Pandora's Box

Lothar Wolff collection, 1926-1987 Stacey Doyle, Ken Fox Finding aid created by Stacey Doyle and Ken Fox, Project Archivists, George Eastman Museum, Moving Image Department, August2014 English Lothar Wolff Collection, 1926-1987 George Eastman Museum Rochester, NY Finding Aid prepared by Stacey Doyle and Ken Fox, August 2014 Descriptive Summary Lothar Wolff collection, 1926-1987 25.4 cubic feet George Eastman Museum Moving Image Department

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The Lothar Wolff Collection consists of correspondence (both business and personal), photographs, publications and clippings, research materials, awards and citations, artwork, and film and video dating from 1926 to 1987. The bulk of the collection represents Wolff’s professional career, including materials related to completed and proposed film and television projects and other business dealings; very little is of a personal nature. The collection includes material documenting Wolff’s involvement with many notable figures involved in motion pictures, including Louis de Rochemont, Louise Brooks, G. W. Pabst, and Paul Fejos. Collection materials are primarily in English, German and French. Collection materials are located onsite. Access Restrictions

This collection is open to research upon request.

The George Eastman Museum holds the rights to the physical materials but not intellectual property rights.

Acquisition Information

Custodial History

Materials were created and collected by Mr. Wolff during his lifetime (1909-1988). Following his death these materials were donated to the George Eastman Museum by his widow Violet M. Wolff.

Funding for this finding aid was provided by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources’ Hidden Collections Program.

Biographical Note

Lothar Wolff was born in Bromberg, Germany (later Bydgoszcz, Poland), on May 13, 1909, one of nine children, eight boys and one girl. Wolff's father was a furniture manufacturer and dealer; his mother was named Betty. In 1919 the Wolff family relocated to Charlottenburg, a locality of Berlin, where Wolff's father owned and operated a large three-story furniture warehouse and emporium, the top floor of which served as the family's residence. Soon after his father's death from cancer one year later, Wolff, his mother and sister traveled to Davos, Switzerland, where they sought treatment for his sister's tuberculosis. After a year abroad they returned to Germany where Wolff's sister soon died of her illness.

Though by his own account an indifferent student, Wolff nevertheless finished school with plans to follow in his older brother's footsteps and become an interior designer. In 1926 these plans changed when Wolff was introduced to one of his brother's clients, Samuel Rachman. Rachman, an American film impresario and former Paramount executive, had become head of UFA's distribution network (1). Rachman was instrumental in the formation of Parufamet, a Berlin-based German-American distribution company jointly formed by Paramount, UFA and Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer in late December, 1925. On September 29, 1926, Wolff joined Parufamet's publicity department and within a year was promoted from apprentice to publicity department head. From January through March 1927 Wolff also studied typing ("machine writing") at Rackow’s Kaufmännischen Privatschule (Commercial Private School). Wolff left Parufamet on November 1, 1927, but continued to work as an independent publicist. Among Wolff's most notable clients was German director G.W. Pabst, to whom Wolff would later introduce Louise Brooks, star of Pabst's Pandora's Box (1929).(2)

In 1928 Wolff joined Hom Film/Hom-AG für Filmfabrikation as “press and propaganda chief,” “writing press releases, taking newspaper people out to the production sites, placing photographs in papers and in general trying to make a splash where it was possible to make one."(3) While at Hom Film Wolff worked on such Pabst productions as The White Hell of Piz Palue and Diary of a Lost Girl (both 1929), while also doing publicity for Brooks, Luis Trenker, Czech actress Anny Ondra and her then-husband, the Czech director Karel Lamač. After Hom Film disbanded in 1930 Wolff was hired by Ondra-Lamač Film, a production company formed by Ondra and Lamač. Though initially engaged as a publicist on Lamač's Die Vom Rummelplatz/Fair People/Those of the Sideshow (1930), Wolff also served as both assistant director and assistant editor on the production. The following year Wolff continued to work as an assistant director/assistant editor, this time on Lamač's Mamsell Nitouche (1931) produced at the Braunberger-Richebé Studios in Paris. When Lamač later departed for Prague soon after initial production on Der Falsche Feldmarschall/Monsieur le Maréchal (1931) was complete, Wolff was left to edit the film on his own. Before leaving Ondra-Lamač Film in 1931, Wolff worked primarily as assistant director on three additional Lamač films: Eine Freundin So Goldig Wei Du (1930), Er und Seine Schwester/Meet the Sister and Der Zinker/The Squeeker (both 1931).

In 1931 Wolff was hired as chief film editor for Société de Films Osso/Les Films Osso, a Paris-based production company specializing in foreign productions. After editing Osso's Le Costaud des PTT (1931, d. Jean Bertin) and Le Parfum de la Dame en Noir (1931, d. Marcel L'Herbier), Wolff reluctantly agreed to travel to Nice to edit Baroud (1932) -- released the following year in English as Love in Morocco -- for U.S. director Rex Ingram. After finishing Baroud in Paris and London, Wolff traveled to Budapest to edit several Hungarian productions for Films Osso. In addition to Rouletabille Aviateur/Flying Gold (1932, d. István Székely/Steve Sekely), Wolff edited the French, German and (possibly) Romanian versions of Hungarian director Paul Fejos' Tavaszi Zápor/Spring Rain (1932), retitled Marie, Légend Hongroise in France; Marie/Frühlingsregen Oder Marie -- Ein Ungarische Legende in Germany; and Prima Dragoste in Romania.(4) While in Hungary Wolff edited a second film for Fejos, Itél a Balaton/Tempétes/Menschen im Sturm (1933).

Temporarily returning to Berlin in late 1932, Wolff agreed to edit the shorter French version of Fritz Lang's The Testament of Dr. Mabuse. Le Testament du Dr. Mabuse (1933) was adapted from Lang's original script by René Sti and featured a mostly French supporting cast. Anticipating a Nazi ban on the film, Wolff, Sti and Mr. Trevor, Lang's English producer, successfully smuggled a print of the film out of Germany aboard a Paris-bound train. Wolff finished editing Dr. Mabuse in Paris in early 1933 but would not return to Germany until after the war. Later that same year Wolff accompanied Fejos to Vienna for the production of two films -- Sonnenstrahl/Gardez le Sourire/Ray of Sunshine and Frühlingsstimmen (both 1933) -- after which Wolff returned to Paris to edit Poliche (1934) for director Abel Gance. In 1934 Wolff traveled to Denmark where he worked as assistant director and editor on three more Fejos productions -- Flugten Fra Millionerne/Flight from the Millions/Millions in Flight (1934), Det Gyldne Smil/The Golden Smile, and Fange Nr. 1 (both 1935). The following year Wolff edited Fredløs for the Danish director George Schnéevoigt. In January 1936 Wolff immigrated to the United States, possibly aboard the S.S. Scanmail.

Though he originally planned to continue on to Hollywood, Wolff instead settled in New York City where, through the actress Margaret Mullen, he was introduced to Louis de Rochemont, co-creator and producer of Time, Inc.'s monthly theatrical newsreel series The March of Time (Mullen had appeared in a number of the series' dramatic recreations). A few weeks after their initial meeting De Rochemont hired Wolff as a film cutter at The March of Time for a two-month trial period at a salary of $25 per week. (Although occasionally used synonymously, in film-production parlance "cutter" and "editor" refer to two distinct jobs. A cutter is responsible for the mechanical cutting and splicing of film footage based on the creative decisions made by the editor. Wolff arrived at Time, Inc. with considerable experience as an editor, but needed to be taught the basics of film splicing in order to fulfill his new -- and lower -- position as a cutter. In Europe the cutting had always been done by Wolff's assistants.[5]) At the end of the trial period de Rochemont renewed Wolff's contract and doubled his salary. Soon after Wolff was promoted to Chief Editor.

In 1940, one year before the United States' entry into World War II, Wolff edited The March of Time's first feature film The Ramparts We Watch (1940), a docudrama set in a small American town in the years immediately preceding U.S. intervention in World War I. The Ramparts We Watch was produced and directed by de Rochemont and distributed theatrically by RKO. Wolff also edited The Story of the Vatican (1941) and served as associate director on We Are the Marines (1942), two March of Time features distributed by RKO and Twentieth Century Fox, respectively.

Although March of Time staff were exempt from service, in 1944 Wolff went on military leave from Time, Inc. after receiving a commission from the U.S. Coast Guard to serve as Officer-in-Charge (Lt. Commander) of the Film Section of Public Information. Under Wolff's direction, the film unit produced public information films, a monthly screen magazine and several documentaries about the Coast Guard's wartime activities, including Normandy Invasion (1944). Some, like Beachhead to Berlin (1944), were theatrically distributed by Warner Bros.

After receiving an honorable discharge in May 1946, Wolff returned to The March of Time where he worked as an associate producer on three subjects: “Is Everybody Listening?”, “Storm over Britain”, and “End of an Empire?" about Indonesia's struggle for independence. The same year Wolff married Denver, Colorado, native Violet M. Macy (b. 1928), aka "Vee." In late 1949 de Rochemont, who had left The March of Time in 1943, invited Wolff to join the recently formed Louis de Rochemont Associates production company in New York City. Wolff was appointed vice-president and served as an associate producer on The Earth and Its Peoples (1947-48), a series of 36 youth-oriented "human geography" films of which "Nomads of the Jungle" (1947) was the first. In 1949 Wolff was the associate producer of the Reader's Digest-de Rochemont (RD-DR) co-production Lost Boundaries, a feature-length drama about racial prejudice.

Taking a leave of absence from Louis de Rochemont Associates later in 1949, Wolff served as Chief of the Motion Picture Section of the Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA) Information Office under Information Division Director Roscoe Drummond.(6) (The ECA administered the European Recovery Program, commonly known as the Marshall Plan.) Wolff relocated to Paris where, under the auspices of the ECA, he supervised the production of an estimated 50 European documentaries. According to Wolff the purpose of these films was to "subtly publicize the contribution of the Marshall Plan to Europe's economy," and "show the still shell-shocked Europeans that the future was looking brighter and, very important, to promote inter-European unity and cooperation".(7) After 18 months in Paris Wolff returned to New York City and Louis de Rochemont Associates, where he served as associate producer on the dramatic features The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951) and Walk East on Beacon! (1952). In 1953 Wolff co-wrote and produced the biographical drama Martin Luther, his first feature as producer. Produced by Lutheran Film Associates, a religious production and distribution agency for which Wolff would later produce the feature films Question 7 and The Joy of Bach, Martin Luther was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White).

Later in 1953 Wolff moved to Djakarta, Indonesia, where he was director of a motion-picture technical assistance team assigned to the Indonesian Government Film Studio (P.F.N.) by the A.I.D.(8) Wolff remained in Djakarta until 1955.

On October 28, 1957, Wolff appeared alongside Frank Capra on a Museum of Modern Art "Prospects for the Film" panel entitled "The Propaganda and the Journalistic Film." In 1958 Wolff once again worked as associate producer for Louis de Rochemont Associates on the feature-length documentary Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich, the first and only film presented in widescreen "Cinemiracle," a would-be competitor to Cinerama. The following year Wolff served as associate producer on the de Rochemont production Man on a String (1960). In 1960 Wolff also independently produced Planet Earth, a series of 13 half-hour, introductory level educational films about geophysical science for the National Academy of Sciences, a project initiated as part of the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58. (Planet Earth was broadcast on television, then distributed to schools on 16mm film by McGraw-Hill.) During this time Wolff directed three segments of the WGBH-TV French-language instruction television series Parlons Français, produced by Heath-de Rochemont & Co. In 1961 Wolff produced the feature film Question 7 for RD-DR and served as associate producer alongside producer Louis de Rochemont on the Warner Bros. feature The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone starring Vivien Leigh and Warren Beatty.

After producing The Challenge of Change: A Case for Counseling (1962), an educational film about high-school guidance counseling for Louis de Rochemont Associates, Wolff established Lothar Wolff Productions in New York City in 1963 (the company was dissolved in 1966). The same year, Wolff produced Vigilant Switzerland for the Swiss Federal Department of Defense. Originally exhibited as a 70mm multi-screen cinematic experience in the Swiss Army Pavilion at the 1964 Swiss national exhibition (Expo64) in Lausanne, Vigilant Switzerland was later distributed by Cinerama as Fortress of Peace (1965), under which title it received an Academy Award nomination for Best Short Subject (Live Action) in 1966.

In 1966 Wolff also produced the series The Sun and the Earth for the National Academy of Sciences commemorating the Year of the Quiet Sun (1964-65). The number of half-hour episodes produced is uncertain; the 1967-68 National Academy of Sciences Annual Report mentions that four of seven planned films had been produced; Wolff's CV located in Box C310 states he produced a total of five half-hour films. The films were shown on WNET television and distributed by McGraw-Hill. The following year Wolff directed the Louis de Rochemont Associates production Her Name Was Ellie, His Name Was Lyle (1967), a public service film about venereal disease sponsored by the New York City Department of Health.

From 1968 to 1971 Wolff served as executive producer of the Time-Life Films series Life Around Us. Originally titled The World We Live In, the series was later renamed for 16mm non-theatrical use and, possibly, the original television broadcast of Season 2. Consisting of 26 half-hour programs (Season 1 comprised 14 episodes; Season 2 comprised 12), the series was first aired on PBS and later syndicated for broadcast both in the US and abroad. Life Around Us/The World We Live In segments were all original productions. "Rock-a-Bye Baby" (1970), a segment about early human development, won the Emily Award for best film at the American Film Festival. In March 1971 it was screened along with nine additional series segments as a part of a weekly hour-long program at the Museum of Modern Art.

Beginning in 1973 Wolff executive produced two additional series for Time-Life Films. Wild, Wild World of Animals (1973-74) consisted of 26 half-hour documentary programs narrated by William Conrad and was syndicated throughout the US. Other People, Other Places (1973-75), a series of previously produced ethnographic documentaries that had been adapted into 52 half-hour television episodes, was sponsored by Miles Laboratories and hosted by actor Peter Graves. Syndicated throughout the US, Other People, Other Places was retitled Strange Places in the New York City area to avoid confusion with a similarly titled series airing in the same timeslot.

From October 1, 1975, through 1977 Wolff served as consultant to the Educational Film Section of the National Geographic Society. Among Wolff's chief duties was stockpiling "completed productions from various producers" for "possible later TV syndication."(9) As he had with Other People, Other Places, Wolff would then adapt these predominantly ethnographic films for U.S. broadcast.(10) In 1976 Wolff produced The March of Time, a 30-minute film for North German Television about the origins and influence of the newsreel series. That same year Wolff served as the editorial director of I Sought My Brother, aka I Shall Moulder Before I Shall Be Taken, a one-hour documentary about the Maroons, or "Bush Negroes," of Surinam produced by Harvard University. During 1977 Wolff was also employed as a consultant by Metropolitan Pittsburgh Public Broadcasting (WQED).

In 1977 Wolff began production on a long-planned biographical film about Johann Sebastian Bach. First televised on PBS on December 23, 1979, The Joy of Bach featured musical recitals as well as dramatic recreations starring actor Brian Blessed as Bach. In November 1978 Wolff traveled to Switzerland to introduce a March of Time retrospective at the 10th International Documentary Film Festival in Nyon. Running approximately 14 hours, this multi-session program showed all March of Time shorts made between 1935 and 1937. In November 1979 Wolff attended the Yorkton International Film Festival in Saskatchewan, Canada, where he introduced "The History of March of Time" sessions and conducted a seminar on the making of The Joy of Bach entitled "The Total Picture of Making a Film." The following month he introduced a week-long March of Time retrospective at the XX Festival dei Popoli in Florence, Italy.

From 1979-81 Wolff produced a series of three films for the National Geographic Society Educational Film Section: The Moon [aka Reflecting the Moon], The Sun [aka The Sun: The Earth's Star] and The Solar System. Much of the filming was done at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tuscon, Arizona. In 1980 Wolff was also hired by Beta/Taurus Films, GmbH to serve as a consultant on a planned production of 32 one-hour films based on the Old Testament titled Fernsehbibel/The TV Bible. The following year Wolff began work on Planet Earth Revisited, a planned sequel to the TV series Planet Earth commemorating the 25th anniversary of the International Geophysical Year (IGY). The series was eventually produced by WQED under the title Planet Earth, but without Wolff's involvement. In 1981 Wolff also received an honorary degree from Thiel College in Greenville, PA.

In 1983 Wolff produced A Parade of Witnesses, a one-hour live television program for Satellite Broadcasting commemorating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther. The following year Wolff produced and directed Sky's the Limit (working title From Montgolfier to Satellite), a one-hour documentary commemorating the bicentennial of the first public hot-air balloon demonstration by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783. In 1984 Wolff attended a March of Time retrospective in Tokyo.

On October 2, 1988, Lothar Wolff died of prostate cancer at Rosary Hill Home nursing facility in Hawthorne, NY. At the time of his death Wolff had been living with his wife, Violet, in Sharon, Connecticut.

1. Jan-Christopher Horak, "Rin-Tin-Tin in Berlin, or American Cinema in Weimar," Film History, Volume 5 (1993), 49-62.

2. Lothar Wolff, "Reminiscences of an Itinerant Filmmaker," Journal of the University Film Association, Vol. 24, No. 4 (1972), 83-91.

3. Lothar Wolff interview, Box C301, folder 60.

4. According to the website Secvenţe: Film Româneşti [http://secvente.ro/2012/06/prima-dragoste-marie/] eight versions of Marie were shot in Budapest in 1933. Each starred the French actress Annabella but each version often featured a different supporting cast.

5. Raymond Fielding, The March of Time, 1935-1951 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1978), 112.

6. Regina M. Longo, "Between Documentary and Neorealism: Marshall Plan Films in Italy (1948-1955)." California Italian Studies 3:2 (2012): 17-19.

7. Wolff, "Reminiscences of an Itinerant Filmmaker," 83-91.

8. In a CV found in box C310 Wolff refers to this agency as "A.I.D.", an acronym for the Agency for International Development. Considering the A.I.D. was not founded until 1961, Wolff may be referring to a precursor organization.

9. December 16, 1975, letter to Lester Wunderman from Sidney Platt, Supervisor Educational Film Projects, National Geographic Society. Box C355, Folder 35.

10. December 20, 1975, letter to Hugh Gibb. Box C355, Folder 32.

Scope and Content Note

Wolff maintained fairly well-organized files on most of the projects he was involved in, including many that were never produced. These materials cover his work in pre-World War II Europe, his time as editor for The March of Time newsreel series, and his work as an independent producer. It includes his collaborations with the Lutheran Film Associates and the National Geographic Society. Geographically, the majority of the collection was produced in the United States, but a portion of it originated in Europe. The timeline of the collection covers the majority of Wolff’s career, with no significant gaps.

The collection also includes several items that have unclear provenance, and their connection to Wolff is unknown. These items include Czech animation cells and British Film Institute (BFI) Monthly Film Bulletins.

