Finding Aid to the Art in Cinema Film Series Collection 1938-1978 PFA.MSS.006
Pamela McDonald
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
BAMPFA Film Library
Title: Art in Cinema Film Series Collection
creator:
Stauffacher, Frank A.
creator:
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Identifier/Call Number: PFA.MSS.006
Physical Description:
7 cartons
8.75 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1938-1978
Language of Material: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Film Library and Study Center
General
- Finding Aid Author(s):
- Pamela McDonald
- Date Completed:
- 2018
- Finding Aid Encoded By:
- GenX
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], PFA--MSS--006, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
Existence and Location of Copies
65 folders covering the original Art in Cinema film series have been identified for digitization. Digital files will be available
through the Online Archive of California once the project has been completed (estimated Spring 2019).
Related Materials
The Pacific Film Archive also holds films and other audiovisual materials by Frank Stauffacher.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The materials were donated to the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive between 1969 and 1979 by the San Francisco
Museum of Art Department of Education.
Accruals
No additions are expected.
Arrangement
The records are arranged in five series, three of which have been further arranged in sub-series. In addition one subseries
has been arranged into four sub-subseries. The contents of each series, sub-series or sub-subseries are arranged in chronological
order with undated materials at the end of each folder, unless otherwise noted. The series, sub-series and sub-subseries arrangement
of the records is as follows:
Series 1, SFMA "Art in Cinema" Exhibitions, Research & Correspondence, 1938-1961
Subseries 1, Program Notes, 1946-1961
Subseries 2, Audience Evaluations, 1946-1953
Subseries 3, Curatorial Research & Correspondence, 1938-1954, undated
Sub-subseries 1, Curatorial Research, 1940-1953,undated
Sub-subseries 2, Correspondence by Film Series, 1938-1954, undated
Sub-subseries 3, Correspondence by Individual, 1946-1955
Sub-subseries 4, General Correspondence, 1947-1965, undated
Subseries 4, "Art in Cinema" Catalogue, 1946-1949
Subseries 5, Film Catalogues, Programs & Price Lists, 1940s-1950s
Subseries 6, Administrative File, 1941-1951, undated
Series 2, UC Berkeley Extension Film Series, 1947-1953
Series 3, SFMA Film Exhibitions, 1968-1978
Subseries 1, SFMA Film Program Notes,1968-1969
Subseries 2, Spring Film Series Program Notes, 1970
Subseries 3, Film Council, 1969-1971, undated
Subseries 4, Curatorial Research & Correspondence, 1972-1978
Series 4, SFMA Special Film Series,1972-1978, undated
Subseries 1, Curatorial Research & Correspondence, 1971-1978, undated
Subseries 2, Program Notes, 1972-1978, undated
Series 5, Frank Stauffacher's Scenario for Charles Sheeler, undated
Processing Information
Collection description based on DACS. Finding aid written by Pamela McDonald (SJSU iSchool intern), 05 March 2018.
Scope and Contents
The Art in Cinema collection covers the years between 1938 and 1978 and documents the development and evolution of the San
Francisco Museum of Art's Art in Cinema avant-garde and experimental film series created by Frank Stauffacher and Richard
Foster, which began in 1946 and continued through 1955. The collection also includes materials related to the University of
California Berkeley Extension 1947-1953 film series, which was similar but not identical to the Art in Cinema series, as well
as the 1960s and 1970s film series produced by the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art (New York) and other
sponsors.
The collection includes program notes, filmographies, audience evaluations, general correspondence and correspondence with
directors and film artists, curatorial research, stills, film catalogues, news clippings, periodicals and brochures, and administrative
information related to the Art in Cinema film series 1946-1955; notes and correspondence about the Art in Cinema catalogue
published in 1947, which documents the first program of the Art in Cinema series; program notes and audience evaluations for
the UC Berkeley Extension film series; other San Francisco Museum of Art film series from the 1960s and 1970s; exhibitions
by the Museum of Modern Art (New York) and other sponsors.
The materials are divided into five major series: 1. SFMA "Art In Cinema" Exhibitions, Research & Correspondence 1938-1957.
2. UC Berkeley Extension Film Series 1947-1953. 3. SFMA Film Exhibitions 1968-1978. 4. SFMA Special Film Series 1972-1978
undated. 5. Frank Stauffacher's Scenario for Charles Sheeler undated. Three of the series have been further arranged into
sub-series and one of the sub-series has been arranged into sub-subseries.
Materials are largely textual comprising publications, correspondence, news clippings, film rental price lists, and some
financial and legal materials. Among other formats scattered throughout the collection are handwritten correspondence and
envelopes, a 45 RPM record and a poster.
Biographical / Historical
On January 18, 1935 the San Francisco Museum of Art (SFMA) opened its doors on the fourth floor of the War Memorial Veterans
building in San Francisco. The director of the museum, Dr. Grace McCann Morley, had a vision that the museum would not be
for elitists but rather would embody community interests and would support the avant-garde and contemporary art of the day.
Further, Dr. Morley saw the museum as a platform for experimentation, providing an opportunity to showcase a wide variety
of media, including photographs, experimental films, architectural and landscape design. It is likely from this vision the
Art in Cinema film series was created. The development of the original film series, which ran from 1946 to 1955, is credited
to Frank Stauffacher in conjunction with Robert Foster, Douglas MacAgy, director of the California School of Fine Arts and
George Leite, publisher of Circle magazine.
Frank Anton Stauffacher (1916-1955) was an independent filmmaker who was greatly influenced by the post World War II bohemian
movement in North Beach as well as the Berkeley avant-garde group that gathered at George Leite's bookstore and gallery, daliel's,
located at 2466 Telegraph Avenue. Born on August 13, 1916 in San Francisco, California to Elsa Klingemann Stauffacher (1884-1946)
and Frank Albert Stauffacher (1879-1943), Frank grew up in the San Mateo area with his twin brothers Jack Werner and Robert
("Bob") A. who were born on December 19, 1920.
Frank attended Stanford University for a short time then left to study illustration at the Art Center School in Los Angeles.
During his enrollment between 1934 to 1937, Frank became serious about film-making, studying set-design and taking advantage
of the film world present in Los Angeles. When Frank returned to San Francisco, he worked for Patterson&Hall, an advertising
agency in San Francisco, as a commercial artist; however, he continued to correspond with contacts at the Art Center School
regarding experimental films. He shared his enthusiasm for this genre of film with his brother Jack who also became enamored.
By this time Jack was an established printer having founded Greenwood Press in 1936 behind his parent's house in San Mateo.
