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Series VII: U.S. Army Air Forces, 1941-1947
Series XI: Digitized Negatives, 1930s, undated

Pare Lorentz papers, 1914-1994, bulk 1932-1960

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Series I: Ecce Homo, 1938-1942, undated

Ecce Homo was Lorentz's first attempt at a feature-length fiction film. It began as a radio play, first broadcast on the CBS channel in 1938. The narrative centers around four unemployed workers from the four corners of the United States who met at a filling station in Kansas. One by one, each of the men delivers a monologue about conditions in his home state, while regional music plays in the background. The radio play was supposed to be the forerunner of a feature-length film. Lorentz and his staff conducted extensive research for the production. They studied production practices at Ford's River Rouge factory, gathered information on jobless Americans and relief organizations. Filming began in 1939, but was hampered by a lack of funds. By 1941, with much of the industrial images captured, and the name changed to Name, Age and Occupation, production began again. The picture was never completed, but much of the footage proved useful to government propaganda efforts during World War II.

Subseries 1. Correspondence, Scripts, and Research, 1938-1942, undated

The correspondence concerns the process of fundraising and shooting, as well as the details of Lorentz's long struggle to complete the film. The scripts include both drafts for the original radio play, as well as the full-length treatment for the feature film.


Box 1 Folder 1 "History of a Motion Picture,", 1942

Box 1 Folder 2 Activities Reports, 1938-1942

Box 1 Folder 3 Origin of Contract, 1941

Box 1 Folder 4 Correspondence, 1938-1940

Box 1 Folder 5 Correspondence--Floyd Crosby, 1937-1938

Box 1 Folder 6 Correspondence--Re: Film Footage, 1938-1942

Box 1 Folder 7 Costumes--1939-1942

Box 1 Folder 8 Name, Age and Occupation--Budget, 1942

Box 1 Folder 9 Budget Detail, 1941

Name, Age and Occupation

Box 1 Folder 10 Casting, 1942

Box 1 Folder 11 to 12 Correspondence, 1941-1942, (2 Folders)

Box 1 Folder 13 Film Delivery, 1948

Box 1 Folder 14 to 16 Film Controversy, 1938-1942, (3 Folders)


Box 2 Folder 1 Music Research, 1941-1942

Box 2 Folder 2 to 3 Screenplay Drafts, 1942, (2 Folders)

Box 2 Folder 4 Newspaper Clippings, 1942

Box 2 Folder 5 Ecce Homo Outline, 1938

Box 2 Folder 6 Name, Age and Occupation--Press Releases, 1942

Box 2 Folder 7 Name, Age and Occupation--Production Reports,, 1942

Box 2 Folder 8 Publicity--RKO Press Releases, 1942

Ecce Homo

Box 2 Folder 9 Radio Broadcast--Transcripts, 1939

Box 2 Folder 10 Radio Broadcast--Correspondence, 1938-1941

Box 2 Folder 11 Scripts, 1938


Box 3 Folder 1 Seattle, 1938-1939

Box 3 Folder 2 Seattle Notes, undated

Box 3 Folder 3 Ecce Homo--Scripts and Scenario, 1938

Box 3 Folder 4 Kalemis Script, undated

Box 3 Folder 5 Ecce Homo--Shooting Notes, 1938

Box 3 Folder 6 Ecce Homo--Script Reports, 1938-1939

Box 3 Folder 7 Stackpole Sons, 1939

Research

Box 3 Folder 8 to 9 1938-1940, (2 Folders)

Box 3 Folder 10 Government Machinery, 1938 (Includes Photos), 1938

Box 3 Folder 11 Hold The Man, 1938


Box 4 Folder 1 "Men, Methods and Machines,", 1939

Box 4 Folder 2 Relief Material, 1938

Box 4 Folder 3 Unemployed Compensation Form, 1939

Box 4 Folder 4 Unemployment, 1939

Name, Age and Occupation

Box 4 Folder 5 Script, 1942

Box 4 Folder 6 Early Treatment, 1941

Box 4 Folder 7 to 8 Notes, 1942, (2 Folders)

Box 4 Folder 9 Press Clippings, 1941-1942

Subseries 2. Shooting Notes and Selected Takes, 1939-1942, undated

The shooting notes in this subseries document the shot-by-shot progress of production.

Name, Age and Occupation,

Box 4 Folder 10 to 11 Shooting Notes, 1942 (2 of 3 Folders), 1942


Box 5 Folder 1 Shooting Notes, 1942 (1 of 3 Folders), 1942

Box 5 Folder 2 Record of Negative and Positive, 1948

Box 5 Folder 3 to 4 Estimating Script, 1942, (2 Folders)

Ecce Homo

Box 5 Folder 5 to 6 Selected Takes, undated, (2 Folders)

Box 5 Folder 7 Shooting Notes, 1939


Box 6 Folder 1 to 3 Shooting Notes--Prod 3, 1938-1939, (3 Folders)

Subseries 3. Still Photographs, circa 1938-1942, undated

Some of the still photographs depict the actors and filmmakers at work. But the majority consists of 8x10-inch shots, mounted on cardboard, depicting scenes from across the Midwest during the Great Depression. The images, most of which were taken by Edwin Locke, focus on industrial production, cityscapes, streetscapes, and landscapes. They were used as research for the film.

Box 6 Folder 4 Name, Age and Occupation--Photos of Leads, undated

Box 6 Folder 5 Decatur, Indiana, undated

Ecce Homo

Box 6 Folder 6 to 10 Ed Locke Photos, undated, (5 Folders)

Box 6 Folder 1 to 12 Location Shots, undated, (2 Folders)

Box 6 Folder 13 Stills, undated (1 of 5 Folders), undated


Box 7 Folder 1 to 4 Stills, undated (4 of 5 Folders), undated

Box 7 Folder 5 Still Pictures--Cast, undated

Box 7 Folder 6 Carded Stills--North, undated

Box 7 Folder 7 Carded Stills--IV, undated

Box 7 Folder 8 to 9 Carded Stills, undated, (2 Folders)


Box 8 Folder 1 to 2, 4, 6 Carded Stills, undated, (4 Folders)

Box 8 Folder 3 Carded Stills--Alternates, undated

Box 8 Folder 5 Carded Stills--Alternates V, undated


Box 9 Folder 1 Carded Stills--P. 84, undated

Box 9 Folder 2 Carded Stills--P. 85-86, undated

Box 9 Folder 3 Carded Stills--P. 86, undated

Box 9 Folder 4 Carded Stills, undated


Box 10 Folder 1 to 6 Carded Stills, undated, (6 Folders)


Box 11 Folder 1 to 5 Carded Stills, undated, (5 Folders)


Box 12 Folder 1 Carded Stills--Industrial America, undated

Box 12 Folder 2 to 4 Carded Stills, undated, (3 Folders)

Box 12 Folder 5 Carded Stills, undated (includes Pare on location), undated


Box 13 Folder 1 to 5 Carded Stills, undated, (5 Folders)


Box 14 Folder 1 to 2, 4 to 6 Carded Stills, undated, (5 Folders)

Box 14 Folder 3 Carded Stills--The Proffet and the Picket, undated


Box 15 Folder 1 to 4 Carded Stills--Selected by Robert L. Snyder, undated (4 of 6 Folders), undated


Box 16 Folder 1 to 2 Carded Stills--Selected by Robert L. Snyder, undated (2 of 6 Folders), undated

Box 16 Folder 3 Name, Age and Occupation--Negatives, undated


Box 17 Folder 3 Ecce Homo--Oversize Album, undated

Series II: The Fight For Life, 1921-1942, undated

Lorentz's last major completed film, The Fight For Life is the story of the Chicago Maternity Clinic, a progressive but under-funded healthcare facility that achieved heroic results for Chicago's working-class families. The movie features three professional actors, but the rest of the people who appear are patients and nurses of the center.

Subseries 1. Distribution, Publicity, Research, 1921-1942, undated

This subseries contains notes and records related to the film's screenings in various cities. There are many press clippings, mainly movie reviews.


Box 18 Folder 1 Correspondence--Actors, 1939

Box 18 Folder 2 Advertising, 1940

Box 18 Folder 3 to 4 Columbia Pictures, 1940

Box 18 Folder 5 Contract and Copyright, 1939-1940

Box 18 Folder 6 Camera Report, 1939

Box 18 Folder 7 Continuity, 1940

Box 18 Folder 8 Distribution, 1940

Box 18 Folder 9 Research, 1940

Box 18 Folder 10 Distribution Returns, 1940


Box 19 Folder 1 Distribution--Noncommercial Requests, 1940-1941

Box 19 Folder 2 Fan Letters, 1940

Box 19 Folder 3 Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1938-1940

Box 19 Folder 4 Medical Controversy, 1938-1940

Box 19 Folder 5 Interoffice Memos, 1940

Box 19 Folder 6 Music and Musicians, 1939-1941

Box 19 Folder 7 Publicity, 1938-1940

Box 19 Folder 8 Radio, 1940


Box 20 Folder 1 Previews, 1940

Box 20 Folder 2 Pass List, 1940

Box 20 Folder 3 to 4 New York Premiere, 1940

Box 20 Folder 5 Prints and Production, 1939-1940

Box 20 Folder 6 Special Exploitation, 1940

Box 20 Folder 7 Publicity, 1940


Box 21 Folder 1 to 2 Publicity, 1939-1942, (2 Folders)

Box 21 Folder 3 Stills, 1940

Box 21 Folder 4 Sound Record, 1940

Box 21 Folder 5 Research--Birth Control, 1939-1940

Box 21 Folder 6 Correspondence--A-D, 1939-1940

Box 21 Folder 7 Correspondence--G-L, 1939-1940


Box 22 Folder 1 Correspondence--M-R,1939-1941

Box 22 Folder 2 Correspondence--S-W, 1939-1941

Box 22 Folder 3 Research Materials, 1938-1939

Box 22 Folder 4 to 5 Interdepartmental Committee, 1938

Box 22 Folder 6 Birth Reports, undated

Box 22 Folder 7 Research Materials, 1938-1939


Box 23 Folder 1 Research Materials, 1938-1939

Box 23 Folder 2 Gruenberg Compositions, 1921-1923

Box 23 Folder 3 Research Materials, 1938-1939

Box 23 Folder 4 to 5 Maternity Publications, 1933-1939, (2 Folders)


Box 24 Folder 1 Doctor's Organizations Contact Information, undated


Box 25 Folder 1 Background Notes, 1939

Box 25 Folder 2 Research Materials, undated

Box 25 Folder 3 Chicago Maternity Center, 1939

Box 25 Folder 4 Maternity Center Bulletin Board Records, 1936-1939

Box 25 Folder 5 Statistics, 1939-1940

Box 25 Folder 6 Research Publications, 1936-1940


Box 26 Folder 1 Research Publications, 1936-1940

Box 26 Folder 2 Research Materials, 1935-1938

Box 26 Folder 3 Screenplay, 1939

Box 26 Folder 4 Shooting Scripts, undated


Box 27 Folder 1 Reviews, 1940

Box 27 Folder 2 Publicity, 1940

Box 27 Folder 3 Reviews, 1940

Box 27 Folder 4 Script and Research, 1939

Box 27 Folder 5 Research, 1938


Box 28 Folder 1 to 2 Publicity, 1939-1940, (2 Folders)

Box 28 Folder 3 Publicity, 1936-1940

Subseries 2. Production, 1939-1940

These files contain extensive documentation of the production process. The production script notes were removed from their original binders.

Script Notes


Box 186 Folder 4 to 5 Production 4--Volume 1, 1939, (2 Folders)


Box 29 Folder 1 to 2 Production 4--Volume 2, 1939, (2 Folders)

Box 29 Folder 3 Production 4--Volume 3, 1939

Box 29 Folder 4 1939-1940

Box 29 Folder 5 Complete Scripts, undated

Box 29 Folder 6 Scene Notes, 1939

Box 29 Folder 7 Script Notes, undated


Box 30 Folder 1 Publicity, 1940

Box 30 Folder 2 Shooting Script, undated

Box 30 Folder 3 Screenplay, undated

Box 30 Folder 4 to 5 Script Sheet--Chicago Notes, 1939


Box 31 Folder 1 to 2 Script Sheet--Hollywood Notes, 1939

Box 31 Folder 3 to 6 Hollywood and Chicago, 1939


Box 32 Folder 1 Scene Notes, 1939

Box 32 Folder 2 Exploitation, 1940

Box 32 Folder 3 to 5 Script Notes Production 4--Chicago, 1939, (3 Folders)

Box 32 Folder 6 Shooting Sequences, undated

Box 32 Folder 7 Shooting Script Report, 1939


Box 33 Folder 1 Shooting Script Report, 1939

Box 33 Folder 2 Code Book, undated

Box 33 Folder 3 Negative Camera Reports, 1939

Box 33 Folder 4 to 5 Lloyd Nosler, 1939-1940, (2 Folders)

Box 33 Folder 6 Financial Record, undated

Box 33 Folder 7 Public Health Service, 1939


Box 34 Folder 1 to 2 Daily Journal, 1937-1938, (2 Folders)

Box 34 Folder 3 to 5 Daily Journal, 1939, (3 Folders)

Subseries 3. Stills, undated

Some of the still photographs filed here were taken on set, others come from the film itself, and a third group was used by Lorentz for research while he was writing the screenplay.