Arrangement of the Collection

Papers are arranged in 10 series according to subject, and in the case of artworks, artifacts, photographs, and film, according to format. The series "Business Materials" has been further subdivided into subseries, and "Film/TV Projects" into subseries and sub-subseries according to film series title and episode name. Paper materials are largely arranged in reverse chronological order as found. Most photographs appear to have been previously arranged into albums according subject and/or time period, some further arranged in chronological order. Additional photographs can be found along with related materials in their folders. Artwork and artifacts are grouped according to size. Films and video are located in the film vaults at the George Eastman Museum and are arranged according to the Moving Image Department's location protocols. The series and subseries arrangement of the records are as follows:

Series 1, Business Materials, 1933-1985 Subseries 1, Time, Inc./Time-Life, 1968-1981 Subseries 2, Lutheran Film Associates, 1978-1983 Subseries 3, General, 1947-1985 Series 2, Film/TV Projects, 1932-1986 Subseries 1, Earth and Its Peoples, ca. 1932, 1938, 1951-1962, 1967-1986 Subseries 2, Fortress of Peace [aka Vigilant Switzerland], 1964-1966 Subseries 3, The Joy of Bach, 1967-1985, bulk 1977-1980 Subseries 4, Lost Boundaries, 1949 Subseries 5, The March of Time, 1933, 1936-1951, 1957, 1969-1970, 1979-1982 Subseries 6, Marshall Plan Films, 1951, 1979 Subseries 7, Martin Luther, 1952-1954, 1971, 1978, 1983 Subseries 8, National Geographic Society Films [General], 1973-1983 Subseries 9, Other People, Other Places, 1971-1975, 1980 Subseries 10, A Parade of Witnesses, 1953, 1979-1983 Subseries 11, Planet Earth/Planet Earth Revisited, 1960-1963, 1979-1983 Subseries 12, Question 7, 1961-1962 Subseries 13, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, 1961, 1979 Subseries 14, Sky's the Limit, 1969-1985 Subseries 15, The Sun/The Moon/The Solar System, 1971-1985, undated Subseries 16, The 13 Clocks, 1950-1951, 1958-1969, undated Subseries 17, The TV Bible, 1980-1985, undated Subseries 18, Wild, Wild World of Animals, 1973-1975 Subseries 19, Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich, 1957-1958 Subseries 20, The World We Live In [aka Life Around Us], 1968-1974, 1981-1986, undated Sub-subseries 1, General, 1968-1974, undated Sub-subseries 2, "The Not-So-Solid Earth," 1971-1972, undated Sub-subseries 3, "Rock-a-Bye Baby," 1971-1972, 1981-1986 Subseries 21, Miscellaneous, ca. 1932, 1938, 1948-1967, 1973-1986, undated Series 3, General Research Materials, 1947, 1957, 1967, 1972-1985, undated Series 4, Festivals/Retrospectives, 1975-1986 Series 5, Publications/Clippings, 1932-1946, 1951-1984 Series 6, Personal Records, 1926-1940, 1946, 1968-1972, 1984-1985, undated Series 7, Photographs, 1927-1984, undated Series 8, Film/Video, 1943-1953, 1960-1961, 1966-1986 Subseries 1, Coast Guard Films, 1944, undated Subseries 2, The Earth and Its Peoples, 1948-1949 Subseries 3, The March of Time, 1943, 1947 Subseries 4, Other People, Other Places1974 Subseries 5, Planet Earth, 1960-1961 Subseries 6, The Sun and the Earth, ca. 1966 Subseries 7, Wild, Wild World of Animals, ca. 1973 Subseries 8, The World We Live In, 1968-1973 Subseries 9, Features and Other Non-series Films, 1953, 1961, 1978-1986, undated Series 9, Artwork, approximately 1960-1987, undated Series 10, Awards/Citations, 1961-1962, 1965-1966, 1971-1972, 1980-1982 Personal Names: Beatty, Warren, 1937- Blessed, Brian Brooks, Louise, 1906-1985 Casals, Pablo, 1876-1973 Crowther, Bosley Danois, Jacques De Rochemont, Louis, 1899-1978 Fejos, Paul, 1897-1963 Guiles, Fred Lawrence Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000 Hitchens, Gordon Lamač, Karel, 1898-1952 Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976 Lee, Robert E. A. (Robert Edward Alexander), 1921-2009 Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967 Meier, Theo, 1908-1982 Ondra, Anny Pabst, G. W. (Georg Wilhelm), 1885-1967 Paris, Barry Prescott, James W. Shute, James L. St. John, Jill Stapp, Philip Thurber, James, 1894-1961 Wolff, Lothar Wolff, Violet M. Corporate Names United States. Economic Cooperation Administration Hom-AG für Filmfabrikation Kitt Peak National Observatory Lothar Wolff Productions Louis De Rochemont Associates Lutheran Film Associates March of time (Motion Picture) March of Time, Inc. Marshall Plan National Geographic Society (U.S.) National Geographic Films National Geographic Society (U.S.). Educational Media Department Ondra-Lamač Film Parufamet Les Films Osso Time, Inc. Time-Life Films United States. Economic Cooperation Administration--Films. Subjects: Astronomy--Films. Ballooning--History. Composers in motion pictures Educational films. Ethnographic films. Human geography--Films. International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958. Motion picture industry--Public relations Motion pictures--Editing. Motion pictures--Production and direction.Newsreels. Newsreels. Religious films. Science films. Wildlife films. Form and Genre Types: acetate film animation cells awards black-and-white negatives black-and-white photographs booklets brochures bumper stickers business records catalogs (documents) clippings (information artifacts) collages (visual works) color photographs commercial correspondence cue sheets drawings (visual works) financial records hardcover books house organs invoices notes paintings (visual works) pamphlets photograph albums picture postcards posters programs (documents) receipts (financial records) résumés (personnel records) screenplays transcripts transparencies trophies (objects) videotapes Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Lothar Wolff Collection, 1926-1987, George Eastman Museum, Moving Image Department, Stills, Posters, and Papers Collection

Related Collections John P. Bradford papers. Minnesota Historical Society Manuscript Collection http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00254.xml Louis de Rochemont Collection Keene State College College Archives & Special Collections, Wallace E. Mason Library http://commons.keene.edu/findingguides/26/ Life Around Us Archival Collection HBO Archives http://www.hboarchives.com/apps/searchlibrary/ctl/marchoftime The March of Time Archival Collection HBO Archives http://www.hboarchives.com/apps/searchlibrary/ctl/marchoftime Lutheran Film Associates Productions Martin Luther Publicity Program Files, 1951-1960, 1952-1956 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives http://www.elca.org/Resources/Archives Lutheran Film Associates Productions, Martin Luther Scripts, 1951-1954 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives http://www.elca.org/Resources/Archives Lutheran Film Associates Productions, Question 7 Publicity Program Files, 1961 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives http://www.elca.org/Resources/Archives Lutheran Film Associates Productions, Question 7 Publicity Program Files, 1961 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives http://www.elca.org/Resources/Archives Container List Series 1, Business Materials, 1933-1985 Materials are in English, German, and French. Scope and Content

Series comprises correspondence, memorandums, contracts, financial records, receipts, meeting minutes, résumés, employment applications, brochures, pamphlets, programs, film catalogs, business cards and other materials related to Wolff's career in film publicity and production. Materials date from 1933 through 1985. The series is further divided into three subseries. "Time, Inc./Time-Life" consists of business materials relating to Wolff's tenure as editor and associate producer at Time, Inc. (1936-1949) as well as later materials regarding Time-Life Films productions and The March of Time retrospectives. Subseries "Lutheran Film Associates" contains documents and records related to projects sponsored, produced or otherwise supported by that entity. Subseries "General" comprises the remainder of business-related materials in the collection, the amounts of which are considered to be too small to warrant division into any additional subseries, or pertain to Wolff's career as a whole rather than any single activity or organization.

Arrangement

Series materials are located in four boxes. Dated materials within each series folder are mostly arranged in reverse chronological order.

Subseries 1, Time, Inc./Time-Life, 1968-1981 C301 38 Roy E. Larsen April 24, 1976

Letter from Roy E. Larsen, vice-chairman Time, Inc., board of directors, regarding The Joy of Bach, retirement party .

76 Description of Time Life Films,1970

Short history of Time-Life Films, dated 3/70.

C309 7 The March of Time Revisited -- Proposals, 1975

Bound proposal, newspaper articles, The Best of March of Time, correspondence with Time-Life Films and Lurco Films Inc., and subject list. The date 1975 is found on a letter inside the proposal.

9 T/L Archives -- March of Time, 1981

Correspondence with Time, Inc., regarding The March of Time.

15 Screenings in Vienna (1982), Programs, etc., 1981-1982

Correspondence with Time/Life and Franz Schwartz concerning screenings in Vienna, 1981-1982. Materials are in English and German.

20 [Three-ring loose-leaf binder labeled "March of Time I"], 1933-1948, 1979

Correspondence with Louis and Richard de Rochemont, Eugene Ormandy; photographs of Wolff and March of Time personnel; programs and press books for March of Time productions The Story of the Vatican, We Are the Marines, Is Everybody Listening?, Opportunity... The Story of the Best Location in the Nation; newspaper clippings; newsletters. In English and French.

21 [Three-ring loose-leaf binder labeled "March of Time II"], 1936, 1940-1943

Photographs of Wolff, Louis de Rochemont, March of Time production Norway in Revolt; J. Edgar Hoover portrait (signed); correspondence regarding Wolff's enlistment in the U.S. Coast Guard; memos and correspondence from Louis and Richard de Rochemont, Eugene Ormandy; newspaper clippings; sheet music for "Hail the United States Marines" from We Are the Marines, signed by composer Jack Shaindlin; materials congratulating Wolff on his U.S. citizenship; Time, Inc. 20th Anniversary gala program; Museum of Modern Art Film Library program for The Documentary Film 1922-1945.

C314 30 Time/Life Journal with Interview with Lothar Wolff, 1971

8/6/1971 issue of Time, Inc., in-house newsletter F.Y.I., with correction letter from Wolff regarding an earlier F.Y.I. interview.

31 Time-Life Journal with article on Lothar Wolff, 1971

11/12/1971 issue of Time, Inc., in-house newsletter F.Y.I.

32 Time-Life Journal Copy, 1969

8/29/1969 issue of Time, Inc., in-house newsletter F.Y.I. [photocopy].

33 Copy of Time/Life Journal, Sept. 26, 1969

9/26/1969 issue of Time, Inc., in-house newsletter F.Y.I. [photocopy].

34 Time/Life Journal Copy, Oct. 17, 1969

10/17/1969 issue of Time, Inc., in-house newsletter F.Y.I. with schedule of lunch-hour screenings of The World We Live In, aka Life Around Us.

36 Table of Organization for Time-Life Films, 1973

Company organizational chart.

37 News Release: "The Golden Eagle Awards to Time-Life Films, Veteran Filmmaker Lothar Wolff Is Honored," 1971

News release and ad copy.

40 Speech by Lothar Wolff, presented at KLZ, Denver, Nov. 11, 1969 on T/L Films, 1969

Text of speech about Time-Life Films.

42 Time/Life Messages, 1970-1971

Two memos to Time-Life staff.

43 News Release on Lothar Woff’s Career by Time/Life, 1971

Biography

44 Miscellaneous concerning Time/Life Films, 1968-1972

Correspondence; memo regarding American Film Festival winners; newspaper clippings [in English, German].

Subseries 2, Lutheran Film Associates, 1978-1983 C301 48 Porter McKeever, 1983

Correspondence among Wolff, Porter McKeever (Asia Society), Robert E. A. Lee (Lutheran Film Associates).

C307 34 News Releases concerning The Joy of Bach by Lutheran Film Associates, 1977-1978

Press releases.

35 Correspondence with Lutheran Film Associates concerning The Joy of Bach, 1977-1978

Correspondence includes proposal to The George Gund Foundation.

36 Lutheran Film Associates Meeting, April, 1978

Agenda, meeting materials, budget, note to Wolff.

43 [Booklet titled "Everyman’s Bach: A TV Special for Christmas 1976"], 1975

Comb-bound presentation outline of proposed TV special. Prepared for Lutheran Film Associates by Wolff, Robert E. A. Lee, et al.

44 [Booklet titled "The Current Popularity of Bach"], ca. 1975

Comb-bound booklet includes photocopies of clippings reflecting the current popularity of Bach.

C308 1 Lutheran Film Associates -- Meetings -- Reports, 1978-1979

Lutheran Film Associates Production and Distribution Committee meeting minutes, memos, meeting agendas, expense reports, progress reports, invoices, and correspondence, all related to the production and release of The Joy of Bach. Also includes Lutheran Film Associates Board of Trustees meeting minutes, a Joy of Bach shot list and treatment.

2 Lutheran Film Associates -- Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1974-1979

Correspondence regarding The Joy of Bach [mostly English, some German]; memos, including memos to/from Robert E. A. Lee; Wolff salary receipt; Elise Simon Goodman [production assistant] cover letter and resume.

3 Lutheran Film Associates -- Report from a Meeting, 1979

Binder containing Lutheran Film Associates board of trustees meeting report dated 10/23/1979; correspondence; memos regarding distribution of Lutheran Film Associates materials, project proposals (including film-strip series), budgets, financial reports, etc.

4 Miscellaneous material and letters concerning Martin Luther, 1980

Correspondence regarding a new Martin Luther film.

5 Robert A. Lee, Lutheran Council in the USA, 1980

Correspondence from George Loft regarding Norwegians assisting Jews during WWII; a Dietrich Bonhoeffer film project.

6 L.F.A. -- Production Committee, 1978

Correspondence; memo; Lutheran Film Associates Production and Distribution Committee meeting minutes dated April 26, 1978.

21 Lutheran Film Associates -- News Release for Martin Luther, 1954

Press release.

C367 14 Miscellaneous Photographs, 1930-1960, 1971-1972, ca. 1983, undated

Black-and-white photographs of Wolff and Lutheran Film Associates president Paul C. Empie signing a Question 7 production contract, undated; Wolff and Robert E. A. Lee at a 1972 ceremony commemorating Question 7;.

C368 3 A Parade of Witnesses -- script, director Paul Lammers, 1983

Script is in a blue three-ring binder titled "Luther Anniversary, Allan’s 8/19 draft." Also includes notes, Lutheran Film Associates correspondence, clippings, 1983 "Martin Luther Jubilee Festival" flyer.

4 A Parade of Witnesses -- Exposé by Allan Shore, 1982

Exposé by Allan Shore, contains a proposal titled "The Hammer and the Pen" and related correspondence.

5 A Parade of Witnesses -- Script by Allan Shore, 1983

Script with revisions and list of character names.

6 A Parade of Witnesses -- Misc. Correspondence, 1983

Includes correspondence with the Lutheran Council in the USA, Luther College, and WGBH Educational Foundation.

7 A Parade of Witnesses -- Scripts, Notes, etc., 1982-1983

Notes, working outline, proposals, correspondence, clippings, a speech delivered by Robert E. A. Lee.

8 A Parade of Witnesses -- Material and Articles on Martin Luther, 1982-1983

Flyers, issue of National Geographic, brochures, and clippings.

9 Martin Luther, Jubilee -- A 500th Birthday Media Festival -- "The Hammer and the Pen," 1983

Worship Events Committee agenda; correspondence with the Lutheran Church of America and the Lutheran Council; television special proposal; "Martin Luther Jubilee -- A 500th Birthday Media Festival" proposal, including clippings, crew background, budget and "The Hammer and the Pen" outline.

10 Material on Martin Luther -- Letters, Newspaper Articles, 1965, 1982-1983

Correspondence, newspaper articles, brochures, and pamphlets.

11 "Martin Luther": Treatment for a BBC Production, 1983

Robert E. A. Lee shares a BBC treatment he received.

12 Miscellaneous for "Martin Luther" Special, 1979-1983

Miscellaneous material for A Parade of Witnesses and past Martin Luther productions. Includes invoices, clippings, programs, outline and cue sheet, correspondence, notes, time-line, correspondence with the Lutheran Council in the USA, National Geographic Society, and Below the Line Productions.

14 Media Opportunities for the 500th Anniversary of the Birth of Martin Luther, ca. 1983

Proposal for a "Martin Luther Jubilee" media festival commemorating Luther's 500th birthday. Includes outlines of A Parade of Witnesses, "The Hammer and the Pen."

Subseries 3, General, 1947-1985 C301 4 The Asia Society July 12, 1976

Letter from Phillips Talbot, President Asia Society, to Wolff regarding Wolff’s resignation as Chairman of the Indonesia Council.

5 Mark Scher (Asia Soc), 1978

Brochure and correspondence regarding the Asia Society and Chinese films.

6 Bruce William Benenson, Résumé, ca. 1975

Résumé of Bruce William Benenson with Variety review and New York Times ad for Benenson’s TV documentary The Marginal Way

7 Jürgen Bergs -- Curriculum Vitae, 1979

5/17/1979 cover letter [in German] and résumé [in English] for film producer Jürgen Bergs.

9 Jack ? Black Elk Productions, 1979

Correspondence

12 Leacock/Susan Woll Louise Brooks, 1981-1982

Materials related to Richard Leacock and his film about Louise Brooks, including correspondence, clippings, and the full transcript of Leacock’s interview with Brooks.

14 Letters to Jacques Danois, United Nations Children Fund & Book by Donois: Les Moineaux de Saigon, ca. 1972

Correspondence; "Wild Fruits" essay [photocopy]; perfect-bound paperback book Les Moineaux de Saigon by Jacques Danois.

15 Joost Van Rees The Film Farm Inc., 1984

July-August 1984 letter, handwritten notes regarding a phone bill.

16 Peter Nau -- Paul Fejos Publication, ca. 1979

Correspondence; "Lothar Wolff über Paul Fejos" essay [in German].

17 Martin Neeb -- Franciscan Communications Center, 1980

Correspondence regarding "The Assisi Underground."

18 Stephen Garrett -- Granada Television Ltd., 1980

Correspondence regarding a documentary about newsreel films.

19 Concerning Appointment of Lothar Wolff with General Learning Corp., 1967

Employment application, correspondence regarding employment.

21 Hugh Gibb, 1975-1985

Correspondence with documentary filmmaker Hugh Gibb. Airmail letters, mailgrams, holiday card, U-matic tape labels and customs declaration for Gibb's film Rituals of Rice.

23 Hanseatic TV Prod. -- Jurgen Voigt, 1977-1978

Correspondence

24 Robert Conte, HBO Manager, 1983

Correspondence regarding Vera Wolff’s project "Rescue," a proposed film about the 1943 rescue of 7,000 Danish Jews from the Nazis; script for "Crying Time," a film about the after effects of Agent Orange

25 Hill & Knowlton, 1984

Correspondence with Hill & Knowlton, public relations firm.

27 Pete Hopkinson: "The Screen of Change" planned book, 1978-1979

Correspondence among Wolff, March of Time cameraman Peter Hopkinson, newsreel historian Ray Fielding.

28 Peter Horner, 1979

Three letters.

30 Letter by Harald Wigankow Ifage Filmproduktion with list of their productions, Dec. 11, 1974

Letter [in German]; catalog of 16mm and 35mm films

34 Brooks Jones Bach DDR, 1983

Letter from Brooks Jones to Wolff regarding Bach Tricentennial concert series.

40 Lazi Film -- Horizon Communications, 1982

Photocopies of two letters from Janine M.H. Selendy, co-chairman/president Horizon Communications, to Franzi Lazi and Heinz von Matthey regarding Stuttgart production facility.

42 Lazi Film -- Frank Lazi, 1981-1983

Correspondence between Franz Lazi and Wolff [in German, English].

51 Correspondence with Motion Picture Film Editors Guild, 1941-1948

Materials and correspondence related to Wolff’s membership in the Screen Directors Guild and Motion Picture Film Editors Guild, including a withdrawal request from the latter due to potential "embarrassment".

53 Presho, Neville -- Martello Films (Dublin, Ireland), 1976-1982

Business card attached to accountant's letter regarding Export Sales Relief. Correspondence regarding Presho with RTE, Irish Film Board, and Wolff.

56 William S. Paley, CBS, 1979

Letter [photocopy] from Wolff to William S. Paley (Chairman, CBS) regarding TV networks effort to "set some specific prime time for cultural programming aside."

57 Jere Patterson, 1982

Letter of recommendation on behalf of Wolff; Patterson & Associates firm brochures attached

58 Michael Ambrosino, PB Associates Inc., Boston, 1979

Correspondence regarding adapting existing European/Asian television programs about anthropology/archaeology for US broadcast.

59 John Phillips Yugoslavia, 1947-1948, 1977-1984

Correspondence and articles regarding Life magazine photojournalist John Phillips and future TV projects based on his books Yugoslav Story and Jerusalem: A Will to Survive

60 Prof. Dr. Thomas Koebner -- Philipps-Universität Marburg concerning the publication of History of Filmemigration, 1981-1984

Correspondence between Professor Thomas Koebner and Wolff [in German]; lists of Q&A interview questions [in German] and separate lists of answers [in English], largely concerning Wolff’s career; two black-and-white group photographs featuring Wolff as a young man; 1930-64 feature film filmography.

70 Studio Hamburg Prod. Info, 1975, 1983

Correspondence, 1975 price list.

74 Cal Thomas, 1981

Handwritten letter.

77 Gerhard Trede Kompositionen (Composer), 1974-1980

Correspondence with German composer Gerhard Trede [in German, English]; invoice.

79 Video Graphies Production, Letter by Jean-Paul Cassagnac, 1979

Letter to Wolff.

80 Vigne/Jim Love, Portrait Logique d’Emma Barret, 1979

Correspondence with French filmmaker Daniel Vigne and film distributor James A. Love [in English, French]; budget estimate.

82 West German TV ZDF (Dieter Franck), 1977-83

Outline of "The World of the Thirties" documentary television series [in German, English]; correspondence; handwritten notes; directory for Hamburg 1977 German television programming fair.

83 Gisela Wolff -- Matthias-Film, Stuttgart, 1979

Correspondence [in German].

85 [Three-ring binder labeled "Bernard Mayes WGBH"], 1982-1984

Correspondence with Bernard Mayes, Film Australia, regarding a Pacific Basin series; newspaper clippings; business cards; receipts; materials concerning Film Australia productions; "Some excerpts from my [Wolff's] curriculum vitae."

86 WQED The Joy of Mozart, 1976-1980

Correspondence regarding a possible "Joy of Mozart" film; contract; consultancy arrangement; materials concerning films available from the Australian Film Commission; Metropolitan Pittsburgh Public Broadcasting pay stubs.

87 Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1947-1984

Times of Indonesia; Arne Sucksdorff; Matthew Fox; Museum of Modern Art, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros.; Frank J. Ryan, "It Pays to Advertise Your Home Town" address before the Advertising Club of St. Louis, Mo.

Series 2, Film/TV Projects, 1932-1986 Materials are in English, German, and French. Scope and Content

Series contains materials related to Mr. Wolff's produced and unproduced films and television projects. Materials date from 1940 through 1986 and include correspondence, project proposals, outlines, presentations, synopses, screenplays, script treatments, drafts, contracts, bills, invoices, expense reports, clippings, press releases, promotional materials, notes, meeting minutes, photographs, actors headshots, interview transcripts, screening reports, scrapbooks, Nielsen ratings charts, and documents regarding production and post-production facilities. Series is divided into 19 subseries according to project title, with a 20th subseries comprising materials related to miscellaneous projects. "Subseries 20, The World We Live In [aka Life Around Us]" is further subdivided into three sub-subseries, two containing materials related to two notable The World We Live In segments ("Rock-a-Bye Baby" and "The Not-So-Solid Earth") and a third comprising materials related to other segments or The World We Live In as a whole.

Arrangement

Series materials are located in 22 boxes. If dated, materials within folders are arranged in reverse chronological order.

Subseries 1, The Earth and Its Peoples, ca. 1932, 1938, 1951-1962, 1967-1986 C371 16 List of Unit Sales from The Earth and Its Peoples to Jan. 1965 from 1945, 1965

Single page.

21 [Binder labeled "The Earth, Its Peoples"], 1948-1949

Contains location lists, shot lists, and scripts. Inside cover features Wolff's summary of The Earth and Its Peoples as a series of "36 black-and-white short films with a global scope meant to be shown in schools."

Subseries 2, Fortress of Peace [aka Vigilant Switzerland], 1964-1966 C019 [Plaque, "Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Certificate of Nomination for Award for Fortress of Peace"], 1965

Wooden plaque announcing the nomination of Fortress of Peace for an Academy Award.

