey; attended Teachers College, Columbia University; began working at New York post as the education editor, 1934-35; worked at Current history as book reviewer, literary editor, and managing editor, 1935-40; married Eleanor (Ellen) Kopf in 1939; executive editor (1940-42), and editor-in-chief (1942-71) of Saturday Review Of Literature, later known as Saturday Review; editor of World (1972-73), Saturday Review/World (1973-74), and Saturday Review (1975-78); worked on editorial board of Office of War Information during World War II; he was involved with organizations fostering world government and control of nuclear weapons, serving as president of United World Federalists from 1952-54 and as founding member of the Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy (SANE); founded US-USSR and US-Chinese Writers Conferences; served as a diplomat during 3 presidential administrations; produced numerous books on political, social, and medical issues; adjunct professor of medical humanities, UCLA, beginning in 1978, where he initiated the Task Force in Psychoneuroimmunology; received many awards, including the United Nations Peace Medal, the Albert Schweitzer Prize of Humanitarianism, and nearly fifty honorary doctorate degrees; he died on Nov. 30, 1990 in Los Angeles, CA. Scope and Content Collection covers the range of Cousins' career as magazine editor, author, and professor, with particular concentration in the subject areas of world government and medical issues, mostly concerning the role of the mind in healing the body. It consists of correspondence, subject files, photographs, scrapbooks, videotapes, audio tapes, datebooks and calendars, telephone logs, posters, and drafts of editorials, articles, speeches, radio broadcasts, and books. Organization and Arrangement Summary 1. Material of the Office of War Information ······Document Cases 1-14 2. Project X ······Document Cases 15-43 3. UWF ······Document Cases 44-59 4. Personal and Business Correspondence ······Document Cases 60-107 5. Printed Material ······Document Cases 108-128 6. Personal and Business Correspondence ······Document Cases 120-180 7. Personal and Business Correspondence ······Document Cases 180-299 8. Personal and Business Correspondence ······Document Cases 300-329 9. Miscellaneous (Trips, Old Keedick lectures, reprints of Connecticut Educ., Amy Loveman) ······Document Cases 330-333 10. Mayor's Task Force on Air Pollution ······Document Cases 334-336 11. Transcripts used for Present Tense ······Document Case 337 12. Editorials ······Document Cases 338-344 13. Present Tense - Encore - Project X ······Document Cases 345-351 14. Correspondence ······Document Cazes 352-395 15. Miscellaneous ······Document Cases 395-401 Finding Aid for the Norman 1385 3 Cousins papers, 1924-1991, bulk 1944-1990 16. Miscellaneous and Correspondence ······Document Cases 402-403 17. Miscellaneous ······Document Case 404 18. Amy Loveman, Neila Danielus materials ······Document Case 405 19. Miscellaneous ······Document Cases 406-412 (407-HPCA, 410-UWF, 412-USIA) 20. McCall's ······Document Cases 413-414 21. Dec. 1965 Itinerary - Philippines, McCalls ······Document Case 415 22. McCall's ······Document Cases 416-417 23. Miscellaneous ······Document Cases 418-429 (419-SANE, 420 - UWF) 24. Correspondence - 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 ······Document Cases 430-493 (1968-Family of Man) 25. UWF/WAWF - 1966 ······Document Cases 495-500 26. National Programming Council: Biographies ······Document Cases 501-504 27. National Programming Council: Meeting materials ······Document Cases 505-509 28. National Programming Council; Accounting Information and Newsclips ······Document Cases 510-515 29. Public TV ······Document Cases 516-521 30. National Programming Council: Projects ······Document Cases 522-524 31. National Programming Council: Membership Information ······Document Cases 525-530 32. Miscellaneous and Correspondence ······Document Cases 531-532 33. Miscellaneous, Correspondence, Dartmouth VI ······Document Cases 533-536 34. Miscellaneous ······Document Case 537 (Lester Pearson, Who Speaks for Man? Film script) 35. Miscellaneous and Correspondence ······Document Cases 538-555 (Hiroshima Maidens, Moral Adoptions, Hiroshima-Nagasaki exhibit) Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Subjects Cousins, Norman--Archives. University of California, Los Angeles--Faculty--Archival resources. Saturday review. Periodical editors--United States--Archival resources. Authors, American--20th century--Archival resources. Finding Aid for the Norman 1385 4 Cousins papers, 1924-1991, bulk 1944-1990 Political activists--Archival resources. International relations. Psychoneuroimmunology. Related Material World citizen [oral history transcript] / Norman Cousins, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department interview, 1992. Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA. Volume 1 Material of The Office of War Information Section 1 The Arts. Clip. Unbound pamphlets, loose paper Box 1, Folder 1 S-2231 The Arts in the United States by Ishbel Ross Scope and Content Note x. Her resume. Table of Contents. y. Captions of the pictures. Contents. 1. Music in America. (2. Folk Music in America) *missing 3. Folk Festivals. 4. American Art. 5. American Architecture. 6. U. S. Sculpture and Museums. (7. The Commercial Theatre) (8. The Community Theatre) 9. The American Radio. 10. Motion Pictures. Note See folder 4 for complete copy. Box 1, Folder 1 The War's Effect upon the American Theatre. Part II. by John Cassner. Box 1, Folder 1 S-2860 The Cultural Growth of the United States since 1900. by Stanley Williams. Scope and Content Note Serial article, three parts Box 1, Folder 1 S-7667 Trends in American Architecture: 1940-1945. by Wm. Wilson Wurster. April, 1945. Dance. Physical Description: Unbound pamplets, loose paper. Box 1, Folder 2 S-6215 Heidi Schoon, Dancer, Operates U.S. Ceramics Plant. Sept, 1944. Box 1, Folder 2 S-5691 English Choreographer 0utstanding in U.S. Ballet. (d.c. Anthony Tudor) July, 1944. Box 1, Folder 2 S-5692 English Dancer in U.S. Champions Ballet for All.July, 1944. (d.c.Anton Dolin) Box 1, Folder 2 S-5984 U.S. Furniture of Modern Design.Oct, 1944. Finding Aid for the Norman 1385 5 Cousins papers, 1924-1991, bulk 1944-1990 Volume 1 Material of The Office of War Information Box 1, Folder 2 S-6613 Art and Archaelogy Newsletter.Oct, 1944. Note See folder 4 of this section. Literature. Box 1, Folder 3 S-7606 Literary Newsletter (editorial, Sat. Rev.) April, 1945. by