Inventory of the Saul Landau papers

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Title: Saul Landau papers
Date (inclusive): 1969-2000
Collection Number: 2001C54
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 2 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 motion picture film reel (1.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Interview transcripts, correspondence, sound recording, videotape cassettes, and motion picture film reels, relating to political conditions and revolutionary movements in Latin America.
Creator: Landau, Saul
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2001.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Saul Landau papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

Saul Landau, an internationally-known American scholar, author, commentator, and filmmaker, has focused on foreign and domestic policy issues. Landau produced more than forty films on social, political and historical issues, and worldwide human rights.

Scope and Content of Collection

Interview transcripts, correspondence, sound recording, videotape cassettes, and motion picture film reels, relating to political conditions and revolutionary movements in Latin America.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Audiotapes
Video tapes
Motion pictures
Latin America -- Politics and government
Radicalism -- Latin America

 

Videotapes and films 1969-2000

Scope and Contents note

Mainly VHS tapes of Saul Landau's short films and documentaries on various Latin American regions' social, political, economic, and human rights issues.
 

Video tapes 1969-2000

box 1

Fidel 1969

box 1

Brazil, Report on the Torture 1971

box 1

Que Hacer 1971

box 1

Case Officer 1975

box 1

Land of my Birth 1976

box 1

Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gangs 1980

box 1

Quest for Power 1980

box 1

Steppin 1980

box 1

Target Nicaragua 1983

box 1

Uncompromising Revolution 1988

box 1

The Sixth Sun: A Mayan Uprising in Chiapas 1994

box 1

Maquila: A tale of two Mexicos 2000

box 1

Losing Just the Same undated

 

Films undated

film shelf

"Uncomprimising Revolution," 16mm film, 2 reels undated

 

Sound recordings 1995

box 2, folder 1

"Manley's On Camera in Churchyard and Manley's voiceovers recorded at Bono's," 2 sound reels 1980

box 2, folder 2

Interview with Subcomandante Marcos, Chiapas, 1 compact sound cassette and translation transcript 1995

 

Transcripts 1974-1977

Scope and Contents note

Consists of interview and film transcripts on Latin America and Cuba
box 2

Fidel Castro interview transcripts 1974-1977, undated

box 2, folder 3

NEC Productions, Inc. 1974

box 2, folder 4

Barbara Walters 1977

box 2, folder 5

Dan Rather undated

box 2, folder 6

Interview transcripts undated

box 3, folder 1

Interview transcripts from sound tapes undated

box 3, folder 2

Interviews with Cubans undated

box 3, folder 3

Maria Auxiliadora edited interview transcript undated

box 3, folder 4-5

Unidentified interview transcripts undated

box 3, folder 6

Brazil - A Report on Torture edited transcript undated

box 3, folder 7

Argos Servicios Informativos subtitle transcripts undated

box 3, folder 8

Unidentified film transcript undated

box 3, folder 9

Unidentified reel frame list and transcript undated

box 3, folder 10

Correspondence with Michael Manly 1976-1977