Box 35 Mounted Stills, undated


Box 36 Mounted Stills, undated


Box 37 Folder 1 Mounted Stills, undated

Box 37 Folder 2 to 5 Stills, undated, (4 Folders)

Series III: The Plow That Broke The Plains, 1935-1942, undated

The Plow That Broke The Plains was Pare Lorentz's first effort as a director. A half-hour-long documentary with orchestral music and a portentous narration, the film dramatizes the plight of American farmers and extols the efforts of President Roosevelt's New Deal. The film was made under the aegis of the Resettlement Administration – the name would soon change to the better-known Farm Security Administration – an ambitious agency that hoped to encourage farmers to move from dust bowl areas to ecologically stable land. The film premiered in March 1936, in a special presentation before Roosevelt in the White House.

Subseries 1. Publicity and Clippings, 1936-1941, undated

After initially struggling to generate enthusiasm for his film, Lorentz eventually packed his picture into suitcases and traveled the nation, appealing directly to reporters and theater owners. These reviews and feature stories, clipped from newspapers and magazines, are the result of that effort.


Box 38 Folder 1 Posters, 1936

Box 38 Folder 2 to 6 Clippings, 1936-1941, (5 Folders)


Box 39 Folder 1 Rural Rehabilitation in Region One , 1937

Box 39 Folder 2 to 6 Press Releases--Region 1, 1935-1938, (5 Folders)

Box 39 Folder 7 Press Releases--Region 2-5, 1936-1937


Box 40 Folder 1 Press Releases--Region 7-8, 1936-1938

Box 40 Folder 2 to 3 Press Releases--Region 9, 1936-1938, (2 Folders)

Box 40 Folder 4 Press Releases--Region 11, 1936-1937

Box 40 Folder 5 Information for the Press, 1936-1937

Box 40 Folder 6 Minutes and Memoranda, 1936-1938

Box 40 Folder 7 Weekly Information Memos, 1937-1938

Subseries 2. Production and Distribution, 1935-1942

These folders contain booking forms and records, notes on distribution.


Box 41 Folder 1 to 2 Financial Records, 1935-1936, (2 Folders)

Box 41 Folder 3 Old Plow Bills, 1936-1937

Box 41 Folder 4 Lorentz Plow Travel, 1935-1936

Box 41 Folder 5 to 6 Bookings--Commercial, 1936-1938, (2 Folders)


Box 42 Folder 1 to 2 Bookings--Commercial, 1936-1937, (2 Folders)

Box 42 Folder 3 to 5 Bookings--Non-Commercial, 1936-1937, (3 Folders)


Box 43 Folder 1 to 4 Bookings--Non-Commercial, 1936-1938, (4 Folders)

Box 43 Folder 5 to 6 Bookings--Reports and Distribution, 1936-1937, (2 Folders)


Box 44 Folder 1 Bookings--Reports and Distribution, 1937-1939

Box 44 Folder 2 Distribution, 1936-1939

Box 44 Folder 3 Foreign Distribution, 1936-1937

Box 44 Folder 4 Confidential Report, undated

Box 44 Folder 5 Fan Mail, 1936

Box 44 Folder 6 Correspondence--Edwin Locke, 1940

Box 44 Folder 7 Description of Scenes, 1935

Box 44 Folder 8 General Information, 1935

Box 44 Folder 9 Notes on Purpose and Production, undated


Box 45 Folder 1 Memos and Correspondence, 1936-1942

Box 45 Folder 2 General Information, undated

Box 45 Folder 3 Study Guide, undated

Box 45 Folder 4 Ecological Map, 1935

Box 45 Folder 5 Shooting Script, undated

Box 45 Folder 6 Requests, Prints, Previews, 1938-1939

Box 45 Folder 7 Music and Narration, undated

Box 45 Folder 8 Regional Information, 1936

Box 45 Folder 9 Correspondence--Washington, 1936-1937

Box 45 Folder 10 to 11 Publicity, 1936-1939, undated, (2 Folders)

Subseries 3. Stills, 1935, undated

The stills in this subseries include photos of the crew working on location.


Box 46 Folder 1 to 2 Stills, 1935, (2 Folders)

Box 46 Folder 3 to 6 Carded Stills, undated, (4 Folders)

Series IV: The River, 1935-1943, undated

In June 1936, Lorentz pitched the idea for his second film, The River. In his original conception, the documentary would follow a single drop of water as it flowed from the source of the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way, the words and images would depict the social, ecological, and economic life of the Mississippi Valley, which at the time was home to more than half of the nation's population. Later, he scrapped the original idea of tracing the river's length and instead based the action around the tributaries flowing into the main stream. One of the main themes of the film is humanity's careless stewardship of the river, which had led to serious erosion and flooding. The first screening was held in New Orleans in October 1937.

Box 46

Subseries 1. Printed Materials and Publicity, 1936-1940, undated

This subseries contains press reviews, distribution materials, shooting record from production and screening.


Box 47 Folder 1 to 4 Paramount Reports From Exchanges, 1938-1939, (4 Folders)

Box 47 Folder 5 The Land, 1939-1940

Box 47 Folder 6 Movie Making Ideas, 1936-1939

Box 47 Folder 7 U.S. Government Films, 1938-1939


Box 48 Folder 1 Postaudit and Claims, Letters, 1937-1940

Box 48 Folder 2 Budget, 1935-1937

Box 48 Folder 3 New Orleans Voucher, 1940

Box 48 Folder 4 Miscellaneous Pieces Re: The River, 1938

Box 48 Folder 5 The River signed by Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt,, 1935-1938

Box 48 Folder 6 Publicity, 1937

Box 48 Folder 7 The River a U.S. Documentary Film, undated

Box 48 Folder 8 Publicity Book, undated

Box 48 Folder 9 Press Information, undated


Box 49 Folder 1 Venice Film Festival Award, 1938

Box 49 Folder 2 Grand Shorts Award, 1938

Subseries 2. Subject Files, 1935-1943

These folders contain research materials used by Lorentz to write the screenplay and choose locations.


Box 50 Folder 1 General Information, 1938-1941

Box 50 Folder 2 Australia, Mervyn Scales, 1938-1940

Box 50 Folder 3 Biographies, undated

Box 50 Folder 4 Book The River, 1937-1938

Box 50 Folder 5 Booking, 1938-1939

Box 50 Folder 6 Booking Reports, Griswold Summaries, 1936-1938

Box 50 Folder 7 Booking Reports, Commercial Paramount, 1938-1939

Box 50 Folder 8 Booking Reports By State, 1938-1940

Box 50 Folder 9 Bookings, Balaban and Katz, 1937

Box 50 Folder 10 Bookings, Boston Opening and Run, 1937-1939

Box 50 Folder 11 Bookings, Cameo Theater, 1938

Box 50 Folder 12 Bookings, Special, 1938-1939

Box 50 Folder 13 Brief Synopsis of The River, undated


Box 51 Folder 1 Cameramen For The River, 1937

Box 51 Folder 2 Canadian Showings and Requests, 1938-1939

Box 51 Folder 3 Commercial Appeal Article, 1937

Box 51 Folder 4 Contract, Paramount, 1937-1940

Box 51 Folder 5 Copyright, 1938

Box 51 Folder 6 Criterion Opening, 1938

Box 51 Folder 7 Cutting Continuity, 1938

Box 51 Folder 8 Distribution Statistics, 1939-1940

Box 51 Folder 9 to 11 Distribution, March-July 1939-, January-June 1940, (3 Folders)


Box 52 Folder 1 Distribution--Foreign, 1937-1940

Box 52 Folder 2 Distribution--Migrant Camp Movies, 1938

Box 52 Folder 3 Distribution--Non-Commercial, 1937-1940

Box 52 Folder 4 Distribution Policy, 1938

Box 52 Folder 5 Distribution Requests--Commercial, 1937-1938

Box 52 Folder 6 Fan Mail, 1937-1939

Box 52 Folder 7 Location Trip Diary, 1936

Box 52 Folder 8 Location Background, 1937

Box 52 Folder 9 Lorentz Coast Trips, 1937-1938

Box 52 Folder 10 Mississippi Premieres, 1937-1938

Box 52 Folder 11 Education Plan, 1938

Box 52 Folder 12 Exchange List, 1939

Box 52 Folder 13 Griswold, 1937-1939

Box 52 Folder 14 Financial Report, undated

Box 52 Folder 15 Exploitation--Regional Information Advisers, 1938-1939

Box 52 Folder 16 Exploitation--Magazine and Other, 1937-1938

Box 52 Folder 17 Exploitation--Radio, 1937

Box 52 Folder 18 Miscellaneous, 1937-1940


Box 53 Folder 1 Music, 1937-1938

Box 53 Folder 2 Music and Copyright, 1938

Box 53 Folder 3 Payrolls, 1937-1938

Box 53 Folder 4 Permission to Use Title of The River, 1937

Box 53 Folder 5 Personal Appearances, 1937-1938

Box 53 Folder 6 Press Book, 1937

Box 53 Folder 7 Press Book--Paramount, 1937-1938

Box 53 Folder 8 Press Releases--NY Office, 1938

Box 53 Folder 9 Press Reviews, 1937-1938

Box 53 Folder 10 Clippings, 1937-1943


Box 54 Folder 1 Research and Production, 1935-1937

Box 54 Folder 2 Zone Reports and Activities, 1937-1938

Box 54 Folder 3 Previews, 1937-1938

Box 54 Folder 4 Prints, 1938-1939

Box 54 Folder 5 Questionnaire and Answers--Little Red School House, undated

Box 54 Folder 6 Releases, 1938

Box 54 Folder 7 Research Data--Production #3, 1937

Box 54 Folder 8 Service Manual, 1938

Box 54 Folder 9 Stills, 1938-1943

Box 54 Folder 10 Technical Production Costs, undated

Box 54 Folder 11 Television, 1938-1940

Box 54 Folder 12 Venice Exposition, 1938

Box 54 Folder 13 Verbatim Transcript From Movie, undated

Box 54 Folder 14 Washington Premiere and Run, 1937

Subseries 3. Still Photographs, 1935-1940, undated

Some of these are stills from the movie, while others were used for research.


Box 55 Folder 1 Stills--"A", undated

Box 55 Folder 2 Stills--"B", undated

Box 55 Folder 3 New York City, undated

Box 55 Folder 4 The River, 1940

Box 55 Folder 5 Pare Lorentz On Location, 1936

Box 55 Folder 6 Complete Set 10 Paramount Stills and 18 Rejects, undated

Box 55 Folder 7 Publicity Stills--L8-L27, undated

Box 55 Folder 8 Publicity Stills--L28-L60, undated

Box 55 Folder 9 Publicity Stills--1-10, undated

Box 55 Folder 10 Publicity Stills--11-20, undated


Box 56 Folder 1 Publicity Stills--22-29, undated

Box 56 Folder 2 Publicity Stills--30-47, undated

Box 56 Folder 3 Publicity Stills--48-55, undated

Box 56 Folder 4 Carded Stills, undated

Box 56 Folder 5 to 7 Still Photographs, undated, (3 Folders)


Box 57 Folder 1 to 6 Still Photographs, 1935-1938,undated, (6 Folders)

Box 57 Folder 7 A Complete Set of 10 Stills, undated


Box 58 Folder 1 to 6 Still Photographs, undated, (6 Folders)

Series V: Other Films, 1938-1969, undated

This series contains materials related to some of Lorentz's other film projects.

Subseries 1. The City, 1938-1941

Stills and correspondence related toThe City(1939). Lorentz wrote the screenplay, but the picture was directed by Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke, both of whom had previously worked with Lorentz as cinematographers. The film was commissioned by the American Institute of Planners and first aired at the 1939 World's Fair in New York. Like earlier efforts, The City had a message. In this case, it was the perils of city life. It stressed the purity of rural and village living and stressed the beneficial effects of increased suburban housing.


Box 59 Folder 1 Correspondence, 1938-1941

Box 59 Folder 2 Scripts, 1938-1939

Box 59 Folder 3 Research, 1937-1938

Box 59 Folder 4 Clippings, 1939-1941

Box 59 Folder 5 to 6 Stills, undated

Subseries 2. Nuremberg Trials Film, 1947-1969

In 1946, the Allied Control Council agreed to produce a documentary film on the Nuremberg Trials. Two million feet of captured German film were scattered through the United States. Lorentz took responsibility for compiling the footage into a coherent whole. He created a 75-minute film, entitled "Nuremberg – Its Lesson Today." Shown in commercial theaters in the U.S. Zone in Berlin, to great acclaim, it was pulled from circulation when the Cold War changed the focus of American foreign policy. Materials include correspondence, clippings, and a "brief explanation" of the project.


