Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Cecile Starr papers
Starr, Cecile
4079913
MS#1191
English
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15 linear feet
36 manuscript boxes
1925-2001
Personal documents, correspondence, photographs, audiocassettes, and printed material of the filmmaker, film writer, and educator Cecile Starr (1921-2014).
Restrictions on Access
Two folders of the collection contain medical records of Cecile Starr and possibly other individuals. These are closed to researchers until 2089.
Restrictions on Access
This collection is located on-site.
Conditions Governing Access
Some unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. Commercial materials are not routinely digitized. Email rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Accruals
Four additions to the collection were received in 2009, 2011, and 2014. These materials are located in Boxes 12-36.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Starr, Cecile. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1998. Accession number--M-1998.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in ten series.
Biographical / Historical
Filmmaker, film writer, and educator Cecile Starr (1921-2014) was born in Nashville, Tennessee on July 14, 1921, and grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana. She received a B.A. in Romance Languages from Louisiana State University in 1941 and a masters degree in Adult Education from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1952. She then taught film history and criticism in Columbia's Graduate Film department from 1955 until 1961.
Biographical / Historical
Starr worked as non-theatrical writer and editor for the quarterly "Film Forum Review" from 1946 until 1949 and the weekly "Saturday Review" from 1949 until 1959. She also published freelance articles in "The New York Times" and various film journals, sometimes on highly controversial subjects. Starr wrote or edited four books: "Ideas on Film" (1951); "Film Society Primer" (1956); "Discovering the Movies" (1972); and "Experimental Animation", with Robert Russett (1976, revised 1988). As a scriptwriter and producer, her films include the award-winning "Fellow Citizen, A. Lincoln" and "Islamic Carpets."
Biographical / Historical
For 35 years Starr worked as a part-time, home-based distributor, renting and selling films on behalf of friends and colleagues, including Alexander Alexeieff and Claire Parker, Helen Levitt, Mary Ellen Bute, Hans Richter and others. In 1977 she founded and became co-director of the Women's Independent Film Exchange (W.I.F.E.), and in 1991 she received one of the Anthology Film Archive's Film Preservation awards.
Biographical / Historical
Starr married filmmaker Aram Boyajian in 1957. They had two children and one grandson. Cecile Starr died in Vermont in December 2014.
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Cecile Starr, 1998.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Cecile Starr papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Processing Information
Papers Added to RLIN HR 05/30/2002.
Processing Information
The four additions to the collection were physically integrated during processing. Components of the additions were intellectually integrated into Series I, II, and VII. They also make up the entirety of Series X: Subject files. These materials were processed by Jennifer B. Lee, June 2021.
Processing Information
Container list uploaded and front matter edited by Celeste Brewer, June 2021.
Summary
Personal and professional papers of the filmmaker, film writer, and educator Cecile Starr (1921-2014). Material formats include personal documents, photographs, audiocassettes (primarily interviews of Starr and others), and printed material. The content includes family and personal correspondence; professional correspondence; materials relating to Southern writers including James Agee and Randall Jarrell; materials related to Starr's secondary, college, and university education; teaching materials regarding filmmaking courses taught at Columbia University, the New School, and elsewhere; and manuscripts and preparation materials for published and unpublished articles. There are also records related to Starr's film distribution activities and the Women's Independent Film Exchange (W.I.F.E.), which Starr co-founded and co-directed.
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.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Motion picture industry
Motion pictures -- History
Agreements
Announcements
Articles
Audiocassettes
Autobiographies (literary works)
Certificates
Contracts
diplomas
Financial records
Fliers (printed matter)
Invitations
Licenses
Lists (document genres)
Manuscripts (documents)
Memorials
Notes (documents)
Obituaries
Programs (documents)
Photographs
Receipts (financial records)
Résumés (personnel records)
Reviews (documents)
Rosters
Wills
Teachers
Authors, American
Independent filmmakers
Motion picture producers and directors
Women authors, American
Women motion picture producers and directors
Women teachers
Agee, James, 1909-1955
Boyajian, Aram (Filmmaker)
Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965
Columbia University
New School University
Series I: Starr FamilyAlfred and Elizabeth Starr. Correspondence (Elizabeth) and clippings. [v.p.] [n.d.] 1952-1997 6 pages t.l.s. 3 p.c.s. 14 pages photocopies 6 pages1952-199711Scope and Contents(Newspaper and periodical clippings related to the career and death of Alfred Starr. Includes controversial public debate over subject of "pay T.V.")
Starr, Carrie and Cecile Starr. Letter to Starr and Lightman families. New York 29 March 1997 3 pages t.l.sMarch 199712Scope and Contents(Descriptive letter regarding funeral of Carrie Lightman Starr (mother) and Starr burial site in Nashville, TN.)
