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The collection contains professional and research files, manuscripts, and documents of Barry Ulanov. Subject files include mostly pamphlets, flyers, clippings and copies of newspapers and journals relating to Ulanov's research interests, both for specific book projects as well as more generally. Contained, too, are extensive materials related to Ulanov's Barnard courses, such as syllabi, reading lists, correspondence, and relevant course readings. These subject files are comprised of both those files created by Ulanov, and those created during processing. The papers also include many of Ulanov's original manuscripts and translations, particularly his works on history of religion and Jungian psychology, as well as manuscripts sent to him by colleagues and associates, such as Lionel Trilling. Also included within the collection is Ulanov's correspondence, primarily relating to his speaking and lecturing as part of his professorship at Barnard College. There is also a large amount of correspondence which reflects his extensive work for the Catholic Church, as both a lecturer for Church organizations and as president of the Catholic Renaissance Society.
This collection is arranged in three series.
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This 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.
Files containing student grades are restricted.
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.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Barry Ulanov papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Ann Bedford Ulanov Papers
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Source of acquisition--Ann B. Ulanov. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--2005.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Papers processed 2009 by: J.C. Cloutier (Columbia 2013), Daniella da Silva (Columbia 2013,) Anne Diebel (Columbia 2012), Rob Fucci (Columbia 2013), April Holm (Columbia 2010), Casiana Ionita (Columbia 2013), Darragh Martin (Columbia 2012), Yuki Oda (Columbia 2012), Jude Webre (Columbia 2013), Aaron Winslow (Columbia 2014), Mike Woodsworth (Columbia 2012).
Finding aid written in 2009 by: J.C. Cloutier (Columbia 2013), Daniella da Silva (Columbia 2013,) Anne Diebel (Columbia 2012), Rob Fucci (Columbia 2013), April Holm (Columbia 2010), Casiana Ionita (Columbia 2013), Darragh Martin (Columbia 2012), Yuki Oda (Columbia 2012), Jude Webre (Columbia 2013), Aaron Winslow (Columbia 2014), Mike Woodsworth (Columbia 2012).
2009-08-22 xml document instance created by Carrie Hintz
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Barry Ulanov (1918-2000) was a jazz critic, professor of English at Barnard College, and prolific writer. He wrote, edited, or translated nearly fifty books and over a thousand articles on a wide range of subjects. His interests included music, modern art, psychology, history, religion, and literature.
Ulanov was born in Manhattan on April 10, 1918 and attended Columbia University, where he took advantage of his proximity to Harlem to immerse himself in jazz music and culture. After receiving his BA in 1939, Ulanov worked as a jazz writer and edited the journal Metronome from 1943 to 1955. He shifted the focus of the journal to cover more jazz and be-bop music, particularly black musicians who had previously received little notice in the journal. From 1955 to 1958 he wrote for Down Beat and published several biographies of jazz musicians in the 1940s and 1950s.
In 1939, Ulanov married Joan Bel Geddes, who had been a student at Barnard during his years at Columbia. This marriage lasted 29 years and produced three children: Anne, Nicholas, and Katherine. In 1968, Ulanov married Ann Belford, with whom he later had a son, Alexander. Ann Belford Ulanov taught at Union Theological Seminary as Professor of Psychiatry and Religion.
Ulanov's interest in the connection between modern art and contemporary American culture led him to pursue a Ph.D. in English Literature at Columbia University, which he completed in 1955. In the meantime, he also became involved in architectural projects in Denver, Colorado and Long Island. He taught English Literature at Princeton University from 1951 to 1953, and then, from 1953 to 1988, at Barnard College. He was an adjunct professor of Religion at Columbia University and, after retiring from Barnard, he taught at Union Theological Seminary in the Department of Psychiatry and Religion. Ulanov lectured worldwide on a range of topics.
Ulanov converted to Catholicism in 1951 and became involved with the Catholic Renaissance Society. He was an active member of the Vatican II Council, where he advocated for the use of vernacular in the mass and amplified music in church. Ulanov lectured at a number of Catholic colleges and spoke at the International Eucharistic Congress with Pope John XXIII in Bombay in 1964. He wrote and edited numerous books and articles on religion and culture.
In his last twenty years, Ulanov wrote extensively on religion and psychology, publishing over ten books with his second wife, Ann Belford Ulanov. Until his death, they co-edited the Journal of Religion and Health. Ulanov died on April 30, 2000, at the age of 82.