Shortly before the start of World War II, Jack published a book Bicycle Polo, Technique and Fundamentals that was illustrated
by Frank.
When Frank enlisted in the Army on October 16, 1940 he may have already had the inklings of the Art in Cinema program but
it would be six more years before the first series was presented. According to his wife, Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, Frank
liked the military, enjoying the camaraderie, the physical exercise and being relieved of any pressure to be "brilliant".
When his unit was shipped out to the Battle of Bulge, Frank was not amongst his fellow soldiers due to a case of athlete's
foot. After the war Frank moved back to San Mateo to live with his recently widowed mother. When Elsa Stauffacher died in
August 1946 Frank and his brother Jack sold the family home and moved to San Francisco.
The collaboration between Frank, Richard Foster, Douglas MacAgy and George Leite led to the creation of the first Art in
Cinema film series which showed between September 27 and November 29, 1946. It was at one of the film showings that Frank
met his wife Barbara ("Bobbie"). Barbara, age 17, had finished a ballet class and instead of taking the bus to the California
School of Fine Arts, she decided to walk across the street to the SFMA. Richard Foster approached her and invited her to the
Friday night Art in Cinema showing. Richard later introduced Barbara to Frank, who was 13 years her senior. They were married
November 20, 1948 in a waterfront apartment in Sausalito that Frank had rented for them. Frank's brothers and their wives
attended along with a few friends, Lee Mullican and Varda and Barbara's mother Lil.
As Frank continued to create film series for the Art in Cinema programs, he became disenchanted with commercial art. Wanting
to explore filmmaking, he bought a 16-mm Bolex camera, tripod, lights, and editing equipment and rented a studio on Montgomery
St.&Gold St. in San Francisco. Through his association with James Broughton and work on Broughton's films Mother's Day and
The Adventures of Jimmy, Frank was inspired to make his first movie Sausalito. Frank went on to make two more movies, Zigzag
and Notes on the Port of St. Francis.
In 1951 Barbara learned that she was pregnant and moved to Paris while Frank completed Notes on the Port of St. Francis.
Frank joined his wife and mother-in-law, Lil, in Paris for a short time, before they all moved to London, where their daughter
Chloe A. Stauffacher was born on January 18, 1952. The Stauffachers stayed on in London for two more months before returning
to New York. While in London, Frank showed his films at the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts) to many accolades. Back in
New York, Frank worked for the US Department of State curating a photography show on American Cinema. It's likely that Frank
was diagnosed with a brain tumor while living in New York. In 1953 Frank, Barbara, and Chloe moved to San Francisco where
Frank had his first brain surgery.
As Frank recovered from surgery, Barbara was hired by SFMA to assist with the programming for the Art in Cinema programs.
The final two programs, Series Ten and Series 11 focused on 15 American film directors, and were presented between April 9
- May 20, 1954 and October 1 - November 5, 1954.
Frank's illness progressed and he underwent a second brain surgery in 1955. The surgery was not successful and left Frank
weak, barely able to walk or talk. He died on July 26, 1955 in San Francisco at age 39, and was buried at Cypress Lawn Memorial
in Colma, California. Despite the loss of the Art in Cinema's original creator, the program continued on through 1957.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Experimental films--United States
Stauffacher, Frank A.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Series 1: SFMA "Art in Cinema" exhibitions, research correspondence
1938-1961, undated
Physical Description: 107 folders
Arrangement
This series is arranged by subject and filed chronologically (except where noted).
Scope and Contents
Included are program notes, correspondence, curatorial research, audience evaluations and administrative files for the Art
in Cinema film series produced by Frank Stauffacher and the San Francisco Museum of Art between 1946 and 1955. In addition
documentation related to the Art in Cinema catalogue, including correspondence, publicity and portions of the manuscript are
included. This series also contains numerous film catalogues, program and price lists dated from the 1940s and 1950s.
Subseries 1: Program notes
1946-1961, undated
Physical Description: 18 folders
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged by Art in Cinema film series and filed in chronological order (except where noted).
Scope and Contents
Included are the program notes for Film Series One through 11 (1946-1957); Special Film programs and series; general draft
program notes and reference materials; and draft program notes and reference materials related to Film Series Ten and 11.
Box 1, Folder 1
Film series one
September 17 through November 29 1946
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 2
Film series two
April 4 through May 2, 1947
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 3
Film series three,
October 10 through November 7, 1947
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 4
Film series four
August 27 through September 24, 1948
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 5
Special film series
1948-1952
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 6
Film series five
September 23 through October 21, 1949
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 7
Film series six
May 5 through May 26, 1950
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 8
Film series seven
March 30 through April 27, 1951
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 9
Film series eight
November 7 through November 28, 1952
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 10
Film series nine
October 2 through November 4, 1953
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 11
Film series ten
April 9 through May 20, 1954
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 12
Film series eleven
October 1 through November 4, 1954
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 13
Film series one through eleven (duplicates)
1946-1954
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 14
Special film program, series I-III
1955-1957
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 15
Fall 1959 to spring 1961 program notes
1959-1961
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 16
Draft program notes and reference materials
1937-1946, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 17
Draft program notes and reference materials, series 10 11
1954, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 18
Series I-III, UC Berkeley series, special series (duplicated)
1955-1957, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Subseries 2: Audience evaluations
1946-1953
Physical Description: 4 folders
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged by Art in Cinema film series and filed in chronological order (except where noted).
Scope and Contents
Included are the audience evaluations for Film Series One, Three, Four, Seven and Nine.
Box 1, Folder 19
Film series one
1946
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 20
Film series three
1947
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 21
Film series seven
1951
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 22
Film series nine
1953
Physical Description: 1 folder
Subseries 3: Curatorial research correspondence
1938-1954, undated
Physical Description: 8 folders
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged by subject and filed in chronological order (except where noted). Undated materials are arranged
behind the dated materials.
Scope and Contents
Included are program notes, news clippings, articles, bulletins, correspondence, and brochures related to research and development
of the Art in Cinema film series.
Sub-subseries 1: Curatorial research
1940-1953, undated
Physical Description: 8 folders
Arrangement
This sub-subseries is arranged by subject and filed chronologically (except where noted). Undated materials are arranged behind
the dated materials.
Scope and Contents
Included are draft and final program notes, newspaper clippings, film and art journals and bulletins, museum brochures, and
correspondence. The majority of the correspondence is between Frank Stauffacher and representatives at various film companies
and leagues and includes handwritten notes.
