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Series I: Cataloged Material
Series II: Morgues, Rejections, Cover Letters
Series III: Organizational Materials
Series IV: Journal Items
Series V: Editors files, 1956-1975

Columbia Forum records, 1956-1975

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Series V: Editors files, 1956-1975

This series is made up of the files kept by FORUM editors Lee Ambrose, Peter Spackman and Erik Wensberg. The bulk of the material consists of a sequence of subject and correspondence files in alphabetical order. It also includes letters to the editor, production logs and rejections from the 1970s.


Box 79 Alphabetical files

Box 79 A, 1959-1970

Box 79 Advertising, 1959-1968

Box 79 Alexander, Michael S., 1971-1974

(Fundraising)

Box 79 Alumni records center, 1968-1971

Box 79 Alumni Federation, 1957-1966

(Morris Watkins)

Box 79 American Alumni Council (AAC), 1958-1970

Box 79 AAC editors' workshop, 1957-1958

Box 79 Ambrose, Lee, 1971-1972

Box 79 Awards - Submissions, 1966

Box 79 B, 1971-1975

Box 79 B, 1966-1971

Box 79 B, 1958-1969

Box 79 Barzun, Jacques, 1963-1969

Box 79 Basic organization - publication, 1957-1959

Box 79 Basic organization - office and procedures, 1958-1966

Box 79 Basic organization - alumni, 1956-1959

Box 79 Black, Max, 1975

Box 79 Boroff Award, 1966

(The David Boroff Memorial Award)

Box 79 Bound volumes, 1962-1972

Box 79 C, 1974

Box 79 C, 1966-1970

Box 79 C, 1958-1967

Box 79 Cato, Bob, 1973-1974

Box 79 Central records office, 1958-1966

(Alumni status and Forum distribution list)

Box 79 Chinatown, 1970

(Copy of the Chinatown Report 1969 by the Chinatown Study Group, study funded by the Urban Center.)

Box 79 Columbia Alumni News, 1957

Box 79 Columbia Associates, 1965

Box 79 Columbia College Admissions Office, 1958-1966

Box 79 Columbia University Press, 1967

Box 79 Columbia University VIPs, 1953-1967

(Lists of prominent alumni)

Box 79 Combined Book Exhibit, 1968

Box 79 Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines, 1974

Box 79 Cort, David, 1971-1972

Box 79 D, 1971

Box 79 D, 1958-1967

Box 79 D, 1965-1970

Box 79 Design, 1971

Box 79 Designers, 1967-1968

Box 79 E, 1958-1970

Box 79 E, 1968-1970

Box 79 Editorial Board, 1958-1966

Box 79 Editorial Board, 1958-1970

Box 79 Editorial and Publication Board, 1964-1970

Box 79 Editorial Board dinners, 1962-1966

Box 79 Editorial Board minutes, 1957-1967


Box 80 Forum files and correspondence, 1960-1961

(Records sent by Levering Tyson to Jacques Barzun, when he became the new Chair of the Editorial Board.)

Box 80 F, 1972

Box 80 F, 1958-1966

Box 80 F, 1967-1970

Box 80 Faculty peace groups, 1970

(Parents for Peace)

Box 80 The new "Forum", 1963-1967, 3 folders

Box 80 Frankel, Max - campaign, 1973

Box 80 Forum fund, 1963-1966

Box 80 Fund raising, 1966

Box 80 G, 1974

Box 80 G, 1967-1970

Box 80 G, 1958-1967

Box 80 Garmise Associates, 1972

Box 80 Gifts to the Forum, 1957-1970

Box 80 Goldman, Richard Franko, 1971

Box 80 H, 1957-1972

Box 80 H, 1967-1970

Box 80 I, 1968

Box 80 I, 1958-1963

Box 80 IACF (International Association for Cultural Freedom), 1968

Box 80 Insiders, 1959

(Press release about a dinner in honor of Charles F. Swift, former manager of the Faculty Club.)