Box 60 Folder 1 Prospective Investors, 1950-1951

Box 60 Folder 2 H. William Fitelson, 1951

Box 60 Folder 3 Lists of People to be Invited to Showings of Nuremberg Trials Film, 1950

Box 60 Folder 4 Prospectus, 1950-1951

Box 60 Folder 5 Covington et al., 1948-1956

Box 60 Folder 6 Correspondence, 1949-1964

Box 60 Folder 7 Nuremberg Trials Film, 1949-1969

Box 60 Folder 8 to 9 The Nuremberg Trials, 1948-1952

Box 60 Folder 10 United Nations, 1950-1951

Box 60 Folder 11 Clippings, 1949-1956

Box 60 Folder 12 Nuremberg--Brief Explanation, 1949


Box 61 Folder 1 to 2 Nuremberg, 1947-1951

Box 61 Folder 3 to 5 Trial of the Major War Criminals, 1947

Subseries 3. Good Neighbors, 1939-1941

Lorentz envisioned this as "a gentle comedy" about the relations between North and South America. He hoped to work with Cantinflas, whom he described as "the greatest star in Latin-America." Materials include correspondence, clippings, and distribution plans.

Box 61 Folder 6 Cantinflas and Pare Lorentz Working Together, 1941

Box 61 Folder 7 to 8 Distribution, 1939-1941


Box 62 Folder 1 Distribution, 1939

Box 62 Folder 2 Correspondence and Clippings, 1941-1942

Subseries 4. Polio, 1948-1951

A screenplay Lorentz wrote on the behest of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The files consist of correspondence and research, as well as screenplay drafts.

Box 62 Folder 3 National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, 1949-1951

Box 62 Folder 4 Screenplay, 1949

Box 62 Folder 5 NFIP--Major Research, 1949

Box 62 Folder 6 NFIP--Miscellaneous Research, 1949


Box 63 Folder 1 NFIP--Film, 1948

Box 63 Folder 2 NFIP--Roughs, 1949

Box 63 Folder 3 Polio and its Problems by Roland H. Berg,, 1948

Box 63 Folder 4 Screenplay Drafts, 1948-1949

Subseries 5. Other Films, 1930s-1963

Some materials related to other film projects, includingThe Land, My Brother's Keeper,andThe Face of the Earth,an environmental documentary.

The Face of The Earth , 1950-1963


Box 64 Folder 1 The Face of the Earth, 1950-1963

Box 64 Folder 2 Correspondence, 1951

Box 64 Folder 3 The Land , 1951

Box 64 Folder 4 My Brother's Keeper , 1949

Subseries 6. John Vachon Stills, 1930s-1940s

A large collection of still photographs taken by John Vachon, an acclaimed New Deal era shooter. Most of the pictures depict the American Northwest.


Box 65 Folder 1 to 26 Still Photos of the Northwest, 1930s-1940s, (26 Folders)


Box 66 Folder 1 to 22 Still Photos of the Northwest, 1930s-1940s, (22 Folders)

Series VI: Office Files, 1935-1979, undated

This series contains Pare Lorentz's office files, as well as files from organizations and businesses with which he was associated, including RKO Pictures and the Resettlement Administration. These records consist mainly of expense reports and general correspondence. They are arranged alphabetically. The date ranges may not always be exact. They are taken from labels on Lorentz's file drawers, rather than from the content of individual folders.

Subseries 1. RKO Files, 1941-1942, undated

After Congress ceased funding the U.S. Film Service, Lorentz signed a two-picture deal with RKO. Here is correspondence and files related to that experience.


Box 67 Folder 1 to 37 Alphabetical Correspondence, 1941-1942, (37 Folders)


Box 68 Folder 1 General Correspondence, 1941-1942

Box 68 Folder 2 Copyright, 1941-1942

Subseries 2. General Office Files, 1936-1941

These files contain some records from New Deal agencies, including the Resettlement Administration and the Farm Security Administration, as well as personal records from Lorentz's business transactions.


Box 69 Folder 1 Automobile Expenses, 1937-1938

Box 69 Folder 2 Audio Productions Inc., 1937-1938

Box 69 Folder 3 Bills of Lading--Incoming, 1936-1937

Box 69 Folder 4 Bills of Lading--Outgoing, 1936-1937

Box 69 Folder 5 Bills of Lading--Incoming, 1938

Box 69 Folder 6 Bills of Lading--Outgoing, 1938

Box 69 Folder 7 Bills of Lading--Miscellaneous, 1936-1938

Box 69 Folder 8 Boston Water Purifier Co., 1937

Box 69 Folder 9 Books, 1936-1938

Box 69 Folder 10 Brentanos, 1938

Box 69 Folder 11 to 12 Bridgeman--Agent-Cashier, 1937-, 1938, (2 Folders)


Box 70 Folder 1 to 2 Bridgeman--Travel, 1937-1938, (2 Folders)

Box 70 Folder 3 FSA Budget, 1938

Box 70 Folder 4 Commercial Stationery Co., 1936

Box 70 Folder 5 to 6 Contracts, 1936-1938, (2 Folders)

Box 70 Folder 7 De Luxe Laboratories, 1938

Box 70 Folder 8 Eastman-Kodak Stores, 1936-1937


Box 71 Folder 1 Equitable Stationery Co., 1936-1938

Box 71 Folder 2 Twentieth Century Fox, 1937-1938

Box 71 Folder 3 Film Library--Museum of Modern Arts, 1937-1938

Box 71 Folder 4 Film Receipts, 1937-1938

Box 71 Folder 5 General Service Studios, 1936-1938

Box 71 Folder 6 Government Movies, undated

Box 71 Folder 7 Goerz-American Optical Co., 1938

Box 71 Folder 8 H.E.R. Laboratories, 1937

Box 71 Folder 9 Irving Browning Studios, 1936

Box 71 Folder 10 Lorentz--Agent-Cashier, 1936

Box 71 Folder 11 Lloyds Film Storage, 1936-1937

Box 71 Folder 12 March of Time, 1937-1938

Box 71 Folder 13 Motion Picture Lighting and Equipment, 1937

Box 71 Folder 14 Movietonews Inc., 1937-1938

Box 71 Folder 15 Music Publishers Protective Association, 1937

Box 71 Folder 16 Moss Manufacturing Co., 1938

Box 71 Folder 17 Motion Picture Camera Supply, 1936-1937

Box 71 Folder 18 National Screen Service, 1937-1938

Box 71 Folder 19 National Cine Laboratories, 1938

Box 71 Folder 20 New York Telephone Co., 1938


Box 72 Folder 1 Office Supplies, 1936-1938

Box 72 Folder 2 Office Moving, 1936-1938

Box 72 Folder 3 Office Supplies--Washington Requisitions, 1936-1938

Box 72 Folder 4 Postal Telegraph, 1936-1938

Box 72 Folder 5 Pavelle Laboratories, 1937-1938

Box 72 Folder 6 Peerless Towel Supply Co., 1938

Box 72 Folder 7 Periodicals, 1938

Box 72 Folder 8 Paramount East Coast Bills, 1937-1938

Box 72 Folder 9 Personal Telegrams, 1937

Box 72 Folder 10 Pathe News, 1936-1938

Box 72 Folder 11 Paramount Distribution--Correspondence, 1936-1938

Box 72 Folder 12 Paramount West Coast, 1936-1938

Box 72 Folder 13 Preview Theater, 1936-1938

Box 72 Folder 14 Railway Express Agency, 1936-1938

Box 72 Folder 15 RCA Communications, 1936-1938

Box 72 Folder 16 Romeike Clippings Service, 1936-1938

Box 72 Folder 17 Royal Typewriter Co., 1936-1938

Box 72 Folder 18 RCA Manufacturing, 1936-1938

Box 72 Folder 19 Ruby Camera Co., 1936-1938

Box 72 Folder 20 Ralph Steiner, 1936-1938

Box 72 Folder 21 Stackpole Sons, 1936-1938

Box 72 Folder 22 Sound Effects, 1936-1938

Box 72 Folder 23 Still Photos, 1936-1938

Box 72 Folder 24 Todd and Robertson, 1936-1938

Box 72 Folder 25 United Artists Studios, 1936-1938

Box 72 Folder 26 Willard Van Dyke, 1936-1938

Box 72 Folder 27 Western Union, 1936-1938

Box 72 Folder 28 Horace Woodard, 1936-1938

Box 72 Folder 29 Stacy Woodard, 1936-1938


Box 73 Folder 1 to 2 Atkins, 1939-1941, (2 Folders)

Box 73 Folder 3 Associated Film Audiences, 1939-1941

Box 73 Folder 4 "A", 1939-1941

Box 73 Folder 5 Applications for Jobs, 1939-1941

Box 73 Folder 6 AAA (Scripts), 1939-1941

Box 73 Folder 7 Bridgeman and Miriam Bell, 1939-1941

Box 73 Folder 8 "B", 1939-1941

Box 73 Folder 9 "C" Fight For Life, 1939-1941

Box 73 Folder 10 "C", 1939-1941

Box 73 Folder 11 The City (Scripts), 1939-1941

Box 73 Folder 12 "D" Fight For Life, 1939-1941

Box 73 Folder 13 De Kruif, 1939-1941

Box 73 Folder 14 "D", 1939-1941

Box 73 Folder 15 Flaherty, 1939-1941(Agricultural)

Box 73 Folder 16 "F", 1939-1941

Box 73 Folder 17 "G", 1939-1941

Box 73 Folder 18 to 19 Gercke (AAA), 1939-1941, (2 Folders)

Box 73 Folder 20 "G" Fight For Life, 1939-1941

Box 73 Folder 21 Samuel Goldwyn, 1939-1941

Box 73 Folder 22 Mr. Griswold, 1939-1941

Box 73 Folder 23 "H", 1939-1941

Box 73 Folder 24 Ivens (REA), 1939-1941

Box 73 Folder 25 J-K, 1939-1941

Box 73 Folder 26 "L", 1939-1941

Box 73 Folder 27 to 28 Locke, 1939-1941, (2 Folders)

Box 73 Folder 29 Lorentz (Personal), 1939-1941


Box 74 Folder 1 Lorentz (Misc), 1939-1941

Box 74 Folder 2 "M", 1939-1941

Box 74 Folder 3 "M" (AAA), 1939-1941

Box 74 Folder 4 to 5 Mercey, 1939-1941, (2 Folders)

Box 74 Folder 6 "M" Fight For Life, 1939-1941

Box 74 Folder 7 "N", 1939-1941

Box 74 Folder 8 Nosler, 1939-1941

Box 74 Folder 9 "O", 1939-1941

Box 74 Folder 10 "P" Fight For Life, 1939-1941

Box 74 Folder 11 "R", 1939-1941

Box 74 Folder 12 REA, 1939-1941 (Scripts), 1939-1941

Box 74 Folder 13 "S", 1939-1941

Box 74 Folder 14 "S" REA, 1939-1941

Box 74 Folder 15 "S" Fight For Life, 1939-1941

Box 74 Folder 16 "T" Fight For Life, 1939-1941

Box 74 Folder 17 "T", 1939-1941

Box 74 Folder 18 "U", 1939-1941

Box 74 Folder 19 "W", 1939-1941

Box 74 Folder 20 "W", 1939-1941 (REA), 1939-1941

Box 74 Folder 21 Atkins, 1938-1940

Box 74 Folder 22 Baker, 1938-1940

Box 74 Folder 23 Bartley, 1938-1940

Box 74 Folder 24 Bell, 1938-1940

Box 74 Folder 25 Beaton, 1938-1940

Box 74 Folder 26 Berger, 1938-1940

Box 74 Folder 27 Brennan, 1938-1940

Box 74 Folder 28 Bridgeman, 1938-1940

Box 74 Folder 29 Comfort, 1938-1940

Box 74 Folder 30 Clothier, 1938-1940

Box 74 Folder 31 Crosby, 1938-1940

Box 74 Folder 32 Davis, 1938-1940

Box 74 Folder 33 Davidson, 1938-1940

Box 74 Folder 34 Dildine, 1938-1940

Box 74 Folder 35 Doyle, 1938-1940

Box 74 Folder 36 Frumkin, 1938-1940

Box 74 Folder 37 Finley, 1938-1940

Box 74 Folder 38 Geer, 1938-1940

Box 74 Folder 39 Gercke, 1938-1940


Box 75 Folder 1 Griswold, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 2 Gray, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 3 Haynes, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 4 Henderson, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 5 Hughes, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 6 Howarth, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 7 Hamilton, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 8 Holcombe, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 9 Holt, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 10 Jahns, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 11 Johnson, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 12 Frank Lee, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 13 Locke, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 14 Lowrance, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 15 Lorentz, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 16 McCormick, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 17 Martin, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 18 Meyer, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 19 Mooney, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 20 Montgomery, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 21 Noodel, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 22 Nosler, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 23 Pruett, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 24 Pulman, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 25 Polvinale, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 26 Raymond, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 27 Redden, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 28 Roberts, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 29 Smith, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 30 Swenson, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 31 Service Certificates, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 32 Steinbeck, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 33 Thompson, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 34 Tucker, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 35 Thorne, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 36 Townsend, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 37 Walker, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 38 Wilhoit, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 39 Woit, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 40 Time and Leave Rules, 1938-1940

Box 75 Folder 41 to 46 Individual Travel Reports, 1938-1940


Box 76 Folder 1 to 28 Individual Travel Reports, 1938-1940, (28 Folders)

Box 76 Folder 29 Prints--Record, 1938-1940

Box 76 Folder 30 to 31 Sales Reports, 1938-1940, (2 Folders)


Box 77 Folder f.1 to 4 Sales Reports, 1938-1940, (4 Folders)

Subseries 3. U.S. Film Service, 1935-1949

The files from the U.S. Film Service contain office records, as well as correspondence with contributors to the government effort to document American conditions during the Great Depression. U.S. Film Service files are located here, but researchers should note that they are also scattered throughout this series.