Starr, Jacob. Copies of marriage and obituary clippings; copy of will. Nashville, TN [n.d.], 30 April 1932 1 page photocopy 2 page t.ms Note: Father of Cecile Starr.April 1932(Poor quality copy of newspaper clippings.)13Starr, Milton and Goldie "Zaro" Starr (Mrs. Milton). To: Cecile Starr [v.p.] [n.d.] 1934-1996 21 pages a.l.s. 1 page t.l.s. 1 p.c.s1934-199614Biographical / Historical(Paternal uncle and aunt of Cecile Starr.)
Starr, Milton. Obituary and memorial tributes by William R. MacKaye and Michael Wolf[v.p.] 1976 1 page photocopy 5 pages t.ms.197615Freud, Sigmund. Biography by Ernest Jones The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud, Vol III. Page 233. [n.p.] [n.d.] 1 page photocopy16Scope and Contents(References to Milton Starr's financial support of psychoanalysis periodical "Imago.")
Lowell, Robert. Robert Lowell: A Biography by Ian Hamilton. Pages 47, 66. [n.p.] [n.d.] 2 pages photocopies17Scope and Contents(References to Milton Starr's financial support of the American poet.)
Waters, Ethel. Excerpts from Waters autobiography His Eye is on the Sparrow. Pages 156, 160, 170-171. [n.p.] 1950 2 pages t.ms.195018Scope and Contents(Excerpts typed onto separate sheets. Description of Milton Starr's support of African American artists)
Bijou Amusement Company Partnership. To Cecile Starr. Stock certificates. [n.p.] 29 December 1960 3 pages t.l.sDecember 196019Scope and Contents(See also "The Reluctant Capitalist"; file 74.)
Starr, Mike. To Cecile Starr [n.p.] [n.d.] 3 pages a.l.s.110Starr, Sarah Lusky. Clippings of obituaries. [n.p.] 4 December 1925 1 page photocopyDecember 1925111Biographical / Historical(Paternal grandmother of Cecile Starr.)
Starr, Bessie. To Cecile Starr [n.p.] 23 Oct 1985 28 Jan 1986 1 p.c.s. 1 page t.l.s19851986112Scope and Contents(Paternal aunt of Cecile Starr and wife of David Starr. Includes letter from Jeanne Starr Loeb regarding death of Bessie Starr.)
To Cecile Starr Tennessee 25 January 1980 1 p.c.sJanuary 1980113Scope and Contents(From "Mary Jane" [Coleman] inquiring about relation to Afred Starr)
Starr, Joseph (J.D.). To Cecile Starr. Includes correspondence between Cecile to J.D. Starr [v.p.] [n.d.] 1934-1998 1 p.c.s. 94 pages a. and t.l.s. 15 pages a. and t.l.s1934-1998114Biographical / Historical(Brother to Cecile Starr.)
Starr Joseph (J.D). Miscellaneous personal items: birth certificate, confirmation program, business card, newspaper clippings; New Yorker article regarding "Pennies from Heaven"; funeral condolences. [v.p.] [n.d.] 1929-1999 3 items 5 pages photocopies 1 page periodical 3 a.l.s.1929-1999115Loeb, Jeanne Starr. Letters and newspaper clippings; paraphernalia [v.p.] [n.d.] 1985-2000 1 Folder 2 pages1985-2000116Biographical / Historical(Cousin to Cecile Starr.)
Letters and paraphenalia regarding activity of children and grandchildren of Milton and Zaro Starr. [v.p.] [n.d.] 1972-2000 1 Folder1972-2000117Letters and paraphenalia regarding children and grandchildren of Alfred Starr. [v.p.] [n.d.] 1 Folder118Starr Carrie (Lightman). Memoir written by Carrie Starr with notes by Cecile Starr [n.p.] [n.d.] 55 t.ms. 26 a.ms. 1 Folder 2 note pages a.ms.s.119Biographical / Historical(Mother of Cecile Starr)
Starr Carrie (Lightman). To Cecile Starr; letters from Cecile to Carrie Starr; funeral mementos. [n.p.] [n.d.] 1944-1984 1 Folder1944-1984120Biographical / Historical(Mother of Carrie Starr.)
Correspondence to Cecile and Carrie from members of the Lightman family. [v.p.] 1937-1997 2 Folder inserts1937-1997121Scope and Contents(Includes clippings and publicity items.)
Lightman, Alan. Photocopies of correspondence with Cecile Starr [v.p.] 1984-1998 1 Folder1984-1998122Biographical / Historical(Cousin to Cecile Starr.)
Lightman, Alan. Photocopies of book reviews by and of Alan Lightman; paraphernalia [v.p.] 1982-2001 1 Folder1982-2001123Amy Clampitt12Alan Lightman12M. Lounsbury (teacher)12Jerry Lynas12Joyce McDougall12Carrie Lightman Starr12J. D. Starr - Family - Cecile Starr Letters to Juanita12Sara Starr Wolff12Biographical / HistoricalDaughter of Milton Starr.