Box 80 Incorporation, 1963-1964

Box 80 Inter-collegiate correspondence, 1958

Box 80 Intra-office correspondence, 1965

Box 80 Inventory of copies of issues, 1970-1971

Box 80 J, 1958-1965

Box 80 J, 1967-1969

Box 80 Jerome Mail-Advertising, 1968

Box 80 K, 1966-1970

Box 80 K, 1957-1968

Box 80 Kenen, Peter, 1959

Box 80 L, 1971

Box 80 L, 1957-1968

Box 80 L, 1967-1970

Box 80 Lekachman, Robert, 1971

Box 80 Libraries, 1971-1972

Box 80 Libraries, 1968-1971

(Subscriptions, mailings, requests)

Box 80 Library volumes, 1971

(AMS Press re: reprint plans)

Box 80 M, 1973-1974

Box 80 M, 1967-1970

Box 80 M, 1957-1967

Box 80 Machine maintenance instructions, 1963-1971

(Typewriter manuals and catalogues)

Box 80 Magazine Publishers Association (MPA), 1972-1974

Box 80 Magazines in Focus television series, 1972

(St. John's University)

Box 80 Mailers, Inc., 1964-1966

Box 80 Moonshooter Syndicate, 1959-1962, 2 folders

(Later known as Editorial Products for Education (EPE))

Box 80 N, 1968-1970

Box 80 N, 1959-1966

Box 80 National Endowment for the Humanities, 1971

(Application for funding; rejection letter)


Box 81 National Publishing Company, 1958-1963

Box 81 National Publishing Company print schedules, 1957-1963

Box 81 News Office, 1962-1966

Box 81 Nobel Peace Prize, 1966

(Nomination of Thich Nhat Hanh (Mr. Nguyen Xuan Bao))

Box 81 O, 1968-1970

Box 81 O, 1957-1966

Box 81 Office inventory, 1968-1973, 2 folders

Box 81 P, 1958-1967

Box 81 P, 1968-1970

Box 81 Paper brokering, 1967

Box 81 Personnel, 1967-1969

Post Office

Box 81 Business reply postal information, Cathedral and Manhattanville Stations, 1971-1974

Box 81 2nd Class Postal Permit, mailing requirement information, 1968-1974

Box 81 Valley Forge Post Office, domestic postage account, 1974-1975

Box 81 Post Office, 1951-1969, 4 folders

Box 81 Print schedule, 1963

Box 81 Printing forms, 1965

Box 81 Printers estimates, 1957-1960

Box 81 Printers estimates, 1961-1964

Box 81 Publication Board, 1961

Box 81 Publishers correspondence, 1957-1963

Box 81 R, 1958-1966

Box 81 R, 1968-1970

Box 81 Rados' Raiders, 1972-1973

(Study on the commercial viability of the Forum. Includes correspondence with Carolyn G. Heilbrun.)

Box 81 Readership survey, 1961

(Conducted by the Bureau of Applied Social Research)

Box 81 Readership survey proposal, 1961

Box 81 Reprints, 1962-1967

Box 81 Respect for drugs, 1968-1969

(A community service and education program sponsored by the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences.)

Box 81 S, 1973-1974

Box 81 S, 1967-1970

Box 81 S, 1957-1970

Box 81 Save the Forum, 1970

Box 81 Subscriptions, 1959-1965

Box 81 T, 1968-1970

Box 81 T, 1958-1966

Box 81 Tyson, Levering, 1957-1961

Box 81 U, 1959-1969

Box 81 V, 1970-1971

Box 81 V, 1959-1969

Box 81 Vietnam, 1966


Box 82 W, 1972

Box 82 W, 1967-1970

Box 82 W, 1958-1967

Box 82 Wilbur, Richard, 1972

Box 82 X, 1960-1970

Box 82 Y, 1967

Box 82 Z, 1963-1969

Box 82 General correspondence, 1963-1973

Box 82 Readers' responses to the Forum's "End of the FORUM" notice in the Fall 1970 issue, 1970