Box 1, Folder 23
Film art journals, articles and bulletins
1940-1953, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Not arranged.
Scope and Contents
Includes a variety of film and art journals and bulletins: The San Francisco Skylight 21 Oct 1946, Institute of Contemporary
Art, The Cinema Forum 31 May 1940, Seattle Art Museum 5 Oct-6 Nov 1949, article about Hudy Ledbetter, Manifesto of Psychromatic
Design by Hilaire Hiler, Vogue Jul 1953 article Tapesichord by Peggy Glanville-Hicks, handwritten notes to Mrs. Hamilton and
Frank Stauffacher, The Life and Paintings of Vincent van Gogh (reprint from Nov 1949 issue of Literary Cavalcade), Gump Galleries
program 2 Aug-31 Aug 1946, SFMA George Harris Exhibition program, Film in Your Gallery program Spring 1950 (Henry Gallery,
University of Washington), LA County Museum Spring Documentary Film Program 24 Mar - 26 May 1950.
Box 1, Folder 24
Brandon Films, Inc.
1946-1947
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged in date order with undated materials at the end.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Frank Stauffacher and Kathryn Linden; Richard Foster and Kathryn Linden, Frank Stauffacher and Martha
Sheffer. Includes bulletin from Brandon Films, Inc. re: French Feature films released in 16 mm (undated).
Box 1, Folder 25
SFMA exhibition brochures
1946-1949
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 26
Film Classic Exchange
1947, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged in date order with undated at the end.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Frank Stauffacher and Film Classic Exchange. Mentions "Romance Sentimentale", "Underground", "Tartuffe"
films. Includes handwritten draft of 25 Feb 1947 letter from Stauffacher and Film Classic Exchange.
Box 1, Folder 27
Ted Nemeth Studios
1947
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged in date order.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Frank Stauffacher and Mary Ellen Bute, Ted Nemeth. Mentions Mr. Lewis Jacobs, Mr. Arthur Rosenheimer.
References "Rhythm in Light", "Blood of the Poet", "Escape", "Parabola", "Synchromy No. 2", and"Tarantella" films and Series
Two film exhibition.
Box 1, Folder 28
Amateur Cinema League, Inc.
1947
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged in date order.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Frank Stauffacher and James Moore at ACL re: three films loaned to Art in Cinema Society ("Fall of
the House of Usher", "Kaleidoscopio", and "Mr. Motorboat's Last Stand"); also includes handwritten draft of letter to Film
Classic Exchange on back of copy of 25 Feb 1947 letter to James Moore (copy made and placed in Film Classic Exchange folder).
Letter dated 6 Feb 1947 from Frank Stauffacher to Moore appears to be misdated; should be 6 Mar 1947.
Box 1, Folder 29
Newspaper clippings
1948-1956, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Not arranged.
Scope and Contents
Clippings from Parade Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland Tribune, FCA 1956 Special Report, Los Angeles Times, The
Museum of Modern Art (New York) United Artists Series 1919-1954 Apr 5-25. Many references to Art in Cinema first and second
series and International Museum Week (Oct 7-13, 1956) as observed by the San Francisco Bay Area museums.
Box 1, Folder 30
Program notes, drafts and clippings on 18 films
1949-1953, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Not arranged.
Scope and Contents
Program and credit notes on the following films: "Tigris", "Beggone Dull Care", "Round Trip in Modern Art", "Toccata Mahatta",
"The Van Gogh Film", "Sausalito" & "Zigzag", "Object Lesson", "Odd Fellows Hall", "Bells of Atlantis", "Ai-Ye", "Sredni Vashtar",
"Understanding Children's Drawings" & "Art Survives The Times" (flipside), "Light Reflections" & "Paintings and Plastics"
(flipside), "A Time for Bach", "Emil & the Detectives" (children's film).
Sub-subseries 2: Correspondence by film series
1938-1954, undated
Physical Description: 17 folders
Arrangement
This sub-subseries is arranged by Art in Cinema film series and filed chronologically by film series number (except where
noted). Undated materials are arranged behind the dated materials.
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, handwritten notes, Western Union telegrams, news clippings, and memorabilia related to Art in Cinema
film series One, Two, Three, Four, Nine, Ten and 11; correspondence related to the Jean Epstein festival and a copy of the
Jean Epstein Memorial booklet.
Box 1, Folder 31
Film series one
1938-1947
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 32
Film series one
1946-1947
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 33
Film series two
1946-1947
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 34
Film series two correspondence, handwritten notes and documents
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 35
Film series two correspondence, Western Union telegrams
1946-1947, undate
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 36
Film series three
1947
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 37
Film series three
1947
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 38
Film series four
1948
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 39
Film series four
1948-1950
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 40
Film series four, handwritten notes and documents
1950, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 41
Film series nine
1953
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 1, Folder 42
Film series nine, handwritten notes and documents
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 2, Folder 1
Film series ten, Capra to Sidney
1953-1954
Physical Description:
Extent: 1
Box 2, Folder 2
Film series ten, Smith to Zinneman
1953-1954
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 2, Folder 3
Film series eleven
1954
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 2, Folder 4
Epstein festival, Jean Epstein
1954-1955
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 2, Folder 5
Epstein festival, Jean Epstein, Memorial Booklet
1955
Physical Description: 1 folder
Sub-subseries 3: Correspondence by individual
1946-1955
Physical Description: 8 folders
Arrangement
This sub-subseries is arranged by individual and filed alphabetically by last name.
Scope and Contents
Included are typed and handwritten correspondence between Frank Stauffacher, Richard Foster and various directors and film
artists; film price lists; copy of a negative contact sheet; an ink sketch and instructions for inclusion of a film strip.
Box 2, Folder 6
Ballard, Paul
1946-1947
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged in date order.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Paul Ballard and Mrs. Noble Hamilton, Paul Ballard and Frank Stauffacher. References "Fall of the House
of Usher", "Kaleidescopio" and "Mr. Motorboat's Last Stand";
Box 2, Folder 7
Crockwell, Douglas
1946-1947
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged in date order.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Douglas Crockwell and Frank Stauffacher, Douglas Crockwell and Richard Foster. References "Glens Falls
Sequence" film, Whitney brothers and Maya Deren. Some letters from Douglas Crockwell are handwritten. Planning for Series
Two mentioned.