Series II: Cecile StarrStarr Cecile . Personal documents: copy of birth certificate, wedding invitation, wedding license, resume, personal will, financial and legal documents; typed memoir with corrections. [v.p.] New York [n.d.] 1957-1995 1 Folder 5 pages t.ms.1957-1995224Starr Cecile. School records; detailed childhood and contemporary recollections handwritten by Starr; McMain High School annual (1937); mementos. New Orleans, LA 1921-1942 1 Folder1921-1942225Scope and Contents(Filed by Cecile Starr "New Orleans 1921-1937.")
Joseph, Eleanor Cohen. Correspondence with Cecile Starr. [n.p.] 1944-1996 1 Folder1944-1996226Scope and Contents(Distant Lightman cousin of Cecile Starr.)
Louisiana State University. Personal and administrative correspondence; diploma Baton Rouge, LA1937-1941227Scope and Contents(Correspondence with friends extends beyond college years.)
Fritsch, Peter. Correspondence with Peter Fritsch; articles and clippings regarding Fritsch, Mia Fritsch and James Agee. [v.p.] [n.d.] 1940-1990 1 Folder1940-1990228Correspondence and clippings regarding Southern writers including James Agee, Randall Jarrell, Robert Lowell. [v.p.] [n.d.] 1953-1989 1 Folder1953-1989229Scope and Contents(Filed by Cecile Starr "Growing Up in the Literary South.")
Stafford, Jean. Varies items include articles, photocopies of two way correspondence; correspondence with rare book collectors, clippings, excerpts of Stafford's writing, personal accounts by Starr. [v.p.] 1978-1998 1 Folder1978-199811103Scope and Contents(Original copies of correspondence and materials purchased by the University of Colorado at Boulder.)
Cecile Starr birthday cards and letters received13Cecile Starr notices received13Separated MaterialsMost from women film makers.
Cecile Starr correspondencecirca 1990s13Cecile Starr correspondence regarding films -- United Statescirca 2000s13Criticism13"How To Be Your Own Movie Critic"13Early films13Feature script13"Fellow Citizen, A. Lincoln" film13"Horses, Horses, Horses" film project13Cecile Starr "Introduction + Ideas"13Scope and ContentsFor a planned book on women film makers.
Cecile Starr photos13Cecile Starr rejected articles13Cecile Starr education14Cecile Starr film book reviews14Out-of-date flyers14Film rentals200114Harvard, Houghton Library2004-200614Scope and ContentsNotes on material sold.
Harvard, Houghton Library2005-201014Scope and ContentsNotes on material sold.
Harvard and University of Colorado14Scope and ContentsNotes on material sold.
Cecile Starr, "My Psychiatrists"14Cecile Starr correspondence with people with MCS (Multiple Chemical Sensitivity)14Cecile Starr medical (New York City)14Conditions Governing AccessRestricted until 2089.
Childhood sexual abuse (Mount Sinai)14Conditions Governing AccessRestricted until 2089.
Series III: Aram BoyajianBoyajian, Aram. Correspondence and materials regarding early film projects; personal notes. [v.p.] 1922-1970 1 Folder1922-1970330Scope and Contents(Previously organized by Cecile Starr:"Aram Boyajian to 1970." Includes personal account of Emmy Award Ceremony 1964 won by Boyajian for editting "The Kremlin.")
Boyajian, Aram. Professional correspondence, clippings, personal accounts. Published volume of poetry: The Man Who Wrote the World's Longest Haiku, Crossing Press, NY. 1973. [v.p.] [n.d.] 1970-1996 1 Folder 1 volume bd1970-1996331Scope and Contents(Previously organized by Cecile Starr "Aram Boyajian from 1970 on.")
Boyajian, Aram. ABC-TV. Published volume based on ABC-TV documentary "Africa" produced by Boyajian and others. [n.p.] [n.d.] 1 vol., bd.332Boyajian, Aram. ABC-TV. Materials regarding documentary "Kitty Genovese." New York1978-1979333Scope and Contents(Includes personal correspondence between Boyajian and convicted murderer Winston Moseley; photocopy of childhood memoir.)
ABC-TV. Clippings of reviews and materials regarding documentary "The American Indian" written and produced by Boyajian. [n.p.] 1972 1 Folder1972334HBO and Consumer Reports.. Correspondence regarding documentaries "Earth to Kids" and "Unsafe at Any Race." New York 1984, 1991 1 Folder19841991335Boyajian family correspondence. [v.p.] [n.d.] 1971-1993 1 Folder1971-1993336Boyajian, Suzanne. Correspondence and miscellaneous items. [v.p.] 1980-1996 1 Folder1980-1996337Scope and Contents(Daughter of Cecile Starr and Aram Boyajian)
Boyajian, Marco. High school diploma, resume; correspondence; clippings regarding store Showtime Video in Burlington, Vermont. [v.p.] New York, Vermont 1978-1997 1 Folder1978-1997338Scope and Contents(Son of Cecile Starr and Aram Boyajian.)