Box 78 Folder 1 to 2 Footage, 1940-1941

Box 78 Folder 3 Financial, 1936-1940

Box 78 Folder 4 Budgets, 1937-1940

Box 78 Folder 5 Belmont Theater, 1940

Box 78 Folder 6 Bonneville, 1940


Box 79 Folder 1 Bridgeman, 1938-1939

Box 79 Folder 2 Krellberg, 1940-1941

Box 79 Folder 3 Lorentz Expenses, 1940

Box 79 Folder 4 Financial--Fight REA, 1939

Box 79 Folder 5 to 6 Applicants--General, 1938-1941, (2 Folders)

Box 79 Folder 7 Applicants--Technical, 1936-1941


Box 80 Folder 1 Film Service Property, 1940-1941

Box 80 Folder 2 Department of Commerce, 1937-1940

Box 80 Folder 3 to 10 Name Files--A-J, 1935-1938, (8 Folders)


Box 81 Folder 1 to 6 Name Files--R-Z, 1935-1938, (6 Folders)

Box 81 Folder 7 to 39 Name Files--A-M, 1936-1938, (33 Folders)


Box 82 Folder 1 to 7 Name Files--M-S, 1936-1938, (7 Folders)

Box 82 Folder 8 to 15 Name Files--B-N, 1936-1940, (8 Folders)


Box 83 Folder 1 to 12 Name Files--M-W, 1936-1940, (12 Folders)

Box 83 Folder 13 Automobile Research, 1941

Box 83 Folder 14 Oliver Griswold, 1938-1941

Box 83 Folder 15 Edwin Locke, 1938-1939

Box 83 Folder 16 Testimony, 1936-1939


Box 84 Folder 1 Stryker Card Files, 1940s

Box 84 Folder 2 Budget Presentation to House Committee, 1941


Box 85 Folder 1 American Veterans Committee, 1949

Box 85 Folder 2 Miscellaneous Notes, 1943-1948

Box 85 Folder 3 Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1947

Box 85 Folder 4 Miscellaneous Clippings, 1938-1942

Box 85 Folder 5 Distribution, 1938-1939

Box 85 Folder 6 Relay Reports, 1940

Box 85 Folder 7 Correspondence, 1939-1950

Box 85 Folder 8 U.S. Secretary of the Interior Correspondence, 1942-1946

Subseries 4. Personal Files, 1935-1947

. This subseries contains clippings, correspondence, and expense reports.


Box 86 Folder 1 American Film Center, 1935-1947

Box 86 Folder 2 Associated Realist Films, 1935-1947

Box 86 Folder 3 Association of School Film Libraries, 1935-1947

Box 86 Folder 4 Authors' Guild, 1935-1947

Box 86 Folder 5 Biographies--Lorentz, 1935-1947

Box 86 Folder 6 Invitations--Clubs and Associations, 1935-1947

Box 86 Folder 7 Invitations--Lectures, 1935-1947

Box 86 Folder 8 Howell, Soskin and Co., 1935-1947

Box 86 Folder 9 Judge, 1935-1947

Box 86 Folder 10 King Features, 1935-1947

Box 86 Folder 11 League of American Writers, 1935-1947

Box 86 Folder 12 Letters--Introduction, 1935-1947

Box 86 Folder 13 McCall's--General, 1935-1947

Box 86 Folder 14 McCall's--Fan Letters, 1935-1947


Box 87 Folder 1 McCall's--Wiese, Otis, 1935-1947

Box 87 Folder 2 McCall's--Contracts, 1935-1947

Box 87 Folder 3 Museum of Modern Art, 1935-1947

Official

Box 87 Folder 4 Department of the Interior, 1935-1947

Box 87 Folder 5 to 6 FSA, 1935-1947, (2 Folders)

Box 87 Folder 7 FWA, 1935-1947

Box 87 Folder 8 Nec, 1935-1947

Box 87 Folder 9 National Defense Council, 1935-1947

Box 87 Folder 10 RA, 1935-1947

Box 87 Folder 11 REA, 1935-1947

Box 87 Folder 12 USFS, 1935-1947

Box 87 Folder 13 The Players, 1935-1947

Box 87 Folder 14 Proposed Productions--John L. Sullivan, 1935-1947

Box 87 Folder 15 Proposed Productions--John Henry, 1935-1947

Box 87 Folder 16 Publicity--Personal, 1935-1947

Box 87 Folder 17 Requests--Reprint Rights, 1935-1947


Box 88 Folder 1 Requests--Movie-Making, 1935-1947

Box 88 Folder 2 Requests-Writing, 1935-1947

Box 88 Folder 3 Screen Directors Guild, 1935-1947

Box 88 Folder 4 Stackpole, Sons, 1935-1947

Box 88 Folder 5 Hollywood Trip, June-September 1939

Box 88 Folder 6 Trips-Key West, 1940

Box 88 Folder 7 Trips-London, 1935-1947

Box 88 Folder 8 Trips-West Virginia, 1935-1947

Box 88 Folder 9 William Morris Agency, 1935-1947

Box 88 Folder 10 United Nations, 1935-1947

Box 88 Folder 11 U.S. Camera--Fan Mail, 1935-1947

Box 88 Folder 12 U.S. Camera--T.J. Maloney, 1935-1947


Box 89 Folder 1 to 25 Personal Files, A-M, 1935-1947, (25 Folders)


Box 90 Folder 1 to 13 Personal Files, N-Z, 1935-1947, (13 Folders)

Subseries 5. General Files, 1930s-1948

Most of these records deal with the various federal agencies with which Lorentz collaborated.


Box 91 Folder 1 Dam Photos, 1937-1940

Box 91 Folder 2 to 3 TVA Photos, 1937-1940, (2 Folders)

Box 91 Folder 4 Carded Stills--A Million Men on Wheels, 1937-1940


Box 92 Folder 1 to 2 Tennessee Valley Authority, 1937-1940, (2 Folders)

Box 92 Folder 3 Bonneville Project, 1937-1940

Box 92 Folder 4 Academy Photo Offset, Inc., 1937-1940

Box 92 Folder 5 Advance Cine Equipment Co., 1937-1940

Box 92 Folder 6 to 7 AAA, 1937-1940, (2 Folders)

Box 92 Folder 8 Altec Service Corporation, 1937-1940

Box 92 Folder 9 Air Travel, 1937-1940

Box 92 Folder 10 Amusement Supply Company, Inc., 1937-1940

Box 92 Folder 11 Art Metal Construction, 1937-1940

Box 92 Folder 12 Appropriations, 1937-1940

Box 92 Folder 13 Auto, 1937-1940

Box 92 Folder 14 Bids, 1937-1940


Box 93 Folder 1 to 2 Contract--USFS Movie, 1937-1940, (2 Folders)

Box 93 Folder 3 Contracts--Gasoline, 1937-1940

Box 93 Folder 4 Express, 1937-1940


Box 94 Folder 1 Expense Vouchers, 1937-1940

Box 94 Folder 2 Procurement, 1937-1940

Box 94 Folder 3 Gasoline, 1937-1940

Box 94 Folder 4 to 5 Shipping Expenses, 1937-1940, (2 Folders)

Box 94 Folder 6 Telephone and Telegraph, 1937-1940

Box 94 Folder 7 Travel, 1937-1940

Martin's Files, 1937-1940

Box 94 Folder 8 Equipment Ordered Deluxe, 1937-1940

Box 94 Folder 9 Ecce Homo Selected Takes, 1937-1940

Box 94 Folder 10 Production #3--Assembled Film, 1937-1940

Box 94 Folder 11 Production #3--Screenings, 1937-1940

Box 94 Folder 12 Production #3--Key Nos., 1937-1940

Box 94 Folder 13 Prints Ordered De Luxe, 1937-1940

Box 94 Folder 14 Prints and Equipment In Stock Deluxe, 1937-1940

Box 94 Folder 15 Receipts Films, 1937-1940

Box 94 Folder 16 Railway Express, 1937-1940

Box 94 Folder 17 Shipments--Washington, 1937-1940

Box 94 Folder 18 Shipments--Misc., 1937-1940

Box 94 Folder 19 Work Orders, 1937-1940


Box 95 Folder 1 Academy Awards, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 2 Agriculture Department, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 3 American Documentary Films, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 4 American Film Center, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 5 American Magazine, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 6 Amkino Corporation, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 7 Association of Documentary Film Producers, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 8 Associated Press, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 9 Association of School Film Libraries, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 10 Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 11 Bangsbergh, Raymond, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 12 Best Film Company, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 13 Booklets and Releases, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 14 British Broadcasting Corporation, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 15 British Documentary Films, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 16 British-Gaumont Pictures Corp., 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 17 Consolidated Film Industries, Inc., 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 18 Educational Film Institute, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 19 Educational Information, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 20 ERPI--Royalty Prices, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 21 FSA Photographic Lab Price List, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 22 Federal and State Agency Directories, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 23 Film Daily, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 24 Films Incorporated, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 25 French Cinema Center, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 26 Frontier Films, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 27 Garrison Film Distributors, Inc., 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 28 Goldwyn Studio West Coast Contract, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 29 Gootrad and Gootrad, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 30 Hollywood Motion Picture Institute, 1937-1940

Box 95 Folder 31 Housing Authority, 1937-1940


Box 96 Folder 1 Information Requests, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 2 Interior Department, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 3 International Cinema Institute, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 4 Jay Emanuel Publications, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 5 Jersey Homesteads, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 6 Labor Unions Government Employees, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 7 League for American Writers, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 8 Legislation, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 9 Liberty Magazine, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 10 Life, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 11 Look, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 12 MacFadden Publications, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 13 Maritime Commission, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 14 March of Time, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 15 MGM Corp., 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 16 Metropolitan Motion Picture Council, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 17 Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 18 Modern Talking Picture Service, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 19 Motion Picture Corporations of America, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 20 Motion Picture Daily and Herald, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 21 Movie Information, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 22 Museum of Modern Art, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 23 Music Recording, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 24 National Board of Review, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 25 National Emergency Council, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 26 National Broadcasting Company, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 27 New Directions--James Laughlin IV, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 28 New Republic, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 29 New York Post, 1937-1940

Box 96 Folder 30 New York Times, 1937-1940


Box 97 Folder 1 Phonograph Records, 1937-1940

Box 97 Folder 2 President's Inaugural Address, 1937-1940

Box 97 Folder 3 Prisons, Bureau of, 1937-1940

Box 97 Folder 4 Requests for Advice, 1937-1940

Box 97 Folder 5 Reorganization Bill Text, 1937-1940

Box 97 Folder 6 Register and Tribune, Des Moines, 1937-1940

Box 97 Folder 7 RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., 1937-1940

Box 97 Folder 8 Screen Directors Guild, 1937-1940

Box 97 Folder 9 Seven Seas Film Corporation, 1937-1940

Box 97 Folder 10 Skouras Theatres Corp., 1937-1940

Box 97 Folder 11 Shock Troops of Disaster, 1937-1940

Box 97 Folder 12 Social Security Board, 1937-1940

Box 97 Folder 13 Soil Conservation Service, 1937-1940

Box 97 Folder 14 Roosevelt Address--"Children in a Democracy,", 1937-1940

Box 97 Folder 15 Staff Meeting Notes, 1937-1940

Box 97 Folder 16 State Department, 1937-1940

Box 97 Folder 17 Subcommittee Hearings, 1937-1940

Box 97 Folder 18 Theatre Arts Monthly, 1937-1940

Box 97 Folder 19 Time, Inc., 1937-1940

Box 97 Folder 20 Treasury Department, 1937-1940

Box 97 Folder 21 Treasury, Secretary of, 1937-1940

Box 97 Folder 22 Tygart Valley Data, 1937-1940

Box 97 Folder 23 United Artists, 1937-1940

Box 97 Folder 24 Universal Newsreel Company, 1937-1940

Box 97 Folder 25 United States Film Service, 1937-1940

Box 97 Folder 26 U.S. Government "Bill of Complaint" Against Movie Producer Monopolies,, 1937-1940


Box 98 Folder 1 U.S. Research Corporation, 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 2 Variety, 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 3 Visual Education, 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 4 Warner Brothers, 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 5 Wilding Picture Productions, 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 6 Wilson Company, 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 7 YWCA Motion Picture Bureau, 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 8 Works Progress Administration, 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 9 World's Fair, 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 10 Travel Advances, 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 11 DeBrie, Andre, Inc., 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 12 Bell and Howell Company, 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 13 American Recono, Inc., 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 14 U.S. Despatch Agency, 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 15 Tri-States Theatre Corp., 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 16 Ruby Camera Company, 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 17 Romeike Clipping Service, 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 18 Railway Express, 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 19 Pavelle Laboratories, 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 20 Paramount News, 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 21 Paramount Pictures Corp., 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 22 Paramount Productions Inc., 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 23 New York Telephone, 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 24 Movietone News, 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 25 Motion Picture Camera Supply Company, 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 26 International Cinema, Inc., 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 27 H.E.R. Laboratory, 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 28 General Service, 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 29 Emerson Electric, 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 30 Eastern Service Studios, Inc., 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 31 A.B. Dick Co., 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 32 Music Publishers Protective Association, 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 33 De Luxe Fire, 1937-1940