Box 2, Folder 8
Deren, Maya
1946-1947, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged in date order with undated at the end.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Maya Deren and Richard (Dick) Foster, Maya Deren and Frank Stauffacher, Miriam Arsham (Deren's assistant)
and Mrs. Hamilton, Miriam Arsham and Frank Stauffacher, Miriam Arsham and Richard (Dick) Foster, Lila Pelton and Richard Foster,
Lila Pelton and Frank Stauffacher, Harry Smith and Maya Deren, Lila Pelton and Harry Smith, Martha B. Bullitt and Maya Deren,
Lila Pelton and Martha B. Bullitt. Hand drawing of Manhattan, Long Island, Brooklyn and Queens on back of 9 Dec 1946 letter
from Miriam Arsham to Frank Stauffacher.
Box 2, Folder 9
Fischinger, Oskar
1946-1947, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged in date order with undated at the end.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Oskar Fischinger and Frank Stauffacher, Richard Foster; Harry E. Smith and Oskar Fischinger; Martha
B. Bullitt and Oskar Fischinger; Elfriende Fischinger (wife of Oskar) and Richard Foster. Includes price list for "Meshes
of the Afternoon", "A Study in Choreography for Camera" and "At Land" films. References to Mr. Rosenheimer of MOMA in Los
Angeles, Series Two film exhibition, STUDIE #9, #11 and #12 films. Air Mail envelope dated 8 Mar 1947 and 10 Jul 1948 included.
Copy of contact sheet of Oskar Fischinger's negatives attached to 10 Jul 1984 envelope.
Box 2, Folder 10
Richter, Hans
1946-1950
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged in date order.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Hans Richter and Frank Stauffacher and Richard Foster; Frank Stauffacher and Margareta Akermark. References
"Fall of the House of Usher", "Lot in Sodom", "La Belle et al Bete" and "Sang D'un Poete" films. An airmail postcard from
Hans Richter to Frank Stauffacher dated 03 Oct 1946 and a program re: a showing of Hans Richter's work at the Galerie des
Deux Iles, 10-28 Feb 1950 (text is in French) included. All correspondence from Hans Richter is handwritten. For the 18 Jun
1947 letter, an airmail envelope is attached.
Box 2, Folder 11
Weinberg, Herman
1946-1947
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged in date order.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Herman Weinberg and Frank Stauffacher. Reference "Autumn Fire", "Rhythmus 21", "Ghosts Before Noon",
"The Love of Zero" films. Mentions Jay Leyda, Simon Gould, Arthur Rosenheimer, Theodore Huff, Robert Florey. Includes draft
letter to Jocelyn De Rosa, Still Department at MOM Film Library in NY on the back of a copy of the 25 Feb 1947 letter to Weinberg.
Box 2, Folder 12
Whitney, John James
1946-1947, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged in date order with undated items mixed throughout.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between John and James Whitney and Richard (Dick) Foster and Frank Stauffacher. All letters by John and James
Whitney are handwritten. Envelope dated 4 Mar 1947 is attached to undated letter from James Whitney to Frank Stauffacher.
10 Oct letter from John Whitney requests permission to use Dr. Grace McCann Morley's name as a reference for a Guggenheim
fellowship grant application. Included is an ink sketch by John & James Whitney along with instructions for inclusion of a
film strip. References Miss (Aline) Barnsdall who evicts the Whitneys from their studio (Hollyhock House) and the "Baroness"
who may pull funding for their work. Also mentions Douglas MacAgy and Frankenstein along with Series Two film exhibition
Box 2, Folder 13
Willis, Ellis and Jacobs, Lewis
1946-1947, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged in date order with undated items mixed throughout.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Lewis Jacobs and Frank Stauffacher, Eli Willis and Frank Stauffacher. Some of the letters from Lewis
Jacobs are handwritten. References "Blood of a Poet", "The Love of Zero", "Underground","Footnote to Fact","Tree Trunk to
Head" films. Mentions Ted Nemeth, Mary Butte (Ted Nemeth's wife), Man Ray, Simon Gould, Theodor Huff, Arthur Rosenheimer,
Dr. Hodel, Bouchard, Bovington, Herman Weinberg.
Sub-subseries 4: General correspondence
1947-1965, undated
Physical Description: 9 folders
Arrangement
This sub-subseries is arranged and filed in chronological order. Undated materials are arranged behind the dated materials.
Scope and Contents
Included are typed and handwritten correspondence between Frank Stauffacher and various film artists, film companies and museums;
Western Union telegrams; accounts payable ledger sheets for the Art in Cinema program; "Art in Cinema" illustration (possibly
for the cover of the "Art in Cinema" catalogue); membership card for Garret Film & Art group; Patterson & Hall invoice for
photostats; rental agreements for Frank Stauffacher's films; several ink drawings by Elwood Decker; portion of the "Art in
Cinema" catalogue forward and introduction; Barbara ("Bobbie") Stauffacher's correspondence with various film artists, film
companies and museums. The correspondence is primarily Frank Stauffacher's and may parallel the correspondence files for specific
Art in Cinema film series.
Box 2, Folder 14
General correspondence
1947-1948
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 2, Folder 15
General correspondence
1949
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 2, Folder 16
General correspondence
1949
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 2, Folder 17
General correspondence
1950
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 2, Folder 18
General correspondence
1950
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 2, Folder 19
General correspondence
1950, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 2, Folder 20
General correspondence
1951
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 2, Folder 21
General correspondence
1952-1954, 1958, 1965
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 2, Folder 22
Western Union telegrams
1949-1953
Physical Description: 1 folder
Subseries 4: "Art in Cinema" catalogue
1946-1949
Physical Description: 7 folders
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged by subject and filed in chronological order (except where noted).
Scope and Contents
Included is correspondence about the "Art in Cinema" catalogue; notes and review copies; paid bills, magazine publicity correspondence;
portions of the manuscript for "Art in Cinema"; certificate of registration of a claim to copyright "Art in Cinema" catalogue.
Box 2, Folder 23
Correspondence
1946-1947
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Includes notes.
Box 2, Folder 24
Correspondence
1947-1948
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Review copies.
Box 2, Folder 25
Correspondence, paid bills A-K
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 2, Folder 26
Correspondence, paid bills L-W individuals
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 2, Folder 27
Magazine publicity correspondence
1948-1949
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 2, Folder 28
Portions of manuscript for "Art in Cinema"
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 2, Folder 29
Certificate of registration of a claim to copyright, "Art in Cinema"
1947
Physical Description: 1 folder
Subseries 5: Film catalogues, programs price lists
1936-1960, undated
Physical Description: 33 folders
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged by subject and filed in chronological order (except where noted).