Boyajian, Marco. Film reviews by Marco Boyajian. [v.p.] 1969-1998 1 Folder Note: Son of Cecile Starr and Aram Boyajian.1969-1998339Series IV: New York Film1940s-1950sJack Ellis. Film Council of America. Correspondence to and from Starr; incomplete manuscript of autiographical materials [author unclear]. Evanston, IL and Vermont 1981-1997 1 Folder1981-1997440Clippings, flyers, personal correspondence regarding filmmakers Julien Bryan, Ken Snelson, Francis Thompson. New York 1970s-1980s 1 Folder Note: All filmmakers who began careers in New York during the 1940s and 1950s.1970s-1980s1940s441Scope and Contents(Previously arranged by Cecile Starr.)
Clippings regarding film careers of Jim Davis and James Broughton. New York 1940s-1950s 1 Folder Note: Includes published volume "Jim Davis: The Flow of Energy" inscribed to Cecile Starr.1940s-1950s442Scope and Contents(Previously filed as "Rosalind Kossoff" by Starr.)
Thomas Brandon and Leo Dratfield. Correspondence and personal notes. New York 1967-1982 1 Folder Note: Note by Starr regarding relationship between filmmaker and distributor.1967-1982443Scope and Contents(Previously filed by Starr.)
Lillian Wachtel. Film News. Clippings and correspondence regarding periodical "Film News" and film publisher and editor Rohana Lee. Vermont and New York [n.d.]; 1965, 1997 1 Folder19651997444Wachtel, Lillian. Clippings and correspondence with Cecile Starr. [n.p.] 1999-2001 1 Folder1999-2001445Austrailian News and Information Bureau. Correspondence, clippings, and personal notes. New York 1942-1977 1 Folder Note: Cecile Starr's employer from 1942-1945. Includes correspondence between Cecile Starr and Australian filmmaker Ronald Maslyn Williams to 1977 with references to Jean Stafford, wife of poet Robert Lowell. References regarding office environment and newswriters during World War II.1942-19771977446Affiliated Film Producers. Personal correspondence and accounts, clippings regarding Starr's working acquaintance with Willard Van Dyke, Irving Jacoby, and Helen Grayson; obituary for Irving Jacoby written by Starr published in EFLA Newsletter. New York 1967-1997 1 Folder1967-1997447Film Council of America. "A Symposium: Sixty Years of 16 mm Film" and "A Guide to Film Services of National Associations." Practical Offset Inc.: Des Plaines IL 1954 220 pages bd. 146 pages bd1954448Scope and Contents(Cecile Starr on the editorial board.)
Film Council of America. Correspondence, programs, t.ms. of essay by Starr published in memorial flyer (1996). New York 1959-1996 1 Folder1959-1996449Scope and Contents(Personal accounts regarding activities in the 1940s and 1950s Cecile Starr on the editorial board)
National Film Board of Canada. Flyers, correspondence, personal accounts. New York and Montreal 1956-1979 1 Folder1956-1979450Sophie Hohne (Reu). March of Time. Correspondence, flyers, clippings, photographs of building where former office stood. New York 1970-1997 1 Folder1970-1997451Miscellaneous events and projects 1940s-1950s. Correspondence, clippings; study guides and articles for Encyclopedia Britannica by Cecile Starr. New York 1940-1950 1 Folder1940-1950452Series V: Teaching at Columbia University1955-1961Correspondence and clippings regarding former students: Alfred Appel, Jr.; Timothy Asch; John Frazer; Gordon Hitchens; George Manupelli; Roger Sandall; Don Gunn. New York1955-1961553Scope and Contents(Correspondence extends into later years.)
Correspondence to and from former students: James Watters, Howard Worth, Merle Worth, Herbert Reynolds [not a student, an acquaintence]. New York 1955-1961 1 Folder1955-1961554Scope and Contents(Filed by Starr: "First class of M.A. Film and TV students at Columbia.)
Bogdonavich and De Palma. Correspondence, personal accounts, and materials regarding former students Peter Bogdonavich and Brian de Palma New York 1955-1975 1 Folder1955-1975555Scope and Contents(Correspondence with Bogdonavich 1972-1975)
Educational records and correspondence New York 1947-2001 1 Folder1947-2001556Scope and Contents(Includes written statement regarding disagreement with Erik Barnouw and leave of absence to go to Paris with husband. Filed by Cecile Starr "Columbia University-miscellaneous.")
Teaching materials including typed notes include student notes from Starr's history of the motion picture course (1960), correspondence, film periodical clippings, programs, and flyers. New York 1955-1961 1 Folder1955-1961557Scope and Contents(Correspondence extends into later years.)
Life. Published articles by Jim Watters. Time, Inc.: Chicago February 1980 May, 1986 2 vol. bd1980 May1986558Scope and Contents(Former student of Cecile Starr.)