2 [Southern California Motion Picture Council Inc. certificate for Fortress of Peace], 1966

Awarded to Lothar Wolff Productions and the Swiss government.

C300 9 [Photo album labeled "Switzerland 63/64"], 1963-1964

Photos taken during the production of Fortress of Peace, aka Vigilant Switzerland. Subjects include Wolff; director John Fernhout; Swiss military personnel; the Swiss Army Pavilion at the 1964 Swiss national exhibition (Expo64). Prints of the same photos appear in album "DI 1963/64," Box 300, Folder 10, in different sizes. Album includes related clippings. In German.

10 [Photo album originally labeled "DI 63/64"], 1963-1964

Photos taken in Switzerland during the production of Fortress of Peace, aka Vigilant Switzerland. Subjects include Wolff; director John Fernhout; Swiss military personnel; the Eiger glacier; the Swiss Army Pavilion at the 1964 Swiss national exhibition (Expo64). Enlargements of many of these photos are found in album labeled "Switzerland 63/64," Box 300, Folder 9. Some photos appear to have been removed from the album. Label missing from album spine.

C367 24 Fortress of Peace (1964) Publicity, Screenings etc., 1964-1966

Materials related to Fortress of Peace, [aka Vigilant Switzerland], including newspaper clippings, screening invitations and guest list, the text of a speech delivered at a Swiss Embassy screening, black-and-white publicity photos, and the 38th Annual Academy Awards Presentation program and tickets.

C368 16 [Newspaper Clippings, 1951-1966], 1951-1966

Clippings regarding Fortress of Peace.

Subseries 3, The Joy of Bach, 1967-1985, bulk 1977-1980 C019 [Framed The Joy of Bach ad], ca. 1980

Color advertisement.

C301 1 Christopher Nupen (Allegro Films), 1977

Correspondence concerning The Joy of Bach; Allegro Films catalog, production notes.

11 Material on the Brooklyn Boys Chorus, 1976-1979

Programs, clippings, press materials.

13 DDR-E. German TV; Correspondence, 1977-1978, 1984-1985

Correspondence, including telexes, between Wolff and Fernsehen der DDR regarding the production of The Joy of Bach, mostly in German.

35 Richard C. Kestler, M.L. Byers, Inc. Concert Management, 1978

Letter from Kestler to Wolff regarding Swingle II and The Joy of Bach.

38 Roy E. Larsen April 24, 1976

Letter from Roy E. Larsen, vice-chairman Time, Inc., board of directors, regarding The Joy of Bach, retirement party .

50 Teo Morca (Dancer), 1979-1983

Promotional materials, press releases, newspaper reviews and clippings regarding Teodoro Morca, a flamenco dancer with Bach in his repertoire. Correspondence with Wolff concerning possible film project.

68 Sigaar, Jacqueline (Paris), 1977, 1983

Correspondence regarding ballooning project, UNESCO concert film [in French], The Joy of Bach.

71 Nils C. Nilson, Taurus-Film, Munich, ca. 1979

Correspondence regarding TV licensing of The Joy of Bach; project proposals.

78 Victor Vicas, 1979

Correspondence regarding Bach project.

307 2 The Joy of Bach -- Ninety Minute Television Program for Lutheran Film Associates by Allan Sloane, 1978

Script by Allan Sloane.

4 The Joy of Bach -- Exports from Trip to Europe, 1977-1978

Notes, contact information, receipts, brochures, stamps from DDR and UK, correspondence.

5 Material on Bach, 1959, 1978

Sheet music, newspaper articles, pamphlets, programs and flyers related to Bach.

6 European Distribution of The Joy of Bach, 1978-1980

Correspondence, mostly in German, some with English translation.

7 The Joy of Bach -- Brochures of Studio Hamburg -- Price List, 1978

Brochures regarding the studio, equipment, and location [in English], price list and music [in German].

8 Contracts with GDR Television and Production Bills, 1978

In English and German, with some English translation.

9 Letters Concerning Manfred Schnelle, dancer (The Joy of Bach), 1967, 1974, 1978-1979

Correspondence, flyers, and programs [in German].

10 Correspondence with GDR Television, 1979-1982, 1984

Flyer, booklet of GDR Television productions, programming list [in German and English].

11 Dr. Hans Gruß [Gruiss?] -- Conductor GDR, 1977-1978

Programs from Karl-Marx-Universitat Leipzig [in German and English].

12 Letter by Curtis W. Davis, 1977

Letter

13 Correspondence with March Five, Inc., 1978

Overview of the film, press release.

14 Cast List GDR Actors, 1977-1978

Casting suggestions, headshots, program, and clippings.

15 Correspondence with Centre Georges Pompidou, 1977-1978

Correspondence in French and English.

16 Correspondence with Dirk Duewel, Studio Hamburg, 1978

Correspondence in German and English.

17 Notes to Morrie Roizman, Editor of The Joy of Bach, 1978-1979, 1983

Correspondence and production materials, including a shortened version of the script. Materials in English and German.

18 Correspondence with Brian Blessed, 1978-1979

Correspondence, Actor’s in Television Motion Picture Minimum Three-Day Contract, CTVC new studio facilities pamphlet, notes and addresses, Fenton House Appeal pamphlet.

19 GDR -- Stock Footage Screenings, 1975, 1977

Stock Footage Screening Reports, mostly in English with German, French, and/or Russian translations.

20 Jomsborg Prod Inc., Bills, 1977-1978

Includes border crossing documentation for cinematographer Erich Kollmar.

21 Bach Festival Leipzig, 1975, 1977-1978

Correspondence, articles, postcards, pamphlets, programs, and notes. Materials in German and English. Some letters include translations.

22 Bonded Services -- Stored Originals, 1978

Lists of film elements stored at Bonded Services; film storage receipts.

23 Production Orders, 1978-1979

Production orders, price list, correspondence with companies and organizations involved in the production of The Joy of Bach (United Nations Film Library, Lutheran Film Associates, sound and other equipment rentals).

24 Newspaper articles, notes, programs The Joy of Bach, 1977-1979

Research and related materials.

25 Newspaper articles, programs, notes, 1977-1980

Joy of Bach-related materials. Also includes a list of PBS station airtimes, postcards, transcript of an interview with Brian Blessed by Robert E. A. Lee.

26 Music, 1979

Music cue sheets, memos, cast lists, dialogue-narration script for The Joy of Bach.

27 60 Minute Version, 1979

Cuts considered for a 60-minute version of The Joy of Bach.

28 WQED Pittsburgh -- Promotion, 1979

List of artists who might contribute to the promotion of The Joy of Bach.

29 Reactions, 1978-1979

Reactions to The Joy of Bach, including a mass-media newsletter, Booklist review/promotion, comments/congratulations on the film.

30 Screening, 1978-1979

Flyers and guest list for a screening of The Joy of Bach.

31 [Untitled], 1979-1980

List of film elements at Bonded Services and Magno Sound, with an inventory of negative cuts; correspondence listing film materials at Lab Pictures; notes for 60-minute and 85-minute versions of The Joy of Bach.

32 Domestic Distribution, 1978-1979

Information regarding the domestic distribution of The Joy of Bach.

33 "Flying J.S.B. in the G.D.R." by Lothar Wolff, 1978

Drafts, with the "next-to-last" draft dated 1978.

34 News Releases concerning The Joy of Bach by Lutheran Film Associates, 1977-1978

Press releases.

35 Correspondence with Lutheran Film Associates concerning The Joy of Bach, 1977-1978

Correspondence, including proposal to The George Gund Foundation.

36 Lutheran Film Associates Meeting, April, 1978

Agenda, meeting materials, budget, note to Wolff.

37 Wash. D.C. Lutheran Resources Commission -- The Joy of Bach, 1977-1978

Correspondence in English and German, with English translations.

38 Sequence List for The Joy of Bach, ca. 1979

Sequence list.

39 Miscellaneous Letters Concerning The Joy of Bach, 1979-1980

Correspondence includes postcards and cost estimate for lab work.

40 [The Joy of Bach script drafts], 1977-1978

Black hard-cover binder containing drafts and revisions, with notations.

41 [Unlabeled binder containing "The Joy of Bach: Cue Sheet and Dialogue-Narration Script"], 1978

Includes Klaus Genderies business card, notes.

42 [Binder labeled "The Joy of Bach: A Ninety Minute Television Program for Lutheran Film Associates" by Allan Sloane], 1978

Red binder containing Sloane's script. Label on cover reads "Morrie Roizman."

43 [Booklet titled "Everyman’s Bach: A TV Special for Christmas 1976"], 1975

Comb-bound presentation outline of proposed TV special. Prepared for Lutheran Film Associates by Wolff, Robert E. A. Lee, et al.

44 [Booklet titled "The Current Popularity of Bach"], ca. 1975

Comb-bound booklet includes photocopies of clippings reflecting the current popularity of Bach.

Box C308 1 Lutheran Film Associates -- Meetings -- Reports, 1978-1979

2 Lutheran Film Associates -- Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1974-1979

7 Miscellaneous Correspondence Concerning The Joy of Bach, 1981

Correspondence [in English, French, German]. Includes letter from "Allan" to Thomas McDermott regarding Howard Hughes film project; production assistant resume; press materials regarding PRIMOB (Projected Image Mobile) slide projection in 3 dimensions; Erwin Leiser bio; German magazine article regarding Bernice Abbott by Leiser.

8 Announcement of "Prize of the Public" in Besançon, France for the The Joy of Bach, 1981

Memo announcing award.

9 The Joy of Bach, ca. 1979

Photograph contact sheets for The Joy of Bach, including production, location shots; landscape with tracing paper; 2 8x10 black-and-white negatives for radio station KFAC's "Bachanalia" ad; 8x10 black-and-white photo of Robert Deutsch, Rosalyn Tureck and the Moog synthesizer.

10 Manfred Schnelle DDR Choreog., 1978

Two black-and-white photographs of dancer/choreographer Manfred Schnelle in performance.

11 St. Thomas Kirche Leipzig, 1977

Two black-and-white photographs of the gate at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig.

12 The Joy of Bach DDR -- Location, 1978

Color photographs, including interior/exterior shots taken at the Neue Palais, Potsdam.

24 [Binder labeled "The Joy of Bach 77/78 Vol. 1 12" on spine] 1977-1978

Yellow 3-ring loose-leaf binder with magnetic pages containing black-and-white and color photographs of The Joy of Bach-related personnel and locations.

25 [Binder labeled "The Joy of Bach ’78 Vol. 2 13"], 1978

Three-ring plastic Time magazine binder with magnetic pages containing black-and-white and color photos of The Joy of Bach-related personnel and locations, including Wolff, Brian Blessed, Robert E. A. Lee.

26 [Binder labeled "The Joy of Bach Vol. 3 14"], ca. 1978

Three-ring plastic Time magazine binder with magnetic pages containing black-and-white and color photographs of The Joy of Bach-related personnel and locations.

C019A [Plaque for The Joy of Bach, U.S. Industrial Film Festival], 1982

First Place, Gold Camera Award presented to Lothar Wolff.

[Plaque, awarded by Lutheran Brotherhood for The Joy of Bach], 1980

Presented to Lothar Wolff on September 24, 1980.

Box C367 36 Stickers: "The Bach Stops Here," undated

3 WQED FM bumper stickers.

OS-1 8 ["Bachanalia" advertisement], undated

Photo reproduction of ad for radio station KFAC's "Bachanalia."

OS-2 7 [Envelope labeled "Bach Artwork – Cataloged 4-28-87 UA"], ca. 1979

Envelope contains folder made of two large sheets of board inscribed “Top: Included are 2 Worksheets of Camera Instructions, 3 Backgrounds, 15 Cels – Please open with caution.” Cels and paintings depict stars and galaxies; cels are likely those used in The Joy of Bach. Materials were removed from envelope and folder in August, 2015.

8 [Framed CINE 1980 certificate awarded to The Joy of Bach], 1980

"Golden Eagle" certificate awarded by the Council on International Nontheatrical Events (CINE).

Subseries 4, Lost Boundaries, 1949 C368 2 Script for "Lost Boundaries" -- A Louis de Rochemont Production, 1949

Script

Subseries 5, The March of Time, 1933, 1936-1951, 1957, 1969-1970, 1975, 1979-1982 C301 27 Pete Hopkinson: "The Screen of Change" planned book, 1978-1979

Correspondence among Wolff, March of Time cameraman Peter Hopkinson, newsreel historian Ray Fielding.

C309 1 Miscellaneous Correspondence Concerning the March of Time, 1936, 1942-1948, 1969-1970, 1980, 1982

Miscellaneous correspondence, clippings, newsletters; Wolff's permit to leave the US; discussion of Time’s "road back" peacetime strategy. Materials in English, French, and German.

3 Photos taken during March of Time filming, 1938, 1941, undated

Mostly undated. Some photos dated 1938 and 1941.

5 The March of Time -- Subject Index, ca. 1951

List of subjects covered by The March of Time series. Document is undated but the last subject entry is from 1951.

7 The March of Time Revisited -- Proposals, 1975

Bound proposal, newspaper articles, The Best of March of Time, correspondence with Time-Life Films and Lurco Films Inc., subject list.

9 T/L Archives -- March of Time, 1981

Correspondence with Time, Inc. regarding The March of Time.

11 Prof. Reischauer "…and then Japan" March of Time, 1984

Photocopy of March of Time issue "… And Then Japan" shot list; interview questions for Harvard professor Edwin O. Reischauer. The date 1984 appears on the folder in Wolff's hand, though the actual documents are undated.

20 [Three-ring loose-leaf binder labeled "March of Time I"], 1933-1948, 1979

21 [Three-ring loose-leaf binder labeled "March of Time II"], 1936, 1940-1943

7 [Album labeled "Denmark 1934/36 and 1939"], 1934-1940, 1982

Photo captioned "Shooting for March of Time."

C367 15 Speech Made by Lothar Wolff (?) at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, on March of Time, 1957

Text of 1957 MoMA speech, with corrections and notes.

23 Newspaper Clippings for Ramparts We Watch, 1940

A March of Time feature production. Variety review; newspaper clipping; photo of Louis de Rochemont, Lothar Wolff, and Thomas Orchard.

Subseries 6, Marshall Plan Films, 1951, 1979 C367 25 Marshall Plan Films, 1979

Correspondence regarding research and proposed screenings of the Marshall Plan Films at the Nyon Festival; index to "Catalogue of Documentary Films ECA" [list of Economic Cooperation Administration films].

26 An Evening of Marshall Plan Films, MoMA, 1951

Typed program draft with introduction.

Subseries 7, Martin Luther, 1952-1954, 1971, 1978, 1983 Box C019 3 [CINE 1971 certificate for Martin Luther Excerpt], 1971

Certificate congratulating Wolff.

Box C308 19 Miscellaneous on Martin Luther, 1953-1954

Ads, articles [in English, German], including an article for the New Hampshire Churchman written by Wolff.

20 Annual Academy Awards, Nominations, Martin Luther, 1954

"Twenty-Sixth Annual Academy Awards Presentation" program.

21 Lutheran Film Associates -- News Release for Martin Luther, 1954

Press release.

23 [Martin Luther script], ca. 1953

Undated 234-page screenplay, paper cover detached.

27 [Binder labeled "Martin Luther 52/54 7"], 1952-1954, 1978

Black 3-ring loose-leaf binder/scrapbook containing newspaper clippings regarding production of Martin Luther [in English, German], ads; Martin Luther ad slick; press release concerning the banning of the film in Quebec; 1978 Louis de Rochemont obituary.

C352C [Screen Writers’ Guild Nomination for Award for Martin Luther], ca. 1953

Nomination for best written drama of 1953. Framed certificate.

Box C356 1 [Photo album, "Zur Erinnerung an den Film Martin Luther Mr. Lothar Wolff herzlichst gewidmet, Wiesbaden August-October 1952"], 1952

["Commemorating the film Martin Luther, Mr. Lothar Wolff, sincerely dedicated, Wiesbaden August-October 1952] Commemorative album of black-and-white photographs taken during the production of Martin Luther. Album is likely the first of a three-volume commemorative set. See Box C356, Folders 2 and 3.

2 [Photo album, "Martin Luther Vol. II, 1952"], 1952, 1953

Album of small black-and-white stills from Martin Luther. Invitation from Louis de Rochemont Associates to a preview screening of Martin Luther at the Museum of Modern Art on March 12th, 1953, and note "Property of Lothar Wolff." Album is likely the second of a three-volume commemorative set. See Box C356, Folders 1 and 3.

3 [Photo album, "Martin Luther Vol. III 1952"], 1952

Album of small black-and-white stills from Martin Luther. Album is likely the third of a three-volume commemorative set. See Box C356, Folders 1 and 2.

Box C368 13 Introduction for Martin Luther (1953) by David Soul in 1983 and script from Martin Luther, 1983

An introduction and coda for a rebroadcast of the 1953 film [recut to 83 mins]; script.

Subseries 8, National Geographic Society Films [General], 1973-1983 C301 73 Telepool/Hemmings, 1976

Correspondence regarding proposed National Geographic series "Look at the World" (working title) using adaptations of Telepool productions; Crossing the Himalayas synopsis; film lab processing price list; materials related to Videomarketing Ltd. releases

C355 25 Correspondence with Hermann Schlenker -- Dokumentarfilm, 1973-1976

Correspondence [in German, English] regarding German ethnographic filmmaker Hermann Schlenker’s work, some with Wolff’s screening reports attached.

26 TELECIP & National Geographic Society, 1976

Correspondence with TELECIP (Compagnie Internationale de Programmes de Télévision) regarding Worlds of Life and other films for possible adaptation.

27 National Geographic Society -- Switzerland, 1974-1976

Correspondence with Telepool [Zurich, Switzerland] regarding ethnographic films for possible National Geographic Society TV adaptations, with attached descriptions of Telepool films [in German, English]; Geology of the Alps series segment "Fossil Coral Reefs in the Alps" script, segment outlines and related correspondence; Heritage de l’Homme series segments "Turquie I & II" scripts.

28 Payments, Bills from National Geographic Society, 1979-1981

Bills, stubs, expense reports, receipts, and other expenditure records related to production of The Moon, The Sun, and Our Solar System; Du Art Film Laboratories price list; production/post-production invoices, including invoice from composer Gerhard Trede.

29 Budgets -- National Geographic Society, 1979

Correspondence, budgets, and notes regarding production of "the solar films" [three planned films about the sun: "The Sun and Solar Radiation," "The Solar Furnace," and "Our Solar System"] and other projects; "World War II: GI Diary" line-item budget; "The People of Asia" TV series preliminary cost estimate per subject.

31 Screening Reports for NGS in Hamburg, 1976

List of films selected for screening in Hamburg; synopses of films produced by Polytel International GmbH, Hamburg; Polytel correspondence; Hamburg screening reports, most with synopses attached; titles of films screened in Hamburg listed as "Acceptable," "Possible" and "N.G."

32 Screenings for National Geographic Society in London, 1974-1975

Lists of films selected for screening in London as potential Other People Other Places III segments; screening reports, many with synopses attached; related correspondence.

33 Screening for National Geographic Society, 1976, 1983

Shot lists for "Lazi -- Safari Film," "Kenya Footage" and other stock footage; lists of still and stock footage, including footage of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons; stock footage purchase order; notes on "Rigid Airships" and "Airship Industries" films; 1976 screening reports for "Bali, Island of the Gods," "The Solomon Islanders," "The Way of the Sword."

34 Letters to Dennis Kane, 1975-1977, 1982-1983

Correspondence with National Geographic Society Chief of Television Division Dennis B. Kane and others regarding Wolff’s consultancy and several film projects including The World We Live In, Man and Animal, and an adaptation of the 26-episode Australian series Faces of Change for syndication. Also included are screening reports, list of potential members of a cable television "Geographic Cable Alliance," paystubs and newspaper clippings.

35 Sidney Platt, Manager, Educational Films, National Geographic Society, 1979-1981

Correspondence with educators, scientists, film producers and others regarding the development of solar system films; National Geographic index pages [photocopies] with notations; educational-film promotional material; memo/report from market research: K-12 Filmstrip Title Survey results.

37 [Tax Exemption Certification], undated

Tax Exempt Organization Certification documents. Folder was originally titled "Resale Certificates.

41 [Red 3-ring binder with tape label on spine "Paris, Munich, Hamburg/NGS/Kane Jan. Feb. 76"], 1976

Lists of Paris screenings with notations; Paris screening reports, many with synopses of the films attached [in French]; "Result of Paris Screenings OPOP" document; Munich screening reports with synopses attached [in German, English]; list of films screened in Hamburg; Hamburg screening reports with synopses [in English]; related correspondence.

Subseries 9, Other People, Other Places, 1971-1975, 1980 C301 65 Richard Price Television Associates, Correspondence, 1975

Correspondence and press materials related to natural history documentaries, Other People, Other Places from Richard Price Television Associates Ltd., International Television Programming.

C310 12 "The People of Asia" TV Series Planned?, 1969, 1975-1977

List of possible subjects for Other People, Other Places III.

C314 1 Other People, Other Places – Budgets, Schedules etc., 1975

"Delivery Dates" calendars; handwritten notes on cost estimates; line budgets; adding machine tape with budget totals; program routine; "El Hombre Y la Tiera Series" titles list.

2 Other People, Other Places -- Budget Plans for Each Part of Series, 1973-1975

Red binder containing Other People, Other Places Program routine dated 8/17/1973; accounting sheets for each episode from seasons 1 and 2.

3 OPOP -- Viewer Letters Other People -- Other Places, 1973-1975

Correspondence (inquiries, feedback, etc.).

4 Other People, Other Places -- Screenings in Europe (LIST), 1974

Lists of potential Other People, Other Places Series 2 segments to be screened while in Europe.