Scope and Contents
Included are film catalogues, brochures, price lists, narrations, rushes and directories for U.S., Canada and foreign film
companies and film distributors. Topics covered include art, painting, sculpture, 35mm commercial, feature length, experimental,
documentary, historic and educational films. Also included are some brochures from film societies and associations.
Box 3, Folder 1
Know Your World Films, 1950s
1950s
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 3, Folder 2
Know Your World Films, audience narrations
1949-1950
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Not arranged.
Box 3, Folder 3
Art film catalogues
1941, 1951-1953, 1955, 1959, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Not arranged.
Box 3, Folder 4
Painting catalogues
1952-1953, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Not arranged.
Box 3, Folder 5
Sculpture catalogues
1952-1953, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Not arranged.
Box 3, Folder 6
Art film narrations
1952-1955, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Not arranged.
Box 3, Folder 7
35mm commercial film catalogues
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 3, Folder 8
Feature length films catalogues (1)
1951-1953, 1956, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Not arranged.
Box 3, Folder 9
Feature length films catalogues (2)
1951-1955, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Not arranged.
Box 3, Folder 10
Film competitions
1951-1955, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Not arranged.
Scope and Contents
Information regarding competitions.
Box 3, Folder 11
Film Council of America
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Includes rushes.
Box 3, Folder 12
Dance music film catalogues
, 1936, 1951, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 3, Folder 13
Experimental films catalogues
1950-1952, 1954-1955, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Not arranged.
Box 3, Folder 14
Film societies' programs (1)
1954-1956, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Not arranged.
Box 3, Folder 15
Film societies' programs (2)
1940-1960, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Not arranged.
Box 3, Folder 16
Film societies' programs (3)
1954-1956, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Not arranged.
Scope and Contents
Includes Film Forum no. 1-3, 5, 6.
Box 3, Folder 17
Historic film catalogues
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Not arranged.
Scope and Contents
Include catalogues for old and silent historic films.
Box 3, Folder 18
Documentary films catalogues
1951, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 3, Folder 19
Educational films catalogues (1)
1947-1955, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Not arranged.
Box 4, Folder 1
Educational films catalogues (2)
1942-1955, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Not arranged.
Box 4, Folder 2
Educational films catalogues (3)
1947, 1955, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Not arranged.
Box 4, Folder 3
Lifelong Learning Education Motion Pictures catalogue
1956-1958
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 4, Folder 4
UNESCO film directories
1949-1950, 1952-1953, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Not arranged.
Box 4, Folder 5
Film catalogues, price lists programs (1)
1952-1956, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged in date order with undated at the end.
Scope and Contents
Includes the following titles: Films from Britain 1952 (British Information Services), General Entertainment 1954-1955 (Films
Incorporated), Selected Motion Pictures 1954-1955 (Association Films, Inc.), Catalogue of Lending Collection 1955-56 (French
American Cultural Services and Educational Aid, Inc. - 2 copies), Catalogues of Short films and Filmstrips Selected List Feb
1955 No. 14 (Clearing House Department of Mass Communication), Suggestions for Film Clubs (Film Classic Exchange).
Box 4, Folder 6
Film catalogues, price lists programs (2)
1955-1956, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged in date order with undated at the end.
Scope and Contents
Includes the following titles: Photo & Sound Film Catalog, 1955-56 (Photo & Sound Company), Italian Affairs Documents and
Notes, Mar 1956: The Cinema in Italy (Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic), Le Guide du Spectateur
Vol. II, No. 10, Mar-Apr 1956 (Cinema 56; in French), Universal International Feature Film Entertainment, 10th Anniversary
Edition 1956 (United World Films, Inc.), Color Films 16mm Sound (Wm. M. Dennis Film Libraries), Our Modern Art: The Movies
by Ernest Callenbach (Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults), 50 Films from Britain for a Royal Year, Canadien
Travel Film Library (National Film Board of Canada), 16mm Films of Trans-World (Audio Film Classics), Patterns of Progress
(International Film Bureau Inc.).
Box 4, Folder 7
Film catalogues, price lists programs (3)
1954-1955, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged in date order with undated at the end.
Scope and Contents
Includes the following titles: Bibliography on Filmology as Related to the Social Sciences Feb 1954, No. 9 (Clearing House
Department of Mass Communication), The World's Most Significant Library of Educational Motion Pictures and Related Audio-Visual
Materials, 1954 Catalog and Where-to-Use Guide (Encyclopedia Britannica Films), Photo & Sound Film Catalog, 1954-1955 (Photo
& Sound Company), United World Films, Inc. 1954-55 (Universal International), Entertainment and Educational Films, 16mm Sound
& Silent, 10th Edition (Walter O. Gutlohn Inc.), "Food: Secret of Peace" (National Film Board of Canada), Circulating Film
Programs (Museum of Modern Art Film Library).
Box 4, Folder 8
Film catalogues, price lists programs (4)
1950-1954, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged in date order with undated at the end.
Scope and Contents
Includes the following titles: Documentary and Educational Films, Sep 1950 (Museum of Modern Art Film Library), Catalog of
Television Films from Britain 1952 (British Information Services), "Evil Heroines of 1953" (Hollywood Review, Jun-Jul 1953),
"Labor" by Frank W. McCallister and Sally Parker, Apr 1954 (Film Council of America), Motion Picture Catalogue Film Library
1954 (The American Museum of Natural History), 16mm Sound Films 1954 (Audio Film Center), Non-Theatrical Catalog 16mm Sound
Films (RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.), "The World Around Us" (Pictura Films Corporation), Documentary and Experimental Films (Museum
of Modern Art Film Library), The Picture Portfolio (Pictura Films Corporation).
Box 4, Folder 9
Film catalogues, price lists programs (5)
1945-956, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged in date order with undated at the end.
Scope and Contents
Includes the following titles: 16mm Motion Pictures, Sep 1945 (International Theatrical and Television Corp. of the West),
2nd International Art Film Festival Nov 28-30 1952 (American Federation of Arts), Circulating Film Programs Aug 1952 (Museum
of Modern Art Film Library), Contemporary Films Presents 1954 (Contemporary Films, Inc.), Cinema 56 Vol. II No. 9, Feb 1956
(Redaction Administration Publicite), Cinema 56 Vol. II No. 11, May 1956 (Redaction Administration Publicite), A Survey of
German Cinema, undated (Creative Film Associates).
Box 4, Folder 10
Film catalogues, price lists programs (6)
1948-1956, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged in date order with undated at the end.
