Rose Nadler Franzblau papers, 1930-1978

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

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.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies 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

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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

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

Series I: Catalogued Correspondence


Box 1 Box 7

Bethune, Mary McLeod


Box 1

Buchwald, Art


Box 1

Durant, Will and Ariel


Box 1

Furness, Betty


Box 1

Jackson, Sir Robert G.A.


Box 1

Javits, Jacob Koppel


Box 1

Landers, Ann (Esther Friedman Lederer)


Box 1

Lindsay, John Vliet


Box 1

Mielziner, Jo


Box 1

Schiff, Dorothy


Box 1

Stout, Rex Todhunter


Box 1

Sulzberger, Iphigene Ochs (Mrs. Arthur M.)


Box 1

Van Buren, Abigail (Pauline Friedman Phillips)


Box 1

Wagner, Robert F., Jr.

Series II: Subject and Name File


Box 1

A


Box 1

Abraham & Straus


Box 1

Adams, Phyllis


Box 1

Adoption


Box 1

Aged-services


Box 1

Agencies, clinics, camps


Box 1

Alcoholics Anonymous


Box 1

Americam Camping Association, Inc.


Box 1

American Foundation for the Blind, Inc.


Box 1

American Mothers Committee, Inc.


Box 1

American Association of Retired Persons


Box 1

Association for the Help of Retarded Children, Inc.


Box 1

Asthma Research Institute


Box 1

Autistic children


Box 2

B


Box 2

Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY)


Box 2

Berkowitz, Rabbi William


Box 2

B'nai B'rith


Box 2

Boys' Towns of Italy, Inc.


Box 2

The Bronx High School of Science


Box 2

Brooklyn ...


Box 2

Ca


Box 2

The Canadian Jewish News (Toronto)


Box 2

Carlson, Dale--"Loving Sex for Both Sexes"--Galley proofs


Box 2

Case Histories


Box 2

The Catholic Actors Guild


Box 3

Ch-Com


Box 3

Cherry, Sheldon H.--"The Menopaus [sic] Myth"--Draft


Box 3

Children


Box 3

The Christophers


Box 3

City Planning Commission


Box 3

Cohen


Box 3

Coleman, Lester L.


Box 3

CBS


Box 3

Comeback, Inc.


Box 3

Complimentary Letters


Box 4

Con-Cu


Box 4

Connecticut Association of School Psychologists


Box 4

Consultations & R.N.F.'s Patients


Box 4

Cooke, Terrence, Cardinal


Box 4

Bill Cooper Associates, Inc.


Box 4

D


Box 4

E


Box 4

Education


Box 4

The Educational Alliance--New Era Club


Box 4

Eichmann, Adolf


Box 4

Emerson College (Boston)


Box 4

Epilepsy


Box 4

Ethical Culture Schools


Box 4

European Trips


Box 4

The Exceptional Parent


Box 4

Ezra Academy (Woodbridge, CT)


Box 5

F


Box 5

Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Inc.


Box 5

Florida Veterans Administration


Box 5

Fordham University


Box 5

Foster, Frank and Mary


Box 5

Franzblau, Abraham N.--Off-prints


Box 5

Franzblau Grandchildren and Children


Box 5

Friendly Visitors, Inc.


Box 5

Richard Fulton, Inc.


Box 5

Ga-Ge


Box 5

Gamblers Anonymous


Box 5

Girls' Town of Italy


Box 6

Go-Gu


Box 6

Goddard College (Plainfield, VT)


Box 6

Gomberg, M. Robert


Box 6

Gondor, Emery I.


Box 6

H


Box 6

Hart Publishing Company, Inc.


Box 6

Hayes, Helen


Box 6

Hebrew Actor's Union, Inc.


Box 6

The Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale


Box 6

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem


Box 6

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.


Box 6

The Home Advisory and Service Council of New York, Inc.


Box 6

Hunter College (New York)


Box 7

I


Box 7

Isay, Jane Franzblau


Box 7

Infants--Sudden Death


Box 7

The Institute on Man and Science


Box 7

J


Box 7

Robert G. Jennings Corporation


Box 7

The Jewish Advocate (Boston)


Box 7

The Jewish Post and Opinion (Indianapolis, IN)


Box 7

Jewish Welfare Board--Lecture Bureau


Box 7

Jones/Howard Ltd.


Box 7

The Journal Inquirer (Rockville, CT)


Box 7

K


Box 7

Kitzinger, Angela


Box 7

Kook Family (Gibbs)


Box 7

Kross, Anna M.


Box 7

Kutscher, Austin H.


Box 7

La-Li


Box 7

The League of New York Theatres, Inc.


Box 7

S.R. Leon Company, Inc.--Advertising


Box 7

Letters of Recommendation


Box 8

Lo


Box 8

Long Island University--C.W. Post Center


Box 8

The Lorge School (New York)


Box 8

M


Box 8

Peter Martin Associates, Inc.


Box 8

Marvin and Leonard Advertising Company (Boston)


Box 8

Medical Insight


Box 8

Toni Mendez, Inc.


Box 8

The Middle Generation . By R.N.F.


