Rose Nadler Franzblau papers, 1930-1978

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0451
Bib ID:
4078784 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Franzblau, Rose Nadler, 1905-1979
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
142 boxes (142 boxes)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

Box 1 and Flat Boxes 73-74 are located on-site.

The remainder of the collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Description

Summary

Papers containing correspondence, manuscripts, notes, radio scripts, letters asking Franzblau's advice, clippings, memoranda, announcements, photographs, tape recordings, records, books, pamphlets, and memorabilia. She kept the vast number of letters asking her advice and the typescripts of her replies. Among the cataloged correspondents are Ann Landers, Jo Mielziner, Dorothy Schiff, and Abigail Van Buren.

General

We have not identified the column that Franzblau wrote in response to Larry David's mother, as mentioned into the April 4, 2020 New York Times article "Larry David, Master of His Quarantine."

Arrangement

Collection is arranged in 5 Series.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

Rbml Advance Appointment

Box 1 and Flat Boxes 73-74 are located on-site.

The remainder of the collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

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.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Rose Nadler Franzblau Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Franzblau, Abraham N. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1980. Accession number--M-80.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/89.

Revision Description

2014-09-24 xml document instance created by Adrien Hilton

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

2020-11-30 Added list for boxes 31-110. kws

Biographical / Historical

Psychologist and syndicated newspaper columnist. (Columbia University M.A., 1931; Ph.D., 1935). In her NEW YORK POST column"Human Relations" in magazine articles, and on radio and television, Dr. Franzblau applied the principles of Freudian theory to the problems of her readers from 1949 until 1976. Earlier she had been a specialist in personnel management for the United Nations and the U.S. Government. She was also active in philanthropy and a financial backer of Broadway plays.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Photographic prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Radio scripts CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Scripts (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Landers, Ann CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Mielziner, Jo, 1901-1976 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Schiff, Dorothy, 1903-1989 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Van Buren, Abigail, 1918-2013 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
United States -- Social life and customs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Advice columns CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Journalism CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Psychology CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Television CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Women journalists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Women psychologists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID