Society for Cinema Studies (SCS) records M1210

Benjamin Morse, updated by Alyssa Tou
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
2008; updated 2023
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu


Language of Material: English
Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Society for Cinema Studies records
Creator: Society for Cinema Studies
Identifier/Call Number: M1210
Identifier/Call Number: 1817
Physical Description: 16 Linear Feet 8 shipping boxes, 1 flat folder of records, publications, correspondence, subject files generated by the Society for Cinema Studies
Date (inclusive): 1957-2000
Abstract: Contains organizational records, correspondence, and publications generated by the Society from 1957 through 2000.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Materials must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Conditions Governing Use

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Society for Cinema Studies records (M1210). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, California.

Scope and Contents

The Records of the Society for Cinema Studies, 1957-2000 contains correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, audio cassette tapes, 5.5 inch floppy disks and financial records.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Cinema

 

Accession 2001-091

Box 1, folder 1

SCS Constitution 1975 - 1976

Box 1, folder 2

SCS Ballots On Constitution Amendments 1978

Box 1, folder 3

SCS Council Correspondence 1975

Box 1, folder 4

Society of Cinematographers: SCS Forms and Journal 1975

Box 1, folder 5-7

Society of Cinematographers Newsletters, Constitution, Membership Lists and Correspondence 1964 - 1969

Box 1, folder 8

SCS: Council Correspondence Before 1975

Box 2, folder 1

SOC Correspondence and News Clippings 1960 - 1961

Box 2, folder 2

UCLA Letter from Kenneth MacGowan and Correspondence December 27, 1962 - January 4, 1963

Box 2, folder 3

SOC Correspondence and News Clippings 1957 - 1959

Box 2, folder 4

Miscellaneous Meeting Papers 1966 - 1967

Box 2, folder 5

SOC Correspondence - Old 1964

Box 2, folder 6

Correspondence Colin Young 1961 - 1963

Box 2, folder 7

Correspondence James Card 1960 - 1961

Box 2, folder 8

Correspondence Nomenclature Committee 1961 - 1963

Box 2, folder 9

SOC 1960 Minnesota, George Amberg Correspondence

Box 2, folder 10

Correspondence 1966

Box 2, folder 11

Robert Steele Papers 1965-1966

Box 2, folder 12

Society of Cinematologists Newsletter 1965-1967

Box 2, folder 13

Robert Steele's President's Report 1966

Box 2, folder 14

SOC: F. Flaherty as Honorary Member 1964

Box 3, folder 1

Centre International De Liaison Des Ecoles De Cinema Et De Televisión (CILECT) and Other Correspondence 1962 - 1964

Box 3, folder 2

Society For Cinema Studies Constitution 1975

Box 3, folder 3

Society For Cinema Studies Official Ballot 1975

Box 3, folder 4

SCS Newsletter 1967

Box 3, folder 5

SCS Various Records 1970 - 1974: Ballots, Treasurer's Reports

Box 3, folder 6

Treasurer's Report 1968 - 1969

Box 3, folder 7

Society Of Cinematologists Records 1960

Box 3, folder 8

Society Of Cinematologists Records 1961

Box 3, folder 9

Film Quarterly Review Of Journal 1963

Box 3, folder 10

Mutiny Society 1963

Box 3, folder 11

Society Of Cinematologists - Richard Griffith Financial Records 1961-1963

Box 3, folder 12

SOC: Bank Statements Cancelled Checks 1962-1963

Box 3, folder 13

SOC: Paid Receipts 1962 - 1963

Box 3, folder 14

SOC: "Of, From, And By" 1963

Box 3, folder 15

SOC: Boston Meetings Correspondence 1963

Box 3, folder 16

President Reports 1964 - 1966

Box 3, folder 17

Iowa Meetings 1964

Box 3, folder 18

Correspondence 1964

Box 4, folder 1

SOC: Correspondence 1965

Box 4, folder 2

Centre International De Liaison Des Ecoles De Cinema Et De Televisión CILECT (Fielding) 1971 - 1974

Box 4, folder 3

Elections (Fielding) 1973-1974

Box 4, folder 4

Treasurer's Report and Correspondence (Fielding) 1972 - 1974

Box 4, folder 5

Fielding Miscellaneous 1972 - 1974

Box 4, folder 6

Communication With Membership 1968 - 1971

Box 4, folder 7

Constitution

Box 4, folder 8

Internal Correspondence (1 of 2) 1969 - 1972

Box 4, folder 9

Internal Correspondence (2 of 2) 1969 - 1973

Box 5, folder 1

Correspondence From Members A-L to 4/11/1982 (1 of 3) 1982

Box 5, folder 2

Correspondence From Members A-L to 4/11/1982 (2 of 3) 1983

Box 5, folder 3

Correspondence From Members A-L to 4/11/1982 (3 of 3) 1984

Box 5, folder 4-5

Correspondence With Member 1982 - 1983 Alphabetical 1982 - 1983

Box 6, folder 1

Cinema Journal: Correspondence And Financial Statements 1974 – 1979

Box 6, folder 2-4

Correspondence From Members M-Z to 4/15/1982 1982

Box 6, folder 5

SCS Students Award Certificates (Duplicates) 1973, 1974

Box 6, folder 6

Ray Fielding Correspondence 1971 - 1973

Box 6, folder 7

Jack C. Ellis Correspondence 1970 - 1972

Box 6, folder 8

George Amberg Correspondence 1969 - 1970

Box 6, folder 9

John B. Kuiper Correspondence 1967 - 1968

Box 6, folder 10

Robert Steele Correspondence 1964

Box 6, folder 11

Communication With SCS Members Newsletters (Fielding) 1972 - 1973

Box 6, folder 12

Correspondence Regarding SCS Journal (Cinema Studies) 1972 - 1974 [Fielding]

Box 6, folder 13

Correspondence SOC 1962 Awards

Box 7, folder 1

Correspondence Richard Rosenthal 1963 - 1966

Box 7, folder 2

Correspondence William Sloan And Robert Steele on Rosenthal Scripts

Box 7, folder 3

Membership Correspondence 1964 - 1966

Box 7, folder 4

SOC Journal Saturday Review Inquiry 1965

Box 7, folder 5

Correspondence, External 1968-1972

Box 7, folder 6

Cinema Journal Production Reports and Notes 1968 - 1970 (Amberg)

Box 7, folder 7

Communication With Council Of SCS 1970 - 1971 (Ellis)

Box 7, folder 8

Treasurer's Reports 1970 - 1972 (W.H. Stainton)

Box 7, folder 9

SOC Constitution 1963

Box 7, folder 10

Check Book Steele Treasurer 1961

Box 7, folder 11

Correspondence Rosenthal Awards Committee 1961 - 1962

Box 7, folder 12

Tom Gunning Papers 1991

Box 8, folder 1-3

SCS Executive Council 1991 - 1992

Box 8, folder 4-6

SCS General Correspondence 1984 - 1987

Box 8, folder 7

Afterimage May 1984

Box 9, folder 1

SCS Newsletter, Correspondence Dues Receipt

Box 9, folder 2-3

SCS Cinema Journal Photocopies of Indexes 1966 - 1986 (1 of 2)

Box 9, folder 4

Membership Mailings 1984 - 1988

Box 9, folder 5

Executive Council Meeting Minutes 1986 - 1987

Box 9, folder 6

Manuel Alvarado - BFI 1992 - 1993

Box 9, folder 7

Correspondence John D. And Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation 1993

Box 9, folder 8

SCS Joint Member Election 1995

Box 9, folder 9

SCS Caucuses 1993

Box 10, folder 1

University of Texas Press - Cinema Journal 1994

Box 10, folder 2

Assessment of Arts Education (Wexman) 1993

Box 10, folder 3-4

SCS Cinema Journal Publisher 1991 - 1993

Box 10, folder 5

SCS Book and Essay Awards 1996

Box 10, folder 6

Articles on Profession Ethics For SCS Meeting 1994

Box 10, folder 7

Executive Council Meeting Minutes And Membership Applications From The Office Of David Desser 1979, 1988, 1989