Scope and Contents
Includes the following titles: Selected Booklist and Comments on The Sound Motion Picture 1926-1951 (Warner Bros. Pictures,
Inc.), Films from Britain: Historical Films of World War II 1939-1945 (British Information Services), The Pamphleteer Monthly
Sep 1948 (William-Frederick Press), Catalog of 16mm Feature Films 1953-1954 (Films Incorporated), 1954-55 Catalog Motion Pictures
16mm Sound and Silent (Brandon Films Inc.), Catalogue of Lending Materials 1954-55 (Franco-American Audio-Visual Distribution
Center, Inc.), United Nations Films Revised Edition 1955 (Department of Public Information United Nations), The Journal of
the Screen Producers Guild Vol. 4, Number 1, Feb 1956 (Screen Actors Guild), Used 16mm Silent Films for Sale, undated (Friendly
Service), "Peer Gynt" program notes, undated (Presented by David Bradley), "MacBeth" program notes, undated (William Leonard,
drama critic, Chicago Journal of Commerce), "Oliver Twist" program notes, undated (Presented by David Bradley), "Dreams that
Money can Buy" program notes, undated (Produced & directed by Hans Richter).
Box 4, Folder 11
Film catalogues, price lists programs (7)
1948-1955, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged in date order with undated at the end.
Scope and Contents
Includes the following titles: Film Forum Review Summer 1948 (Institute of Adult Education), Dramatic Workshop of the New
School for Social Research, Spring and Fall 1949 (The New School), Films and Filmstrips United States Edition 1951 (National
Film Board of Canada), Films and Filmstrips 1952 Supplement (National Film Board of Canada), Film and Filmstrips Price List
Jan 1953 (National Film Board of Canada), 16mm Films Available for Purchase in the United States, 1953 (National Film Board
of Canada), Catalogue of Film Library, Mar 1955 (Canadian Consulate General), Universal International Entertainment Films
1955 (United World Films Inc.), "Day of Wrath" program, Jul 16th (The 5th Avenue Playhouse), Africa and Arabia; a series of
films covering regions rarely depicted, undated (A.F. Films, Inc.).
Box 4, Folder 12
Film catalogues, price lists programs (8)
1895-1956, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged in date order with undated at the end.
Scope and Contents
Includes the following titles: The Edison Collection 1895-1914 (Film Classic Exchange), Early French Films 1900-1918 (Film
Classic Exchange), Film Music Vol. XII,No. II, Nov-Dec 1952: "The Thief" manuscript (National Film Music Council), Film News
Vol. XIII, No. 3, 1953: How "Man of Aran" was Created (Contemporary Films, Inc.), Czechoslovak Film Vol. VI, No. 1/1953 (Czechoslovak
State Film), Czechoslovak Film Vol. VI, No. 2/1953 (Czechoslovak State Film), Czechoslovak Film Vol. VI, No. 3/1953 (Czechoslovak
State Film), Czechoslovak Film Vol. VI, No. 6/1953 (Czechoslovak State Film), Czechoslovak Film Vol. VI, No. 7-8/1953 (Czechoslovak
State Film), Navy Motion Picture Catalog, 1955 (Twelfth Naval District Public Information Office), I.F.A. pamphlet, 1955 (Independent
Filmmakers Association, Inc.), I.F.A. Memo June 1955 (Independent Filmmakers Association, Inc.), Catalogue of French Ethnographical
Films May 1955 (Clearing House Department of Mass Communication), News Bulletin No. 4, Sep 1955 (International Federation
of Film Archives; in English and French), Japan Report Vol. II, No. 2, 31 Jan 1956 (The Consulate General of Japan), New 16mm
Silent Prints for Sale, undated (Friendly Service), Film Classic Feature Film Series, undated (Film Classic Exchange), 16mm
and 8mm Charlie Chaplin Movies, undated (Film Classic Exchange), The Griffith Program, undated (Film Classic Exchange), Slapstick
Comedy Series 16mm (Film Classic Exchange), "Son of the Sheik" program, undated (Film Classic Exchange), "The Fantastic Night"
program, undated (Film Classic Exchange), "Las Aventuras De Chico" program, undated (Film Classic Exchange), "Jamaica Inn"
program, undated (Film Classic Exchange), "Sidewalks of London" program, undated (Film Classic Exchange), "Grand Illusion"
program, undated (Film Classic Exchange), French Film of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec postcard, undated (Film Classic Exchange),"LIfe
in a Benedictine Monastery" program, undated (Film Classic Exchange), Films by I.F.A. Members, undated (typed list).
Box 4, Folder 13
Film catalogues, price lists programs (9)
1953-1954, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged in date order with undated at the end.
Scope and Contents
Includes the following titles: Bulletin of the University of Southern California 1954 Film Catalog (Department of Cinema,
USC); Film Library 16mm Catalogue 1953 (New York University); Film Library Supplement 1953 Catalogue, No. 1 1954 (New York
University); Film Library 16mm, undated (New York University).
Box 4, Folder 14
MOMA film catalogues
1937-1953, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged in date order with undated at the end.
Scope and Contents
Includes the following titles: Work in Progress Jan 1937; Film Library Bulletin 1940; Part I of A Cycle of 30 Films from 1895
to 1940 (1941); A Cycle of 300 Films 1895 to 1940 (1942); Films of Fact 1942; The History of the Motion Picture 1895-1946
(1946 - two copies); The Documentary Film 1922-1945 (1946); The Film til Now 1948; Documentary and Educational Films 16mm
& 35mm, Sep 1948; New Loans and Acquisitions 1948; Circulating Film Programs Aug 1952 (2 copies); Documentary and Experimental
Films Sep 1953; Film Rental Price List 15 Jun 1953; New Films available for Rental release 14 Oct 1953; Film Library presents
A Cycle of 300 Films 1895 to 1940, undated; New Circulating Films Supplemental, undated; The City rental brochure, undated;
MOMA Membership Invitation, undated; 16 and 35mm Circulating Film Programs, undated.
Subseries 6: Administrative files
1941-1951, undated
Physical Description: 3 folders
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged by subject and filed in chronological order (except where noted). Undated materials are arranged
behind the dated materials.
Scope and Contents
Included are invoices, federal tax information and lists of films for rent.
Box 4, Folder 15
Invoices
1950-1951
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 4, Folder 16
Federal tax information
1941, 1946
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 4, Folder 17
Experimental films for rent
1950, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Lists of films for rent and associated costs provided by SFMA Art in Cinema, Cinema 16 in New York, and unidentified.