Box 98 Folder 34 DeLuxe Laboratories, 1937-1940


Box 99 Folder 1 De Luxe Orders, 1937-1940

Box 99 Folder 2 Boston Water Purifier, 1937-1940

Box 99 Folder 3 Akeley-Leventhal "Editor", 1937-1940

Box 99 Folder 4 Service Certificates, 1937-1940

Box 99 Folder 5 Personnel, 1937-1940

Box 99 Folder 6 Requisitions and Purchase Orders, 1937-1940

Box 99 Folder 7 Travel and Salary, 1937-1940

Box 99 Folder 8 Bill of Ladings, 1937-1940

Box 99 Folder 9 Current Bills--Production #3, 1937-1940

Box 99 Folder 10 Academy of Motion Picture Arts, 1938-1939

Box 99 Folder 11 AGFA ANSCO Corp., 1938-1939

Box 99 Folder 12 Air Travel, 1938-1939

Box 99 Folder 13 American Map Co., 1938-1939

Box 99 Folder 14 Angelica Jacket Co., 1938-1939

Box 99 Folder 15 Appropriations, 1938-1939

Box 99 Folder 16 Arrow Photo Service, 1938-1939

Box 99 Folder 17 Art Metal Construction, 1938-1939

Box 99 Folder 18 Automobiles--General, 1938-1939

Box 99 Folder 19 Bass Camera Co., 1938-1939

Box 99 Folder 20 Bell and Howell--Chicago, 1938-1939

Box 99 Folder 21 Bell and Howell--New York, 1938-1939

Box 99 Folder 22 Bell and Howell--Los Angeles, 1938-1939

Box 99 Folder 23 Bigelow Carpet Co., 1938-1939

Box 99 Folder 24 Boston Water Purifier, 1938-1939

Box 99 Folder 25 Brand, Paul, 1938-1939

Box 99 Folder 26 Breakdown, March 31, 1938-1939


Box 100 Folder 1 Brentano's Book Stores, 1938-1939

Box 100 Folder 2 Bridgeman, 1938-1939

Box 100 Folder 3 Bruno--New York, 1938-1939

Box 100 Folder 4 to 9 Budgets--Monthly, 1938-1939, (6 Folders)

Box 100 Folder 10 Burk's Service--Cleveland, 1938-1939

Box 100 Folder 11 Burroughs Welcome, 1938-1939

Box 100 Folder 12 Camera Equipment Co., 1938-1939

Box 100 Folder 13 Campbell, W.D., 1938-1939

Box 100 Folder 14 Capper and Capper Ltd., 1938-1939

Box 100 Folder 15 Chicago Film Labs, 1938-1939

Box 100 Folder 16 Carey Cadillac Co., 1938-1939

Box 100 Folder 17 Central Garage, 1938-1939

Box 100 Folder 18 Chicago Maternity, 1938-1939

Box 100 Folder 19 Civil Service, 1938-1939

Box 100 Folder 20 Columbia Broadcasting, 1938-1939

Box 100 Folder 21 Commercial Radio Sound, 1938-1939

Box 100 Folder 22 to 27 Contracts, 1938-1939, (6 Folders)

Box 100 Folder 28 Crown Curtain Company, 1938-1939

Box 100 Folder 29 Desks Inc., 1938-1939


Box 101 Folder 1 to 2 De Luxe Labs, 1938-1939, (2 Folders)

Box 101 Folder 3 A.B. Dick, 1938-1939

Box 101 Folder 4 Eastern Service Studios, 1938-1939

Box 101 Folder 5 to 7 Eastman Kodak, 1938-1939, (3 Folders)

Box 101 Folder 8 Elec. App. and Sales, 1938-1939

Box 101 Folder 9 Equitable Stationery Company, 1938-1939

Box 101 Folder 10 ERB Electrical, 1938-1939

Box 101 Folder 11 FSA Still Lab, 1938-1939

Box 101 Folder 12 Federal Offices--NY, 1938-1939

Box 101 Folder 13 Foreign Distribution, 1938-1939

Box 101 Folder 14 Sidney Friedman, 1938-1939

Box 101 Folder 15 Fyfe, Howard, 1938-1939

Box 101 Folder 16 GAO Decisions, 1938-1939

Box 101 Folder 17 to 18 General Electric, 1938-1939, (2 Folders)

Box 101 Folder 19 General Felt Prod., 1938-1939

Box 101 Folder 20 General Fireproofing, 1938-1939

Box 101 Folder 21 General Tire and Rubber, 1938-1939

Box 101 Folder 22 Gilbert Photo Service, 1938-1939

Box 101 Folder 23 Globe Wernicke, 1938-1939

Box 101 Folder 24 B.Goodrich, 1938-1939

Box 101 Folder 25 Gotham Book Mart, 1938-1939

Box 101 Folder 26 Grand Circus Garage Detroit, 1938-1939


Box 102 Folder 1 Harris, Leo, Inc., 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 2 Haynes Griffin, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 3 Hertz Drivurself Stations, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 4 Huey Co., 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 5 International Harvester, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 6 Kelly-Springfield, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 7 Lenauer International Film, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 8 Licensing Agreement, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 9 Lighting Company, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 10 Lloyd's Film Storage, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 11 Loop Shoppers Garage, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 12 Luce's Press Clippings, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 13 McInerney, W.A., 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 14 MacIntosh and Sheridan, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 15 March of Time, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 16 Marshall Field, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 17 Midtown Chevrolet, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 18 Mitchell Camera Corp., 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 19 Moviola Company, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 20 Motion Picture Camera Supply, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 21 National Emergency Council, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 22 National Theatre Supply, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 23 National Van Lines, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 24 NEC--1080s, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 25 Negative Reports, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 26 Neumade Products, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 27 New Loop End Garage Chicago, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 28 New York Telephone Co., 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 29 New York Post Office, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 30 Office Equipment, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 31 Office Supplies, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 32 Paramount Pictures, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 33 Peerless Towel Supply, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 34 Phillips Petrol, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 35 Postal Telegraph, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 36 Preview Theatre, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 37 Precision Film Labs, 1938-1939

Box 102 Folder 38 Print Records, 1938-1939


Box 103 Folder 1 Rabsons Music and Camera, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 2 RCA Mfg. Company, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 3 RCA Communications, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 4 Rainbow Auto Painting, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 5 Rand McNally, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 6 Red Star Garage, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 7 Remington Rand, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 8 Rhoades, Chas. P., 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 9 Romeike Clipping Bureau, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 10 Royal Typewriter Co., 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 11 Ross Chas, Inc., 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 12 Rural Electrification Administration, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 13 Sale of Footage, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 14 Santa Fe, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 15 Security Steel Equipment, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 16 Shell Oil, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 17 Siebel Co., 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 18 Smith, L.C. and Corona, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 19 Schirmer, G., 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 20 Schmidt, Alfred, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 21 Screen Actors Guild, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 22 Socony-Vacuum, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 23 Standard Forms, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 24 Standard Oil, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 25 Studio Lighting Co., 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 26 Stott, Chas. G., 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 27 Soil Conservation Camera Truck, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 28 Stromberg Electric, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 29 South America, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 30 Sloane, W. and J., 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 31 Farm Security Service Certificates, 1937-1938

Box 103 Folder 32 347 Madison Avenue, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 33 Travel Advance, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 34 United Cinephone Corp., 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 35 Universal Recording Co., 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 36 Underwood Elliott Fisher Co., 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 37 United Artists--Sound, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 38 Wabash Photo Lamp, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 39 Western Union, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 40 Wilding Pictures, 1938-1939

Box 103 Folder 41 WPA, 1938-1939


Box 104 Folder 1 Clippings--Reviews by Pare Lorentz, 1930s

Box 104 Folder 2 Clippings--Creation of U.S. Film Service, 1938-1942

Box 104 Folder 3 to 4 Clippings--Personal, 1940s, (2 Folders)

Box 104 Folder 5 Press Releases--Lorentz On Film, 1961

Box 104 Folder 6 Brentano's Book Stores, 1939-1940

Box 104 Folder 7 to 8 Bills of Lading, 1939-1940, (2 Folders)

Box 104 Folder 9 Boston Water Purifier, 1939-1940

Box 104 Folder 10 Brand, Paul L., 1939-1940

Box 104 Folder 11 to 12 Budgets, 1939-1940, (2 Folders)

Box 104 Folder 13 Camera Equipment Co., 1939-1940


Box 105 Folder 1 to 4 De Luxe Laboratories, 1939-1940, (4 Folders)

Box 105 Folder 5 A.B. Dick, 1939-1940

Box 105 Folder 6 Railway Express Co., 1939-1940

Box 105 Folder 7 Eastern Service Studios, 1939-1940

Box 105 Folder 8 to 10 Eastman Kodak, 1939-1940, (3 Folders)

Box 105 Folder 11 Equitable Stationery Co., 1939-1940

Box 105 Folder 12 Fox, Harry, 1939-1940


Box 106 Folder 1 Globe Wernicke, 1939-1940

Box 106 Folder 2 to 6 Goldwyn, 1939-1940, (5 Folders)

Box 106 Folder 7 Gulf Oil, 1939-1940

Box 106 Folder 8 Harris, Leo. Inc., 1939-1940

Box 106 Folder 9 Hawley Motor Company, 1939-1940

Box 106 Folder 10 Hertz, 1939-1940

Box 106 Folder 11 Kahn, Stephen, 1939-1940

Box 106 Folder 12 Kass Realty, 1939-1940

Box 106 Folder 13 Kelly Springfield, 1939-1940

Box 106 Folder 14 Lightning Co., 1939-1940

Box 106 Folder 15 Loop Shoppers, 1939-1940

Box 106 Folder 16 Lloyd's Film Storage, 1939-1940

Box 106 Folder 17 Luce's Press Clipping Service, 1939-1940

Box 106 Folder 18 Midtown Chevrolet, 1939-1940

Box 106 Folder 19 MoMA Film Library, 1939-1940

Box 106 Folder 20 National Cine Labs, 1939-1940

Box 106 Folder 21 NBC, 1939-1940

Box 106 Folder 22 New York Post Office, 1939-1940

Box 106 Folder 23 New York Telephone Co., 1939-1940

Box 106 Folder 24 Peerless Towel Supply, 1939-1940

Box 106 Folder 25 Procurement Division, 1939-1940

Box 106 Folder 26 Postal Telegraph, 1939-1940


Box 107 Folder 1 Requisitions, 1939-1940

Box 107 Folder 2 Red Star Garage, 1939-1940

Box 107 Folder 3 RCA Communications, 1939-1940

Box 107 Folder 4 RKO Radio Pictures, 1939-1940

Box 107 Folder 5 Sackett and Wilhelms, 1939-1940

Box 107 Folder 6 Sale of Footage, 1939-1940

Box 107 Folder 7 Sante Fe, 1939-1940

Box 107 Folder 8 Scales, Merwyn, 1939-1940

Box 107 Folder 9 Society of Motion Picture Engineers, 1939-1940

Box 107 Folder 10 Socony Vacuum, 1939-1940

Box 107 Folder 11 Standard Forms, 1939-1940

Box 107 Folder 12 Standard Oil--California, 1939-1940

Box 107 Folder 13 Standard Oil--Ohio, 1939-1940

Box 107 Folder 14 Strong, Edwin Inc., 1939-1940

Box 107 Folder 15 Surplus Property, 1939-1940

Box 107 Folder 16 347 Madison Avenue, 1939-1940

Box 107 Folder 17 Union Oil of California, 1939-1940

Box 107 Folder 18 United Artists--Sound, 1939-1940

Box 107 Folder 19 United Cinephone, 1939-1940

Box 107 Folder 20 to 25 Unity Films, 1939-1940, (6 Folders)

Box 107 Folder 26 Universal Recording Company, 1939-1940

Box 107 Folder 27 Western Union, 1939-1940


Box 108 Folder 1 "A", 1937-1947

Box 108 Folder 2 Air Transport Command, 1945-1946

Box 108 Folder 3 to 5 "B"-"D", 1937-1947, (3 Folders)

Box 108 Folder 6 De Luxe Labs, 1937-1947

Box 108 Folder 7 "F", 1937-1947

Box 108 Folder 8 Forty-Seven, 1947

Box 108 Folder 9 to 11 "G"-"I", 1937-1947, (3 Folders)

Box 108 Folder 12 Juilliard Script, 1937-1947


Box 109 Folder 1 "K", 1937-1947

Box 109 Folder 2 "L", 1937-1947

Box 109 Folder 3 Lorentz Address to UAW-CIO, 1947

Box 109 Folder 4 Invitations to Speak, 1937-1947

Box 109 Folder 5 Business Correspondence, 1947

Box 109 Folder 6 to 7 Correspondence--Alma Lorentz, 1937-1948, (2 Folders)

Box 109 Folder 8 Divorce Decree, 1943

Box 109 Folder 9 Personnel, 1937-1947

Box 109 Folder 10 to 13 Travel, 1937-1947, (4 Folders)

Box 109 Folder 14 "M", 1937-1947


Box 110 Folder 1 "N", 1937-1947

Box 110 Folder 2 National Film Cooperative, 1937-1947

Box 110 Folder 3 New York File, 1937-1947

Box 110 Folder 4 Nuremburg Trial, 1937-1947

Box 110 Folder 5 "P", 1937-1947

Box 110 Folder 6 Pare Lorentz Associates, 1937-1947

Box 110 Folder 7 Preview Theatre, 1937-1947

Box 110 Folder 8 "R", 1937-1947

Box 110 Folder 9 Reprint Requests, 1937-1947

Box 110 Folder 10 Correspondence--Roberts-Lorentz, 1937-1947

Box 110 Folder 11 REA, 1937-1947

Box 110 Folder 12 "S", 1937-1947


Box 111 Folder 1 to 2 "T"-"U", 1937-1947, (2 Folders)

Box 111 Folder 3 United Nations, 1937-1947

Box 111 Folder 4 to 5 U.S. Film Service, 1940-1941, (2 Folders)

Box 111 Folder 6 to 8 "V"-"Z", 1937-1947, (3 Folders)

Box 111 Folder 9 to 25 REA Personnel and Productions, 1930s, (17 Folders)


Box 112 Folder 1 AAA-Agricultural Picture #6, 1939

Box 112 Folder 2 America is a Farm Land Script, 1939

Box 112 Folder 3 to 12 Production Files, 1930s, (10 Folders)

Subseries 6. Pare Lorentz Associates, 1935-1978

These folders contain expense accounts, ledgers, billing, and other records relating to Lorentz's personal production company.


