Finding Aid for the Kurt Louis Flatau papers, ca. 1940-1950 LSC.1564

Finding aid prepared by Caroline Cubé, 2002.
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Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Kurt Louis Flatau papers
Creator: Flatau, Kurt Louis
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1564
Physical Description: 2.5 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Date (inclusive): ca. 1940-1950
Abstract: Kurt Louis Flatau (1895-1950) wrote for various newspapers, lectured on world affairs, gave news commentaries on radio stations KMPC and KMTR (now KLAC), and was the political editor for Fortnight magazine. The collection consists of Flatau's radio broadcast scripts with related news clippings, and clippings of his regular columns for the Los Angeles Daily News and the Los Angeles Times.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.

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Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Gift of Brigitte Yallen, 1988.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Kurt Louis Flatau papers (Collection 1564). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

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UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9912181033606533 

Biography

Flatau was born in 1895 in Berlin, Germany; Ph.D, University of Gottingen, 1920; wrote for various newspapers and was the manager of Mamorhaus Theater, Berlin; left Germany for Spain, 1933; headed Iberica Films in Barcelona (1933-36); left for France, 1936; founded Trianon Films in Paris; produced Boulot Aviateur and L'Affaire Lafarge; joined French Army at the beginning of World War II; came to Los Angeles, 1941; lectured on world affairs and gave news commentaries on radio stations KMPC and KMTR (now KLAC); became political editor, Fortnight magazine; wrote regular columns for the Los Angeles Daily News and Los Angeles Times; died in Toulouse, France, 1950.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of Flatau's radio broadcast scripts with related news clippings. Also includes clippings of his regular columns for the Los Angeles Daily News and Los Angeles Times.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged in the following series:
  1. Articles and newspaper columns (Boxes 3-4).
  2. Radio broadcast scripts and ephemera (Boxes 1-2,3,5).
  3. Research material on atomic bomb (Box 5).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Journalists -- United States -- Archives.
Radio journalists -- United States -- Archives.
Flatau, Kurt Louis, 1895-1950--Archives.

 

Articles

 

Spain

box 3, folder 4

Various titles, n.d.

 

L'union Nouvelle Column

 

Clippings and Issues

box 4

1940s.

 

Los Angeles Daily News Column

 

Clippings and Issues

box 4

1940s.

 

Los Angeles Times Column

 

Clippings and Issues

box 4

1940s.

 

Correspondence

box 3, folder 5

Letter from [signature illegible], 1950 July 24.

 

Political Writings

 

France

box 3, folder 6

Letter to American Ambassador from O.D. Keep, publisher of Fortnight. Copies of Fortnight, 1950 July 24. 1950.

 

Radio Broadcasts

 

General

box 5, folder 4

Epehemera.

 

KLAC

box 5, folder 3

Scripts, 1946 March-June.

 

KMPC

box 1, folder 1

Scripts, 1942.

box 1, folder 2

Scripts, 1943 February-May.

box 1, folder 3

Scripts, 1943 June-September.

box 1, folder 4

Scripts, 1943 October-December.

box 1, folder 5

Scripts, 1944 January.

box 1, folder 6

Scripts, 1944 February.

box 1, folder 7

Scripts, 1944 March.

 

KMTR

box 1, folder 8

Scripts, 1944 May.

box 1, folder 9

Scripts, 1944 June.

box 2, folder 1

Scripts, 1944 July.

box 2, folder 2

Scripts, 1944 August.

box 2, folder 3

Scripts, 1944 September.

box 2, folder 4

Scripts, 1944 October.

box 2, folder 5

Scripts, 1944 November.

box 2, folder 6

Scripts, 1944 December.

box 2, folder 7

Scripts, 1945 January-February.

box 2, folder 8

Scripts, 1945 March-April.

box 3, folder 1

Scripts, 1945 May-June.

box 3, folder 2

Scripts, 1945 July-August.

box 3, folder 3

Scripts, 1945 September-October.

box 5, folder 1

Scripts, 1945 November-December.

box 5, folder 2

Scripts, 1946 January-March.

 

Research Material

 

Atomic Bomb

box 5, folder 5

No further description available.