Box 10, folder 8

SCS Committee Assignments 1992 - 1994

Box 10, folder 9

Materials And Minutes From SOC Executive Council Meeting 1990

Box 10, folder 10

SOC Miscellaneous Financial Records 1977 - 1984

Box 11, folder 1

Society For Cinema Studies T. Lyons John Howard Lawson Memorial Grant 1977 - 1983

Box 11, folder 2-4

Society For Cinema Studies T. Lyons Correspondence 1970 - 1981

Box 11, folder 5

Bank Statements 1978-1979

Box 11, folder 6

Society For Cinema Studies (T. Lyons) Cinema Journal Correspondence 1975 - 1981

Box 11, folder 7

SCS Executive Council Meetings 1991

Box 11, folder 8

SOC Correspondence 1966 - 1968 (Robert Steele)

Box 11, folder 9

Donald Staples Radio/TV/Film

Box 12, folder 1

SCS Treasurer Reports 1970-1979

Box 12, folder 2

SCS Correspondence Vivian Sobchack 1976 - 1978

Box 12, folder 3

SCS Finances & Checkbook (Vivian Sobchack) 1978 - 1980

Box 12, folder 4

SCS 1977 - 1978 Dues (Vivian Sobchack)

Box 12, folder 5

"Unfinished Business" 1979 (Vivian Sobchack)

Box 12, folder 6

Executive Council 1977 - 1978

Box 12, folder 7

SCS Dues & Finance Notebook (Don Fredericksen, Treasurer) 1976 - 1981

Box 12, folder 8-9

Correspondence Timothy Lyons 1970 - 1978

Box 12, folder 10

Committee On Status Of Women 1984 (V. Sobchack)

Box 12, folder 11

Cinema Journal Survey 1986

Box 12, folder 12

Special Interest Groups & International Concerns 1985 - 1986

Box 13, folder 1

American Council Of Learned Societies 1986 - 1987 (Sobchack)

Box 13, folder 2

"Committees" (Except Publication and Preservation Archive) 1983 - 1985

Box 13, folder 3

American Association Of University Professors 1990

Box 13, folder 4

SCS Memorial Event/Exhibit 1988 (Richard Abel)

Box 13, folder 5

SCS Plenary Session 1985

Box 13, folder 6

SCS Business 1985

Box 13, folder 7

Fall Business Meeting 1986

Box 13, folder 8

Miscellaneous Presidential Correspondence & Drafts of Newsletters 1967 - 2001 [Don Staples?]

Box 13, folder 9

SCS Don Staples Papers

Box 13, folder 10

SCS Bylaws Amendment Ballots February 2, 1984

Box 14, folder 1-7

Correspondence Dan Leab 1980 - 1984 (1-7 of 12)

Box 15, folder 1-5

Correspondence Dan Leab 1980 - 1984 (8-12 of 12)

Box 15, folder 6

SCS Executive Council And Documents 1967 - 1983 (Dan Leab) (1 of 2)

Box 15, folder 7

SCS Executive Council And Documents 1967 - 1983 (Dan Leab) (2 of 2)

Box 16, folder 1

Floppy Diskettes (5 1/2"): File Express Data Disk; File Express Working Disks 1 & 2; SCS Membership (File Express 4.0) May 8, 1990

Box 16, folder 2

Miscellaneous Correspondence 1979 - 1981

Box 16, folder 3

File Express Software and Manual

Box 16, folder 4

SCS Newsletter Volume 1 #1 January 1976

Box 17, folder 1

SOC Membership Lists 1960 - 1962

Box 17, folder 2-3

SCS Membership Ballots 1973 - 1976

Box 17, folder 4

SCS: Membership List 1973 - 1975

Box 17, folder 5

SCS Membership 1974-1975

Box 17, folder 6

Membership Lists (Fielding) 1968 - 1974

Box 17, folder 7

Membership Lists, Applications and Forms 1969 - 1972

Box 17, folder 8

Listing Of Officers 1967 - 1970

Box 17, folder 9

Vitaes and Applications For Membership in SCS (Fielding)

