Barry Ulanov papers, 1932-2003, 1932-2003, bulk 1940-1993, bulk 1940-1993

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Series II: Writings, 1955-1993

The writings contained within the collection are both those of Ulanov and those written by others. Ulanov's writings include transcripts/working notes for speeches and addresses, articles, and book manuscripts from the 1950s to the 1990s. Contracts, publisher correspondence, and other material related to writings have been filed with the appropriate manuscript. The material is arranged alphabetically.


Subseries II.1: Writings and Translations by Barry Ulanov, 1950s-1990s

This subseries contains manuscripts of works by Ulanov: books (monographs and anthologies), translations, articles, and speeches from the 1950s through the 1990s. Most of the drafts have handwritten notes. Some folders also contain correspondence with publishers or co-editors related to that particular work. This subseries includes research notes for unpublished books, such asMan… from the BeginningandAnalysis of Prose,as well as his PhD dissertation from 1955. Several folders contain printed copies of published material.



Box 8 Folder 1 to 2 General Articles--undated, (2 Folders)



Box 7 Folder 27 to 28 General Articles--Published, 1950s-1980s, (2 Folders)



Box 8 Folder 3 General Speeches--, 1960s-1970s



Box 12 Folder 1 to 2 Analysis of Prose--Research Materials,, undated, (2 Folders)


Anima/Animus (later Transforming Sexuality)



Box 8 Folder 4 to 8 Draft with Notes, 1991, (5 Folders)


Box 8 Folder 9 to 11 Draft, 1993, (3 Folders)


Box 8 Folder 12 Correspondence with Publishers--Footnotes, 1993


Death: a Book of Preparation and Consolation


Box 8 Folder 13 to 19 Draft, 1959, (7 Folders)



Box 9 Folder 1 to 6 Draft, 1959, (6 Folders)


Box 9 Folder 7 Clippings and Supplementary Materials, circa, 1959


Box 9 Folder 8 Draft with Notes, circa, 1959


Box 9 Folder 9 "Education for Eternity,", 1962


Box 9 Folder 10 "Essay on the Middle Ages,", undated


Box 9 Folder 11 The Fashioning of Angels, undated--w/ AU.


The Healing Imagination


Box 9 Folder 12 to 14 Draft, circa, 1991, (3 Folders)


Box 9 Folder 15 "Inside Talk" in The Living Pulpit--with Notes, 1993


Joy out of Sorrow



Box 12 Folder 10 Original Version in French by Mother Marie des Douleurs--with Correspondence and Photos,, 1955


Box 12 Folder 11 to 12 Draft of Translation--with Notes, 1958, (2 Folders)


Box 12 Folder 13 to 14 Draft of Translation--with Notes, 1958, (2 Folders)


Jung and the Outside World



Box 9 Folder 16 Handwritten Notes, 1990s


Box 9 Folder 17 Partial Draft, circa, 1990



Box 10 Folder 1 to 3 Partial Draft, circa 1990, (3 Folders)


Box 10 Folder 4 Partial Draft--Introduction by Ann Belford Ulanov, circa, 1990


Box 10 Folder 5 to 7 Draft, circa, 1990, (3 Folders)


Box 10 Folder 8 to 10 Draft, circa, 1990, (3 Folders)



Box 13 Folder 11 to 13 Draft, circa., 1990, (3 Folders)


Box 13 Folder 14 to 16 Draft, circa., 1990, (3 Folders)


Box 13 Folder 17 to 18 Partial Draft--with Handwritten Notes, circa, 1990, (2 Folders)



Box 10 Folder 11 Contracts and Correspondence, 1984-1992


Box 10 Folder 12 The Last Essays of Georges Bernanos--Translator's Note with Notes--Clippings, 1955


Box 10 Folder 13 "Leave Me Be"--Music by Billy Strayhorn, undated


Box 10 Folder 14 "Lennie Tristano: the New Tristano"-- Liner Notes, 1962


Box 10 Folder 15 to 16 "Leon Battista Alberti, Idea and Reality"--PhD Dissertation, 1955, (2 Folders)


Box 10 Folder 17 Lunceford, Jimmie--Article Draft, 1970s

(with Notes and Clippings)


Making of a Modern Saint


Box 10 Folder 18 to 21 Draft, 1966, (4 Folders)


Box 10 Folder 22 Drafts and Correspondence, 1966


Box 10 Folder 23 Notes and Clippings, 1966


Man... from the Beginning



Box 9 Folder 18 to 19 Orient Timelines, 1950s-1960s, (2 Folders)


Box 9 Folder 20 to 23 Europe Timelines, 1950s-1960s, (4 Folders)