Series 2: UC Berkeley Extension film series
1947-1953
Physical Description: 4 folders
Arrangement
This series is arranged by subject and filed in chronological order (except where noted). Undated materials are arranged behind
the dated materials.
Scope and Contents
Included are program notes for the Leite, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd film series; correspondence for the Leite and 3rd film series;
general correspondence; and audience evaluations.
Box 5, Folder 1
Program notes
1947-1953
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 2
Correspondence, film series three
1947-1950
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 3
Correspondence
1947
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 4
Audience evaluations
1951
Physical Description: 1 folder
Series 3: SFMA film exibitions
1968-1978, undated
Physical Description: 52 folders
Arrangement
This series is arranged by subject and filed in chronological order (except where noted). Undated materials are arranged behind
the dated materials.
Scope and Contents
Included are program notes related to the SFMA Film Series and Spring Film Series; Film Council meeting minutes, newsletters,
correspondence, draft budget for SFMA film festival, film policies, catalogues, press release, handwritten notes.
Subseries 1: SFMA film program notes
1968-1969
Physical Description: 7 folders
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged by title and filed in chronological order (except where noted).
Scope and Contents
Included are program notes on eight film exhibitions presented between February 1968 and June 1969 by the San Francisco Museum
of Art.
Box 5, Folder 5
Modern Art and Artists on Film
February 15, 29, 1968
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 6
Film as Art
1968
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 7
Filmmaker's Forum
March 4, 11, 18, 1969
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 8
Cinema Canada
April 1-29, 1969
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 9
2nd International Tournee of Animation
1969
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 10
Showcase of Bay Area Independent Films
1969
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 11
Films from Eastern Europe
1969
Physical Description: 1 folder
Subseries 2: Spring film series program notes
1970
Physical Description: 6 folders
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged by title and filed in chronological order (except where noted).
Scope and Contents
Included are program notes on film exhibitions presented between January and June 1970 by the San Francisco Museum of Art.
Also included is an original mailing brochure/order form for the film series (dated March 1970).
Box 5, Folder 12
"Hildur and the Magician"
1970
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 13
"Le Bonheur" and "Unfolding"
1970
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 14
"Night and Fog" and "Hiroshima Mon Amour"
1970
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 15
Alain Resnais retrospective
1970
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Includes information on the following films: "Van Gogh" and "Last Year at Marienbad", March 24-31; "Gauguin" and "Muriel",
April 7; "Of This Time, Of That Place" and "Guernica", April 14; "La Guerre est finie" and "Guernica", April 14
Box 5, Folder 16
"Hallelujah the Hills"
1970
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 17
Spring 1970 film series program notes
1970
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Includes information on the following films: "Tournee of Animation", May 5; "Cinema as a Weapon, Part I", May 12; "Cinema
as a Weapon, Part II", May 19; "San Francisco State College Film Finals", May 26; "Collections of Award Winning Television",
June 2; "Le Depart", June 9
Subseries 3: Film council
1969-1971, undated
Physical Description: 5 folders
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged alphabetically by title and filed in chronological order (except where noted).
Scope and Contents
All materials pertain to the Film Council and include membership lists, newsletters, correspondence, financial report, press
release, handwritten notes, film policies, meeting minutes, program notes, catalogues and operating procedures.
Box 5, Folder 18
Film council documents (1)
1969-1972, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Includes: 1971 Membership list, newsletters, correspondence, financial report, 2nd annual filmmaking picnic, press release,
handwritten notes
Box 5, Folder 19
Film council documents (2)
1968-1971, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Not arranged.
Scope and Contents
Includes: SFMA program/event worksheets, film policies, operating procedures, SFMA Art Council minutes 19 Feb 1969, handwritten
notes, draft budget for SFMA Film Festival, General Film Rewind Catalogues 1968, 1969, 1971; "Third Annual Tournee of Animation"
San Francisco Museum of Art, May 5-8 poster (removed to PFA poster collection).
Box 5, Folder 20
Film council meeting minutes
1969-1971
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Not arranged.
Box 5, Folder 21
Film council program notes
1969-1970, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Not arranged.
Box 5, Folder 22
Film council membership
Physical Description: 1 folder
Subseries 4: Curatorial research correspondence
1972-1978, undated
Physical Description: 34 folders
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged alphabetically by film directors' last name and filed in chronological order (except where noted).
Undated materials are filed behind the dated materials.
Scope and Contents
Included are program notes; correspondence between Kenneth DeRoux and named film directors; film flyers; news clippings; film
stills; correspondence with a variety of independent filmmakers.
Box 5, Folder 23
Bohm, Hark
1976, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 24
Bunuel, Luis
1976, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 25
Godard, Jean-Luc
1975, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 26
Hauff, Reinhold
1977, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 27
Herzog, Werner
1976, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 31
Hitchcock, Alfred
1976, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 29
Hock, Louis
1977-1978, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 30
Jordan, Larry
1976, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 31
Directors J-K-L
1971-1978, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by director.
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with: Jon Jost Claude Jutra Roman L. Karmen Marin Karmitz Buster Keaton Gene Kelly Teinosuke Kinugasa
Kurt Kren Peter Kubelka George Kuchar Mike Leigh Peter Lilienthal Barbara Linkevitch Ken Loach Barbara Loden Pare Lorentz
Danny Lyon Rolf Lyssy Ernst Lubitsch Ida Lupino
Box 5, Folder 32
Kraning, Suzan Pitt
1973, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 33
Lawder, Standish
1972
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 34
Leiser, Erwin
1976, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 35
Mouris, Frank Caroline
1977-1978, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 36
Myers, Richard
1975
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 37
Directors M-N-O
1972-1977, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by director.
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with: Babette Mangolte Louis Malle Chris Marker Alexandre Medvedkine Pariush Mehrjui Andrew Meyer
Kenji Mizoguchi Chikamatzu Monogatari J.J. Murphy F.W. Murnau Eadweard Muybridge Gregory Nava Gunvor Nelson Pat O'Neill Max
Ophlus Nagisa Oshima Yazujiro Ozu
Box 5, Folder 38
Directors P-Q-R
1974-1978, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by director.
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with the following: G.W. Pabst Fred Padula Pier Paola Pasolini Ivan Perestiani Adam Poe Amanda Pope
Pedro Portabella V.I. Pudovkin William Raban (correspondence) Yvonne Rainer Satyajit Ray Jacqueline Raynal Lotte Reiniger
Jean Renoir Alan Resnais Leni Riefenstahl Arturo Ripstein Jacques Rivette Michael Rubbo
Box 5, Folder 39
Ray, Nicholas
1975, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 40
Rossellini, Roberto
1974-1976, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 41
Directors S-T-U
1971-1977, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by director.