This series contains Ulanov's research and personal subject files. The files comprise, primarily, clippings and copies of journals and newspapers, some of which have handwritten marginal notes, underlining, and edits. Also included are Ulanov's personal documents, as well as correspondence and files relating to his family. The Barnard files contain papers, correspondence, letters of recommendation, and memos relating to Ulanov's professorship at that College. Note that several of the Barnard files contain restricted items. As there was no discernable order, these files were arranged alphabetically during processing.
This first and largest subseries consists of subject files created by Barry Ulanov, and contains personal, professional, and research related material. The majority of the folders were labeled by Ulanov, and these names were retained. A few unlabeled folders were titled during processing; the titles of these folders are in brackets.
Box 1 Folder 1 to 3
Box 1 Folder 4
Box 1 Folder 5
Box 1 Folder 6
Box 1 Folder 7 to 8
Box 1 Folder 9
Box 1 Folder 10 to 11
Box 1 Folder 12
Box 1 Folder 13
Box 1 Folder 14
Box 1 Folder 15
Box 1 Folder 16
Box 1 Folder 17 to 19
Box 1 Folder 20
Box 1 Folder 21
[Restricted until 2068]
Box 1 Folder 22
Box 1 Folder 23
Box 1 Folder 24
Box 1 Folder 25
Box 1 Folder 26
Box 1 Folder 27
Box 1 Folder 28
Box 1 Folder 29
Box 1 Folder 30
[Restricted until 2059]
Box 1 Folder 31
Box 1 Folder 32
Box 1 Folder 33
Box 2 Folder 1
Box 2 Folder 2
Box 2 Folder 3
Box 2 Folder 4
Box 2 Folder 5
Box 2 Folder 6
Box 2 Folder 7 to 9
Box 2 Folder 10
Box 2 Folder 11
Box 2 Folder 12 to 13
Box 2 Folder 14
Box 2 Folder 15 to 16
Box 2 Folder 17
Box 2 Folder 18
Box 2 Folder 19
Box 2 Folder 20
[Restricted until 2068]
Box 2 Folder 21
[Restricted until 2068]
Box 3 Folder 1 to 2
Box 3 Folder 3
Box 3 Folder 4
Box 3 Folder 5 to 6
Box 3 Folder 7
Box 3 Folder 8 to 11
Box 3 Folder 12
Box 3 Folder 13
Box 3 Folder 14 to 15
Box 3 Folder 16
Box 3 Folder 17
Box 3 Folder 18
Box 3 Folder 19
Box 3 Folder 20 to 21
Box 3 Folder 22 to 24
Box 4 Folder 1
Box 4 Folder 2
Box 4 Folder 3
Box 4 Folder 4
Box 4 Folder 5
Box 4 Folder 6
Box 4 Folder 7
Box 4 Folder 8
Box 4 Folder 9
Box 4 Folder 10
Box 4 Folder 11
Box 4 Folder 12
Box 4 Folder 13
Box 4 Folder 14
Box 4 Folder 15
Box 4 Folder 16
Box 4 Folder 17 to 18
Box 4 Folder 19
Box 4 Folder 20
Box 4 Folder 21
Box 4 Folder 22 to 23
Box 4 Folder 24 to 26
Box 5 Folder 1 to 2
Box 5 Folder 3 to 4
Box 5 Folder 5
Box 5 Folder 6
Box 5 Folder 7 to 9
Box 5 Folder 10
Box 5 Folder 11 to 12
Box 5 Folder 13
Box 5 Folder 14 to 15
Box 5 Folder 16 to 18
Box 5 Folder 19
Box 5 Folder 20
Box 5 Folder 21
Box 5 Folder 22
Box 5 Folder 23
Box 5 Folder 24
Box 6 Folder 1 to 7
Box 6 Folder 8
Box 6 Folder 9 to 10
Box 6 Folder 11 to 12
Box 6 Folder 13
Box 6 Folder 14
Box 6 Folder 15
Box 6 Folder 16
Box 6 Folder 17
Box 6 Folder 18
Box 6 Folder 19
Box 6 Folder 20
Box 6 Folder 21 to 22
Box 6 Folder 23 to 24
Box 6 Folder 25
Box 6 Folder 26
Box 6 Folder 27
Box 6 Folder 28
Box 7 Folder 1
Box 7 Folder 2
Box 15 Folder 1 to 5
Box 7 Folder 3
Box 7 Folder 4
Box 7 Folder 5
Box 7 Folder 6
Box 7 Folder 7
Box 7 Folder 8
Box 7 Folder 9
Box 7 Folder 10 to 11
Box 7 Folder 12
Box 7 Folder 13
Box 7 Folder 14
Box 7 Folder 15 to 16
Box 7 Folder 17
Box 7 Folder 18
Box 7 Folder 19
Box 7 Folder 20 to 21
Box 7 Folder 22
Box 7 Folder 23 to 24
Box 7 Folder 25
This additional subseries of subject files contains material from the Ulanov collection, arranged by subject, and created during processing. The material dates mostly from the 1950s to the 1990s and includes personal papers and contracts, handwritten notes, photographs, and pamphlets and published material relating to lectures and public appearances. This series contains material related to Ulanov's work on the Roosevelt Field Shopping Center,Family Weekly,and the Catholic Renaissance Society.