Box 113 Folder 1 Pare Lorentz Associates Formation Documents, 1948


Box 114 Folder 1 Expense Accounts, 1950

Box 114 Folder 2 Workmen's Compensation and NY Disability, 1950-1970

Box 114 Folder 3 NYS Disability Insurance, 1953-1976

Box 114 Folder 4 Weekly Payroll Record, 1950-1952

Box 114 Folder 5 Annual Audits, 1949-1977

Box 114 Folder 6 Financial Records, 1944-1945


Box 115 Folder 1 Liquidation of Pare Lorentz Associates, 1978

Box 115 Folder 2 Dissolution Papers, 1948

Box 115 Folder 3 Operation Trust Co., 1948-1952

Box 115 Folder 4 to 5 Balance Sheets, 1950, (2 Folders)


Box 116 Folder 1 Ledger, 1948-1978

Box 116 Folder 2 Corporate Records, 1947


Box 117 Folder 1 Accounts, 1955-1977

Box 117 Folder 2 Journal, 1947-1975

Box 117 Folder 3 Journal, 1976-1977


Box 118 Folder 1 to 5 Bills, 1936-1940, (5 Folders)


Box 119 Folder 1 to 11 Bills, 1940-1946, (11 Folders)


Box 120 Folder 1 Insurance, 1939-1946

Box 120 Folder 2 to 7 Taxes, 1935-1946, (6 Folders)

Box 120 Folder 8 Resettlement Administration--Pamphlets and Speeches, 1938

Box 120 Folder 9 to 10 Bridgeman, 1935-1936, (2 Folders)

Subseries 7. Subject Files, 1938-1979

Correspondence and research on assorted subjects, including an inquiry into the state of the Latin American film industry, as well as correspondence with Hubert Humphrey, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Eugene McCarthy.


Box 121 Folder 1 American Airlines Film, 1948

Box 121 Folder 2 Air Transport Command, 1950

Box 121 Folder 3 Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai Brith, 1976

Box 121 Folder 4 Canadian Correspondence, 1977

Box 121 Folder 5 "Cable Car Concerto,", 1948

Box 121 Folder 6 China--Rural Reconstruction Commission, 1948-1951

Box 121 Folder 7 Civil Affairs Division, 1948

Box 121 Folder 8 China Film--National Archives and Records Service, 1976

Box 121 Folder 9 Columbia River, 1946-1949

Box 121 Folder 10 Compton's Encyclopedia, 1969

Box 121 Folder 11 Democratic Party Convention Platform, 1960

Box 121 Folder 12 Documentary Films, 1948

Box 121 Folder 13 D--Miscellaneous, 1950-1974

Box 121 Folder 14 F--Miscellaneous, 1949-1973

Box 121 Folder 15 Faubus--Ward, 1958

Box 121 Folder 16 Creekmore Fath, 1972

Box 121 Folder 17 Festival del Popoli, 1962

Box 121 Folder 18 Fight For Survival , 1957-1962


Box 122 Folder 1 Film Forum, 1971-1977

Box 122 Folder 2 "The Forty-Niner,", undated

Box 122 Folder 3 Franco-American Audio-Visual Distribution Center, 1948-1949

Box 122 Folder 4 G--Miscellaneous, 1949-1972

Box 122 Folder 5 Gamesmanship, 1949-1950

Box 122 Folder 6 "The Good Neighbor,", 1948

Box 122 Folder 7 Leo Goodman, 1965-1970

Box 122 Folder 8 Philip Graham, 1949-1953

Box 122 Folder 9 H--Miscellaneous, 1965-1971

Box 122 Folder 10 Harvard, 1974

Box 122 Folder 11 Hubert Humphrey, 1951-1959

Box 122 Folder 12 Interior Department, 1949

Box 122 Folder 13 J--Miscellaneous, 1949-1975

Box 122 Folder 14 Justice Robert Jackson, 1949

Box 122 Folder 15 K--Miscellaneous, 1954-1978

Box 122 Folder 16 L--Miscellaneous, 1948-1978

Box 122 Folder 17 The Land, 1951

Box 122 Folder 18 Russell Lee, 1965

Box 122 Folder 19 Libel Suits, 1978-1979

Box 122 Folder 20 Library of Congress, 1976-1977


Box 123 Folder 1 Liveright, 1972-1973

Box 123 Folder 2 Lewis and Clark, 1951

Box 123 Folder 3 Pare Lorentz--Personal Family, 1955-1970

Box 123 Folder 4 M--Miscellaneous, 1949-1971

Box 123 Folder 5 Mc-Mac General Miscellaneous, 1949-1967

Box 123 Folder 6 Eugene McCarthy, 1968

Box 123 Folder 7 Minimum Wages, 1962

Box 123 Folder 8 Missouri River Valley, 1948-1949

Box 123 Folder 9 Museum of Modern Art, 1948-1977

Box 123 Folder 10 to 11 Name, Age and Occupation , 1942-1977, (2 Folders)

Box 123 Folder 12 National Air and Space Museum, 1972

Box 123 Folder 13 National Archives Conference on the Use of Audiovisual Archives, 1972

Box 123 Folder 14 Lloyd Nosler, 1948-1953

Box 123 Folder 15 O--Miscellaneous, 1953-1969

Box 123 Folder 16 P--Miscellaneous, 1949-1977

Box 123 Folder 17 Pacific Cinematheque, 1977

Box 123 Folder 18 Promotion of Lorentz Films, 1951-1975

Box 123 Folder 19 R--Miscellaneous, 1950-1969

Box 123 Folder 20 RAI, 1977


Box 124 Folder 1 Report From the World, 1950

Box 124 Folder 2 "The Rural Co-Op,", 1947-1949

Box 124 Folder 3 S--Miscellaneous, 1948-1970

Box 124 Folder 4 San Francisco International Film Festival, 1962

Box 124 Folder 5 Wallace Stegner Correspondence, 1961

Box 124 Folder 6 State of New York Atomic Authority, 1960

Box 124 Folder 7 Alden Stevens, 1968

Box 124 Folder 8 T--Miscellaneous, 1949-1976

Box 124 Folder 9 Tennessee Valley Authority, 1959

Box 124 Folder 10 U--Miscellaneous, 1950-1963

Box 124 Folder 11 UAW--Reuther, 1949-1971

Box 124 Folder 12 United Nations, 1949-1955

Box 124 Folder 13 to 14 UN--Recommendation for a Comprehensive Motion Picture and TV Production Program,, 1953-1955, (2 Folders)

Box 124 Folder 15 University Film Producers Association, 1962

Box 124 Folder 16 Florida Lecture, 1977

Box 124 Folder 17 University of Georgia, 1977


Box 125 Folder 1 A. Geo. Volck, 1938-1940

Box 125 Folder 2 W--Miscellaneous, 1948-1972

Box 125 Folder 3 John Horace Wear, 1953

Box 125 Folder 4 R. Kenly Webster--Re: KDKA Lawsuit, 1977-1978

Box 125 Folder 5 West Virginia University, 1969-1977

Box 125 Folder 6 Woody Guthrie Inquiries, 1975-1976

Box 125 Folder 7 W.J. Weatherby, 1969-1972

Box 125 Folder 8 Ben Raeburn, 1955

Box 125 Folder 9 WGBH Boston, 1955-1961

Box 125 Folder 10 WGBH Program--Radiation and the Federal Responsibility, 1962

Box 125 Folder 11 WGBH China, 1965-1966

Box 125 Folder 12 XYZ--Miscellaneous, 1951-1976

Box 125 Folder 13 Irving Yergin, 1948-1954

Box 125 Folder 14 Miscellaneous, 1968-1969


Box 126 Latin American Film, 1938-1940

Box 126 Folder 1 Letters to Ambassadors, 1938

Box 126 Folder 2 American Republics Line, 1939

Box 126 Folder 3 Thurman Arnold, 1930s

Box 126 Folder 4 Budget, 1940

Box 126 Folder 5 Cine Columbia, 1939

Box 126 Folder 6 South America--Clippings, 1938

Box 126 Folder 7 George Gercke, 1938-1939

Box 126 Folder 8 Gercke Memo to Lorentz, 1939

Box 126 Folder 9 Pare Lorentz, 1938-1939

Box 126 Folder 10 March of Time, 1939

Box 126 Folder 11 Arch A. Mercey, 1938

Box 126 Folder 12 Movie Research Report, 1938

Box 126 Folder 13 Music Research Report, 1938

Box 126 Folder 14 Pan American Union, 1939

Box 126 Folder 15 President's Message, 1939

Box 126 Folder 16 Recommendations on Movies, 1930s

Box 126 Folder 17 Production Budget Confidential, 1938

Box 126 Folder 18 Research Notes General, 1939

Box 126 Folder 19 Arthur Rothstein, 1939

Box 126 Folder 20 Department of State, 1939

Box 126 Folder 21 Clarence Stein, 1938-1939

Box 126 Folder 22 Tomlinson Articles, 1938

Box 126 Folder 23 Treaty Information, 1938

Box 126 Folder 24 Visual Education, 1940

Box 126 Folder 25 Clarence Wagener, 1938

Box 126 Folder 26 Sumner Welles, 1938-1939

Box 126 Folder 27 Latin America, 1938

Series VII: U.S. Army Air Forces, 1941-1947

During World War II, Lorentz directed the Overseas Technical Unit, which was detailed to gather footage to help American pilots spot landmarks and airstrips around the world. This series has maps, correspondence, journals, and photographs. It also contains scripts from several of the briefing films that were produced as guides for different routes. Large format Air Corps photos depict Africa, Iran, Arabia, India, Morocco, Egypt, Libya, Iceland, Labrador, England, and Scotland. Others are in France or unidentified.


Box 127 Folder 1 Maps, 1943-1945


Box 128 Folder 1 Correspondence, 1943-1945

Box 128 Folder 2 to 11 Stills, 1943-1945, (10 Folders)

Box 128 Folder 12 Reports, 1944-1945


Box 129 Folder 1 Lloyd Nosler, 1942-1943

Box 129 Folder 2 Production No. 5 "Back of the Yards,", 1947

Box 129 Folder 3 Personal and OTU Commendations, 1943-1945

Box 129 Folder 4 Personnel Records, 1945

Box 129 Folder 5 OTU - Air Transport Command Motion Picture Section, 1945

Box 129 Folder 6 Pare Lorentz Duty Record, 1942-1945

Box 129 Folder 7 to 8 OTU Air Transport Command, 1943-1945, (2 Folders)

Box 129 Folder 9 Activities Reports, 1945


Box 130 Folder 1 to 6 Briefing Scripts, 1944-1945, (6 Folders)


Box 131 Folder 1 to 3 Briefing Scripts, 1944-1945, (3 Folders)

Box 131 Folder 4 to 8 Consolidated Report of Shipments, January-May 1945, (5 Folders)


Box 132 Folder 1 to 6 Consolidated Report of Shipments, June-November 1945, (6 Folders)

Box 132 Folder 7 Pathé News Feature Orders for O.T.U Script of Movie, 1945

Box 132 Folder 8 to 16 Consolidated Report of Shipments, April-December 1944, (8 Folders)


Box 133 Folder 1 Clippings, 1945

Box 133 Folder 2 Maps, 1940s

Box 133 Folder 3 to 6 Daily Journal, March 1943-June 1944, (4 Folders)


Box 134 Folder 1 to 5 Daily Journal, July 1944-September 1945, (5 Folders)