Box 17, folder 10

Membership Lists And Addresses 1961 - 1969

Box 17, folder 11

New Membership Forms And Status Changes 1977 - 1980

Box 18, folder 1-2

Membership Applications 1975 - 1980

Box 18, folder 3

SCS Membership Applications 1987 - 1988

Box 18, folder 4

SCS Membership Lists & Cinema Journal Subscriptions 1971 - 1987

Box 18, folder 5

SCS Master Membership List 1988

Box 18, folder 6

Membership Applications 1988 - 1990 (1 of 2)

Box 19, folder 1

Membership Applications 1988 - 1990 (2 of 2)

Box 19, folder 2-6

Membership Applications 1970 - 1979 (1-5 of 13)

Box 20, folder 1-5

Membership Applications 1970 - 1979 (6-10 of 13)

Box 21, folder 1-3

Membership Applications 1970 - 1979 (11-13 of 13)

Box 21, folder 4-5

Membership Applications 1985 - 1987

Box 21, folder 6-7

Membership Applications, Fact Sheets and Lists 1977 - 1978

Box 22, folder 1-3

Article Submissions 1977

Box 22, folder 4

SCS Article Submissions 1977

Box 22, folder 5-6

SCS Annual Conference Submissions 1992

Box 22, folder 7

General Topics Committee Open Call 1992 (1 of 2)

Box 23, folder 1

Index Cards: Members

Box 23, folder 2

Index Cards: Mail in Vote on SCS Constitutional Amendment

Box 24, folder 1

General Topics Committee Open Call 1992 (2 of 2)

Box 24, folder 2-3

General Topics Submissions For SCS Conference 1992

Box 24, folder 4

Cinema Journal Editorship Search - Reviews of Submitted Essays 1994 - 1997

Box 24, folder 5

SCS Annual Meeting 1975

Box 24, folder 6-7

SCS: Annual Meeting 1976

Box 24, folder 8

SCS Conference Packet 1996 Donald Staples

Box 24, folder 9

SCS Annual Meeting 1975 Audio Tapes (2)

Box 25, folder 1

SOC / NYU Meeting 1960

Box 25, folder 2

Annual Meeting And Correspondence With NYU 1962

Box 25, folder 3

Program Annual Meeting and Reports 1965

Box 25, folder 4

SOC: Annual Business Meeting 1966

Box 25, folder 5

Notes From Meetings 1967 - 1970

Box 25, folder 6

Notes From Meetings 1967 - 1970: Photographs

Box 25, folder 7

SCS Annual Meeting Reports and Minutes 1971

Box 25, folder 8

SCS Conference And Annual Meetings (Fielding) 1971 - 1973

Box 25, folder 9

SCS Annual Meeting Reports and Minutes 1972

Box 25, folder 10

SCS: Annual Meeting 1972

Box 25, folder 11

SCS: Annual Meeting 1973

Box 25, folder 12

SCS: Annual Meeting 1974

Box 25, folder 13

SCS Meeting Notes 1974 - 1977

Box 25, folder 14

SCS Annual Meeting Reports and Minutes 1975

Box 25, folder 15

SCS Conference 1976

Box 25, folder 16

SCS Annual Meeting 1977; SCS Constitution 1976

Box 25, folder 17

SCS Annual Meeting Reports And Minutes 1978

Box 25, folder 18

SCS Annual Conference Packet Philadelphia 1978 (Vivian Sobchack)

Box 25, folder 19

SCS 1997 Annual Conference Packet (Alfred Hurley)