5 Other People, Other Places -- Screening Schedules & Formats, 1973-1975

Correspondence; segment production/completion/delivery schedules; memos regarding syndication format for World of Survival and Other People, Other Places; production charts.

6 Other People, Other Places: Post Production Script for The Arctic & Letters, 1973-1974

Telegram blank regarding "Beyond the North Circle"; "Post Production Script to the Film ‘The Arctic’"; outline of the film The Longest Night – Diary of an Explorer with notes from Wolff; proposal for an Antarctic film series.

7 Other People, Other Places ("Basque Sheepherder," "The Parachutist," "Pilgrims of Water," "Fabulous Lands of the Persian Gulf," "Driving into Danger," Introduction by Peter Graves), 1974-1975

Peter Graves' intro/conclusion texts and revisions; related memo.

8 Other People, Other Places Forgotten Wilderness, 1974

Correspondence regarding Stan Brock’s film Forgotten Wilderness; publicity brochure.

9 Other People, Other Places: Proposal for "The People of Iceland," 1973-1974

Segment proposal, budget.

10 Other People, Other Places: "The World About Us: Arctic Doctor" (Post Production Script) A BBC-Time-Life Co-Production, 1974

Post-production script for segment of Other People, Other Places [aka The World Around Us, Life Around Us] (note: The World About Us is the BBC series from which many segments of The World Around Us were adapted).

11 Other People, Other Places -- Screenings in Hamburg, Germany to Buy Films, 1973-1975

Report folder containing outlines of documentary series segments available from Polytel International Film-und-Fernsehen GmbH; screening reports; correspondence [in English, German] regarding German TV series about Antarctica; newspaper clippings; outline [in French] of "Mad Zoo/Neurotic Zoo" film project.

12 Other People, Other Places -- Screenings in London, 1974-1975

Correspondence regarding films for potential adaptation; screening reports in Wolff’s hand of various documentaries [program candidates for series III]; documentary films press materials; list of films by Hugh Gibb; materials about alpine kiting; outlines of TV series Sink or Swim and Frontiers of Time; magazine article about poaching in African game preserves.

13 Other People, Other Places -- Screenings in Paris to Buy Films, 1973-1975

Screening reports in Wolff’s hand of various documentary program candidates for series III; press materials for various documentary films; correspondence regarding films and film screenings in Paris; newspaper clipping.

14 Other People, Other Places -- Screening Reports from Rome -- Italian Productions, 1974-1975

Notes about screened films; business card; sources and contact info; newspaper clipping regarding sinking cities; synopses of Italian produced documentaries with handwritten notes; screening reports of various documentary program candidates for series III; correspondence [in English, French] regarding screening arrangements.

15 Other People, Other Places -- Correspondence for Screening Arrangements, 1973-1975

Spiral secretary pad: "Screenings OPOP I/1973" screening notes for program candidates; program candidate outlines; correspondence regarding possible OPOP program scripts, prints for screenings, screening arrangements in London, Hamburg, Paris.

16 Other People, Other Places -- Ratings and Publicity, Some with Wild, Wild World of Animals, 1974-1975

Correspondence regarding ratings, viewer response; Nielsen ratings charts; syndication reports; Variety "Prime-Access Reviews".

17 Other People, Other Places -- Letters, Plans for 3 Series (Misc.), 1974-1975

Correspondence regarding episode candidates [English, German]; screening reports; film synopses/outlines; magazine article regarding Patagonia exploration; 2/74 UNESCO Courier magazine; OPOP II Completion Schedule; NYT clipping regarding Icelandic volcanic explosion.

18 Other People, Other Places -- Misc. Correspondence, 1971, 1973-1975

3x5 card specifying ad placement; agreements regarding licensing and delivery of series segments; delivery schedules; London screening schedule of potential series segments; correspondence and drafts regarding licensing agreements, employee vacation time, disposition of files, writers' fees for Wild, Wild World of Animals; music cue sheet; pro-forma documents including standard release forms, invoices; newspaper clipping regarding unskilled Brazilian labor; news release and clipping [photocopy] regarding Freeport Mining; list of potential Other People, Other Places II hosts.

19 Other People, Other Places -- Production in Hollywood, 1973-1974

Correspondence and documents related to production costs of OPOP segments.

20 Letters & List of Titles of Other People, Other Places Series I, II concerning reissue, 1980

Correspondence regarding list of OPOP titles and possibility of a series repackaging/reissue dated June 4, 1980.

27 Wild, Wild World of Animals, 1973

Promotional material and correspondence; Variety ad for SAL wildlife TV programming; New York Times TV listings with ads for Strange Places and Wild, Wild World of Animals; Los Angeles Times TV listings page; issues of Time, Inc. newsletter F.Y.I..

29 WWWOA Viewer Letters Wild, Wild World of Animals, 1973-1974

Correspondence includes one letter regarding Other People, Other Places.

35 Offer to Lothar Wolff to produce Other People, Other Places (Time/Life), 1974

Offer letter from Bruce L. Paisner dated 2/20/1974.

C355 41 [Red 3-ring binder with tape label on spine "Paris, Munich, Hamburg/NGS/Kane Jan. Feb. 76"], 1976

Subseries 10, A Parade of Witnesses, 1953, 1979-1983 C300 1 [Binder labeled "Parade of Witnesses," Oct./Nov. 83], 1983

Yellow binder contains photographs and photo negatives, pamphlets, and A Parade of Witnesses production information.

C308 4 Miscellaneous material and letters concerning Martin Luther, 1980

Correspondence regarding a new Martin Luther film.

C368 3 A Parade of Witnesses -- script, director Paul Lammers, 1983

4 A Parade of Witnesses -- Exposé by Allan Shore, 1982

Exposé by Allan Shore, contains a proposal titled "The Hammer and the Pen" and related correspondence.

5 A Parade of Witnesses -- Script by Allan Shore, 1983

Script with revisions and list of character names.

6 A Parade of Witnesses -- Misc. Correspondence, 1983

Includes correspondence with the Lutheran Council in the USA, Luther College, and WGBH Educational Foundation.

7 A Parade of Witnesses -- Scripts, Notes, etc., 1982-1983

Notes, working outline, proposals, correspondence, clippings, a speech delivered by Robert E. A. Lee.

8 A Parade of Witnesses -- Material and Articles on Martin Luther, 1982-1983

Flyers, issue of National Geographic, brochures, and clippings.

9 Martin Luther, Jubilee -- A 500th Birthday Media Festival -- "The Hammer and the Pen," 1983

10 Material on Martin Luther -- Letters, Newspaper Articles, 1965, 1982-1983

Correspondence, newspaper articles, brochures, and pamphlets.

11 "Martin Luther": Treatment for a BBC Production, 1983

Robert E. A. Lee shares a BBC treatment he received.

12 Miscellaneous for "Martin Luther" Special, 1979-1983

14 Media Opportunities for the 500th Anniversary of the Birth of Martin Luther, ca. 1983

Proposal for a "Martin Luther Jubilee" media festival commemorating Luther's 500th birthday. Includes outlines of A Parade of Witnesses, "The Hammer and the Pen."

Subseries 11, Planet Earth/Planet Earth Revisited, 1960-1963, 1979-1983 301 45 Lazi Film -- Lothar Wolff, 1982-1983

Correspondence regarding "the Ecology project"; a sequel series to Planet Earth

54 Wally Nielsen, 1981

Business correspondence regarding Planet Earth Revisited project, etc.

C352B [American Film Festival Blue Ribbon Award for "Magnetic Force"], 1962

Blue ribbon embedded in 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" clear plastic.

C371 1 Georgeann Kane -- Planet Earth, 1981

Correspondence with Georgeann Kane and a questionnaire regarding "Planet Earth Revisited."

2 Material on Planet Earth -- Series -- National Academy of Sciences, ca. 1960

Brochure

3 Planet Earth -- "The Nearest Star" -- Script, 1960

Script for segment "The Nearest Star" aka "Our Nearest Star" dated August 3, 1960.

4 Planet Earth -- P.R. Material, ca. 1960

Promotional brochure, catalog of 16mm earth sciences films from McGraw-Hill, including the Planet Earth series.

5 "Planet Earth Revisited," 1980-1981

Travel vouchers and expense reports related to work with the National Academy of Sciences.

9 "Planet Earth Revisited" -- WQED, Pittsburgh, 1980-1981

Includes proposed budgets, correspondence with Linda Reavely and University of Arizona dean Hugh Odishaw.

10 Presentation on "Planet Earth Revisted," ca. 1980

Includes first outline of presentation and drafts of episodes.

11 "Planet Earth Revisted" -- Stephan Chodorov, 1981-1982

Correspondence.

12 "Planet Earth Revisited" -- Interim Proposals/Reports, 1981

"Planet Earth Revisited" reports and proposals, as well as materials related to proposed series "Then and Now," including series overview, brochures, correspondence/memos, interim report.

13 Planet Earth Revisited -- Contracts, Correspondence, etc., 1979-1982

Includes contracts, correspondence with various universities and scientific research institutions, screening reports, clippings, "agreement language" from WQED.

14 Planet Earth Revisited -- WQED Expenses, 1981-1982

Records of expenses incurred, including phone charges, shipping charges, lodging, airline ticket receipts.

15 "Terra Nova -- The Rediscovery of Planet Earth," 1982

Correspondence with Georgeann Kane and proposal for Planet Earth Revisited under the working title "Terra Nova: Rediscovery of Earth" (see notation on document in Box C371, Folder 10).

17 "IGY -- Planet Earth Revisited," 1960-1961, 1979-1981

Materials related to Planet Earth and proposed series "Planet Earth Revisted." Includes 1960 press pelePase for Planet Earth; 1961 Planet Earth distribution report; "Planet Earth Revisited" questionnaire (copy of document found in Box C371, Folder 1),; correspondence; notes; inventories; outline; minutes from the Geophysics Research Board meeting and Geophysics Film Series Committee agenda; information on WQED and contact information. Materials removed from original binder Spring 2014.

18 [Binder labeled "Planet Earth Material at Bonded Film Storage Vaults"], 1963

Catalog contains "Master Contents List of Cartons," "Detailed Listing of Can Contents by Film Title," and "List of Original Formerly at Color Service Laboratory Now Stored at Bonded."

19 [Binder labeled "Planet Earth Revisited -- Outlines, etc."], 1980-1981

Includes proposed episode outlines, drafts, correspondence, notes, basic program overviews. Also includes Wolff's summary of the proposed series and its eventual production by WQED under the title Planet Earth.

20 [Unlabeled binder, "Planet Earth Revisited" material], 1981

Drafts, notes, research materials, clippings, memos, correspondence, potential images for the opening sequence, possible subject breakdown for the series. Many documents are summaries of interviews. Includes correspondence with Hugh Odishaw, Stephan Chodorov, and Georgann Kane.

Subseries 12, Question 7, 1961-1962 C019 1 [California Federation of Women’s Clubs Motion Picture Award for Question 7], 1961

Certificate awarded to Louis de Rochemont Associates and producer Lothar Wolff.

[11th Berlin International Film Festival Award for Question 7], 1961

Bronze plate. Award for "Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People."

C262 [Two awards from the Office Catholique International du Cinema], undated

Two bronze ships in wooden cases -- one opening horizontally, the other vertically -- from the Office Catholique International du Cinema. No film title is inscribed, but a photo in Box C356, Folder 9 depicts "M. Monaco" receiving the vertical case from the OCIC for Question 7.

C300 4 [Unlabeled Question 7photo album], ca. 1961, 1969

Photographs taken during the production of Question 7. Subjects include Wolff; director Stuart Rosenberg; the town of Mölln, Germany. Also includes 1969 New York Times clippings regarding the trial of West German spy Heinz Suetterlin.

C352B [Interfilm Award], 1962

Four-inch wooden award, most likely for Question 7 (a 1962 Interfilm award certificate for Question 7 was found in Box C368). Original inventory states this is in three pieces but there is only one.

C356 14 Miscellaneous Photographs, 1930-1960, 1971-1972, ca. 1983, undated

Black-and-white photograph of Wolff and Lutheran Film Associates president Paul C. Empie signing a Question 7 production contract, undated; Wolff and Robert E. A. Lee at a 1972 ceremony commemorating Question 7.

C368 16 [Newspaper Clippings, 1951-1966], 1951-1966

Newspaper clippings regarding Windjammer.

C368 17 Shooting Schedule (Detailed) for Question 7 -- D: Stuart Rosenberg and Daily Production Record, ca. 1961

The shooting schedule is bound in a brown book. The production record is slipped in the front.

18 [Interfilm Award for Question 7], 1962

Award certificate.

19 Question 7, ca. 1961

Two undated black-and-white contact sheets of photos featuring composer Hans-Martin Majewski, production assistant Michael Roemer, Mrs. Roemer and son; all identified by captions on reverse in Wolff's hand. Additional captions read "Question 7" and "New Hamburg."

Subseries 13, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, 1961, 1979 C300 2 [Photo album labeled "Rome, 1961"], 1961"]

Photographs from the production of The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, including photos of Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty, and Jill St. John. The separately foldered album page consisting of 12 small black-and-white photographs -- some of which were enlarged and included in this album -- was originally located in "Misc. Photographs," Box 356, Folder 9.

C367 22 Clipping on The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) from The New Yorker, 1979

"Goings on about Town" column featuring an abridged version of Pauline Kael’s negative review.

Subseries 14, Sky's the Limit, 1969-1985 7 [Photo album labeled "1983 The Sky’s the Limit France & US"], 1983

Color photos taken during the production of The Sky’s the Limit. Subjects include Wolff, production crew, balloonists and balloon events, Malcolm Forbes, Nicole Jouve, flooding of the Seine. Also includes clipping from National Geographic magazine.

C301 39 Lazi Film (Tim Cowling, National Geographic Society), 1981-1983

Letter from producer Heinz von Matthey at Franz Lazi Film to Tim Cowling regarding "From Montgolfiere to Satellite."

68 Sigaar, Jacqueline (Paris), 1977, 1983

Correspondence regarding ballooning project, UNESCO concert film [in French], The Joy of Bach.

C313 1 The Sky’s the Limit -- 1. Draft, 1983

Outline draft.

2 The Sky’s the Limit: Rough Outline, ca. 1983

Early outline.

3 The Sky’s the Limit -- Script Development, 1983

Includes correspondence with Wolff.

4 The Sky’s the Limit -- Scripts, Changes, ca. 1983

Includes correspondence with Wolff's production company through Sue Becker.

5 The Sky’s the Limit -- Pre-Final Draft, 1983

Pre-final draft.

6 The Sky’s the Limit -- Pre-Final Script, 1983

Pre-final script.

7 The Sky’s the Limit -- Final Script, 1984

Also includes correspondence between Wolff and the National Geographic Society.

8 The Sky’s the Limit -- Diverse Scripts, 1983

Scripts with notes.

9 The Sky’s the Limit -- Checker Notes -- NGS, 1983

Correspondence and "checker notes" involving National Geographic Society.

10 The Sky’s the Limit -- Shot List, ca. 1983

Undated shot list.

11 The Sky’s the Limit -- Shot Sheets, ca. 1983

Lists of numbered camera shots with descriptions.

12 The Sky’s the Limit -- Opening Titles, 1984

Main titles with note to Sue Becker.

13 The Sky’s the Limit -- The Balloon Intercomparison Campaign -- Palestine, Texas, April, 1983

Newspaper article, background information, and two photos from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at California Institute of Technology.

14 The Sky’s the Limit -- Production in France, 1983

Correspondence

15 The Sky’s the Limit -- Chateau de Balleroy, 1983

Program, schedule, copy of Forbes magazine supplement, pamphlets, notes, and name tag for Wolff. Materials in English and French.

16 The Sky’s the Limit -- Pierre Levie, 1983

Correspondence with Pierre Levie, reference materials related to ballooning. Materials in English and French.

17 The Sky’s the Limit -- Société française de production et de création audiovisuelles, 1983

Includes correspondence with the National Geographic Society.

18 The Sky’s the Limit to Jacqueline Sigaar, 1983

Correspondence with Jacqueline Sigaar along with her CV. In English and French.

19 The Sky’s the Limit -- Correspondence, 1980, 1983-1984

Correspondence mostly related to invoices, permissions, and film rights. Materials are in English, German, and French.

20 The Sky’s the Limit -- Credits, 1983

Drafts for main and end titles.

21 The Sky’s the Limit -- Source Lists, ca. 1983

Shot list with footage/image sources with letter from Sue Becker to Wolff.

22 Lab report for The Sky’s the Limit, 1984

Lab report on the condition of the print from Commonwealth Films.

23 The Sky’s the Limit -- Rights, 1983-1985

Includes correspondence regarding rights and permissions; invoices; agreements; scene list; checks. Materials are in English and French.

24 National Archives -- Ballooning Footage -- The Sky’s the Limit, ca. 1983

List of balloon footage from the National Archives, photographic services price quote request form.

25 The Sky’s the Limit -- Correspondence with NGS, 1983-1984

Correspondence with the National Geographic Society and Société française de production et de création audiovisuelles [co-producer]. Topics include shooting locations and the arrival of film. In English and French.

26 The Sky’s the Limit -- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Annual Meeting and Technical Display -- Report, 1983

Report of May 10-12, 1983, meeting in Long Beach, CA.

27 Outlines The Sky’s the Limit, ca. 1983

Program outlines and scene timings.

28 The Sky’s the Limit -- Picture Material, 1983

Pamphlet for "The Balloon: A Bicentennial Exhibition" dated 10/1/1983; photographs; article on ballooning history from unknown publication; pamphlet from the Chateau de Balleroy; copies of historical illustrations; prints of various forms of flight.

29 Precision Labs -- Bills The Sky’s the Limit, ca. 1983

Bills and comparison of film elements from Precision Film Laboratories, Inc.

30 Misc. Articles on Ballooning The Sky’s the Limit, 1981-1983

Brochures, one scanned copy of a brochure, Projects in Field Archaeology Activities Report, research materials. Names appearing in this folder are Xandra Hemmes of The Bombard Society (commercial ballooning excursions) and Sue Becker of Lothar Wolff Productions.

31 Budget -- NGS The Sky’s the Limit, ca. 1983

Undated production budget breakdown, with addendum.

32 The Sky’s the Limit -- Authorization for Unclassified Stock Footage Release from Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, 1983

Includes document of authorization signed by William J. Hudson.

33 Facts The Sky’s the Limit, ca. 1983

Notes about Jet Propulsion Laboratory balloon launches.

34 Etc... The Sky’s the Limit Misc. Letters, 1983

Correspondence, list of films and permissions. Correspondents include All Nations Forwarding Co. Inc. (Import Company, Inc.), Mary Evans Picture Library; Ballooning: The Journal of the Balloon Federation of America.

35 Notes The Sky’s the Limit, ca. 1983

Handwritten notes about balloons.

36 Gene Sheppard's Info about Balloons for The Sky’s the Limit, 1974, 1983

Correspondence with E.E. Sheppard (Department of the Air Force) and Sue Becker; "Summary of Tethered-Lighter-Than-Air Development Conducted by the Range Measurements Laboratory" dated September 27, 1974.

37 Booklets about Ballooning for The Sky’s the Limit, 1983-1984

Booklets and scene list.

38 Screening Reports The Sky’s the Limit, ca. 1983

Reports for various pieces of footage.

39 "Balloon" Negative for The Sky’s the Limit, 1983

Packing slip for a 16mm color negative of "Balloon Project" from Projected Film Editing Service, Inc.; letter from Wolff acknowledging the receipt of four rolls of 16mm negative film from M. Jacques Laine of UTV Productions Television Cinema.

40 Bills from Ross-Gaffney for The Sky’s the Limit, 1983-1984

Bills and invoices.

41 The Sky’s the Limit Music/Rights & Payments, 1983-1984

Music cue sheets; music "synchronization licenses" acknowledging payment and granting permission for usage; correspondence regarding permissions; photocopies of cancelled checks. Materials are in English and French.

42 Raven (The Sky’s the Limit), 1960, 1963, 1983

Correspondence with Raven Industries, Inc., U.S. manufacturer of hot-air balloons; Raven Industries newsletters dated 1960, 1963; script and summary of the 1976 Norfolk Logistics Experiments on heavy-lift logging balloon systems.

43 Quotes (For The Sky’s the Limit), ca. 1983

Typewritten excerpts of published 18th-century accounts of ballooning. Date of compilation unknown.

44 The Sky’s the Limit -- Post-Production, 1983-1984

Purchase orders for film elements, equipment; Correspondence with various companies, including Precision Film Laboratories, Inc. and Bonder Services.

45 Material, Research for The Sky’s the Limit, 1982-1983, 1985, undated

Folder contains one letter from the National Geographic Society dated March 21, 1983 confirming Wolff will be undertaking "a cable television project on ballooning," as well as five sub-folders: "Balloons/German Release," including "Salvage Procedure re: Sky is the Limit"; "History," including "Insert: Chateau Balleroy 8th International Hot Air and Gas Balloon Meet" and "Two Hundred Years of Flight Man’s Conquest of the Air"; "Library O’Congress"; "JPL"; and "Flying Scotsman," comprising materials from the Flying Scotsman, Inc. balloon company.

46 Ballooning -- The Sky’s the Limit Photographs, 1969, 1971, 1983

Illustrations and photographs of ballooning and related activities, including the 1983 Forbes Banquet. Several photographs are stuck together.

47 The Sky’s the Limit -- Miscellaneous, 1982-1983

Business cards, notes, brochures, promotional material, time-lines, balloon race maps, notes and annotations, outlines, newspaper articles. In English and French.

48 The Sky’s the Limit -- Newspaper Clippings on Ballooning, 1979, 1983

Newspaper clippings, articles, notes. In English and Dutch.