Box 135 Folder 1 Daily Journal, October 1945-January 1946

Box 135 Folder 2 Catalogue of Still Picture Captions Mission No. 5, 1944

Box 135 Folder 3 Book of photos, 1944-1945

Box 135 Folder 4 Secret History of "Snowball,", 1944

Box 135 Folder 5 4-A. China, 1944-1945

Box 135 Folder 6 ATC--General, 1944-1945

Box 135 Folder 7 Historical Section, 1944-1945


Box 136 Folder 1 Pan Am, 1944-1945

Box 136 Folder 2 3. Europe, 1944-1945

Box 136 Folder 3 Progress of War, 1944-1945

Box 136 Folder 4 4-B. Pacific Ocean, 1944-1945

Box 136 Folder 5 Maps: ATC Official, 1944-1945

Box 136 Folder 6 Magazine Material, 1944-1945

Box 136 Folder 7 Personal Narratives, 1941-1942

Box 136 Folder 8 Prewar Aviation, 1944-1945

Box 136 Folder 9 ATC Pilot Training Films List, 1944-1945

Box 136 Folder 10 Air Transport Command, 1944-1945

Box 136 Folder 11 Research Notes And Reports, 1944-1945

Box 136 Folder 12 ATC Research Material, 1944-1945

Box 136 Folder 13 History--Overseas Technical Unit, 1944-1945


Box 137 Folder 1 Summary of Operations of the Air Transport Command, 1944-1945

Box 137 Folder 2 ICAO Regional Manual--North Atlantic, 1944-1945

Box 137 Folder 3 to 4 Pare Lorentz--Personal File, 1943-1945, (2 Folders)

Box 137 Folder 5 History of the Air Corps Ferrying Command, 1944-1945


Box 138 Folder 1 Overseas Technical Unit Historical Research, 1944-1945

Box 138 Folder 2 ATC Stills, 1944-1945

Box 138 Folder 3 ATC Files, 1944-1945

Box 138 Folder 4 Weather and Radio, 1944-1945


Box 139 Folder 1 History of the Ferrying Command, 1941-1942

Box 139 Folder 2 Publicity Materials, 1944-1945

Box 139 Folder 3 Special Orders, 1944-1945

Box 139 Folder 4 Consolidated Report of Shipments, 1945

Box 139 Folder 5 Correspondence, 1944-1945

Box 139 Folder 6 Consolidated Activities Report, 1945

Box 139 Folder 7 Mission Maps, 1944-1945


Box 140 War Department Films, 1947

Box 140 Folder 1 "Back of the Yards,", 1947

Box 140 Folder 2 Film Memo, 1947

Box 140 Folder 3 Cleveland Trip, 1947

Box 140 Folder 4 Miscellaneous Film Shooting Scripts, 1947

Box 140 Folder 5 "New Mail,", 1947

Box 140 Folder 6 Julliard School Scenario, 1947

Box 140 Folder 7 Production No. 7 "Big Steel,", 1947

Box 140 Folder 8 Production No. 9 "The Columbian,", 1947

Box 140 Folder 9 Production No. 12 "The New South,", 1947

Box 140 Folder 10 Production No. 13 "Freedom of the Press,", 1947

Box 140 Folder 11 Production No. 50 "This Was America,", 1947

Box 140 Folder 12 Production No. 51 "Germany and the World Today,", 1947

Box 140 Folder 13 Rural Co-op Film, 1947


Box 141 Folder 1 to 4 Air Corps Photos, 1943, (4 Folders)


Box 142 Folder 1 to 4 Air Corps Photos, 1944-1945, (4 Folders)


Box 187 Folder 1-8 Air Corps Photos (162), 1943-1945

Karen Consolini worked for Pare and Elizabeth Lorentz as their private chef. She would help Lorentz and Tom Radko organize projects and files. These photographs were found by her daughter when looking through her mother's belongings.

Some of the photographs have Lorentz's handwriting and some have labels.

Gift of Marella Consolini, 2022

Series VIII: Atomic Power and Nuclear War, 1945-1982

This series contains files related to films and other work concerned with the issues of nuclear weaponry and atomic warfare.

Subseries 1. The Fight For Survival, 1949-1959

Research, drafts, and correspondence for an article Lorentz wrote for McCall's in 1957 are contained in these folders.


Box 143 Folder 1 United Nations Radiation Report, 1958

Box 143 Folder 2 to 5 The Fight For Survival Notebooks, 1956-1957, (3 Folders)

Box 143 Folder 6 Medical Correspondence, 1959


Box 144 Folder 1 Copyright, 1957

Box 144 Folder 2 to 4 Fallout Research, 1949-1959, (3 Folders)

Box 144 Folder 5 to 6 Correspondence and Clippings, 1954-1959, (2 Folders)

Box 144 Folder 7 to 8 Notes and Drafts, 1957, (2 Folders)

Box 144 Folder 9 Article in McCall's, 1957

Subseries 2. No Place To Hide, 1945-1950

Lorentz pictured this as a film about the dangers of the Hydrogen Bomb. "This is a motion picture," he explained, "that presents in dramatic form everything of importance concerning the atomic bomb and atomic energy that can be told the general public. It is not a scare movie, nor is it a propaganda film." After years spent trying to find funding, he had to abandon the project. The files contain correspondence, research, and screenplay drafts.


Box 145 Folder 1 Correspondence--Dr. David Bradley, 1948-1950

Box 145 Folder 2 Correspondence-Harold Young, 1945

Box 145 Folder 3 Correspondence-Miscellaneous, 1949-1950

Box 145 Folder 4 Contract--Atomic Energy Committee, 1948

Box 145 Folder 5 L.E. Brown and Co.--Contracts, 1949

Box 145 Folder 6 Estimated Production Costs, 1949-1950

Box 145 Folder 7 Original Outline, 1949-1950

Box 145 Folder 8 Clippings, 1949

Box 145 Folder 9 Suggestions, 1949-1950

Box 145 Folder 10 Final Corrections--Scientists, 1949

Box 145 Folder 11 to 12 Carbons, 1949-1950, (2 Folders)

Box 145 Folder 13 No Place To Hide , 1949-1950

Box 145 Folder 14 Drafts, 1949-1950

Box 145 Folder 15 My Brother's Keeper , 1949


Box 146 Folder 1 Atomic Research, 1948-1949

Box 146 Folder 2 to 3 Times Headlines Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs,, 1948-1949, (2 Folders)

Box 146 Folder 4 Atomic Energy, 1948-1949

Box 146 Folder 5 Bomb Bursts, 1948-1949

Box 146 Folder 6 D. Bradley--Notes, 1948-1949

Box 146 Folder 7 Clippings, 1948-1949

Box 146 Folder 8 to 9 William O. Douglas Speeches, 1948-1949, (2 Folders)

Box 146 Folder 10 E.W. Fager, 1948-1949

Box 146 Folder 11 Hydrogen Bomb and Miscellaneous, 1948-1949

Box 146 Folder 12 George C. Marshall, 1948-1949

Box 146 Folder 13 Men-Research N.P.T.H., 1948-1949

Box 146 Folder 14 Speeches, 1948-1949

Box 146 Folder 15 Edward Teller Site B, 1948-1949

Box 146 Folder 16 Harry Truman, 1949


Box 147 Folder 1 to 4 Bound Copies of Screenplay, 1949-1950, (4 Folders)

Box 147 Folder 5 No Place to Hide book by David Bradley,, 1948

Box 147 Folder 6 to 9 Screenplay Drafts, 1949, (4 Folders)

Box 147 Folder 10 Clippings, 1949

Box 147 Folder 11 Atomic Energy Commission Report, 1947-1948


Box 148 Folder 1 to 2 Screenplay Notes, 1949, (2 Folders)

Box 148 Folder 3 Research, 1949

Box 148 Folder 4 Loose Papers, 1949

Box 148 Folder 5 to 7 Screenplay Notes, 1949-1951, (3 Folders)

Box 148 Folder 8 Clippings, 1949

Box 148 Folder 9 Ninth Copy, 1949

Box 148 Folder 10 Tenth Copy, 1949

Box 148 Folder 11 First Draft, 1949


Box 149 Folder 1 to 2 Screenplay Drafts, 1949, (2 Folders)

Box 149 Folder 3 to 4 Treatment, 1949, (2 Folders)

Box 149 Folder 5 Research Materials, 1949

Subseries 3. Nuclear Energy Research, 1946-1982, undated

These papers contain correspondence, congressional reports, publications, conference notes, and government studies of nuclear fallout in Hiroshima and Nagisaki.

Box 149 Folder 6 Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1946


Box 150 Folder 1 Atoms For Peace, 1957

Box 150 Folder 2 Ralph Bunche, 1958

Box 150 Folder 3 Detroit Edison Reactor, 1957

Box 150 Folder 4 Robley D. Evans, 1948

Box 150 Folder 5 Leo Goodman (UAW), 1958

Box 150 Folder 6 to 7 International Conference on the Peaceful Use of Atomic Energy, 1951-1955, (2 Folders)

Box 150 Folder 8 Lorentz Notes, 1950s

Box 150 Folder 9 National Advisory Commission on Radiation, 1959

Box 150 Folder 10 Pacific Gas and Electric, 1969-1970

Box 150 Folder 11 The Quick and the Dead (NBC), 1950s

Box 150 Folder 12 Radiation: Fact and Controversy , 1962


Box 151 Folder 1 Radiation: Fact and Controversy , 1962

Box 151 Folder 2 Radiation Clips and Research, 1958-1962

Box 151 Folder 3 Radiation on Developing Organisms, 1957

Box 151 Folder 4 Walter Reuther, 1957

Box 151 Folder 5 Peace or Pestilience Proofs, 1950s

Box 151 Folder 6 Strauss and Libby Quotes, 1953

Box 151 Folder 7 to 8 UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Radiation, 1955-1958, (2 Folders)


Box 152 Folder 1 U.S. Atomic Energy Commission News Releases, 1946

Box 152 Folder 2 to 3 Research Publications, 1947-1958, (2 Folders)

Box 152 Folder 4 Waste Disposal Hearings, 1959

Box 152 Folder 5 Windscale Accident, 1957

Box 152 Folder 6 World Government, 1948

Box 152 Folder 7 1958

Box 152 Folder 8 to 9 Miscellaneous, undated, (2 Folders)

Box 152 Folder 10 Research, 1955-1956


Box 153 Folder 1 Research Materials, 1947-1957

Box 153 Folder 2 Leo Goodman Testimony at Euratom Symposium, 1961

Box 153 Folder 3 "The PRDC Reactor,", 1960s

Box 153 Folder 4 to 5 Congressional Testimony, 1950s, (2 Folders)

Box 153 Folder 6 "Revista Medica,", 1964

Box 153 Folder 7 Research Materials, 1948-1959


Box 154 Folder 1 Research Materials, 1946-1956

Box 154 Folder 2 to 3 Congressional Hearings, 1957, (2 Folders)

Box 154 Folder 4 to 6 Congressional Hearings, 1959, (3 Folders)


Box 155 Folder 1 to 2 Congressional Hearings, 1959, (2 Folders)

Box 155 Folder 3 to 4 Atomic Energy Commission Publications, 1957, (2 Folders)

Box 155 Folder 5 to 6 Atomic Energy Commission Clippings, 1955-1957, (2 Folders)


Box 156 Folder 1 to 2 Atomic Energy Commission Publications, 1957, (2 Folders)


Box 157 Folder 1 Atomic Energy Commission Publications, 1958

Box 157 Folder 2 Fight For Survival Draft, 1950s

Box 157 Folder 3 Nuclear Research, 1956-1971

Box 157 Folder 4 Second International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy,, 1958

Box 157 Folder 5 Research and Correspondence, 1955-1982

Box 157 Folder 6 Burlington Conference, 1958

Box 157 Folder 7 Atomic Energy Accidents, 1957-1958


Box 158 Folder 1 Leo Goodman Memos, 1963-1971

Box 158 Folder 2 United World Federalists--Atomic Energy Film, 1947-1951

Box 158 Folder 3 Fallout, 1955

Box 158 Folder 4 to 5 Research, 1955-1958, (2 Folders)

Box 158 Folder 6 Radioactive Isotopes in Physiology, 1955

Box 158 Folder 7 Euratom, 1964


Box 159 Folder 1 Hazards in the Industrial Environment, 1969-1970

Box 159 Folder 2 Atomic Research, 1950s

Box 159 Folder 3 Atomic Energy Commission, 1948

Series IX: McCall's, 1935-1941

Lorentz had a long-running collaboration with the editors at McCall's, having contributed film reviews to the magazine since the mid-1930s. In 1937, his lyrical essay about the flooding of the Mississippi – a piece of writing that eventually became the narration for The River – initially appeared there as a lead editorial. In the spring of 1941, he helped edit a series of special issues dedicated to questions of national defense. As usual, he was in stride with the needs of the administration in Washington, D.C., which was transitioning from domestic reforms to international preparedness.

Subseries 1. General Files, 1941

This subseries contains expense accounts, reader responses, reprint requests, and correspondence.


