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Reminiscences of Erik Barnouw, 1975.

Creator: Barnouw, Erik, 1908-2001
Project: Individual interviews oral history collection.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript 280 pages Sound recording 4 reels
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Scope and Contents

Childhood, The Hague and New York City; Princeton, 1929; career in radio, 1930s and 40s; advertising, directing, writing for networks, government, and independent producers; establishment of Columbia University's Department of Radio and Television, 1946; editor, Center for Mass Communication, Columbia University Press, 1948; film and television productions; writing a history of film industry, India, 1963; blacklisting in the 1950s; censorship; writers unions: Authors' League, Radio Writers Guild, Authors Guild, Writers Guild of America

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