49 [The Sky’s the Limit -- Forbes Magazine Promotional Material], 1983

Two Forbes magazine folders containing news clips, magazine articles, photographs, correspondence, guest list and other promotional materials on Malcolm Forbes and the Eighth Annual International Invitational Balloon Meet at the Chateau de Balleroy. In English and French.

50 [The Sky’s the Limit -- Oak Creek Films Material], undated

Oak Creek Films press kit, including correspondence, and a proposal for a film "200 Years on the Wind" celebrating the bicentennial of balloon flight.

51 [L’Aéronaute magazine -- The Sky’s the Limit], 1982, 1983

July-Oct. 1982, June-July 1983 issues. In French.

52 [The Sky’s the Limit -- Ballooning Magazine], 1983

Jan-Feb and July-August, 1983, issues.

53 [Airship Industries Ltd. Material], 1983

Promotional packet for the British non-rigid airship manufacturer includes brochures and data sheets on various models of blimp, and a financial publication. Folder also includes notes written in Wolff's hand. In English and French.

54 [Other Publications and Press Kits], 1983-1984

Magazines, tour books, souvenir programs, promotional materials. In English and French.

55 [The Sky’s the Limit -- Reference Materials], 1982-1983

Newspaper, brochures, newsletter, ballooning bicentennial materials, stamps, visitors guide, postcards, indexes. In French and English.

56 [Les Montgolfieres: Leur Invention Leur Evolution du XVIII a nos Jours]; 1982

Softcover book, in French.

57 [The Aeronauts -- Reference Materials], 1981, 1985

1981 hard cover book with 1985 issue of Time-Life newsletter F.Y.I. inside.

C367 2 Press Passes, ca. 1983

Passes for the 1983 bicentennial commemoration of the first Montgolfiere balloon flight and the Musée des Ballons, Balleroy.

14 Miscellaneous Photographs, 1930-1960, 1971-1972, ca. 1983, undated

Color photograph of Wolff filming a hot-air balloon.

37 Macy's, 1982-1983

History of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade [brochure]; letter from Macy’s promotional manager to National Geographic regarding use of Macy’s parade footage for a "Special on Balloons."

OS-1 1 The Sky’s the Limit -- Photo Material, ca. 1984

Color reproduction of 1859 Harper's Weekly wood engraving featuring "City of New York" airship, with transparent paper overlay.

2 [Ballooning artwork and clippings], ca. 1984

Photos and illustrations, some with marked-up transparent paper overlays indicating camera movement. Also includes 1980 Archaeology magazine article about ballooning; several pages removed from the book The Aeronauts (see Box C313, Folder 56).

3 [Ballooning artwork], ca. 1984

Color engraving of hot-air balloon struck by train, mounted on board with additional pastel illustration and covered with transparent paper overlay.

4 [Ballooning and solar system artwork], undated

Colored reproduction of engraving depicting French peasants destroying a hot-air balloon, with transparent paper overlay; fragments of acetate, possibly illustrating the solar system.

6 [Ballooning artwork and The Sky’s the Limit title screen], ca. 1984

Acetate cel featuring The Sky’s the Limit title and copyright notice; color engraving of a hot-air balloon rooftop accident, mounted on board with additional pastel illustration and covered with transparent paper overlay.

7 [Ballooning Artwork], ca. 1984

Engravings and other artwork featuring hot-air balloons, some with cutouts for animation and acetate or transparent paper overlays with instructions. Also includes print ad for Photo-Lettering (PLINC) type house featuring the "City of New York" airship.

10 [Ballooning Artwork], undated

Two color engravings of hot-air balloon accidents affixed to acetate, mounted on boards with additional illustration and covered with transparent paper overlays.

11 ["Annonay Berceau des Transports" folder], 1982-1983

Folder titled "Annonay: Berceau des Transports" ["Annonay: Birthplace of Transport"] compiled by the Comite d'Annonay. Contains photocopied documents regarding the bicentennial celebration of the first flight of the Montgolfière balloon in Annonay, France.

12 [Ballooning artwork], ca. 1984

Three colored reproductions of engravings featuring airships, with transparent paper overlays indicating camera instructions.

13 [Country Life magazine, 1983

April 7, 1983, issue with article on “Early Female Balloonists.”

Subseries 15, Sun/The Moon/The Solar System, The, 1971-1985, undated C013 [National Education Film Festival Award for The Solar System], 1981

Wooden plaque with red velvet and metal face. Awarded May 15, 1981.

C019A [National Education Film Festival Award for The Solar System], 1981

"Lawrence Science Award, Physical Sciences and Mathematics." Wooden plaque with red velvet and metal face. Awarded May 15, 1981.

C301 36 Correspondence with Kitt Peak Observatory, 1973-1976

Correspondence, outlines, film proposals and other documents concerning the production of a series of astronomy-themed educational films in association with Kitt Peak National Observatory, University of Arizona, Tuscon.

C352C [Chris Plaque Award for The Solar System], 1981

Wooden plaque with copper face. Presented to Lothar Wolff Productions at the 9th Annual Columbus Film Festival, October 29, 1981"

C355 1 The Moon (Script), 1982

Reflecting on the Moon script, final version dated 1/8/1982.

2 The Moon (1981) w. NGS, 1980-1981

Binder containing versions of Reflecting on the Moon script, handwritten notes, NASA footage transcript, related correspondence, etc.; photocopied images of the moon; obituary for Time, Inc. medical director.

3 The Moon -- Correspondence, 1981-1982

Correspondence, notes, and related documents.

4 The Moon -- Order by National Geographic Society, 1980-1981

NGS correspondence regarding lunar photographs from the American Museum of Natural History, as well as sound mixing, processing, voice-over recording, title cards and other image photography for The Moon, The Sun, and The Solar System; lab packing slip; editing equipment rental arrangements.

5 Our Moon Basic Content, 1980

Content description, opening shot list.

6 The Sun -- Outline, 1979-1980

Script outline for The Sun; photocopy of "The Sun (Rough First Outline)" [original document in Folder 8].

7 The Sun -- Research, 1979

"Joint USAF/NOAA Primary Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity"; handwritten notes in English, German.

8 The Sun -- Recording Script & Script, 1980

Script, recording script, rough first outline, and preliminary drafts of The Sun: Earth’s Star.

9 The Solar System -- Scripts, 1980

Recording script (original and photocopies), notes, drafts.

10 The Solar System -- ECO Masters required from N.A.S.A., 1980

List of ECO masters; list of National Geographic Society material "for which we only received prints."

11 The Solar System -- Recording Script, 1980

Photocopy

12 The Solar System -- Outline, 1980

Revised script outline.

13 The Solar System -- Art Work, ca. 1980

Copy negatives, 8x10 glossy black-and-white prints of illustrations (many by William Robinson Leigh) photographed from books.

14 Correspondence on Production of The Sun & The Solar System, 1978-1979

Correspondence between Wolff and the National Geographic Society, film lab; production schedule; possible titles for The Sun.

15 The Sun Material for films & The Solar System, 1980

Lists of images (photos, book illustrations) to be photographed; list of film footage to be duped from Solar Eclipse ’73; The Sun, The Sun: Earth’s Star outlines; The Solar System shot lists.

16 Small articles on The Sun and The Solar System, 1981

National Educational Film Festival Awards Night program [original and photocopy]; film catalog entries for The Solar System, The Sun: Earth’s Star.

17 Short Articles on The Solar System and The Moon, 1985

Film catalog entries for Reflecting on the Moon, The Solar System and The Sun: Earth’s Star.

18 Letters concerning The Solar System (NGS) 1980-1982

Correspondence regarding The Solar System; credits; film review.

19 Research for The Solar System & The Sun 1971, 1977-1980

Newspaper clippings, articles, essays, notes and correspondence regarding astronomy, space exploration, etc.; Kitt Peak National Observatory reports, press releases, bulletin; Fraunhofer-Line Finder and Spectrum Strips; spectrum graphs of night-side emissions from Venus; The Nearest Star film guide; recording script for The Sun: Earth’s Star.

20 The Sun -- The Solar System -- Miscellaneous, 1979-1980

Notes on film loans, production facilities, post-production scheduling, and footage screening; film lab packing slips and invoices; correspondence with Department of the Army, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History and Kitt Peak National Observatory regarding use of stock film and images.

21 National Geographic’s The Sun and The Solar System & Photographs, ca. 1982

Color transparency of blowfish; list of printed illustrations to be filmed; 8 x 10 black-and-white photographs of sunspots, planets, moons; 1982 letter from National Geographic Society.

22 California Institute of Technology, 1980

Catalog of photographs and slides from the Hale Observatories; letter from Cal Tech librarian with notes for film featuring solar flares.

23 Kitt Peak Observatory, 1979-1980

Correspondence; "Stars, Galaxies and Southern Skies" selected scenes document [photocopy] and text; footage screening notes; film equipment loan agreements and related correspondence; Kitt Peak newsletters; "Rewrite – Journey into Light" Final Corrected Copy"; list of available films, books, posters.

24 Screenings at NASA, 1979-1980

NASA films catalogs; selected scenes of The Solar System handwritten notes; The Sun/The Solar System stock footage breakdowns with handwritten notes; documents regarding NASA’s film Planet Mars; Voyager Jupiter Encounters 1979 NASA film script; screening notes on NASA films and narration scripts with notations.

28 Payments, Bills from National Geographic Society, 1979-1981

35 Sidney Platt, Manager, Educational Films, National Geographic Society, 1979-1981

36 Agreements, Contracts, 1980-1981

Correspondence and documents regarding The Sun: Earth’s Star, The Solar System, and The Moon’s Movements; unedited text and galley proof of The Sun: Earth’s Star teachers guide; correspondence re: existing artwork, film footage; correspondence regarding photos of sunspots.

Subseries 16, The 13 Clocks, 1950-1951, 1958-1969, undated C305 10 13 Clocks Rewrite based on Jerry Alden’s Draft, 1962

Prologue draft.

11 13 Clocks Book reviews, 1950-1951

Reviews of James Thurber's book.

12 13 Clocks -- First Treatment, 1958

First screenplay treatment of James Thurber's book, dated Feb. 15, 1958.

13 Several Versions of 13 Clocks by James L. Shute, Jerome Alden, 1962

Several versions of Shute and Alden's screen treatment of James Thurber's book.

14 The 13 Clocks -- Screen Treatment by James L. Shute, undated

Treatment of James Thurber's book, in binder.

15 Contract between James Thurber and Constance and Barbara Brigham for the rights (film) of The 13 Clocks, 1955

Document features signatures from all parties.

16 Correspondence with "Wessberger and Frosch" -- Counselors at Law concerning 13 Clocks, 1958-1963

Correspondence, including copies of letters from Alec Guinness.

17 Correspondence with Kenneth Hyman, Seven Arts Assoc. concerning The 13 Clocks, 1961-1963

Correspondence

18 Miscellaneous Correspondence Concerning 13 Clocks, 1957-1962

Correspondence, including letters to James Thurber and Ingo Preminger; clippings.

19 13 Clocks -- Bills, 1958

Bills

20 Proposals for Cast: 13 Clocks, undated

Casting proposals and color advertisement.

21 13 Clocks -- Screen Treatment by James L. Shute, 1958, 1960

Screen treatment (1958) and article (1960).

22 13 Clocks -- Screen Treatment by James L. Shute, undated

Treatment in binder ("first and rough").

23 Constance Brigham: 13 Clocks Screenplay, 1950-1951, 1969

Correspondence (1963-1964) and screenplay (1969).

OS-1 5 [The 13 Clocks, earth and moon artwork; Life Around Us], ca. 1960, ca. 1970, undated

Paintings for The 13 Clocks by Philip Stapp.

Subseries 17, The TV Bible, 1980-1985, undated

Note: English translations of German episode titles appear in brackets within the folder description. Translations made through Google Translate.

Box C299 1 [Unlabeled folder, "Das Koenigtum Salomos: Der Geschichtliche Rahmen" episode screenplay], 1982

["The Kingship of Solomon: The Historical Context"] TV Bible screenplay, in German with English marginalia.

2 [Unlabeled folder, "Folge 19: Salomo" screenplay], 1982

["Episode 19: Solomon"] TV Bible screenplay, in German with English marginalia.

3 [Unlabeled folder, "Folge 19a: Salomo II"], 1982

["Episode 19a: Solomon II"] TV Bible screenplay, in German with English marginalia.

4 [Unlabeled folder, "Folge 29: Elija and Elischa -- I. Teil: Nabot's Weinberg"], 1983

["Episode 29: Elijah and Elisha -- Part I: Naboth's Vineyard"] TV Bible screenplay dated December 1983, in German with English marginalia.

5 [Unlabeled folder, "Folge 29: Elija and Elischa -- I. Teil: Nabot's Weinberg"], 1983

["Episode 29: Elijah and Elisha -- Part I: Naboth's Vineyard"] TV Bible screenplay dated April 1983, in German with English marginalia.

6 [Unlabeled folder, "Folge 30: Elija and Elischa -- II. Teil: Der Untergang des Hauses Omri"], 1983

["Episode 30: Elijah and Elisha -- Part II: The Fall of the House of Omri"] TV Bible screenplay, in German with English marginalia.

7 [Unlabeled folder, "Folge 30: Elija and Elischa -- II. Teil: Der Tag von Jesreel"], 1983

["Episode 30: Elijah and Elisha -- Part II: The Day of Jezreel"] TV Bible screenplay, in German with English marginalia.

8 [Unlabeled folder, "Folge 31: Amos"], 1983

["Episode 31: Amos"] TV Bible treatment, in German with English marginalia.

9 [Unlabeled folder, "Folge 31: Der Untergang des Reiches Israel oder: Samarias Untergang -- I. Teil: Warnung durch Amos: Das große Erdbeben"], 1983

["Episode 31: The Downfall of the Kingdom of Israel, or: Samaria's Downfall -- Part I: Warning by Amos: The Big Earthquake"] TV Bible screenplay, in German with English marginalia.

10 [Unlabeled folder, "Folge 32: Hosea/Der Junge Jesaja"], 1983

["Episode 32: Hosea/The Boy Isaiah"] TV Bible screenplay, in German with English marginalia.

11 [Unlabeled folder, "Folge 32: Samarias Fall und Jerusalems Rettung -- II Teil: Hosea and Jesaja"], 1983

["Episode 32: The Case of Samaria and Jerusalem's Rescue -- Part II: Hosea and Isaiah"] TV Bible screenplay, in German with English marginalia.

12 [Unlabeled folder, "Folge 32: Samarias Untergang -- II Teil: Warnung durch Hosea -- Die Ehe mit Gomer"], 1983

["Episode 32: Samaria's Downfall -- Part II: Hosea's Warning -- His Marriage to Gomer"] TV Bible screenplay, in German with English marginalia.

13 [Untitled folder, "Folge 32 and 33: Samarias Fall und Jerusalems Rettung -- II. Teil Hosea and Jesaja Neuer"], 1983

["Episodes 32 and 33: The Case of Samaria and Jerusalem's Rescue -- Part II: Hosea and Isaiah"] TV Bible screenplay, in German with English marginalia.

14 [Unlabeled folder, "Folge 33: Samarias Untergang -- III. Teil: Die Vertreibung der Zehn Stämme"], 1983

["Episode 33: Samaria's Downfall -- Part III: The Expulsion of the Ten Tribes"] TV Bible screenplay, in German with English marginalia.

15 [Unlabeled folder, "Folge 34: Samarias Untergang und Jerusalems Rettung -- III. Teil: Micha und Jesaja"], 1983

["Episode 34: Samaria's Downfall and Jerusalem's Rescue -- Part III: Micah and Isaiah"] TV Bible screenplay, in German with English marginalia.

16 [Unlabeled folder, "Folge 34: Jerusalems Errettung -- I. Teil: Warnung durch Micha: Konig Hiskijas Umkehr"], 1983

["Episode 34: Jerusalem's Salvation -- Part I: Micha's Warning, King Hezekiah's Reversal"] TV Bible screenplay, in German with English marginalia.

17 [Unlabeled folder, "35. Folge: Jerusalems Errettung -- II. Teil: Jesaja und Sanherib"], 1983

["Episode 35: Jerusalem's salvation -- Part II: Isaiah and Sennacherib"] TV Bible screenplay, in German with English marginalia.

18 [Unlabeled folder, "Intro: Bible Importance -- Zusammenfassung der Urgeschichte Gen 1-11"], 1983

["Intro: Bible Importance -- Summary of Prehistory Gen 1-11"] TV Bible material, in German with English marginalia.

19 [Binder, "Bibel David: 16, 16A, 17, 18, 18A"], 1982

Binder containing TV Bible treatments/drafts/screenplays for "Das Königtum Davids"/["The Kingship of David"]; "15 Folge: Davids Aufstieg I"/["Episode 15: David’s Rise I"]; "16 Folge: Davids Aufstieg II/["Episode 16: David’s Rise II"]; "16a Folge: Davids Aufstieg III"/["Episode 16a: David’s Rise III"]; "17 Folge: Davids Thronnachfolge I"/["Episode 17: David’s Throne Succession I"]; "18 Folge: Davids Thronnachfolge II"/["Episode 18: David’s Throne Succession II"]; and "18A Folge: Davids Thronnachfolge III"/["Episode 18A: David’s Throne Succession III"].

C304 1 Project Note -- LW, 1987

Typed note describing the TV Bible project. Dated 2/10/87 and signed "LW."

2 [TV Bible "Episode 5: Joseph and His Brothers" Script -- Second Draft], 1987

Master screen script by Wolf Mankowitz dated 8/19/1983. With marginalia.

3 [TV Bible "Episode 5: Joseph and His Brothers" Script -- Third Draft], 1983

Master screen script by Wolf Mankowitz dated 10/28/1983. With notations.

4 [TV Bible "Abraham Part One: The Beginning" Treatment and Final Draft], 1984

John Bowen's final script draft dated 1/23/1984. With notations and note from Heinrich Krauss, some in German.

5 Abraham Episode One (3/6/84), 1983-1984

Script with "reactions to Bowen script." Photocopied correspondence with Heinrich Krauss.

6 [Note to Heinrich Krauss], 1983Short note from Wolff dated 11/14/1984. Possible cover letter to TV Bible "Episode V… Mankowitz Joseph script."

7 [TV Bible "Episode 5: Joseph (Part 1) -- Joseph and His Brothers"], 1984

Perfect-bound script with general introduction and notations.

8 [TV Bible "Episode 5: Joseph and the Brothers" Script -- Third Draft], 1983

Master screen script by Wolf Mankowitz dated 10/28/1983 "with suggested changes by Lothar Wolff & Heinrich Krauss." Also includes photocopied pages from Taurus Film TV Bible promo booklet.

9 [Binder labeled "'Abraham' Script Reactions A.S. & L.W. 84"], 1984

Proposals for revisions to "Abraham" episode by Wolff and Allan Sloane; correspondence with Heinrich Krauss.

10 [TV Bible "Episode 1: Abraham (Part One) -- The Beginning"], 1984

Perfect-bound script.

11 [TV Bible “Episode 1: Abraham – The Beginning” Script -- First Draft], 1983

With marginalia and Post-It notes. Dated 9/12/1983, revised 11/2/1983.

12 [TV Bible “Episode 1: Abraham – The Beginning” Script -- Second Draft], 1987

With rewrites and marginalia. Dated 11/2/1983.

13 ["1. Folge: Abraham Teil 1" and Exodus Treatments], ca. 1980

[TV Bible "Episode 1: Abraham Part 1"] and Exodus story treatments. Undated, in German.

14 "The Television Bible: The Old Testament as a TV Series", 1982

Comb-bound promotional book from Taurus Film. Includes undated clipping.

15 "The Television Bible: The Old Testament as a TV Series -- 'Joseph, The Book of Genesis'", 1982

Comb-bound promotional book from Taurus Film. Two copies.

16 "The Television Bible: The Old Testament as a TV Series -- 'Moses, The Book of Exodus,'" 1982

Comb-bound promotional book from Taurus Film.

17 Bible Taurus Film G.m.b.H. correspondence, 1976, 1980-1984

Correspondence with Heinrich Krauss, Wolf Maknowitz, Allan Sloane, Marianne Rohrmoser, Nils Nilson, Georges Klotz regarding TV Bible; invoices; contracts; receipts; clippings regarding the Bible; applications for tax exemption certificates; The Old Testament as a TV Series project proposal; production schedule graph; map of Jersusalem; photocopies of 1976 German magazine article and a legal document, both involving German TV broadcaster ZDF. In German, English.

18 Bible Project Documents, 1980

Correspondence with Nils Nilson, Allan Sloane, Heinrich Krauss; New York Times article regarding sales of the Bible; "Anhang: Abraham als 'Begründer des Monotheismus' [Appendix: Abraham as 'Founder of Monotheism']." In German and English.

19 TV Bible Proposal Drafts and Supplement, ca. 1982

Series proposal drafts and supplemental "Synopsis of the 'Old Testament' Narrative Elements." Comments and marginalia in English and German.

20 [Binder labeled "TV Bible Script Drafts Part II"], 1983-1984

Script and treatment drafts with comments, photocopies of Bible passages. In English and German.

21 [Unlabeled binder, "TV Bible 'Episode 2: Abraham Part Two Script'"], 1981, 1984

Script by Allan Sloane, with cover letter from Wolff dated 8/29/1984; 4/9/1971 Time magazine clipping regarding made-for-TV Biblical epics.

22 "Bible" Clippings, 1980-1984

Newspaper and magazine clippings about the Bible, Biblical adaptations, and theology. In English and German.

23 "The Bible" Notes & News Magazine Articles, 1980-1981

April 1981 Saturday Evening Post article about filming the Bible; notes, comments regarding a "What Is the Bible?" introductory film and episode treatments. In English and German.