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with the following: Volker Schlondorff Barbet Schroeder Martin Scorsese Franz Seitz Richard Serra
Masahiro Shinoda Douglas Sirk Warren Sonbert Chick Strand Preston Sturges Arne Sucksdoff Alain Tanner Philip Thompson Noriaki
Tsuchimoto Mahama Johnson Traore
Box 5, Folder 42
Schroetter, Werner
1974-1975, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 43
Sembene, Ousmane
1972, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 44
Snow, Michael
1975-1977, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 45
Sontag, Susan
1974, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 46
Straub, Jean-Marie
1974-1975, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 47
Von Stroheim, Erich
1975-1978, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 5, Folder 48
Directors V-Z,
1974-1976, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by director.
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with the following: Johan van der Keuken King Vidor Frank Vitale Peter Watkins William Wellman (obituary)
Lina Wertmüller John Whitney Joyce Wieland Klaus Wyborny Yoji Yamada
Box 6, Folder 1
Independent filmmakers' correspondence
1971, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 6, Folder 2
Independent filmmakers' correspondence
1972
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 6, Folder 3
Independent filmmakers' correspondence
1973
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 6, Folder 4
Independent filmmakers' correspondence
1974
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 6, Folder 5
Independent filmmakers' correspondence
1975
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 6, Folder 6
Independent filmmakers' correspondence
1976
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 6, Folder 7
Independent filmmakers' correspondence
1977
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 6, Folder 8
Independent filmmakers' correspondence
1978
Physical Description: 1 folder
Series 4: SFMA special film series
1938-1978, undated
Physical Description: 42 folders
Arrangement
This series is arranged by subject and filed in chronological order (except where noted).
Scope and Contents
Included are program notes, correspondence, news clippings, handwritten notes, and news releases.
Subseries 1: Curatorial research correspondence
1938-1978, undated
Physical Description: 13 folders
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged alphabetically by institution and filed in chronological order (except where noted). Undated materials
are filed behind the dated materials.
Scope and Contents
Included are program notes, correspondence, notes, news clippings, flyers, ads and film and video-makers' addresses.
Box 6, Folder 9
American Film Institute correspondence
1972-1974
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 6, Folder 10
American Film Institute touring programs
1972-1974
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 6, Folder 11
Anthology Film Archives programs
1972-1973
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 6, Folder 12
Musuem of Art Carnegie Institute, film video-makers addresses
1975-1978
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 6, Folder 13
Museum of Modern Art film library program notes, series I-VII
1938-1941
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 6, Folder 14
Museum of Modern Art New York programs
1971-1972
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 6, Folder 15
Museum of Modern Art New York programs
1973
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 6, Folder 16
Museum of Modern Art New York programs
1974-1975
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 6, Folder 17
Museum of Modern Art New York programs
1976
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 6, Folder 18
Museum of Modern Art New York programs
1977
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 6, Folder 19
Museum of Modern Art New York programs
1978
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 6, Folder 20
SFMA exhibit information
1972-1976, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 6, Folder 21
Whitney Museum programs
1972-1977, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Includes notes, news clippings, flyers/ads etc.
Subseries 2: Program notes
1972-1978, undated
Physical Description: 29 folders
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged alphabetically by title and filed in chronological order (except where noted). Undated materials
are filed behind the dated materials.
Scope and Contents
Included are program notes, handwritten notes, film descriptions and filmographies, correspondence, booking information, news
clippings, news releases, and attendance statistics.
Box 6, Folder 22
African series, film descriptions
1973-1975, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 6, Folder 23
African series, bookings and other materials
1975
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 6, Folder 24
New American documentaries
1975-1976
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 6, Folder 25
American independent features
1976
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Includes: program notes re: films"Loose Ends" (1975), "Independence Day" (1976), "Off the Wall" (1976); handwritten notes.
Box 6, Folder 26
Animation
1972-1974
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Includes: correspondence between Mel Novikoff and James Block, Todd [no last name], John Teton, Frank Mouris (handwritten),
Chris Blum. Correspondence between Edith Kramer and Lillian Schwartz, Ken Knowlton. Also included are news releases from University
Art Museum Berkeley, SFMA Art Film Series. Included are materials about "Frank Film", Lotte Reiniger, erotic animated films,
attendance statistics (1970-1971).
Box 6, Folder 27
Black series, correspondence/bookings
1976-1977
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 6, Folder 28
Black series, information on films not shown
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 7, Folder 1
Black series, other programs, film lists
1976
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 7, Folder 2
Black series, publicity
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 7, Folder 3
Brandon, Tom
1973
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Includes: news releases, correspondence, program notes, news clippings, handwritten notes. Information about "Tom Brandon
Presents" film series.
Box 7, Folder 4
California experimental films
1976
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 7, Folder 5
Canadian series (1)
1972-1973, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 7, Folder 6
Canadian series (2)
1972-1973, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 7, Folder 7
Danish series (1 2)
1972-1973, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 7, Folder 8
Dance film festival
1977-1978
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 7, Folder 9
Everson, William K.
1973
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Includes: correspondence re: "William K. Everson Presents" and "Tribute to William K. Everson".
Box 7, Folder 10
Everson 1976
1975-1976
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
[William K. Everson]
Box 7, Folder 11
William K. Everson Presents, correspondence program notes
1976
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 7, Folder 12
William K. Everson correspondence program notes
1977-1978
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 7, Folder 13
Exchange DFW/SFO film series
1976
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Includes: correspondence, research.
Box 7, Folder 14
Foreign series, Fall 1975
1975
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 7, Folder 15
French films
1972-1973, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 7, Folder 16
French film week
1974
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 7, Folder 17
New German cinema
1972, 1975
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 7, Folder 18
New German cinema
1976
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 7, Folder 19
Italian films of the 1950s
1975, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 7, Folder 20
Japanese films
1976
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 7, Folder 21
Pioneers of Modern Painting film series
1972-1977, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 7, Folder 22
Poets of the Cities
1974-1975
Physical Description: 1 folder
Series 5: Frank Stauffacher's scenario for Charles Sheeler
Physical Description: 1 folder
Arrangement
This series is not arranged.
Scope and Contents
Included is a shot list, list of Sheeler's paintings and a document titled "Treatment of Sheeler's Subjects".
Box 7, Folder 23
Shot list other documents
Physical Description: 1 folder