Series VI: Film CriticismKael, Pauline. Articles; clippings; one incomplete typed ms. regarding film critic. [v.p.] 1968-1989 1 Folder1968-1989659Gerstein, Evelyn. Notes, correspondence between film critic Gerstein and Starr, handwrittten manuscript, clippings, photocopies of Gerstein's film reviews. [v.p.] New York [n.d.] 1961-1986 1 Folder1961-1986660Agee, James. Personal account by Starr on her acquaintance with Agee; periodical and book excerpts, handwritten notes. [v.p.] New York [n.d.] 1959-1984 1 Folder1959-1984661Correspondence, notes, clippings regarding critics including Archer Winstein and Virgil Thomson. [v.p.] 1960-1997 1 Folder1960-1997662Scope and Contents(Filed by Starr "American Film Critics and Writers.")
Notes and papers for class on Film Criticism taught by Starr. New York [1960s-1970s] 1 Folder663Scope and Contents(Drawn from courses taught at the New School, Columbia University, and elsewhere.)
Movie reviews by students of Cecile Starr at the New School. New York 1974-1980 1 Folder1974-1980664Thompson, Howard. Personal accounts by Cecile Starr; clippings of articles by film columnist and longtime acquaintance. Book inscribed to Starr by Howard: The Female Approach by Ronald Searle. Knopf, NY. 1954. [v.p.] New York 1944-1997 1 Folder1944-1997665Scope and Contents(Film writer for the New York Times.)
Notes, clippings. New York 1956-1987 1 Folder1956-1987666Scope and Contents(Information on film critics at the New York Times including Mordaunt Hall, Vincent Canby, Frank Nugent, and Bosley Crowther.)
Series VII: Articles (with related correspondence)Levitt, Helen. Notes, materials, drafts, and clipping of articles written by Cecil Starr. Appeared in two publications: "Center Quarterly," Summer 1985. Vol. 6, No. 4. Book Review, "Sightlines," Winter 1986/87. 2 published volumes: "Helen Levitt" and "Helen Levitt: Photographies." [v.p.] France, New York 1977-1988 3 Folders1977-1988767Deren, Maya. The New York Times. Correspondence and notes regarding Cecile Starr article: "The Mother of the American Avant-Garde Film," 2 May 1976. New York 1976 1 Folder1976768The New York Times. Typed ms. (draft), notes, correspondence, photocopy and clipping of article by Cecile Starr: "Is the Government Subsidizing Sexism in Film" in The New York Times?" 9 January 1977. New York 1977 1 Folder1977769House Beautiful. Notes, correspondence and sample copy of column by Cecile Starr: "Flowers and Films for Spring" January 1953. Vol. 95, No. 1 Hearst Corp.: New York 1953-1954 1 Folder1953-1954770Scope and Contents(Starr wrote a film column from 1953-1954. Correspondence with editor Joseph Barry dates into the 1980s.)
American Film Institute.. Clippings and articles. Printed letter from Cecile Starr: "Film Artists Fear AFI Will Go Hollywood," in Readers and Writers, April-May 1967. Subsequent correspondence. [v.p.] New York 1967-1981 1 Folder1967-1981771Scope and Contents(Starr's critical letter regarding the vision of the Film Advisory Council of the National Council of the Arts--Hollywood/entertainment vs. art received a wide public response. Correspondence includes photocopy of a letter from Council member and actor Gregory Peck (29 May 1967).)
Anthology Film Archive Jonas Mekas Film Culture. Flyers, announcements, letters, and correspondence regarding article by Cecile Starr: "New York Letter" in Sight and Sound, Winter 1961/62. New York 1961-1998 1 Folder1961-1998772Scope and Contents(Personal account of Cecile Starr's Preservation Award and ceremony given her by Anthology Film Archives in 1992.)
The Saturday Review. Notes, correspondence, clippings, photograph of former office site. New York 1949-1959 1 Folder1949-1959773Scope and Contents(Cecile Starr worked for The Saturday Review 1949-1959. Includes what she considered her ten best columns. Correspondence extends through 1997.)
The New York Times. Notes and correspondence regarding Starr article: "The Reluctant Capitalist" printed 15 October 1995. [v.p.] New York 1950-1995 1 Folder1950-1995774Scope and Contents(Non-film related.)
Mazursky, Paul. Correspondence from and to Starr. Notes and materials for Starr's two publications regarding Mazursky's "An Unmarried Woman." Twentieth Century Fox, "Talking Cinematically re. Films," 1978. "Women in Film: Weill and Mazursky," Fire Island News, August 19, 1978. New York 1978 1 Folder19781197Richter, Hans. Personal correspondence with Richter; correspondence regarding Richter's estate; announcements and flyers relevant to the filmmaker's career. [v.p.] 1974-1998 1 Folder1974-199811101Brakhage, Stan. Correspondence and clippings regarding filmmaker Brakhage. New York 1979-1998 1 Folder1979-1998876Posner, Bruce. Correspondence; clippings regarding Posner's filmaking career. [v.p.] 1983-1998 1 Folder1983-19981198Richter, Hans. Correspondence (includes letter from Jonas Mekas), notes, transcripts of tapes, drafts, writings by Richter, and photocopies of Starr writings regarding Richter. "Richter on Film: An Independent Film about an Independent Filmmaker," Art & Cinema, December 1978. "Notes on Hans Richter in the U.S.A.," No. 79, Winter 1996. "Hilla Rebay and the Guggenheim Nexus," [no source information.] [v.p.] New York 1977-1996 1 Folder1977-199611102Cecile Starr printed articles: House Beautiful and pre-1960 film articles15Cecile Starr printed articles: Saturday Review15Cecile Starr printed articles: Laserdiscs -- Reviews of Cecile Starr books15Cecile Starr printed articles3 folderscirca 1960s-1990s16Cecile Starr printed articles17Scope and ContentsIncluding Film Forum Review, International Documentary, and Filmmakers Newsletter.