24 New York Times clipping "Paraphrase of the Bible a Big Seller," 1985

Photocopy of 2/28/1985 article about bestselling Bible adaptation The Book.

25 Bible/Egypt Prod., 1983

Correspondence regarding production manager Ahmed Sami.

26 TV Bible Notes, 1980-1983

Notes, correspondence. In English and German.

27 Critique of "Abraham" Script, 1983

Allan Sloane's critique of John Bowen's TV Bible script, related correspondence.

28 Taurus Expenses, Payments, 1983-1984

Receipts (including card receipt with number), invoice, expense report, bills, related correspondence.

29 Expenses Bible Munich, 1981-1982

Expense reports, receipts, bills. Additional expenses notations on folder in Wolff's hand. In German and English.

30 Receipts, Etc., 1982

Airline/train tickets and receipts, discount cards with color photo of Wolff, bank receipts, hotel receipts, several credit card receipts with account number visible, invoice. Music recital program; political flyer and sticker. In Italian, German, and English.

31 Taurus Film/Expenses, 1980-1982

Airline/train tickets and receipts, phone bills, expense report for Fernsehbibel/[TV Bible] project, related correspondence. In English, French and German.

C354 1 [Unlabeled folder, Fernsehbibel: Das Alte Testament als TV-Serie], ca. 1980

[Television Bible: The Old Testament as TV-Series] Comb-bound booklet. Series proposal. In German.

2 [Unlabeled folder, Fernsehbibel: Das Alte Testament als TV-Serie "Gliederung und Inhalte"], 1981

[Television Bible: The Old Testament as TV-Series "Structure and Content"] Comb-bound booklet dated 2/12/1981. Overview of series structure and 32 proposed episodes. In German.

3 [Unlabeled folder, Fernsehbibel: Das Alte Testament als TV-Serie "Treatment 27 & 28: König Salomo"], 1982

[Television Bible: The Old Testament as TV-Series "Treatments 27 & 28: King Solomon"] Comb-bound booklet dated 10/31/1982. In German.

4 [Unlabeled folder, Fernsehbibel: Das Alte Testament als TV-Serie "Leitlinien für die Drehbuchentwicklung"], ca. 1980

[Television Bible: The Old Testament as TV-Series "Guidelines for Script Development"] Undated comb-bound booklet. In German with English marginalia.

5 [Unlabeled folder, Fernsehbibel: Das Alte Testament als TV-Serie], ca. 1980

[Television Bible: The Old Testament as TV-Series] Undated comb-bound booklet. Expanded 221-page series overview with description of series objective and method; three screenplay sketches; structure and content overview; appendix. In German.

6 [Unlabeled folder, Fernsehbibel: Das Alte Testament als TV-Serie "Folgen 1-7: Buch Genesis Einführung und Synopse"], 1980

[Television Bible: The Old Testament as TV-Series "Episodes 1-7: Genesis Introduction and Synopsis"] Comb-bound booklet dated 10/15/1980, subtitled "The Filming of the Book of Genesis." Introductory material, overview of episodes 1 through 7. In German.

7 [Unlabeled folder, "1. Folge: Abraham Teil I" & "2. Folge: Abraham Teil II" Screenplays], 1980, 1982

["Episode 1: Abraham Part I" & "Episode 2: Abraham Part II"] Binder containing introductory TV Bible material and episode screenplays. "Abraham Part I" is marked "3rd revise" and dated 1/28/1982. In German with English notations and marginalia.

7a [Unlabeled folder, "3. Folge: Der Segen Isaaks" & "4. Folge: Jakobs Frauen"] Screenplays, 1980, 1982

["Episode 3: The Blessing of Isaac" & "Episode 4: Jacob's Wives"] Binder containing TV Bible screenplays. In German with English notations and marginalia.

8 [Unlabeled folder, "Karol Sidon Abraham (1. Teil)"], 1984

["Abraham (Part 1)"] TV Bible screenplay dated February 9, 1984. In German.

9 [Unlabeled Folder, "Abraham 1. Folge (Gen 12 -16)" Draft], 1980

["Abraham Episode 1 (Gen 12-16)] TV Bible draft dated 4/7/1980. In German with English marginalia.

10 [Unlabeled folder, Fernsehbibel: "Folgen 1-7: Zur Verfilmung des Buches Genesis -- Die Eigenart der biblischen Vorlage" Screenplay], 1980

[TV Bible: "Episodes 1-7: For the Film Adaptation of the Book of Genesis: The Nature of the Biblical Template"] Screenplay dated August 15, 1980. In German with English marginalia.

11 [Unlabeled folder, "2. Folge: Abraham Teil II" Treatment], ca. 1980

["Episode 2: Abraham Part II"] Undated TV Bible treatment. In German.

12 [Unlabeled folder, "2. Folge: Abraham Teil II" Draft], 1980

["Episode 2: Abraham Part II"] TV Bible draft dated 7/20/1980. In German with English marginalia.

13 [Unlabeled folder, "3. Folge: Der Segen Isaaks" Rough Draft], 1980

["Episode 3: The Blessing of Isaac"] TV Bible rough draft dated 7/25/1980, marked "Old Version" and "New one 15.Sept.80" in Wolff's hand. In German with English marginalia.

14 [Unlabeled folder, "3. Folge: Der Segen Isaaks" Draft], 1980

["Episode 3: The Blessing of Isaac"] TV Bible draft dated 11/11/1980. In German with English marginalia.

15 [Unlabeled folder, "4. Folge: Jakobs Frauen" Draft with Changes], 1980

["Episode 3: Jacob's Wives"] TV Bible draft dated 9/15/1980 with changes dated 11/14/1980. In German with English marginalia.

16 [Unlabeled folder, "4. Folge: Jakobs Frauen" Rough Draft], 1980

["Episode 4: Jacob's Wives"] TV Bible rough draft dated 8/6/1980 and marked "outdated version." In German with English marginalia.

17 [Unlabeled folder, "5. Folge: Jakob und Seine Söhne" and "Patriarchengeschichten: Folge 5 und 6" Drafts], 1980

["Episode 5: Jacob and His Sons"] TV Bible draft dated 11/15/1980 and ["Stories of the Patriarchs: Episode 5 and 6"], draft dated 7/7/1980. In German with English marginalia.

18 [Untitled folder, "6. Folge: Josef in Ägypten" Draft], 1980

["Episode 6: Joseph in Egypt"] TV Bible draft dated 7/22/1980. In German with English marginalia.

19 [Untitled folder, "7. Folge: Die Versöhnung der Brüder" Draft], 1980

["Episode 7: The Reconciliation of the Brothers"] TV Bible draft dated 7/23/1980. In German with English marginalia.

20 [Untitled folder, Fernsehbibel "8. Folge: Der Brennende Dornbusch" Draft], 1981

[Television Bible "Episode 8: The Burning Bush"] Draft dated 4/30/1981, with attached note from Heinrich Krauss. In German with English marginalia.

21 [Untitled, Fernsehbibel "9. Folge: Exodus" Treatment Draft], 1981

[Television Bible "Episode 9: Exodus"] Treatment draft dated April 8, 1981. In German with English marginalia.

22 [Untitled, "10. Folge: Sinai" Draft], 1981

["Episode 10: Sinai"] TV Bible draft dated 4/30/1981. In German with English marginalia.

23 [Untitled folder, Fernsehbibel "11. Folge: Das Goldene Kalb (= Mose IV)" Treatment Drafts], 1981

[Television Bible "Episode 11: The Golden Calf (= Moses IV)"] Two treatment drafts dated 6/1/1981 and 6/29/1981. In German with English marginalia.

24 [Unlabeled folder, Fernsehbibel "12. Folge: Joshuas Zug Über Den Jordan" Treatment Drafts], 1981

[Television Bible "Episode 12: Joshua's Train Over the Jordan"] Treatment drafts dated 5/26, 6/2, and 6/28/1981.

25 [Unlabeled folder, "13. Folge -- Die Richter" and "Die Richter, I. Teil: Ehud -- Debora" Treatments], 1982

["Episode 13: Judges"] Undated TV Bible treatment marked "Outdated" and "Split 13 into 2 parts 5/14/82"; ["Episode 13: Judges, Part I: Ehud -- Debora"], treatment dated 5/15/1982. In German with English marginalia.

26 [Unlabeled folder, "13. Folge: Die Bücher Josua und Richter" Background], ca. 1982

["Episode 13: The Books of Joshua and Judges"] Undated TV Bible background material. In German.

27 [Unlabeled folder, "Folge 13a Die Richter II: Gideon -- Abimelech -- Jiftach" Treatment], 1982

["Episode 13a Judges II: Gideon -- Abimelech -- Jepthah"] TV Bible treatment. In German with English marginalia.

28 [Unlabeled folder, Fernsehbibel "Folge 13b: Rut" Treatment Draft], 1982

[Television Bible "Episode 13b: Ruth"] Treatment draft dated 6/22/1982. In German with English marginalia.

29 [Unlabeled folder, Fernsehbibel "14. Folge: Samuel und Saul, I. Teil: Simson -- Samuel" Treatment], 1982

[Television Bible "Episode 14: Samuel and Saul, Part I: Samson -- Samuel"] Treatment dated 5/26/1982. In German with English marginalia.

30 [Unlabeled folder, "Mose", Outline and Notes], ca. 1982

["Moses"] TV Bible material. In German.

31 [Unlabeled folder, "Die Patriarchengeschichten" Outline and Notes], ca. 1982

["The Patriarch Stories"] TV Bible material. In German.

32 [Unlabeled folder, Fernsehbibel "Folge 14a: Samuel und Saul, II. Teil: Sauls Erwählung" Treatment], 1982

["Television Bible Episode 14a: Samuel and Saul, Part II: Saul's Election"] Treatment dated 6/4/1982. In German with English marginalia.

33 [Unlabeled folder, Fernsehbibel "Folge 14b: Samuel und Saul, III. Teil: Sauls Verwerfung" Draft], 1982

["Television Bible Episode 14b: Samuel and Saul, Part III: Saul's Rejection"] Draft dated 6/7/1982. In German with English marginalia.

34 [Unlabeled folder, Fernsehbibel: Das Alte Testament als TV-Serie "Folgen 13-18: Von Joshua Bis Saul, Einführung und Synopse"], 1982

[Television Bible: The Old Testament as TV-Series "Episodes 13-18: From Joshua to Saul, Introduction and Synopsis"] Comb-bound booklet dated September 1, 1982. In German.

35 [Unlabeled folder, Fernsehbibel: Das Alte Testament als TV-Serie "Treatment 17 & 18: König Saul"], 1982

[Television Bible: The Old Testament as TV-Series "Treatments 17 & 18: King Saul"] Comb-bound booklet contains treatments dated 8/17/1982. Heinrich Krauss business card. In German.

36 [Unlabeled folder, Fernsehbibel: Das Alte Testament als TV-Serie "Treatment 13-16: Die Zeit der Richter"], 1982

[Television Bible: The Old Testament as TV-Series "Treatments 13-16: The Period of the Judges"] Comb-bound booklet containing treatments of Episode 13, dated 3/31/1982; Episode 14, dated 7/31/1982; Episode 15, dated 8/7/1982; and Episode 16, dated 8/8/1982. In German.

37 [Unlabeled folder, Fernsehbibel: Das Alte Testament als TV-Serie "Treatment 23-26: Davids Thronnachfolge"], 1982

[Television Bible: The Old Testament as TV-Series "Treatments 23-26: David's Succession"] Comb-bound booklet dated 10/23/1982. Three copies. In German.

38 [Unlabeled folder, Fernsehbibel: Das Alte Testament als TV-Serie "Folgen 19-28: David und Salomo, Einführung und Synopse"], 1982

[Television Bible: The Old Testament as TV-Series "Episodes 19-28: David and Solomon, Introduction and Synopsis"] Comb-bound booklet dated 11/15/1982. In German.

39 [Unlabeled folder, Fernsehbibel: Das Alte Testament als TV-Serie "Treatment 19-22: Davids Aufstieg"], 1982

[Television Bible: The Old Testament as TV-Series "Treatments 19-22: David's Rise"] Comb-bound booklet dated 10/15/1982. In German.

Subseries 18, Wild, Wild World of Animals, 1973-1975 C314 11 Other People, Other Places -- Screenings in Hamburg, Germany to Buy Films, 1973-1975

Outlines of documentary shorts available from Polytel International Film-und-Fernseh GmbH; screening reports; correspondence regarding German TV series about Antarctica [in English and German]; newspaper clippings; outline of "Mad Zoo/Neurotic Zoo" film project [in French].

16 Other People, Other Places -- Ratings and Publicity, Some with Wild, Wild World of Animals, 1973-1975

Correspondence regarding ratings, viewer response; Nielsen ratings charts; syndication reports; Variety "Prime-Access Reviews."

18 Other People, Other Places -- Misc. Correspondence, 1971, 1973-1975

Correspondence and drafts regarding licensing agreements, employee vacation time, disposition of files, writers' fees for Wild, Wild World of Animals.

27 Wild, Wild World of Animals, 1973

28 Wild, Wild World of Animals -- Ratings, 1973-1974

Newspaper clippings; full-page Variety ad; Wild, Wild World of Animals ratings reports; distribution list.

29 WWWOA Viewer Letters Wild, Wild World of Animals, 1973-1974

Correspondence; one letter regarding Other People, Other Places.

Subseries 19, Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich, 1957-1958 C300 3 [Album labeled "Puerto Rico Fortaleza, Feb. 57"], 1957-1958

Photographs and negatives shot at La Fortaleza, Puerto Rico, during the production of Windjammer. Subjects include Wolff, Louis de Rochemont, Pablo Casals, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Governor Luis Muñoz Marín, Arthur Fiedler.

C368 16 [Newspaper Clippings, 1951-1966], 1951-1966

Newspaper clippings regarding Windjammer.

Subseries 20, The World We Live In, 1968-1974, 1981-1986, undated Sub-subseries 1, General, 1968-1974, undated C019 4 [CINE 1971 certificate for "How Old Is Old?"/Life Around Us], 1971

Certificate congratulating Time-Life Films.

C314 21 Articles on The World We Live In & Correspondence & Statistics, 1968-1972

Promotional folder; full-page magazine ads; Time-Life Films press releases; segment synopses; newspaper television listings pages; newspaper reviews; series broadcast calendar; Public Broadcasting Service weekly programming reports; Pem’s Personal Buddies entertainment newsletter.

22 The World We Live In -- Financial, 1969-1970

Monthly financial status accounts.

23 Life Around Us -- Announcements, Articles etc. Statistics, 1970-1974]

Correspondence; MoMA press releases and program notes; full-page New York Times ad for Time-Life Films; segment synopses and credits; Time-Life Films Lunch-Hour Film Festival flier; New York Times "The Guide" Sunday insert 3/1/1981; episode ratings [in German] with attached letter [in English]; rating reports from local US stations; newspaper TV listing; selected press clips.

24 Life Around Us -- Press Kit, undated

Series press kit, including 35mm transparencies, 8 x 10 black-and-white photographs, live announce copy transcript, promotional brochure (using the title The World We Live In, two paper printing matrices, segment synopses and credits.

34 Time/Life Journal Copy, Oct. 17, 1969

10/17/1969 issue of Time, Inc., in-house newsletter F.Y.I. with schedule of lunch-hour screenings of The World We Live In, aka Life Around Us.

C367 14 Miscellaneous Photographs, 1930-1960, 1971-1972, ca. 1983, undated

Black-and-white photograph of Wolff receiving a CINE 1969 award for the "Survival in the Sea" episode of The World We Live In.

OS-1 5 [The 13 Clocks, earth and moon artwork; Life Around Us], ca. 1960, ca. 1970, undated

Large promotional brochure for Life Around Us TV series.

Sub-subseries 2, "The Not-So-Solid Earth," 1971-1972, undated [8th Annual Landers Associates Award of Merit to The Not-So-Solid Earth], ca. 1972

Certificate with gold seal.

C019A [American Film Festival Blue Ribbon Award for "The Not-So-Solid Earth"], 1972

Award certificate

C352B [American Film Festival Blue Ribbon Award for "The Not-So-Solid Earth"], 1972

Blue ribbon embedded in 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" clear plastic.

Sub-subseries 3, "Rock-a-Bye Baby," 1971-1972, 1981-1986 C014 25 Blue Ribbon Award for "Rock-a-Bye Baby" for Education Film Library Association of the American Film Festival, 1972

Award certificate.

C019A [Two American Film Festival Blue Ribbon Awards for "Rock-a-Bye Baby"], 1972

Two framed certificates.

C301 8 Biobehavioral Systems -- Jim Prescott, 1981-1986

Correspondence, series prospectus, clippings and other research materials, newsletter regarding "Rock-a-Bye Baby," "The Roots of Violence," and child development.

C314 26 Articles on "Rock-a-bye Baby," 1971-1972

F.Y.I., Time, Inc. newsletter; 1972 American Film Festival winners review; Time-Life Films promotional material and press release; correspondence regarding American Film Festival, Edinburgh Festival, Cine Awards; newspaper clippings regarding Cine Awards, American Film Festival; reviews.

C356 [American Film Festival Blue Ribbon Award for "Rock-A-Bye Baby"], 1972

Blue ribbon embedded in 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" clear plastic.

Subseries 21, Miscellaneous, ca. 1932, 1938, 1948-1967, 1973-1986, undated C301 2 George Stingl, Aradt-Film, 1981-1982

Correspondence regarding film Adolph Hitler -- A Career, book Children of the Holocaust; 20-page treatment for TV production featuring Sylvia Ulrich [in German].

10 Helen Brew (Filmmaker) The One Child Family, China in Change and PR Material for These Programs, 1984-1985

Correspondence regarding The One Child Family film and its adaptation for a TV series about early child development; newspaper clippings about child development, infant mortality, child abuse; press notes; Christmas card; proposed "Foundations of Life" project.

22 Stewart Halperin, 1980-1982

Correspondence with US photographer Stewart Halperin and Swiss artist Theo Meier, primarily regarding a "Theo Meier project"; magazine article about Meier; "Proposed locations for filming"; slide sheet of 12 35mm transparencies taken by Halperin featuring Meier in his Thailand studio; 9/1980 Adventure Travel magazine article [photocopy] "Thailand: Trekking the Golden Triangle" by Halperin.

24 Robert Conte, HBO Manager, 1983

Correspondence regarding Vera Wolff’s Rescue, a projected film about the 1943 rescue of 7,000 Danish Jews from the Nazis; Crying Time script about the after-effects of Agent Orange.

29 IBM -- Sterling Norris, 1984

Correspondence concerning "The Glory of Bach," aka "The Wonder of Bach," project.

31 Independent Film GmbH München "Project Bali," 1975

Three-page synopsis of "Projekt Bali" from Independent Film GmbH.

32 Nicole Jouve (Interama), 1977-81

Correspondence and materials regarding various film projects, including: The Joy of Bach, The Mediterranean, "Then and Now," Martial Arts in Japan, an "anthropological series," Look at the World, and others.

41 Lazi Film -- Exposé by Karl-Werner Kobialka, undated

Synopsis of Rauhreif uber Baden-Baden [photocopy, in German].

43 Lazi Film -- Heinz v. Matthey, 1982

Correspondence [in German] from producer Heinz von Matthey regarding ecology films, filming bovine embryo-transfer.

44 Lazi Film -- Heinz v. Matthey to William J. Kirby, 1982

Correspondence between producer Heinz von Matthey and William J. Kirby, vice-chairman, counsel and secretary, of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, regarding possible WDR/Lazi Films series "Ecology."

45 Lazi Film -- Lothar Wolff, 1982-1983

Correspondence regarding "the Ecology project"; a possible sequel series to Planet Earth.

46 Lazi Film -- Lothar Wolff toWilliam J. Kirby, MacArthur Foundation, 1982

Correspondence with William J. Kirby, vice-chairman, counsel and secretary, of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, regarding a television series on global ecology.

47 Michael Lopen, 1984

Correspondence regarding a film project about the rescue of Danish Jews from Nazis; proposal for a film about an escape from Romanian POW camp during WWII.

49 Theo Meier, 1983

Correspondence concerning Swiss artist Theo Meier; magazine article [photocopy] "The Art of Living: Chiang Mai’s Theo Meier"; abstract of book The Painter Theo Meier: Pictures from the Tropics by Klaus Wenk.

61 Polygon Productions, Sussex England, "Animals and Men" Project, 1976

Letter from Stanley Joseph/Polygon Productions regarding "Animals and Men" project, synopses attached.

66 Quest Productions, 1977

Correspondence; cancelled check [photocopy]; line-item production budget; production schedule; memo regarding "Winter Soldiers" production.

67 Sari Sapir, NOVA, WGBH, Boston, 1979

Correspondence regarding the adaptation of "science material" from Eastern and Western Europe for PBS broadcast; background material on NOVA series.

72 TELECIP Script for "Worlds of Life," undated

Script

73 Telepool/Hemmings, 1976

81 Donald Haynes, Wayne State University, 1981

Brochure for proposed film "Workers ... Their Jobs, Their Union"; correspondence; UPS shipping record; handwritten notes; Mary Batten resume; "Workers and Their Jobs" film series outline, interviewee profile, "Film Specifications."

84 Richard L. Wormser: "The Life of the Party: The Rise, Decline, and Revival of the Communist Party, USA," undated

Binder containing presentation for film project.

86 WQED "The Joy of Mozart," 1976-1980

C305 1 "A Story of Bali" by Lothar Wolff, August 5, 1954

"A Tale of Bali" written on folder. Script treatments/ideas for the proposed film.