Box 8

Monsanto Company


Box 8

N


Box 8

NAACP


Box 8

Narcotics


Box 8

The National Conference of Christians and Jews, Inc.


Box 8

New York


Box 8

New York Action Corps


Box 8

New York Post


Box 8

New York Personnel and Guidance Association


Box 9

The Oliver Wendell Holmes Association


Box 9

Overeaters Anonymous


Box 9

P


Box 9

Pageant


Box 9

J.C. Penney Company, Inc.


Box 9

Personnel Evaluation


Box 9

Picon, Molly


Box 9

Quinn, Ed


Box 9

R


Box 9

The RME Group of Communications Companies (Columbus, OH)


Box 9

Retirement


Box 10

S


Box 10

Saint Joseph College of Florida


Box 10

San Francisco Medical Meeting, 1965 Apr, 1965


Box 10

A Sane and Happy Life, by Abraham N. Franzblau and R.N.F


Box 10

Senior Citizens


Box 10

Rose N. Franzblau Papers


Box 10

Shulman, Rabbi Charles E.


Box 10

Speech Rehabilitation Institute (New York)


Box 10

Stern Brothers


Box 10

Sylvester, Robert


Box 10

T


Box 10

TV and Radio Appearances


Box 10

TV and Radio Presentations


Box 10

Teen-age Leadership


Box 10

Thanatology


Box 10

Thank-you's for Speaking Engagements


Box 11

Speaking engagements


Box 12

U


Box 12

United Jewish Federation


Box 12

United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration--U.S. Government Employment


Box 12

UCLA


Box 12

Wa-Wh


Box 12

WAIF (World Adoption International Fund)


Box 12

Wallace, Kevin


Box 12

The Way It Is Under Twenty, by R.N.F..


Box 12

Weight Watchers International, Inc.


Box 12

White House Conferences


Box 12

Wholesale Grocers (NAWGA)


Box 13

Wi-Wo


Box 13

Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Earl and Rosemary Lyons


Box 13

Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle


Box 13

World Federation of Mental Health


Box 13

World Health Conference


Box 13

Woodworth, Robert Sessions--Columbia University Course Notes


Box 13

Y-Z


Box 13

Young, H Boutourline--Harvard Florence Research Project


Box 13

Young Presidents' Organization, Inc.


Box 13

Miscellaneous


Box 13A

(1983 addition)


Box 13A

White House Conference on Aging, 1961


Box 13A

Franzblau's columns arranged by subject


Box 13B

(1983 addition)


Box 13B

Franzblau's columns arranged by subject


Box 14

Publicity


Box 15

Publicity


Box 16

Publicity--Awards (See also oversize).


Box 17

Publicity


Box 17

Interviews (8 tape recordings) (See also oversize-records)


Box 17

Photographs

Series III: Writings by Rose N. Franzblau--Manuscripts


Box 18

Books (with some printed copies)


Box 19

Books (with some printed copies)


Box 20

Books (with some printed copies)


Box 20A

Books (with some printed copies)


Box 20B

Books (with some printed copies)


Box 21

Contributions to Books, Essays, etc.


Box 22

Contributions to Books, Essays, etc.--Notes and "Tension Project"


Box 23

Lecture Notes and Outlines


Box 24

Magazine Articles (with some printed copies)


Box 25

Magazine articles: Family Circle (t.ms., printed copies & readers' letters)


Box 26

Newspaper Columns


Box 26

The Canadian Jewish News--Printed Copies (Toronto), 1968-1971


Box 26

The Jewish Advocate (Boston)-t.ms.


Box 26

The Jewish Post and Opinion--t.ms. and Printed Copies (v.p.), 1973-1979


Box 26

The Journal Inquirer--t.ms. and Printed Copies (Rockville, CT),, 1971


Box 27

The Daily Compass (New York), 1949-1951

Letters from readers, printed columns, & t.ms. for columns

Arranged by year


Box 28

The Daily Compass (New York), 1949-1951

Letters from readers, printed columns, & t.ms. for columns

Arranged by year


Box 29

The Daily Compass (New York), 1949-1951

Letters from readers, printed columns, & t.ms. for columns

Arranged by year


Box 30

The Daily Compass (New York), 1949-1951

Letters from readers, printed columns, & t.ms. for columns

Arranged by year


Box 111

Suffolk Sun (Deer Park, NY), 1968-1969

Letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns


The New York Post , 1951-1976

Letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. & a.ms. for columns

Arranged by year


Box 31

The New York Post: Letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1951


Box 32

The New York Post: letters from readers, 1951


Box 33

The New York Post: Letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. & a.ms. columns, 1952


Box 34

The New York Post: Letters from readers, 1952


Box 35

The New York Post: Letters from readers, 1952


Box 36

The New York Post: Letters from readers, 1952


Box 37

The New York Post: Letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. & a.ms. for columns, 1953


Box 38

The New York Post: Letters from readers, 1953


Box 39

The New York Post: Letters from readers, 1953


Box 40

The New York Post: Letters from readers, 1953


Box 41

The New York Post: Letters from readers, 1953


Box 42

The New York Post: Letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. & a.ms. for columns, 1954