Series VIII: Film Activities1980s-1990sKertesz Project Paris 1986-1987 1 Folder1986-1987875Museum of Modern Art. Clippings, notes, and inventory lists; correspondence. New York 1980-1997 1 Folder1980-1997877Southern filmmakers; correspondence, critiques, rosters of film festivals. [v.p.] 1975-1982 1 Folder1975-1982878Correspondence, loose pages from published script, typed draft for article on movie: "Tattoo." [v.p.] 1959-1983 1 Folder Note: Article never published. Filed by Starr: "Tattoo article-Bob Brooks."1959-1983879Centre Georges Pompidou. Correspondence, contract, and draft of Starr article on Stephanie Maxwell Paris and Vermont 1993-1997 1 Folder1993-1997880American Federation of the Arts. Copy of distribution agreement, correspondence, flyer for film festival in Baton Rouge. Baton Rouge [n.d] 1977-1989 1 Folder1977-1989881Boyajian Starr Associates. Notes, Employer Identification Number, financial records. New York 1979-1985 1 Folder1979-1985882Correspondence and related items for various film periodicals. [n.p.] 1961-1985 1 Folder Note: Includes "Spiral," "Film Quarterly," and "Cantrills."1961-1985883Receipts from personal sale of used film related books, videos, and posters. [v.p.] New York 1989-1994 1 Folder1989-1994884Curtis, David. Arts Council of Great Britain. To Cecile Starr England 1981-1984 1 Folder1981-1984885Scope and Contents(Regarding film program notes and project proposals.)
Miscellaneous film correspondence 1990s New York [n.d.] 1995, 1998 1 Folder Note: Includes Maxine Haleff, Vachel Blair, Sally Mason-Robinson, Paula Kotis.1990s19951998886Clippings and correspondence regarding film education and teaching positions. [v.p.] 1980-1999 1 Folder1980-1999887Lye, Len. Clippings, correspondence, and materials regarding career of the kinetic sculptor and experimental filmmaker Len Lye (1901-1980). [v.p.] 1936-1991 1 Folder1936-1991888Scope and Contents(Photocopy of letter to Starr signed "Len.")
Lincoln Center programs and exhibition notes; t.ms. of talk given by Starr during 1967-1968 school year. New York 1967-1989 1 Folder1967-19681967-1989989Scope and Contents(Includes correspondence regarding "Fantasy in Film" public school project developed by Cecile Starr.)
Laser disc information: flyers, clippings, correspondence, photographs. [v.p.] 1988-19941 Folder990Correspondence and clippings regarding non-film friends. [v.p.] New York 1980-1998 1 Folder1980-1998991Fire Island related clippings. New York 1979-1992 1 Folder1979-1992992Grierson, John. Clippings, correspondence, and Starr's personal account of meeting the film critic. Photocopy of Starr book review for Grierson on the Movies (1981) in "Sightlines, Fall 1981. [v.p.] 1955-1981 1 Folder1955-1981993Receipts, reviews, and correspondence regarding film related books purchased by Starr. [v.p.] 1966-1998 1 Folder1966-1998994Kaufman, Boris. Materials, correspondence, and manuscript of article written by Starr. Starr's printed review of Dziga Vertov: A Guide to References and Resources printed in "Sightlines" Spring 1981. [v.p.] 1980-1981 1 Folder1980-1981995Harvard Film Archives. Clippings, programs, and reviews regarding film retrospective Starr participated: "The Emergence of Abstract Film in America." Cambridge, MA 7-11 December 1995 1 FolderDecember 19951199Reiniger, Lotte. Personal correspondence, accounts by Starr, clippings, obituary regarding the film animator. [v.p.] 1981-1997 1 Folder1981-199711100Scope and Contents(Reference to Starr's organizing Reiniger retrospective at the American Film Festival in 1980.)