Box 26, folder 1

SCS: 26th Annual Meeting Program and Ephemera 4/6/1986

Box 26, folder 2

SCS Conference 1986 Preparation

Box 26, folder 3

SCS Conference 1986

Box 26, folder 4

Conference Survey Suggestions 1986

Box 26, folder 5

Conference Program Committee Materials & Correspondence 1986 - 1987

Box 26, folder 6

SCS Conference Proposals 1987 (1 of 2)

Box 26, folder 7

SCS Conference Proposals 1987 (2 of 2)

Box 26, folder 8

SCS Conference Montreal 1987

Box 26, folder 9

SCS Conference Program Committee Report 1987

Box 26, folder 10

SCS 1992 Conference "Chaired Panels" Proposals (1 of 3)

Box 27, folder 1

SCS 1992 Conference "Chaired Panels" Proposals (2 of 3)

Box 27, folder 2

SCS 1992 Conference "Chaired Panels" Proposals (3 of 3)

Box 27, folder 3

SCS - New Orleans Annual Meeting 1993

Box 27, folder 4

SCS Annual Conference and APAC 1993

Box 27, folder 5

Proclamation and Program SCS Conference 1994

Box 27, folder 6

SCS Annual Conference Dallas 1997 Packet and Don Staples Correspondence 1996

Box 27, folder 7-9

SCS Annual Conference Programs 1960 - 1997

Box 27, folder 10

SCS Conference Programs 1999 - 2000

Box 28, folder 1

City of New Orleans Proclamation "Society for Cinema Studies Conference Days" February 11, 1993

Box 28, folder 2

City of New Orleans Proclamation "Society for Cinema Studies Conference Week" April 3, 1986

Box 28, folder 3

Office of the Mayor/City of Dallas Proclamation "Society for Cinema Studies Conference Week" March 7 - 10, 1996

 

Accession 2002-206. Richard Abel's papers

Box 29, folder 1

SCS Executive Council 1989 Fall

Box 29, folder 2

SCS Executive Council 1990

Box 29, folder 3

SCS Executive Council 1990 Fall

Box 29, folder 4

SCS Executive Council 1991-1992

Box 29, folder 5

SCS Executive Council 1991 Spring

Box 29, folder 6

ACLS and Humanities Fellowships

Box 29, folder 7

SCS for ACLS

Box 29, folder 8

ACLS meeting 1990

Box 29, folder 9

ACLS 1990

Box 29, folder 10

ACLS Spring 1991

Box 29, folder 11-12

ACLS meeting 1991-1992

Box 30, folder 1

ACLS Spring 1992

Box 30, folder 2

ACLS meeting 1992

Box 30, folder 3

ACLS constitution, reports, directory

Box 30, folder 4

SCS correspondence 1990

Box 30, folder 5

SCS Task force on Race 1991

Box 30, folder 6

SCS President Spring 1985

Box 30, folder 7

SCS conferences 1976-1977

Box 30, folder 8

SCS conference info

Box 30, folder 9-10

SCS conference 1985

Box 30, folder 11-12

SCS conference 1986

Box 31, folder 1-2

SCS conference 1987

Box 31, folder 3

SCS conference 1988

Box 31, folder 4

1993 SCS conference

Box 31, folder 5

SCS conflict of interest 1986

Box 31, folder 6

SCS meeting agendas/minutes 1983-1987

Box 31, folder 7

SCS letters 1983-1985

Box 31, folder 8

SCS history

Box 31, folder 9

Job Bank/career

Box 31, folder 10

AFI matters

Box 31, folder 11

UFVA accreditation

Box 31, folder 12

NAMAC materials

Box 31, folder 13

Cinema Journal search

Box 31, folder 14

Cinema Journal deal

Box 31, folder 15

Cinema Journal correspondence

Box 31, folder 16

NYU symposium 1985

Box 31, folder 17

National Gallery of Art

Box 31, folder 18

American Historical Association conference (Richard Abel presenting) 1990

Box 31, folder 19

miscellaneous stuff