Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Interviews from Paul Goodman Changed My Life (2011)
Lee, Jonathan, 1953-
Shapiro, Ben, 1959-
10567834
MS#1916
English
/repositories/2/resources/4043
750 gigabytes
74 digital files
2004-2006
Restrictions on Access
Researchers must visit the RBML reading room and to listen to digital audio materials on a locked-down laptop.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Jonathan Lee. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--2013. Accession number--2013-2014-M112.
Biographical / Historical
Paul Goodman (1911-1972) is an important figure in 20th-century intellectual and cultural history and the interviews make up a rich composite view into the intellectual world of the 1950s to the early 1970s.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Interviews from Paul Goodman Changed My Life (2011); Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Processing Information
Collection-level record describing unprocessed material made public in summer 2018 as part of the Hidden Collections initiative.
Finding aid created by Yingwen Huang, February 2022.
Related Materials
Documentary film "Paul Goodman Changed My Life (2011)", Directed by Jonathan Lee, distributed by Zeitgeist Films.
Paul Goodman Papers, 1925-1983 (MS Am 2062). Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Paul Goodman Papers. UC Davis. Special Collections
Paul Goodman Collection, #8063. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Paul Goodman Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries
Summary
Interviews from Paul Goodman Changed My Life (2011) contain 37 unedited, full-length interviews conducted between 2004-2006 with individuals, each of whom had an important connection to Paul Goodman at one point in their lives. The interviewees are from a range of fields, including Ned Rorem, Grace Paley, Noam Chomsky, Morris Dickstein, Richard Flacks, Sally, Susan and Daisy Goodman (Paul's widow and two daughters), Vera Williams, Jacqueline Gourevitch, and Nicholas von Hoffman. The interviews were later edited to produce the documentary film "Paul Goodman Changed My Life", produced and directed by Jonathan Lee, produced and edited by Kimberly Reed, photographed by Benjamin Shapiro, and distributed by Zeitgeist Films in 2011.
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.
Processing Information
The collection contains no physical Hard Drive. Digital files were transfer onto server only.
Conditions Governing Access
Interview without signed release form is restricted: Heims, Neil. 38 Signed release forms from the interviewees are on file. Edmund White's signed release form is on file, but we do not have his interview file.
Interviews
electronic records (digital records)
Documentary films -- Production and direction
History, Modern
born digital
Goodman, Paul
Chomsky, Noam
Bronski, Michael
Epstein, Jason
Esalen Institute
Flacks, Richard
Gourevitch, Jacqueline, 1933-
Graubard, Allen, 1938-
Heims, Neil
Von Hoffman, Nicholas
Kaiser, Philip M., 1913-2007
X, Laura
Leites, Edmund, 1939-
Dickstein, Morris
Malina, Judith, 1926-2015
Miller, Michael Vincent
Nevis, Edwin C.
Nevis, Sonia March
Paley, Grace
Raskin, Marcus G.
Rodd, Thomas W. (Thomas Whitney), 1946-
Rorem, Ned, 1923-
Rossman, Michael
Stoehr, Taylor, 1931-2013
Walzer, Michael
Wheeler, Gordon, 1949-
Williams, Vera B.
Interviews from Paul Goodman Changed My Life (2011)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14164202004-2006Scope and ContentsA total of 74 .mov/.mp4 video files. Each interview has a high resolution and a low resolution version.
Bodhi, Epi/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416421BodhiBronski, Michael/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416422BronskiChomsky, Noam/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416423ChomskyEpstein, Jason/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416424EpsteinA Talk at the Esalen Institute with Gordon Wheeler and Jonathan Lee/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416425EsalenFinkelstein, Zeke/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416426FinkelsteinFisher, Michael/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416427FisherFlacks, Richard/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416428FlacksGardner, Frieda/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416429Gardner-FriedaGardner, Geoffrey/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416430Gardner-GeoffGoodman, Daisy/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416431Goodman-DaisyGoodman, Naomi/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416432Goodman-NaomiGoodman, Sally (1)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416433Goodman-Sally-1Goodman, Sally (2)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416434Goodman-Sally-2Goodman, Susan/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416435Goodman-SusieGourevitch, Jacqueline/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416436GourevitchGraubard, Allen/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416437GraubardHeims, Neil/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416438HeimsConditions Governing AccessNo release form.
Von Hoffman, Nicholas/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416439HoffmanKaiser, Philip Mayer/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416440KaiserLaura X (Laura Shaw Murra)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416441Laura-XLeites, Edmund and Dickstein, Morris/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416442Leites&DicksteinMalina, Judith/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416443MalinaMiller, Michael Vincent/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416444MillerNevis, Edwin C. and Nevis, Sonia March/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416445NevisPaley, Grace/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416446PaleyRaskin, Marcus G./repositories/2/archival_objects/1416447RaskinRodd, Thomas W./repositories/2/archival_objects/1416448RoddRorem, Ned/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416449RoremRossman, Michael/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416450RossmanStoehr, Taylor/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416451StoehrSurratt, Jerl/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416452SurrattSwenson, Lee/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416453SwensonWalzer, Michael/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416454WalzerWeiss, Burton/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416455WeissWheeler, Gordon/repositories/2/archival_objects/1416456WheelerWilliams, Vera B./repositories/2/archival_objects/1416457Williams