Stearns, Monteagle and Toni. To Cecile Starr (and Aram Boyajian). Article by Antonia Stearns in House Beautiful, December 1994. [v.p.] 1977-1995 1 Folder1977-199511104Wright, Basil. Information regarding British documentary filmmaker. Correspondence between Starr, Wright, and others. [v.p.] 1974-1985 1 Folder1974-198511105Correspondence and clippings regarding years spent in France. Includes Starr article reprint from the Saturday Review of Literature (1955). Personal accounts by Starr. [v.p.] 1962-1988 1 Folder1962-198811106Series IX: Cassette RecordingsCecile Starr's notes and list of cassettes catalogued in Box 101977996Scope and ContentsWritten notes refer tape #7 and #14
Audiocassettes labeled by Cecile Starr1) AFA-Wilder Green and Steve Aronson with Cecile StarrApril 1977102) Alexeieff & Parker (Paris) with StarrJune 1980103) Blair, Vachel with StarrMarch 1997104) Blair, Vachel with StarrApril 1997105 and 6) Canby, Vincent with StarrApril 1981107) Canemaker's Animation GroupDecember 1977108) Dockum Film, Starr narrationundated109) Canadian Animators: Drouin and BindonNovember 19921010) Griffin, George19771011) Feferman, Linda10Scope and Contents[not in collection]
12) Jarnow, Al with Starr19771013) Malle, Louis with Starr19781014) Selwood, Maureen - AnimatorsNovember 19771015) Mazursky, Paul with Starr19781016) Munro, Grant with StarrNovember 19901017) NFB Animators: Patel and Hoedeman with StarrNovember 19901018) Petric, VladaDecember 19951019) Reiniger with Starr and others19781019) Reiniger with Starr and others, 1978
20) Richter on film with Starrundated1021) Rickey, Carrie with StarrMay 19811022) Snelson, Ken with Starr19791023) Starr, Cecile on Len Lye (Donnell)19851024) Starr, Cecile on the New School "Film Criticism"February 19761025) Thacher, Anita (Metropolitan Museum)10Scope and Contents[not in collection]
26) Whitney, John phone conversation (Russett and Starr)October 19871027) Spiral Anthology (special production)19851028) Wright, Basil with Starr198510Miscellaneous CassettesCecile Starr re. Randall Jarrell, William Pritchard interview10Robert Graeff regarding Werner Graeff No. 1 and No. 2. Michael Pressman with Cecile Starr197910Archer Winsten with Cecile Starr, No. 1 and No. 2198110Stewart Klein and Cecile Starr198110Cecile Starr on N.H. radio talk re W.I.F.E.10Scope and Contents[not in collection]
Series X: Subject FilesSubseries X.1: NamesAgee18Agee -- Caroline Blinder18Anderson, Erica18Anderson, Erica (and Vonnegut)18Anderson, Madeline18Ascher, Robert18Barry, Iris18Bartosch, Berthold -- correspondence18Bartosch, Berthold -- Cecile Starr promotion18Bartosch, Berthold -- "The Idea" -- income18Bartosch, Berthold -- "The Idea"18Scope and ContentsWith CD of Arthur Honegger music created for the film, Gallo CD-880.
Bartosch, Berthold -- stills and negatives19Bartosch, Berthold -- printed matter19Benacerraf, Margot19Berg, Gretchen19Berg, Gretchen / Weinberg19Berkley, Busby19Bogdanovich, Peter -- correspondence and articles19Bogdanovich, Peter -- articles19Bontemps, Arna19Brakhage, Stan19Breer, Robert19Bryan, Diana19Burgess, Lee (Dick / Bechwith)19Bute, Mary Ellen -- Cecile Starr interview with Sandra Naumann20Bute, Mary Ellen20Cameron, Donna20Cantrill, Arthur and Corinne20Charlton, Maryette20Chase, Doris20Clarke, Shirley20Crockwell, Douglass2 folders20Damonte, Devon20D'Avino, Carmen20De Hirsch, Storm20Dery, Jo21Dreyer, Carl and Scandinavian Films21Eames, Charles and Ray21Ehrlich, David21Ellis, Jack21Emshwiller, Ed21Eggeling, Viking21Eggeling, Pictures21Engel, Jules21Engel, Jules and Janeann Dill21Flaherty, Frances21Flaherty Photos21Furniss, Maureen21Gaynor, Janet21Glabicki, Paul21Glushanok, Peter21Grant, Dwinellcirca 1970s-1990s22Grant, Dwinell1975-199122Grant, Dwinell2 folders22Grant, Dwinell -- In His Own Words22Grayson, Helen -- letters22Grayson, Helen -- Cecile Starr notes22Grayson, Helen -- articles22Grayson, Helen -- miscellaneous22Grayson, Helen / Jacob Lawrence22Griffin, George23Griffin, Richard -- Museum of Modern Art booklets23Guy-Blache, Alice2 folders23Guy-Blache, Alice / P. Green23Guy-Blache, Alice -- T-shirt "Be Natural"23Haleff, Maxine23Hammid, Alexander23Hartley, Elda23Hill, Jerome23Hofacker / Richter / Eggeling24Hoshino, Marvin24Iimura, Taka24Jacobs, Lewis24Jacoby, Irving24Jacoby, Irving -- Office of War Information24Jacoby, Oren24Jarnow, Al24Jarvis, Lucy24Johnson, Osa24Kain, Richard24Kaufman, Boris24Kaufman, Boris / Jean Vigo24Keefer, Cindy -- Center for Visual Music2005-201025Keefer, Cindy -- Center for Visual Music Promotion25Keefer, Cindy -- Iota Center25Kitchen, Diane -- University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee25Kravitz/Subotnick25Lambart, Evelyn25Langer, Mark25Leacock, Ricky25Levine, Charles25Leyda, Jay25Levitt, Helen -- Europe200026Levitt, Helen201026Levitt, Helen -- "In the Street"2010-201126Levitt, Helen -- Barcelona -- Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona26Levitt, Helen -- Bolzano, Italy - "I.T.S."26Levitt, Helen -- Light Cone26Levitt, Helen -- Pip Chodorov (Re-Voir, Paris)26Levitt, Helen -- Pompidou (Paris)26Levitt, Helen -- 16mm prints, copyright, etc.26Levitt, Helen -- pictures, cards, etc.26Levitt, Helen -- books26Levitt, Helen -- cards and letters26Levitt, Helen -- Harper's Books26Levitt, Helen -- Glenn Horowitz26Levitt, Helen -- other films26Levitt, Helen -- film friends and photographers26Levitt, Helen -- Recollections of Levitt, Cecile Starr interviews, Dylan Morgan transcriptions27Levitt, Helen -- Cecile Starr agreements27Levitt, Helen -- Distribution (Starr)27Levitt, Helen / Starr27Levitt, Helen -- Anthology (Mekas)27Levitt, Helen -- Arthouse (Koh)27Levitt, Helen -- British Film Institute27Levitt, Helen -- Lille (France)2010-201127Levitt, Helen -- Metropolitan Museum27Levitt, Helen -- Lawrence Miller Gallery27Levitt, Helen -- Museum of Modern Art (New York City)27Levitt, Helen -- Stanford, CA, "In the Street"27Levitt, Helen -- miscellaneous27Levitt, Helen -- Janice Loeb, "The Quiet One"27Levitt, Helen -- photographs27Lorentz, Pare28MacDonald, Dwight28McDougall, Joyce28McLaren, Norman28McLaren, Norman -- materials28McLaren, Norman -- stills28Mamoulian, Rouben28Maxwell, Stephanie200028Montanaro, Carlo28Morse, Deanna28Mouris, Frank and Caroline29Munro, Grant29Olitzky, Seth29Orkin, Ruth -- Cecile Starr29Orkin, Ruth29Peck, Gregory -- and American Film Institute29Pennebaker -- Daybreak Press1975-201029Peterson, Vicki29Pickford, Mary29Poser, Mimi29Posner, Bruce29Priestley, Joanna29Rebay, Hilla29Reiniger, Lotte30Reiniger, Lotte -- letters30Reiniger, Lotte -- stills30Richter, Hans -- Europe2000-201030Richter, Hans -- United States2000-201030Rose, Kathy30Russett, Robert30Russett, Robert -- index30Ruttman, Walter -- promotion30Scher, Jeff31Schwartz, Lillian31Selwood, Maureen31Snelson, Ken31Stoney, George2 folders31Thompson, Francis31Ungerer, Walter31Van Dyke, Barbara31Ward, Tracy (Virginia Bell)31Watters, Jim31Weill, Claudia31Whitney, John31Wright, Basil31Zwerin, Charlotte31Subseries X.2: TopicsAustralia / New Zealand32Canada32England / Scotland32Other countries32Abstract art and film32Animation stills32Animation -- letters about32Animation -- letters from animators32Animation -- "Frames" letters, etc.32Arthouse / Koh2000-200732"Ballet Mechanique"32Bute-Arsenal Experimental, Germany2007-200932Da Capo Press33Disney33Documentary -- miscellaneous33Flipbooks and optical toys33Flipbooks -- Ruth Hayes33Flipbooks -- show200533Light Cone, Paris2 folders2000-200933Linz, Austria -- "Rhythm in Light" and "Abstronic"200933Movie stills33Re:Voir2000-200933Women animators4 folders34ArrangementIn alphabetical order.
Women filmmakers34ArrangementIn alphabetical order.
Women Artist Filmmaker Group34Women film -- specialists34Women filmmakers -- foreign34Women filmmakers -- foreign (Leni Riefenstahl)34Women's articles -- miscellaneous35Women filmmakers -- original materials35Women filmmakers -- photographs35Women's Independent Film Exchange (W.I.F.E.)35W.I.F.E. -- original research35W.I.F.E. -- originals35W.I.F.E. -- special projects35W.I.F.E. -- expenses and incomeuntil 199035W.I.F.E. -- fundraising35W.I.F.E. -- programs1970s-198936W.I.F.E. -- programs1984 and earlier36W.I.F.E. -- programs1985 and later36W.I.F.E. -- profiles36W.I.F.E. -- Black members36Cecile Starr -- programs36Cecile Starr -- film students36