Box 9 Folder 24 History Timelines--with Notes, 1950s-1960s


Box 9 Folder 25 Painting Timelines, 1950s-1960s


Box 9 Folder 26 Timelines--with Notes, 1950s-1960s


Box 9 Folder 27 Materials from Collier's Encyclopedia, 1950s-1960s


Box 9 Folder 28 to 29 Correspondence, (2 Folders)


Modern Culture and the Arts



Box 10 Folder 24 to 25 Draft with Notes, 1972 (2 of 4 Folders), 1972

(some correspondence)



Box 11 Folder 1 to 2 Draft with Notes, 1972 (2 of 4 Folders), 1972

(some correspondence)


Box 11 Folder 3 Correspondence, 1972


Box 11 Folder 4 "Mysticism and Negative Presence" in The Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society of Columbia University,, 1973


Poetry Now


Box 11 Folder 5 to 7 Research--with Notes, circa, 1970s, (3 Folders)


Box 11 Folder 8 Correspondence, 1970s


Box 11 Folder 9 Prayers of Saint Augustine--Galley with Notes,, 1983


Box 11 Folder 10 Religion and the Unconscious--Preface to the Korean Edition,, 1996


Box 11 Folder 11 The Recorded Music of W.A. Mozart , 1943


Box 11 Folder 12 "The Rhetoric of Love"--Research Proposal, 1961


Box 11 Folder 13 "Smooth Rough"--Transcript of Interview, 1966 (with notes), 1966


Box 11 Folder 14 "Six Authors in Search of a Character"--with Notes on Modern Drama, circa, 1960s


Sources and Resources


Box 11 Folder 15 Partial Draft, circa, 1959


Box 11 Folder 16 Partial Draft--with Notes, circa, 1959


Box 11 Folder 17 Partial Draft--Chapters Thirteen and Fourteen, circa, 1959


Box 11 Folder 18 to 23 Draft--with Notes, circa, 1959, (6 Folders)


Box 11 Folder 24 to 25 Page Proofs--with Correspondence from Publishers, 1959, (2 Folders)


Box 11 Folder 26 Index and Permissions--with Notes, 1959


Box 11 Folder 27 Correspondence from Publishers, 1959


Box 11 Folder 28 The Tell Tale Heart: An Opera in One Act--with Production Notes, undated


Box 11 Folder 29 "Therese and the Modern Temperament,", undated


The Witch and the Clown


Box 11 Folder 30 Partial Draft, circa, 1987


Box 11 Folder 31 to 32 Draft, circa, 1987, (2 Folders)



Box 16 Folder 3 Women: A collaboration of Artists and Writers, 1948 (oversize), 1948


Subseries II.2: Writings by Others, 1950s-1990s

This subseries contains manuscripts sent to Ulanov by colleagues and friends. Some are translations are from French into English. There are several articles and books on religion. An undated article by Lionel Trilling and a translation of a play by Paul Claudel are included.



Box 11 Folder 33 Anonymous--"The Fullness of Christmas,", 1955


Box 11 Folder 34 Arnold--Untitled Book manuscript, undated


Box 11 Folder 35 Claudel, Paul-- A Piece of Noon, 1957



Box 12 Folder 3 [Colie, Rosalie L.]--Atlantic Wall, 1974


Box 12 Folder 4 Crowley, Father John-- Untitled Manuscript, 1955


Box 12 Folder 5 Elbert, Father John A-- An Approach to a Christian Philosophy of Science, with Correspondence, circa, 1962


Box 12 Folder 6 de Ghelderode, Michel--Barabbas translated by Hugh Dickinson,, 1978


Box 12 Folder 7 Giraudoux, Jean--No War in Troy translated by Jean-Pierre Giraudoux and Betty Askwith,, undated


Box 12 Folder 8 Jones, Mira--"Psychic Reality," undated (with hand edits), undated


Box 12 Folder 9 Maidenbaum, Aryeh--"Psyche, Bible and Story,", 1991


Box 12 Folder 15 Sister Miriam--Chapter 5 of Manuscript on Art, undated (with Correspondence), undated


Box 12 Folder 16 [Murray, Albert]--"Duke Ellington's Place in the National Pantheon,", undated


Box 12 Folder 17 to 18 Sugg, Richard--Jungian Literary Criticism, 1992, (2 Folders)


Box 12 Folder 19 Trilling, Lionel--"The Arts, etc.,", undated



Box 16 Folder 4 Union Suisse des Communautés Israëlites Documentation Internationale la Persécution des Juifs en Allemagne Attitude des Églises Chrétiennes,, undated


Box 16 Folder 5 Zohary, M. Flora of the Bible, 1957