Box 82 Prospective subscribers and donors, 1970-1971

Box 82 Editorial Board, 1963-1970

Box 82 Mailing list, 1963-1968

Box 82 Personnel and budget, 1963-1970

Box 82 Proposed incorporation, 1964

Box 82 Presidential correspondence re: end of publication, 1974-1975

Box 82 Transcriptions of "puff" letters from alumni and non-CU readers, 1970

(File includes transcriptions of letters of support from alumni (with names, degrees and addresses) non-Columbia readers (with names and affiliations), and "contra" letters (subscriptions cancellations, et al). There are a few original letters )

Box 82 Subscribers

Box 82 Subscription list analysis, 1972-1973

Box 82 Subscription cancellations, 1972-1974

Box 82 Subscription correspondence, 1971-1975

Letters to the Editor

(Letters to the Editor from readers, organized by the date of the issue mentioned in the letter)


Box 83 Winter, 1970

Box 83 Winter, 1971

Box 83 Spring, 1972

Box 83 Summer, 1972

Box 83 Fall, 1972

Box 83 Winter, 1973

Box 83 Spring, 1973

Box 83 Summer, 1973

Box 83 Fall, 1973

Box 83 Winter, 1974

Box 83 Spring, 1974

Box 83 Summer, 1974

Box 83 Fall, 1974

Box 83 Winter, 1975

Production Logs

(Organized by the date of the issue)

Box 83 Winter, 1971

Box 83 Spring, 1972

Box 83 Summer, 1972

Box 83 Fall, 1972

Box 83 Mini issue, 1972

Box 83 Winter, 1973

Box 83 Spring, 1973

Box 83 Summer, 1973

Box 83 Fall, 1973

Box 83 Winter, 1974

Box 83 Spring, 1974

Box 83 Summer, 1974

Box 83 Fall, 1974

Box 83 Winter, 1975

Box 83 Spring, 1975

Rejections

Box 83 1971

Box 83 1972

Box 83 1973

Box 83 1974, 2 folders

Box 83 1975 January-1975 March

Box 83 1975 April

Box 83 1975 May-1975 June

Administrative files


Box 84 Publication Committee, 1971-1975

(Contains official policy correspondence)

Box 84 Barzun, Jacques, 1971-1973

Box 84 Boardman, Harry, 1971-1975

Box 84 Buchanan, Peter, 1973-1975

(University Development. Contains some of the official letters re: future of the Forum.)

Box 84 deBary, Wm. Theodore, 1973

(Vice President, Academic Affairs)

Box 84 Pouncey, Peter, 1973

(Dean, Columbia College)

Box 84 Salisbury, Harrison, 1973

(Associate Editor, New York Times)

Box 84 Wittenstein, Arthur, 1971-1974

(Stroock & Stroock & Lavan)

Budget

Box 84 1965-1971

Box 84 1971-1972

Box 84 1972-1973

Box 84 1973-1974

Box 84 Editorial Board, 1958-1975

Box 84 Erpf Letter, 1968-1974

(Sue Erpf Van de Bovenkamp. Letter re: fundraising.)

Box 84 Financial stuff, odd, 1974

Box 84 Free list additions, 1974

Box 84 Fund raising, general, 1973

Box 84 Insert cards, 1974-1975

Box 84 Dorothy Kerr and Associates, 1794-1975

Box 84 Letters about possible articles, 1973-1975

Box 84 Libraries, Columbia, 1971-1975

(Arthur Lane, Gifts and Exchange Section)

Box 84 Mailing list sale/rental, 1972-1973

Box 84 Mini issue - Tyme piece, 1973

Box 84 Miscellaneous correspondence - Erik and Mia, 1971-1975

(Erik Wensberg, Editor, and Mia Leo, Managing Editor)

Box 84 Printers bids, 1971-1974

Box 84 Promotion - General, 1972-1974

Box 84 Promotion - FFF Project, 1973-1974

(Faculty Friends of the Forum)

Box 84 Promotion - Mailing piece (Datatron), 1973

Box 84 Promotion - Results, 1973

Box 84 Publicity, 1973-1974

Box 84 WNCN, 1973

(Radio advertising)