Box 16 Folder 1
Box 7 Folder 26
Box 14 Folder 1
Box 14 Folder 2
Box 14 Folder 3
Box 14 Folder 4
Box 14 Folder 5 to 6
Box 16 Folder 2
Box 14 Folder 7
Box 14 Folder 8 to 11
Box 14 Folder 12
Box 14 Folder 13
Box 14 Folder 14
Box 14 Folder 15 to 18
(Handwritten and Notebooks)
Box 14 Folder 19
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.
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
Box 7 Folder 27 to 28
Box 8 Folder 3
Box 12 Folder 1 to 2
Box 8 Folder 4 to 8
Box 8 Folder 9 to 11
Box 8 Folder 12
Box 8 Folder 13 to 19
Box 9 Folder 1 to 6
Box 9 Folder 7
Box 9 Folder 8
Box 9 Folder 9
Box 9 Folder 10
Box 9 Folder 11
Box 9 Folder 12 to 14
Box 9 Folder 15
Box 12 Folder 10
Box 12 Folder 11 to 12
Box 12 Folder 13 to 14
Box 9 Folder 16
Box 9 Folder 17
Box 10 Folder 1 to 3
Box 10 Folder 4
Box 10 Folder 5 to 7
Box 10 Folder 8 to 10
Box 13 Folder 11 to 13
Box 13 Folder 14 to 16
Box 13 Folder 17 to 18
Box 10 Folder 11
Box 10 Folder 12
Box 10 Folder 13
Box 10 Folder 14
Box 10 Folder 15 to 16
Box 10 Folder 17
(with Notes and Clippings)
Box 10 Folder 18 to 21
Box 10 Folder 22
Box 10 Folder 23
Box 9 Folder 18 to 19
Box 9 Folder 20 to 23
Box 9 Folder 24
Box 9 Folder 25
Box 9 Folder 26
Box 9 Folder 27
Box 9 Folder 28 to 29
Box 10 Folder 24 to 25
(some correspondence)
Box 11 Folder 1 to 2
(some correspondence)
Box 11 Folder 3
Box 11 Folder 4
Box 11 Folder 5 to 7
Box 11 Folder 8
Box 11 Folder 9
Box 11 Folder 10
Box 11 Folder 11
Box 11 Folder 12
Box 11 Folder 13
Box 11 Folder 14
Box 11 Folder 15
Box 11 Folder 16
Box 11 Folder 17
Box 11 Folder 18 to 23
Box 11 Folder 24 to 25
Box 11 Folder 26
Box 11 Folder 27
Box 11 Folder 28
Box 11 Folder 29
Box 11 Folder 30
Box 11 Folder 31 to 32
Box 16 Folder 3
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
Box 11 Folder 34
Box 11 Folder 35
Box 12 Folder 3
Box 12 Folder 4
Box 12 Folder 5
Box 12 Folder 6
Box 12 Folder 7
Box 12 Folder 8
Box 12 Folder 9
Box 12 Folder 15
Box 12 Folder 16
Box 12 Folder 17 to 18
Box 12 Folder 19
Box 16 Folder 4
Box 16 Folder 5
Contained here is correspondence to and from Barry Ulanov between the 1940s and the 2000s. The correspondence within the collection consists primarily of letters regarding Ulanov's professional activity, particularly as a lecturer and speaker, as well as his work within the Catholic Church. Of particular interest is a handwritten letter to Ulanov from Charles Mingus. The correspondence is arranged chronologically by decade.
Box 12 Folder 20
1940s
Box 12 Folder 21 to 22
1950s, (2 Folders)
Box 12 Folder 23 to 24
1960s, (2 Folders)
Box 12 Folder 25
1970s
Box 12 Folder 26 to 27
1980s, (2 Folders)
Box 12 Folder 28 to 30
1990s, (3 Folders)
Box 13 Folder 1 to 2
1990s, (2 Folders)
Box 13 Folder 3
2000
Box 13 Folder 4 to 5
Undated, (2 Folders)
Box 13 Folder 6 to 7
Box 13 Folder 8 to 10