Box 160 Folder 1 to 6 Complimentary Copies, 1941 February-July, (6 Folders)

Box 160 Folder 7 Reprint List, 1941

Box 160 Folder 8 Manuscripts, Unsolicited, 1941

Box 160 Folder 9 Production Schedules, 1941

Box 160 Folder 10 to 14 Reader Response (5 of 7 Folders), 1941 February-July


Box 161 Folder 1 to 2 Reader Response (2 of 7 Folders), 1941 February-July

Box 161 Folder 3 Releases--Photographs, 1941

Box 161 Folder 4 Requisitions for Supplies, 1941

Box 161 Folder 5 Requests for Research Materials, 1941

Box 161 Folder 6 Telegrams, 1941

Box 161 Folder 7 to 28 Expense Accounts, 1941, (22 Folders)

Box 161 Folder 29 to 38 Travel, 1941, (10 Folders)

Box 161 Folder 39 to 59 Individuals, 1941, (21 Folders)


Box 162 Folder 1 to 23 Personnel, 1941, (23 Folders)

Subseries 2. Magazine Articles, 1941

. Drafts and clippings of articles inMcCall's,mostly related to homefront issues in the lead up to the war, are held in these folders.

Box 162 Folder 24 General, 1941

Box 162 Folder 25 Daniels--"Home Guard", 1941

Box 162 Folder 26 Copy--Articles, 1941

Box 162 Folder 27 Copy--Art Work, 1941

Box 162 Folder 28 Ideas--National Defense, 1941

Box 162 Folder 29 Lorentz--"Defense", 1941

Box 162 Folder 30 Davis--"Women in the War", 1941

Box 162 Folder 31 Taylor--"Credo Of An American Child", 1941


Box 163 Folder 1 to 2 Daniels, "Boomtown,", 1941, (2 Folders)

Box 163 Folder 3 Captions--"Boomtown,", 1941

Box 163 Folder 4 Nickerson, "Fighting Forces,", 1941

Box 163 Folder 5 Taylor, "Children On Wheels,", 1941

Box 163 Folder 6 Burlingame, "Industrial Story,", 1941


Box 164 Folder 1 Burlingame--"Industrial Story", 1941

Box 164 Folder 2 Davis--"Women They Left Behind Them", 1941

Box 164 Folder 3 Captions--"Valley of Steel", 1941

Box 164 Folder 4 Caldwell--"Flight From the Land", 1941

Box 164 Folder 5 Bradford--"God in America", 1941

Box 164 Folder 6 "Children On the Land", 1941

Box 164 Folder 7 Liebling--"Propaganda Story", 1941


Box 165 Folder 1 Bemelmans--"Panama", 1941

Box 165 Folder 2 Langeweische--"Youth in the Air", 1941

Box 165 Folder 3 Walker--"Youth Training", 1941

Box 165 Folder 4 Wiese and Taylor--"Youth Conferences, 1941

Box 165 Folder 5 Youth--June, 1941

Box 165 Folder 6 Winslow--"Sixth Column of Disease", 1941

Box 165 Folder 7 "Army Questionnaire", 1941

Box 165 Folder 8 Bemelmans--"The Caribbean", 1941

Box 165 Folder 9 "A Day in the Life of a Squad", 1941

Box 165 Folder 10 Lorentz--"The Army and the People", 1941

Box 165 Folder 11 Nickerson--"Where Do We Go From Here?", 1941

Box 165 Folder 12 "One Year of Defense", 1941

Box 165 Folder 13 Reader Letters, 1941

Subseries 3. Research, 1935-1941

This subseries contains sources and background information for magazine articles.

Box 165 Folder 14 to 15 Research Files, 1940-1941, (2 Folders)


Box 166 Folder 1 to 15 Research Files, 1939-1941, (15 Folders)

Box 166 Folder 16 to 25 Research Sources, 1935-1940, (10 Folders)


Box 167 Folder 1 to 9 Research Sources, 1935-1940, (9 Folders)

Subseries 4. Articles by Pare Lorentz, 1936-1941

This subseries contains copy material from Lorentz's own journalistic works.

Box 167 Folder 10 to 10 Copy Material, 1936-1937, (2 Folders)


Box 168 Folder 1 to 4 Copy Material, 1938-1941, (4 Folders)

Box 168 Folder 5 Miscellaneous Articles, undated

Box 168 Folder 6 National Defense Section, 1941

Subseries 5. McCall's Issues and Bound Volumes,, 1936-1941

Volumes of the magazine, flagged occasionally to mark Lorentz's articles, are contained in this subseries.


Box 169 Folder 1 to 3 Bound Volumes, 1936-1937, (3 Folders)


Box 170 Folder 1 to 7 McCall's Issues, 1941, (7 Folders)

Series X: General, 1914-1994, undated

This series contains other materials, including personal correspondence, files, and records spanning Lorentz's entire career.

Subseries 1. Correspondence, 1914-1990, undated

. There is some correspondence here between Lorentz and Jogn Steinbeck, as well as material related to Lorentz's chapter on his relationship with Steinbeck for his autobiography, FDR's Moviemaker. Letters between Lorentz and Elizabeth Meyer, his second wife, appear here. The Frederic Delano folders contain correspondence between Delano – uncle to the President – and his acquaintances, not with Lorentz himself.

John Steinbeck


Box 171 Folder 1 John Steinbeck, 1938-1941

Box 171 Folder 2 Re: John Steinbeck, 1983-1990

Box 171 Folder 3 to 4 Drafts--"John Steinbeck, A Working Friendship: 1938-1942", undated, (2 Folders)

Box 171 Folder 5 FDR's Moviemaker , undated


Box 17 Folder 2 Press Materials For Steinbeck Films, 1950-1952


Box 172 Folder 1 to 13 Elizabeth Meyer, 1941-1953, undated, (13 Folders)

Frederic A. Delano, 1914-1939


Box 173 Folder 1 New York City--Board of Estimate--Committee on the City Plan Report,, 1914

Box 173 Folder 2 November 1920

Box 173 Folder 3 1921

Box 173 Folder 4 to 11 1922, (8 Folders)

Box 173 Folder 12 to 19 1923, (8 Folders)


Box 174 Folder 1 to 7 1924, (7 Folders)

Box 174 Folder 8 to 17 1925, (10 Folders)

Box 174 Folder 18 to 23 1926, (6 Folders)


Box 175 Folder 1 to 9 1927, (9 Folders)

Box 175 Folder 10 to 19 1928, (10 Folders)

Box 175 Folder 20 to 28 1929, (9 Folders)


Box 176 Folder 1 to 8 1930, (8 Folders)

Box 176 Folder 9 to 13 1931, (5 Folders)

Box 176 Folder 14 to 17 1932, (4 Folders)

Box 176 Folder 18 1933

Box 176 Folder 19 1934

Box 176 Folder 20 1935-1936

Box 176 Folder 21 1939

Subseries 2. KDKA Suit, 1942-1983

In 1977, Radio Station KDKA in Pittsburgh broadcast an interview with a man who claimed to have been an undercover FBI-agent during the New Deal. This agent, who referred to himself as "Dominic," named Lorentz as a Communist. Lorentz sued the station. During the trial it was revealed that "Dominic" was in fact Joseph Mazzei, a man with a "criminal record" and a history of perjury, whom the U.S. Supreme Court had already diagnosed with a "pathological condition." Westinghouse, KDKA's parent company sent Lorentz a check for $25,000 and a written apology, acknowledging "the distinguished list of your lifetime accomplishments which clearly demonstrates your outstanding record as an American citizen." Contains trial transcripts, court records, and correspondence.


Box 177 Folder 1 Trial Materials, 1953-1978

Box 177 Folder 2 Legal Correspondence, 1978-1979

Box 177 Folder 3 KDKA Legal, 1977-1979

Box 177 Folder 4 KDKA Pittsburgh, 1977-1979

Box 177 Folder 5 Misc. Notes Re: KDKA, 1977-1979

Box 177 Folder 6 to 7 Background, 1977-1979, (2 Folders)

Box 177 Folder 8 William Donovan, 1977-1979

Box 177 Folder 9 Credits, 1977-1979

Box 177 Folder 10 Notes Regarding Article, 1977-1979

Box 177 Folder 11 Expenses, 1977-1979

Box 177 Folder 12 KDKA--Money, 1977-1979

Box 177 Folder 13 Rose Schmidt Dixon Hasley and White, 1977-1979

Box 177 Folder 14 Court Dismissal Documents, 1977-1979

Box 177 Folder 15 Personal Letters, 1977-1979

Box 177 Folder 16 KDKA, 1977-1979

Box 177 Folder 17 RKO Law Suit, 1941-1948

Box 177 Folder 18 KDKA, 1977-1979


Box 178 Folder 1 Trial Documents, 1979

Box 178 Folder 2 Pare Lorentz Affidavit, 1979

Box 178 Folder 3 to 4 Pare Lorentz Deposition, 1978, (2 Folders)

Box 178 Folder 5 Kennedy Webster and Gardner, 1977-1983

Box 178 Folder 6 Radio Show Transcript, 1977-1978


Box 179 Folder 1 Transcript of Show, 1977

Box 179 Folder 2 Motion for Summary Judgment, 1978

Box 179 Folder 3 PL Affidavit, 1978

Box 179 Folder 4 FBI Report, 1977-1979

Box 179 Folder 5 Supreme Court Decision, 1956

Box 179 Folder 6 Pre-Trial Narrative, 1978

Box 179 Folder 7 Plaintiff's Rebuttal, 1979

Box 179 Folder 8 to 10 Law Suit RKO, 1942-1947, (3 Folders)

Subseries 3. Conferences--Ceremonies--Presentations, 1944-1994

This subseries contains papers and correspondence related to various public events, including "The Conference that Never Was Held." A planned international summit to discuss global issues that was cancelled after President Roosevelt died. Fifty years later it finally occurred as the Rio conference.


Box 180 Folder 1 Suffield Connecticut Writers Conference, 1972

Point Four Program and Conference, 1948-1952

Box 180 Folder 2 Correspondence, 1948-1951

Box 180 Folder 3 Conference Meeting, 1952

Box 180 Folder 4 Conference Publications, 1952

Box 180 Folder 5 Conference Notes, 1952

The Conference that Never was Held, 1944-1994

Box 180 Folder 6 Correspondence and Research, 1944-1994 (1 of 4 Folders), 1944-1994


Box 181 Folder 1 to 3 Correspondence and Research, 1944-1994 (3 of 4 Folders), 1944-1994

Box 181 Folder 4 to 5 Correspondence with Adlai Stevension, 1957, (2 Folders)

Box 181 Folder 6 Speech Notes, 1972

Box 181 Folder 7 Presentation at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 1971

Box 181 Folder 8 Dedication of Pare Lorentz Room at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 1974

Box 181 Folder 9 Department of Agriculture AWARD, 1963


Box 182 Folder 1 West Virginia Wesleyan, 1972

Box 182 Folder 2 American School England, 1960

Subseries 4. Writings about Pare Lorentz, 1965-1979

Includes several dissertations and masters theses on Lorentz, including the various works by Robert Snyder. Also located here is an oral history interview from the 1970s, and Lest We Forget a genealogical pamphlet written by Lorentz's "aunt" Bess. Some letters are from fifth graders who wrote Lorentz to tell them how much they enjoyed a classroom viewing ofThe River.

Box 182 Folder 3 A History of the Early Productions of Pare Lorentz and the U.S. Film Service 1935-1940 by Robert L. Snyder, 1965, 1935-1940, 1965

Box 182 Folder 4 Final Chapter of Snyder Dissertation, 1965

Box 182 Folder 5 to 6 Films of Merit by Robert Snyder, 1965, (2 Folders)


Box 183 Folder 1 Letters to Pare Lorentz Commenting on Snyder Dissertation, 1968

Box 183 Folder 2 The Early Productions of Pare Lorentz by Robert Snyder,, 1965

Box 183 Folder 3 An Analysis of the Visual Portion of the U.S. Documentary Film The River by William Fleming, 1966

Box 183 Folder 4 The Contextual and Stylistic Relations in the River: A Pare Lorentz Film by Ferne Liverance Galantai, 1979

Box 183 Folder 5 A Critical Study of The River by Sister Paula Reiten,, 1970


Box 184 Folder 1 Lest We Forget by Bess Lorentz Wade, 1968

Box 184 Folder 2 Conversations with Pare Lorentz, 1976


Box 17 Folder 1 West Virginia Hillbilly , 1979

Subseries 5. The Days of F. D. R., 1942-1978

. This subseries contains notes and accounting records related to a proposed project to trace Franklin Roosevelt's daily movements over the course of his presidency.


Box 184 Folder 3 FDR Day By Day, 1942-1943

Box 184 Folder 4 to 5 Cost Information Concerning The Days of Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Chronicle,, 1948-1978, (2 Folders)

Box 184 Folder 6 to 7 Accounting Information, 1947-1978, (2 Folders)


Box 185 Folder 1 Audit, 1978

Box 185 Folder 2 Roosevelt Book, 1977-1978

Subseries 6. General, 1941-1974

These records include a screenplay for the film,Citizen Kane.

Box 185 Folder 3 Screenplay for Citizen Kane, 1941

Box 185 Folder 4 Paul Strand, 1974

Series XI: Digitized Negatives, 1930s, undated

This series contains digitized images of negatives from the 1930s. Many are frames from Lorentz' movies, including the famous "Day Walk/Night Walk" sequences from Fight For Life. Others are still photos taken on set. Some were originally stills taken by photographers from the Farm Security Administration, the Resettlement Administration, and the U.S. Film Service.

Digitized Negatives- Access in Repository