Box 43

The New York Post: Letters from readers, 1954


Box 44

The New York Post: Letters from readers, 1954


Box 45

The New York Post: Letters from readers, 1954


Box 46

The New York Post: Letters from readers, printed columns, 1955


Box 47

The New York Post: Letters from readers, 1955


Box 48

The New York Post: Letters from readers, 1955


Box 49

The New York Post: Letters from readers, 1955


Box 50

The New York Post: Letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. & a.ms. columns, 1956


Box 51

The New York Post: Letters from readers, 1956


Box 52

The New York Post: Letters from readers, 1956


Box 53

The New York Post: Letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns (1), 1957


Box 54

The New York Post: Letters from readers, 1957


Box 55

The New York Post: Letters from readers, 1957


Box 56

The New York Post: Letters from readers, 1957


Box 57

The New York Post: letters from readers, 1958


Box 58

The New York Post: letters from readers, 1958


Box 59

The New York Post: printed colums t.ms for columns, 1958


Box 60

The New York Post: t.ms & a.ms. for columns, 1958


Box 61

The New York Post: letters from readers, 1959


Box 62

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, 1959


Box 63

The New York Post: t.ms & a.ms. for columns, 1959


Box 64

The New York Post: categorized; letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms & a.ms for columns, 195- & 196-


Box 65

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms for columns, 195- & 196-


Box 66

The New York Post: letters from readers, 1960


Box 67

The New York Post: printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1960


Box 68

The New York Post: t.ms. for columns, 1960


Box 69

The New York Post: letters from readers, 1961


Box 70

The New York Post: printed columns, t.ms for columns, 1961


Box 71

The New York Post: t.ms. for columns, 1961


Box 72

The New York Post: letters from readers, 1962


Box 73

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columbs, t.ms. for columns, 1962


Box 74

The New York Post: t.ms. for columns, 1962


Box 75

The New York Post: letters from readers, 1963


Box 76

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1963


Box 77

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1963


Box 78

The New York Post: letters from readers, 1964


Box 79

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, 1964


Box 80

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1964


Box 81

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1964


Box 82

The New York Post: letters from readers, 1965


Box 83

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1965


Box 84

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1965


Box 85

The New York Post: letters from readers, 1966


Box 86

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1966


Box 87

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1966


Box 88

The New York Post: letters from readers, 1967


Box 89

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1967


Box 90

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1967


Box 91

The New York Post: letters from readers, 1968


Box 92

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1968


Box 93

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1968


Box 94

The New York Post: letters from readers, 1969


Box 95

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1969


Box 96

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1969


Box 97

The New York Post: letters from readers, 1970


Box 98

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1970


Box 99

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1970


Box 100

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1971


Box 101

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1971


Box 102

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1972


Box 103

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1972


Box 104

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1973


Box 105

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1973


Box 106

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1974


Box 107

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1974


Box 108

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1975


Box 109

The New York Post: letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. for columns, 1975


Box 110

The New York Post: Letters from readers, printed columns, t.ms. & a.ms. columns, 1968-1969

Series IV: Radio and Television Programs


Letters from Listeners


Box 112

It's a Problem--Letters to Ben Grauer, NBC-TV,, 1952


Box 112A

It's a Problem--Letters to Ben Grauer, NBC-TV,, 1952


Box 113

Home--Family Affairs Department, NBC-TV,, 1954


Box 114

Home--Family Affairs Department, NBC-TV,, 1954


Box 115

The Arlene Francis Show--Letters to Ashley Montagu, NBC-TV, 1957


Box 115

Other Programs, circa, 1960-1964


Box 116-121

World of Children, WCBS-Radio, 1965-1970


Box 116-121

Other Programs


Box 122-127

Radio scripts for WCBS--A-Z, circa, 1958-1970

Series V: Oversize Materials


Publicity


Box 128

The Judy Award--Trophy, 1960 Apr 4


Flat Box 73

Awards, 1935-1968,undated, 1935-1968


Flat Box 74

Awards, 1935-1968,undated, 1935-1968


Flat Box 74

Interviews--Phonograph Records (5), 1967-1971


Flat Box 74

Interviews--WLW (Cincinnati) Phonograph Record--Children Incorporated, 10 Jan 1940 (1 disk), 1940


Flat Box 74

Interviews--WSAI (Cincinnati) Phonograph Record--Child Clinic, 12 Aug 1938 (1 disk), 1938


Newspaper Columns


Box 132-133

The Daily Compass, May 1949-May 1950 (Scrapbook Vol. I), May 1949-May 1950


Box 132-133

The Daily Compass, Jan 1950-Mar 1951 (Scrapbook Vol. II), 1951


Box 134-135

The New York Post, May 1951-Aug 1952 (Scrapbook Vol. III), 1952


Box 134-135

The New York Post, Aug 1952-Oct 1953 (Scrapbook Vol. IV), 1953


Radio programs


Box 129

WCBS Tape Recordings--World of Children, Jan-Feb 1970 (9 reels)


Box 130

WCBS Tape Recordings--World of Children, Apr-May 1970 (9 reels)


Box 131

WCBS Tape Recordings--World of Children, May-Jul 1970 (10 reels)