2 Correspondence on "A Tale of Bali" -- Vicki Baum, 1938, 1953-1962

Correspondence regarding "A Tale of Bali", including correspondence with Louis de Rochemont Associates. Also includes 1938 New York Herald Tribune fiction "Tale of Bali" translated by Vicki Baum; budgets; Variety Dance Review; "Dancers of Bali" (undated); plot outline; blueprints [house layout?]; map of Bali.

3 "Tale of Bali" -- Outlines, 1957

Outlines

4 Report on the Film Processing Laboratory, Sound Recording Studios, 1954

"Containing 'The Tale of Bali'" written on folder. Laboratory and studio reports concerning "A Tale of Bali."

5 "Then and Now" -- A TV Series, 1979-1980

Drafts, proposals, correspondence with persons including Allan Sloane, and articles related to "Then and Now."

6 "Then and Now" -- Institut national de l'audiovisuel, 1979-1980

Articles, brochures, and correspondence related to "Then and Now."

7 "Then and Now" -- Time/Life TV -- Haidee Granger, 1979-1980

Correspondence, clippings.

8 "Then and Now" -- WQED Pittsburgh, 1980

Outline of The March of Time material to be used in "Then and Now"; correspondence with WQED.

9 "Then and Now" -- Nicole Jouve, 1980

"Then and Now" material related to WQED Pittsburgh.

24 Where Are We Going To Put It? (Waste Disposal), 1971-1972

Article clippings, PR statement from United States Atomic Energy Commission and the Mayor’s Office of Miami Beach, geological survey, and correspondence.

25 Hugh Gibb: "The Yangtze River" -- A Television Project, 1983-1984

Project proposal and correspondence.

C308 16 Proposal for "The Glory of Bach" -- a one-hour TV special, 1985

Proposal for an unproduced follow-up to The Joy of Bach [2 copies].

C309 6 List of March of Time Titles, 1980

List of titles for possible use in "Then and Now" program.

C310 1 China in Change -- The One Child Family -- Outline -- Script 1984, ca. 1983

Outline of China in Change: Four 30-Minute Films on China, narrated by Glenda Jackson, produced by Helen Brew; China in Change English transcript.

2 Helen Brew -- Media Insights Ltd., NZ -- China in Change -- The One Child Family, 1980-85

3 Helen Brew -- Media Insights, The Foundations of Life, 1982

Packet including "The Foundations of Life" background notes and related Media Insights correspondence [photocopy]; bound "Foundations of Life" materials, including proposal, script outlines, appendix, introduction.

4 Film Project on Asian Culture "The Japanese Films" by Froelich Rainey, University Museum, U. of Pennsylvania, 1977

Correspondence regarding the "Japanese Films" (i.e., Legacy for the Future, a 17-part archaeological documentary]; typewritten drafts of episode synopses ["The Mingling of Cultures," "Witnesses to the Past," "The Quest for the Colossal"]; English translations of episodes 16 ["The Summing Up"?] and 17 ["Epilogue"?] scripts.

5 [Binder labeled "Future Legacy Program Outlines"], 1975-1977

Blue 3-ring binder with outlines of episodes 1-10 from Robeck Corporation; photocopy of 2/12/1977 Froelich Rainey letter; newspaper clippings about Mayan, Roman, Aztec, Syrian civilizations.

6 [Binder, "Future Legacy Episode Outlines"], ca. 1976

Black binder labeled "Legacy" contains series episode outlines, "Additional Useful Materials." Inserted clippings about Bronze Age artifacts, damming the Euphrates River, the stained-glass windows at Chartres Cathedral.

7 Project on Jewish Holidays, ca. 1983

Project outline: "In Celebration of Freedom: four prime time television specials"; Avraham Soltes resume; notes regarding Jewish Holiday Film Project; "Service for Sabbath Hanukkah" booklet; "The Passover Project" aka "A Question of Freedom" notes; newspaper clippings regarding Hanukkah, Jewish chapel at West Point; "The Cartoon Tycoon" promotional brochure.

8 Richard Thomas Fichter: Little Friend Project/Film, 1980

Script draft with letter.

9 Look at the World -- Project by WQED Pittsburgh, 1976-1977

Pressbooks; budget per subject; "Subjects under Consideration"; clipping regarding Buddhist shrines; letter regarding "Namib"; The World About Us notes; letter from documentarian Hermann Schlenker.

10 Correspondence to Produce George Orwell’s 1984, 1954

Correspondence regarding production of 1984, including letters to/from producer N.P. Rathvon, and mention of a possible Bach feature film; Time magazine, New York Times clippings regTimearding production of 1984 film.

11 Fred Lawrence Guiles: "Norma Jean: The Life of Marilyn Monroe" a screenplay, ca. 1979

Screenplay written by Guiles.

12 "The People of Asia" TV Series Planned?, 1969

People of Asia series proposal in several drafts; preliminary budget; correspondence; memos; articles, publications, film catalogs, and other research materials related to Asia and its peoples; Barry Sloane resume; screening reports; list of possible subjects for "Other People, Other Places III."

13 "One Second before Sunrise" – A TV-series Produced by Horizon in assoc. w. Lothar Wolff Prod. and WDR, FRG, LAZI Film, FRG, 1986

Bound report: "One Second before Sunrise: A Search for Solutions -- A Television Series" outline; shooting scripts, various drafts including final shooting script.

14 "One Second before Sunrise," ca. 1983

Script treatments, outline.

15 "One Second before Sunrise," ca. 1984

Treatments and outlines for episodes of "One Second Before Sunrise" series: "Just Beyond the Horizon: Water for the World (Working Title)" aka "Drop in the Bucket"; list of organizations, countries and individuals potentially contributing to the series; list of sources

16 "The Rescue," ca. 1984

Folder labeled "Preliminary drafts of scripts for a feature picture -- commissioned by Lutheran Film Associates -- about the rescue of the Jews in Denmark (by Danes) during the Nazi occupation of the country..." containing meeting notes, script changes, script draft.

17 [Binder labeled "''The Rescue' by Vee Wolff"], 1983

Three-ring binder, also labeled "The Rescue 1983" on spine, contains script draft dated 2/5/1983; correspondence from Vera Wolff regarding script changes, script revisions; script changes, notations.

18 [Binder labeled "Rescue"], 1982

Also labeled "'Rescue' Dec. 15, 82" on spine. Contains meeting notes regarding script changes [photocopy], script draft labeled "Second revise Dec. 15, 82."

19 Film Project on Romania, 1979

Correspondence from Wolff about producing Romanian tourism films including outlines of project ideas; "The Best Kept Secret in Europe: A Film Proposal" by Patrick Nolan; magazine article about Romania by John Cheever; handwritten notes.

C355 29 Budgets -- National Geographic Society, 1979

C367 1 Copy from Lotte H. Eisner: Fritz Lang, NY, undated

Chapter 10 ("The Testament of Dr. Mabuse") and a partial Fritz Lang filmography photocopied from Eisner’s book Fritz Lang.

17 List of 16mm Prints of Lothar Wolff Prod., undated

List of 16mm prints of films produced/edited by Wolff.

18 On Mozart, 1977-1980

Materials related to "The Magic of Mozart," an unproduced sequel to The Joy of Bach, including production proposals, correspondence, newspaper concert reviews, a concert program, arts brochures.

21 Newspaper Clippings for Frühlingsstimmen & Other Films by Fejos, ca. 1932

Newspaper clippings, premiere announcements, and programs related to Wolff, Fejos, and films edited by Wolff in 1932-33, including Sonnenstrahl [aka Ray of Sunshine], Frühlingsstimmen, Le Roi des Palaces [aka King of the Ritz], Baroud, Rouletabille Aviateur, and Marie, a Hungarian Legend.

C368 1 Project: "Growing Up" and Letters, 1973-1975, 1979

Clippings, various proposals, and correspondence.

15 [Unlabeled folder, "'I Shall Moulder Before I’ll Be Taken' -- 1976"], 1967, 1974-1976

Red 3-ring binder containing clippings, script, footage list, interview transcripts, and narration.

16 [Newspaper Clippings, 1951-1966], 1951-1966

Clippings regarding Animal Farm, Indonesia, Johann Sebastian Bach, "A Living Church," Windjammer, Question 7, The Challenge of Change, Fortress of Peace, Parlons Francais. Also includes correspondence with the Lutheran Laymen's Movement and NET Film Service, as well as pamphlets, programs, and photographs related to these projects. Materials in English and German.

C371 12 Planet Earth Revisited -- Interim Proposals/Reports, 1981

"Planet Earth Revisited" reports and proposals, as well as materials related to proposed series "Then and Now," including series overview, brochures, correspondence/memos, interim report.

Series 3, General Research Materials, 1947, 1957, 1967, 1972-1985, undated Materials are in English, French and German. Scope and Content

Series contains articles, clippings, correspondence, notes, outlines, script drafts, press materials, brochures, and other printed matter collected for research purposes but unrelated to any specific project. Dates range from 1947-1985, with the bulk dated between 1972 and 1985.

Arrangement

Series materials are located in five boxes. If materials are dated, arrangement is in reverse chronological order.

C301 3 Articles, Letters Concerning Bronze age and Asian History, 1972-1976

Correspondence, (including letters to and from the University Museum, U. of Pennsylvania); clippings regarding archeology; a Bronze Age archaeological dig in Ban-Chieng, Thailand; early Asian and North American civilization; paleontology.

10 Helen Brew (Filmmaker) The One Child Family, China in Change and PR Material for These Programs, 1984-1985

20 Granada International Productions (The Disappearing World), 1967

The Disappearing World perfect-bound paperback book; press materials for series segments; Granada TV promotional brochure.

37 John Lutnes, Cameraman at Kitt Peak National Observatory, 1978

Correspondence regarding astronomy films, including The Shoulders of Giants; astronomy film project outlines; magazine clippings related to astronomy; newspaper review of Journey into Light.

55 Nostalgia Channel, Ken Nimmer, 1983

Nostalgia Channel press kit with popcorn and cover letter regarding National Geographic programming.

62 Polytel 76, undated

Press booklets for several Polytel International documentary TV series, including Marine Biology, Geographical Excursions, The Struggle for Survival.

64 James W. Prescott, Articles and Research, 1975-1979

Correspondence; French journal article referencing "Rock-a-Bye Baby" with English translation; "The Futurist" journal article; "The Humanist" magazine article; Hustler magazine color insert.

69 Rudi Stern: "Let There Be Neon," undated

Press and advertising materials about neon artist and his company.

C308 7 Miscellaneous Correspondence Concerning The Joy of Bach, 1981

Correspondence in English, French, German; letter from "Allan" to Thomas McDermott regarding Howard Hughes film project; production assistant resume; PRIMOB (Projected Image Mobile) 3D slide projection materials; Erwin Leiser bio; German magazine article on Berenice Abbott.

C310 2 Helen Brew -- Media Insights Ltd., NZ -- China in Change -- The One Child Family, 1980-1985

5 [Binder labeled "Future Legacy Program Outlines"], 1975-1977

Blue 3-ring binder with outlines of episodes 1-10 from Robeck Corporation; photocopy of 2/12/1977 Froelich Rainey letter; newspaper clippings about Mayan, Roman, Aztec, Syrian civilizations.

6 [Binder, "Future Legacy Episode Outlines"], ca. 1976

9 Look at the World -- Project by WQED Pittsburgh, 1976-1977

Pressbooks; budget per subject; "Subjects under Consideration"; clipping regarding Buddhist shrines; letter regarding "Namib"; The World About Us notes; letter from documentarian Hermann Schlenker.

C314 8 Other People, Other Places Forgotten Wilderness, 1974

Correspondence regarding Stan Brock’s film Forgotten Wilderness; publicity brochure.

45 Antarctica Screening Report, 1982

Photocopy of screening report.

C367 3 Manifesto and Program of the "Republican Union of Germany," 1947

Pamphlet

16 Booklets and Information on "The Nature Conservancy," 1975-1977

Annual reports, newsletter booklets, brochures, endangered species poster and newspaper clippings regarding private, non-profit conservation group.

34 Catalog of U.S. Government Produced Audio Visual Materials about: Space, weather, space programs, etc., ca. 1975

Film-catalog entries excerpted from "U.S. Government Produced Audio Visual Materials," "The Educators Free Guide to Films," NICEM (National Information Center for Educational Media) catalog, National Film Board of Canada.

38 Notes, 1975

Notes regarding food and world hunger.

29a Articles on Natural Science, 1957, 1974, 1979-1982

Magazine articles, newspaper clippings, booklets, reports and notes in Wolff’s hand regarding geological surveyor Richard S. Williams Jr., astronomy, ancient history.

29b Articles on Natural Science, 1957, 1979-1981

Newspaper clippings, magazine articles, publications regarding the environment, physics, astronomy, geology, earth sciences, archeology. 1979 NASA Films catalog.

29c Articles on Natural Science, 1973-1982

Newspaper clippings, booklets, reports and papers regarding: earth sciences, astronomy; satellite image maps of Iceland.

OS-1 2 [Ballooning artwork and clippings], ca. 1984

1980 Archaeology magazine article about ballooning; several pages removed from the book The Aeronauts (see Box C313, Folder 56)..

Series 4, Festivals/Retrospectives, 1975-1986 Materials are in English, German, and Japanese. Scope and Content

Consisting of 26 folders, this series includes correspondence, programs, photographs, newspaper articles, and festival/retrospective promotional materials dated 1975-1982 and 1984-1986. This series contains materials from film festivals with the bulk dedicated to Wolff’s speaking engagements at March of Time retrospectives, most notably a 1984 engagement in Japan. Of note, this series includes the script from Bosley Crowther’s introduction to a screening of a March of Time program on NDR German Public Television, as well as correspondence with Crowther.

Arrangement

Series materials are located in three boxes, with the photographic material housed separately. Please see series "Photography" for more information.

C300 5 [Photo album labeled "79/84 misc."], 1979-1984

Photos taken during the March of Time retrospectives in Berlin (1979) and Tokyo (1984). Also includes a 1984 Japanese newspaper clipping regarding the Tokyo retrospective.

6 [Binder labeled "79 Yorkton & Florence Film Festivals"], 1979

Color and black-and-white photographs taken in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, and Florence, Italy. Includes photos of Wolff, actor Barry Morse.

C301 26 Hitchens, Gordon, 1977-1981

Correspondence with March of Time retrospective host Gordon Hitchens. Essay "Die Gordon-Hitchens-Story" by Peter Ulbrich, April 1977.

33 Moritz de Hadeln, 1979

Correspondence regarding earlier March of Time retrospective at Nyon film festival.

75 Donald M. Wilson, Vice President, Corporate and Public Affairs, Time Concerning Festival dei Popoli, Florence, 1979

Correspondence

C309 2 Introduction to Hand of Time, by Lothar Wolff, 1980

The March of Time retrospective introduction dated Nov. 11, 1980.

4 The March of Time in Berlin, Arsenal, Frankfurt, Kommunales Kino, 1979

Papers, newspaper articles, promotional materials, calendar. In German.

7 The March of Time Revisited -- Proposals, 1975

Bound proposal, newspaper articles, The Best of March of Time, correspondence with Time-Life Films and Lurco Films Inc., subject list.

8 U. of Vermont -- Frank Manchel March of Time Screenings, 1976

Screenings flyer and correspondence between Frank Manchel and Wolff, concerning a 1976 talk given by Wolff at University of Vermont.

10 Flashback (March of Time), 1984-1986

Correspondence between Wolff and Flashback Television Ltd..

11 Prof. Reischauer "…and then Japan" March of Time, 1984

12 Ray Fielding (& March of Time), 1977-1978

Correspondence

13 Walker Art Center, Richard Peterson, The March of Time, 1978

Correspondence and promotional material.

14 Japan/NAVL [Nippon Audio-Visual Library], 1984

Correspondence (mostly between Nippon Audio-Visual Library and Time/Life), program notes, newsletters, and materials related to Wolff's speaking engagement in Japan. Materials are in English and Japanese.

15 Screenings in Vienna (1982), Programs, etc., 1981-1982

Correspondence with Time/Life and Franz Schwartz concerning screenings in Vienna, 1981-1982. Materials are in English and German.

16 The March of Time -- Twelve Programs, ca. 1980

Drafts, notes, and several complete copies of an outline for a 12-part retrospective titled "The March of Time: Twelve programs -- with discussion by Lothar Wolff, March of Time's Supervising Editor and Associate Producer -- spanning period 1935-1951."

17 Gordon Hitchens -- Research on March of Time, 1981-1982

Correspondence with Gordon Hitchens; flyer for the Nippon Audio-Visual Library.

18 March of Time in Berlin, Frankfurt, Munchen (1979), correspondence with Enno Patalas, Ulrich George, Walter Schobert, 1978-1979

Correspondence. Materials in English and German.

19 March of Time -- Introduction for Screening at NDR German Public Television 1975

Script from Bosley Crowther’s introduction (NDR-MOT Corporate Archives Version recording script) and correspondence with Crowther. Materials are in English and German.

C352C [10th Festival International de Cinema Nyon Certificate], 1978

Plastic and glass framed certificate presented to Wolff "en remerciement pour les services rendus comme member du jury international," October 1978.

C367 30 10e Festival International de Cinema, Nyon, 1978. Letters, programs etc. Joy of Bach & March of Time [sic], 1978

Programs, screening schedules, award lists, film synopses, press releases, tourism and hotel information, newspaper clippings, and correspondence regarding the 10th Festival International de Cinema, Nyon, 1978.

31 Festival dei Popoli -- Letters, etc., 1978-1982, 1985

Programs, photographs, itinerary, and correspondence regarding the March of Time retrospective at the XX Festival dei Popoli, Florence, Italy, 1979, and others.

32 Margaret Mead Film Festival, 1978

1978 Margaret Mead Film Festival programs, list of participants; speech text and correspondence regarding Wolff’s introductions to Festival screenings of Marie, a Hungarian Rhapsody and Medieval Moderns.

33 U.S. Industrial Film Festival Joy of Bach -- Gold Camera Award, 1982

U.S. Industrial Film Festival Award Winner materials, including pamphlet, correspondence, and judging results.

35 Screenings: Nippon A-V Productions, 1984

Correspondence with Nippon Audio-Visual Library (NAVL) regarding the March of Time retrospective, screening schedule, NAV (Nippon A-V Productions), and film programs with notes in Wolff’s hand.

39 Sheila Harris, Yorkton International Film Festival, 1977-1981

Correspondence, brochures, programs, newspaper clippings, reports regarding 1977 and 1979 Yorkton International Film Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Series 5, Publications/Clippings, 1932-1946, 1951-1984 Materials are in English and German. Scope and Content

Series consists of 18 folders, covering the date ranges of 1932-1946 and 1939-1984, and includes a variety of publications and newspaper/magazine clippings collected by Wolff and covering a range of topics. Materials include clippings related to film projects Wolff was involved in (generally not concerning the production, but articles published after the release), clippings made for personal reasons, and publications for which the purpose of his collecting is unknown. Many of these clippings and publications are related to topics frequently covered through Wolff’s career, such as the solar system and earth sciences.

Arrangement

Series materials are located in four boxes. Some dated materials are in reverse chronological order.

C301 49 Theo Meier, 1983

59 John Phillips Yugoslavia, 1947-1948, 1977-1984

Correspondence and articles regarding Life magazine photojournalist John Phillips and future TV projects based on his books Yugoslav Story and Jerusalem: A Will to Survive.

63 Tyrone Power, 1969

Magazine and newspaper reviews of Tyrone Power biographies.

64 James W. Prescott, Articles and Research, 1975-1979

Correspondence; French journal article referencing "Rock-a-Bye Baby" with English translation; "The Futurist" journal article; "The Humanist" magazine article; Hustler magazine color insert.

C314 12 Other People, Other Places – Screenings in London, 1974-1975

Documentary film press materials; materials about alpine kiting; magazine article about poaching in African game preserves.

39 Copy of July 21, 1969 NYT with Moon Landing, 1969

New York Times July 21, 1969 issue; April 22, 1969 newspaper clipping about Wolff (unnamed in the article) tripping a diamond thief with an umbrella in New York City.

41 Several Copies of Image -- Channel 13/WNET Program Guide, 1971

Four issues (January-April 1971).

C356 4 [Album labeled "1. Berlin Prag 1927/31"], 1926-1931, 1979-1984

Contains clippings from Film Kurier ca. 1930; an Er Und Seine Schwester/Meet the Sister press book; 8/7/1979 New York Times clipping about Brooks visiting George Eastman House; 6/15/1982 Variety review of Lulu in Hollywood by "Ever." (possibly William K. Everson); 5/1984 Films in Review article about Luis Trenker by Everson. Materials are in English and German.

5 [Album labeled "2. Mamsell Nitouche -- Monsieur le Maréchal -- Baroud -- Poliche 1931/34"], 1931-1934, 1980-1981

Article from Film Directions Issue 8.

6 [Album labeled "3. Budapest -- Vienna -- Cruise 12/33-1/34"], 1932-1933

Clippings include German newspaper articles about Paul Fejos, Wolff; 6/2/1933 article from Deutsche Film Schau headlined "Weisse Juden -- Die Grosse Gefahr"/"White Jews: The Great Danger." In German.

7 [Album labeled "Denmark 1934/36 and 1939"], 1934-1940, 1982

Clippings, including Danish newspaper articles regarding filming of Flugten fra Millionerne and Fredløs; U.S. newspaper clippings regarding Nazis; 2/14/1982 New York Times Book Review of The Kennedy Imprisonment by Garry Wills.

C367 4 Two Issues of Mein Film, ca. 1932

Two undated issues of German film magazine [in German].

7 Published Photographs by Lothar Wolff, 1939-1946

Time, Ken, and Survey Graphic magazine articles featuring photographs credited to Wolff.

20 Flugten fra Millionerne (1934) Dk. D. Paul Fejos Newspaper Clippings & Photographs, 1933-1935

Clipping from Danish Social-Demokraten newspaper re: Fejos and Flugten fra Millionerne [in Danish].

21 Newspaper Clippings for Frühlingsstimmen & Other Films by Fejos, ca. 1932

27 Newspaper Clippings on Several Films & Rochemont, 1933, 1956-1962, 1966

Clippings about Question 7, Cinerama, Nazi film, Wolff’s career.

28 Louis de Rochemont Obituary 1978

December 27, 1978 Variety obituary; December 25, 1978 letter to the managing editor of the New York Times correcting the obituary's attribution of the production of Martin Luther to de Rochemont.

29a Articles on Natural Science, 1957, 1974, 1979-1982

Magazine articles, newspaper clippings, booklets, reports, and notes in Wolff’s hand regarding astronomy, ancient history, geological surveyor Richard S. Williams Jr..

29b Articles on Natural Science, 1957, 1979-1981

Newspaper clippings, magazine articles, publications regarding the environment, physics, astronomy, geology, earth sciences, archeology; 1979 NASA Films catalog.

29c Articles on Natural Science, 1973-1982

Newspaper clippings, booklets, reports, and papers regarding earth sciences, astronomy; satellite-image maps of Iceland.

33 U.S. Industrial Film Festival Joy of Bach -- Gold Camera Award, 1982

Also contains two 1982 Variety columns regarding Animal Farm.

C368 16 [Newspaper Clippings, 1951-1966], 1951-1966

OS-1 2 [Ballooning artwork and clippings], ca. 1984

1980 Archaeology magazine article about ballooning; several pages removed from the book The Aeronauts (see Box C313, Folder 56).

13 [Country Life magazine, 1983

April 7, 1983, issue with article on “Early Female Balloonists.”

Series 6, Personal Records, 1926-1940, 1946, 1968-1972, 1984-1985, undated Materials are in English and German. Scope and Content

Series contains documents of a personal nature, unrelated to Wolff's filmmaking or other business activities. Materials include correspondence, including cards and letters from Louise Brooks; medical records; an interview transcript; and receipts.

Arrangement

Series materials are located in three boxes. When discernible, arrangement is in reverse chronological order.

C301 52 Glenda Jackson, Nederlander Theatre, 1985

Postcard from Jackson, letter [photocopy] from Wolff to Jackson.

C309 20 [Three-ring loose-leaf binder labeled "March of Time I"], 1933-1948, 1979

Paul Fejos's telegram to Wolff's mother; photographs of Wolff; cartoons celebrating Wolff's U.S. citizenship.

21 [Three-ring loose-leaf binder labeled "March of Time II"], 1936, 1940-1943

Photographs of Wolff; J. Edgar Hoover portrait (signed); correspondence regarding Wolff's enlistment in the U.S. Coast Guard; materials congratulating Wolff on his U.S. citizenship.

C314 38 Time, Inc. Medical Department reports for Lothar Wolff, 1968-1972

Medical examination reports.

C356 8 [Postcards album], 1928-1931, 1936]

Postcards and snapshots featuring Arnold Höllriegel, Annabella, Camilla Horn, Truus van Aalten, Karl Freund; Karel Lamač, Anny Ondra, and Wolff in a carnival cutout; topographical postcards featuring views of Lisbon, Paris, Verdun, Windsor Castle; opening ceremony of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin from "Paul" (possibly Fejos); cartoon sketch "Avant -- Apres." Captions and correspondence is in German, French, and English.

6 [Album labeled "3. Budapest -- Vienna -- Cruise 12/33-1/34"], 1932-1933

Letter of confirmation dated 3/22/1933 for Wolff's employment in Vienna as assistant director/editor in "'Fejos'-Film." In German.

C367 5 : Old Contracts and Evaluations for Lothar Wolff, 1926-1933

Wolff’s school evaluation from Rackow’s Kaufmännischen Privatschule [in German]; contracts and correspondence regarding Wolff’s employment with Parufamet, Hom Films, Ondra-Lamac-Film, and Ernst Wolf Film.

6 Lothar Wolff -- Dates/Work, undated

Curriculum vitae

8 Announcement of Christmas Check from Time-Life, 1936

Congratulatory telegram to Wolff from "Morris and Adele" dated 3/12/1936; Letter regarding Wolff’s Time, Inc. Christmas bonus dated 12/19/1936.

9 Aufenthaltsbescheinigung for Lothar Wolff, 5. Juni, 1940

German residence certificate dated 6/5/1940. In German.

10 Treasury Silver Medal Award for L.W. March 12, 1946

Letter from US Treasury Department announcing the presentation of the Silver Medal Award to Wolff.

11 Lothar Wolff: Movie Work in Europe 1931-35, undated

List of countries and number of months Wolff spent in each working as editor and/or assistant director.

12 LW / Professional Background, ca. 1969, 1972

Curricula vitae/resumes and photocopies of employment documents from Parufamet and Hom Films; 1972 issue of Ohio State University’s Journal of the University Film Association containing Wolff’s speech "Reminiscences of an Itinerant Filmmaker".

13 Interview with Lothar Wolff, 1985

Steno service transcript of taped interview with corrections in Wolff’s hand.

19 Bills from Trip to Indonesia & Japan, 1984

Receipts and travel agent’s information relating to Wolff’s trip to Indonesia, Japan, and Hawaii.

40 1958 (IGY), undated

Pen on paper cartoon featuring caricature of Wolff.

41 [Louise Brooks], 1977-1986, undated

Greeting cards, notes and other correspondence to Wolff from Brooks; newspaper and magazine clippings, several by biographer Barry Paris; Barry Paris résumé; correspondence to Wolff from Barry Paris regarding Brooks, G.W. Pabst; 8" x 10" black-and-white publicity photograph of Louise Brooks; "Ein weing Louise Brooks" magazine article by Louise Brooks [in German]; undated Great Lakes Theatre program featuring A Girl in Every Port; documents related to BBC-TV's Arena segment on Brooks; photocopies of reverse side (with captions) of 8" x 10" still photographs from The Bad Man and Those Who Dance.

Series 7, Photographs, 1927-1984, undated Materials are in English, German, French, Danish, and Japanese. Scope and Content

This series consists of 35 albums and folders, covering the span of Lothar Wolff’s career, with a date range of 1927-1984. Some materials are undated. Subjects include Wolff’s time in Prague, as well as the production of many films with which Wolff was involved, such as Martin Luther (1953), The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961), and The Sky’s the Limit (1983). In addition, this series covers many of the film festivals Wolff attended; his work helping to construct a film lab in Indonesia in 1950s; and The March of Time retrospective tour in the 1980s, and other events. Notable among the persons featured in the photographs are Louise Brooks, Anny Ondra, Fritz Lang, Oskar Werner, Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty, Jill St. John, Pablo Casals, and Louis de Rochemont. The series also includes signed photographs of Anna May Wong, Truus van Aalten, and G.W. Pabst, among others. In addition to photographic prints, the albums include negatives, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, correspondence, and music scores, each related to the subject of the album.

Arrangement

During processing the original order of the albums, including the placement of such non-photographic materials as clippings and correspondence, was maintained.

C300 1 [Binder labeled "Parade of Witnesses," Oct./Nov. 83], 1983

Yellow binder contains photographs and photo negatives, pamphlets, and A Parade of Witnesses production information.

2 [Photo album labeled "Rome, 1961"], 1961"]

3 [Album labeled "Puerto Rico Fortaleza, Feb. 57"], 1957-1958

4 [Unlabeled Question 7photo album], ca. 1961, 1969

5 [Photo album labeled "79/84 misc."], 1979-1984

Photos taken during the March of Time retrospectives in Berlin (1979) and Tokyo (1984); at the University of Mexico, featuring astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, cameraman Jim Carr; in London with producer Helen Brew; Munich, with Heinrich Krauss; Sydney, Australia; Belmont, MA. Also includes photos of Wolff receiving an honorary degree at Thiel College in 1983.

6 [Binder labeled "79 Yorkton & Florence Film Festivals"], 1979

Color and black-and-white photographs taken in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, and Florence, Italy. Includes photos of Wolff, actor Barry Morse.

7 [Photo album labeled "1983 The Sky’s the Limit France & US"], 1983

8 [Album labeled "Indonesia 53/55"], 1953-1955

Black-and-white photos taken during Wolff's tenure in Indonesia. Album pages are dated from 1953 through 1955. Subjects include Lothar and Violet Wolff; the Perussahann Film Negara company; U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Hugh Cumming.

9 [Photo album labeled "Switzerland 63/64"], 1963-1964

10 [Photo album originally labeled "DI 63/64"], 1963-1964

C301 22 Stewart Halperin, 1980-1982

Slide sheet of 12 35mm transparencies taken by US photographer Stewart Halperin featuring Swiss artist Theo Meier in his Thailand studio.

60 Prof. Dr. Thomas Koebner -- Philipps-Universität Marburg concerning the publication of History of Filmemigration 1981-1984

Two black-and-white group photographs featuring Wolff as a young man.

C308 9 Joy of Bach, ca. 1979

Photograph contact sheets for The Joy of Bach including production, location shots; landscape with tracing paper; 2 8x10 black-and-white negatives for radio station KFAC's "Bachanalia" ad; 8x10 black-and-white photo of Robert Deutsch, Rosalyn Tureck and the Moog synthesizer.

10 Manfred Schnelle (1978) DDR Choreog., 1978

Two black-and-white photographs of dancer/choreographer Manfred Schnelle in performance.

11 St. Thomas Kirche Leipzig, 1977

Two black-and-white photographs of the gate at St. Thomas Church.

12 Joy of Bach DDR -- Location, 1978

Color photographs, including interior/exterior shots taken at the Neue Palais, Potsdam.

24 [Binder labeled "The Joy of Bach 77/78 Vol. 1 12" on spine] 1977-1978

Yellow 3-ring loose-leaf binder with magnetic pages containing black-and-white and color photographs of The Joy of Bach-related personnel and locations.

25 [Binder labeled "The Joy of Bach ’78 Vol. 2 13"], 1978

26 [Binder labeled "The Joy of Bach Vol. 3 14"], ca. 1978

Three-ring plastic Time magazine binder with magnetic pages containing black-and-white and color photographs of The Joy of Bach-related personnel and locations.

C309 3 Photos taken during March of Time filming, 1938, 1941, undated

Some photos dated 1938 and 1941. Mostly undated.

20 [Three-ring loose-leaf binder labeled "March of Time I"], 1933-1948, 1979

Photographs of Wolff and March of Time personnel.

21 [Three-ring loose-leaf binder labeled "March of Time II"], 1936, 1940-1943

Photographs of Wolff, Louis de Rochemont, March of Time production Norway in Revolt; J. Edgar Hoover portrait (signed).

C313 13 The Sky’s the Limit -- The Balloon Intercomparison Campaign -- Palestine, Texas, April, 1983

Newspaper article, background information, and two photos from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at California Institute of Technology.

46 Ballooning -- The Sky's the Limit Photographs, 1969, 1971, 1983

Illustrations and photographs of ballooning and related activities, including the 1983 Forbes Banquet. Several photographs are stuck together.

C355 38 Sun -- Photographs, 1974-1977

Black-and-white 8 x 10 photographs of the sun, sunspots.

39 Photographs, undated

Black-and-white photographs of book plate featuring Cheseaux’s Comet with a transparent paper shot overlay; Jules Verne’s moon train and great cannon; composite lunar eclipses. Color photographs of the moon.

40 Voyager Photos, 1979

Color photographs of Jupiter and its moons taken by Voyagers 1 and 2.

C356 1 [Photo album, "Zur Erinnerung an den Film Martin Luther Mr. Lothar Wolff herzlichst gewidmet, Wiesbaden August-October 1952"], 1952

["Commemorating the film Martin Luther, Mr. Lothar Wolff, sincerely dedicated, Wiesbaden August-October 1952] Commemorative album of black-and-white photographs taken during the production of Martin Luther. Title page in German. Album is likely the first of a three-volume commemorative set. See Box C356, Folders 2 and 3.

2 [Album labeled "Martin Luther Vol. II, 1952"], 1952, 1953

3 [Album labeled "Martin Luther Vol. III 1952"], 1952

Album of small black-and-white stills from Martin Luther. Album is likely the third of a three-volume commemorative set. See Box C356, Folders 1 and 2.

4 [Album labeled "1. Berlin Prag 1927/31"], 1926-1931, 1979-1984

Contains photographs dating from Wolff's tenure as press agent and/or film editor in Berlin and Prague. Includes snapshots and portraits taken during the production of G.W. Pabst's Diary of a Lost Girl (1929) and Westfront 1918 (1930); the Hom-AG productions Der Ruf des Nordens (1929) and Die heiligen drei Brunnen (1930); and the Ondra-Lamač Film productions Die Vom Rummelplatz/Fair People (1930), Eine Freundin So Goldig Wei Du (1930), Er Und Seine Schwester/Meet the Sister (1931), and Der Zinker/The Squeeker (1931). Photos are arranged according to production and are chronologically ordered. Several appear to have been removed from the album. Notable subjects are Wolff; Louise Brooks and sister June Brooks; G.W. Pabst; Fritz Lang with Carl Laemmle and Erich Pommer; and Karel Lamač with Robert Flaherty. Signed portraits include Anna May Wong (shot by Eugene Robert Richee on the set of Paramount's Forty Winks, released in Germany -- most likely by Parfumet -- in 1926 as Heiraten ist kein Kinderspiel); Pabst; Truss van Aalten; and Anny Ondra. Also contains clippings from Film Kurier ca. 1930; an Er Und Seine Schwester/Meet the Sister press book; a 8/7/1979 New York Times clipping about Brooks visiting George Eastman House; a 6/15/1982 Variety review of Lulu in Hollywood by "Ever." (possibly William K. Everson); photos of Hans Casparius in London, 1983; and a 5/1984 Films in Review article about Luis Trenker by Everson. Materials are in English and German.

5 [Album labeled "2. Mamsell Nitouche -- Monsieur le Maréchal -- Baroud -- Poliche 1931/34"], 1931-1934, 1980-1981

Black-and-white snapshots taken during the productions of Mamsell Nitouche, Baroud, Monsieur le Maréchal, Sergeant X, and Poliche; photographs of Anny Ondra, Alice Terry [signed], Rosita Garcia [signed], Roland Caillaux [signed], and Abel Gance with Louis-Ferdinand Celine; Rex Ingram. Also includes materials related to Francis Ford Coppola's 1980 presentation of Abel Gance’s Napoleon, and clipping from Film Directions Issue 8. In French and English.

6 [Album labeled "3. Budapest -- Vienna -- Cruise 12/33-1/34"], 1932-1933

Photographs taken during the production of Roi de Palace/King of Hotels in Budapest, May-December 1932, featuring Wolff, Betty Stockfeld (signed), Jules Berry(signed), Armand Dranem, Simone Simon (signed); Sonnenstrahl/Ray of Sunshine in Vienna 1933, featuring Wolff, Paul Fejos, Annabella, René Sti; and Frühlingsstimmen in Bad Ischl and Semmering, Austria, featuring Wolff, Fejos, Adele Kern, Ursula Grabley, Szöke Szakall. Invitation to the Frühlingsstimmen world premiere. Photos of Wachau, Salzburg, Castle Kreutzenstein, Diana-Bad, Bratislava. Materials in German.

7 [Album labeled "Denmark 1934/36 and 1939"], 1934-1940, 1982

Though not numbered, this is likely the fourth in the series of photo albums preceded by albums in Box C356, Folders 1, 2, and 3. Contains photographs taken during the production of Flugten fra Millionerne/Millions in Flight in Copenhagen and Norway, July 1934, featuring Paul Fejos, Inga Arvad, Louis Larsen (also in 35mm film strip), and Erling Schroeder (signed portrait); Fange No. 1; Det Gyldne Smil/The Golden Smile, March 1935, featuring Fejos, Bodil Ipsen, Carl Alstrup; Fredløs, Fall 1935, featuring Gull-Maj Norin, Sten Lindgren, John Ekman. Photos also feature Nordisk Film Studios, Valby; Copenhagen residence on Herman Triers Pl.; Copenhagen street scenes dated 9/4/1939, including the Danish Nazi party headquarters; "Shooting for The March of Time"; Danish prime minister Thorvald Stauning. Album also contains letter from Copenhagen Chief of State Police regarding Nordisk; signed portrait of composer Ferenc Farkas and Farkas sheet music inscribed to Wolff. Materials are in Danish, German, and English.

8 [Postcards album], 1928-1931, 1936]

9 Misc. Photographs, 1947, 1967, 1974, undated

Group photograph of Wolff, Violet Wolff, and MoMA's Margareta Akermark at dinner during the 1967 Philadelphia Film Festival; front and back of a 1947 Festival Mondial du Film et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique plaque recognizing Storm over Britain; "M. Monaco" receiving an award from the Office Catholique International du Cinema; color photographs of galaxy, Galileo's telescope. A page of small black-and-white photographs taken in Rome during location shooting for The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone was originally located in this folder but was moved to the "Rome, 1961" album located in Box C300 during processing by Ken Fox on 7/13/2015.

C367 14 Miscellaneous Photographs, 1930-1960, 1971-1972, ca. 1983, undated

Subjects include G.W. Pabst on the set of Westfront 1918 (undated); Man Ray (1934); Grand Canal, Venice, and Florence (erroneously captioned Venice), 1933; Wolff and others aboard the SS. Scanmail (1/1936); de Rochemont Christmas cards; Wolff with Bill Colleran, Borden Mace, and Thomas Orchard (Louis de Rochemont Associates), 1956; Wolff at an LLM dinner, 1960; Wolff at 1971 Time-Life Films Christmas party; undated contact sheets; headshots of Wolff; Wolff and Lutheran Film Associates president Paul C. Empie signing a Question 7 production contract, undated; Wolff and Robert E. A. Lee at a 1972 ceremony commemorating Question 7; Wolff receiving a CINE 1969 award for the "Survival in the Sea" episode of The World We Live In; color photo of Wolff film a balloon for Sky's the Limit.

20 Flugten fra Millionerne (1934) Dk. D. Paul Fejos Newspaper Clippings & Photographs, 1933-1935

Black-and-white photographs featuring Paul Fejos, actors, and crew during production of Fange nr. 1, Frühlingsstimmen, and others.

C368 16 [Newspaper Clippings, 1951-1966], 1951-1966

Photographs related to "A Living Church," Question 7, Parlons Français.

19 Question 7, ca. 1961

OS-2 6 [Envelope labeled "Lothar Wolf Prod. – Artwork of ‘Voyage through Space’ – Cataloged 4-28-87 UA"], 1964, 1979-1980, 1987

Postcard of Kitt Peak National Observatory; photographic reproductions of an 18th-century text about a 1644 comet with illustrations and transparent paper overlays indicating camera instructions; subfolders containing photographs and negatives of planets and engravings of observatories, solar orbits (glued to acetate sheets), astronomical instruments, astrological symbolism, and fantasies of interplanetary travel and extraterrestrial life; large photo of Pablo Casals conducting, with note from Ken Sales on reverse. Materials were removed from original envelope and foldered August, 2015.

Series 8, Film/Video, 1943-1953, 1960-1961, 1966-1986, undated Materials are in English. Scope and Content

The majority of the films in this collection were produced as episodes of several film series, most for television broadcast. "Series 8, Film/Video" is divided into eight subseries according to film series title. Films not part of a film series, including feature films, comprise "Subseries 9, Features and Other Non-series Films."

Films and videotapes have been transferred to the safety vaults of the Moving Image Department at the George Eastman Museum. For inquiries regarding access to these materials, please contact the Film Study Center at filmstudycenter@eastman.org.

Subseries 1, Coast Guard Films, 1944, undated LST -- Landing Ship Tanks, undated

16mm print

Accession no.: 1989:1324:0001

Normandy Invasion, 1944

Two 16mm prints. Print 1989:1456:0001 is currently housed in the "Vinegar Room."

Accession No.: 1975:0007:1780

Accession No.: 1989:1456:0001

U.S. Coast Guard Report #7, undated

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1349:0001

Subseries 2, The Earth and Its Peoples, 1948-1949 Farmers of India -- The Ganges Valley, 1949

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1321:0001

Nomads of the Jungle, 1948

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1326:0001

Subseries 3, The March of Time, 1943, 1947 End of an Empire?, 1947

16mm print

Accession No.: 1987:1498:0001 (Possible deaccession)

One Day of War -- Russia 1943, 1943

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1323:0001

Storm over Britain, 1947

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1325:0001

Subseries 4, Other People, Other Places, 1974 Ghosts at the End of the Earth, ca. 1974

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1458:0001

Subseries 5, Planet Earth, 1960-1961 Challenge of the Oceans, 1961

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1380:0001

Cosmic Rays, 1960

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1375:0001

Flaming Sky, 1960

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1454:0001

The Force of Gravity, 1960

Two 16mm prints

Accession No.: 1989:1370:0001

Accession No.: 1989:1371:0001

The Hidden Earth, 1960

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1381:0001

The Inconstant Air, 1960

Two 16mm prints

Accession No.: 1989:1366:0001

Accession No.: 1989:1367:0001

Magnetic Force, 1960

Two 16mm prints

Accession No.: 1989:1368:0001

Accession No.: 1989:1369:0001

The Nearest Star [aka The Nearest Star: Sun and Solar Activity], 1960

Two 16mm prints, one entered into The Museum System as The Nearest Star: Sun and Solar Activity.

Accession No. (The Nearest Star: Sun and Solar Activity): 1989:1372:0001

Accession No. (The Nearest Star: Sun and Solar Activity): 1989:1373:0001

Radio Waves, 1960

Two 16mm prints

Accession No.: 1989:1378:0001

Accession No.: 1989:1379:0001

Research by Rockets, 1960

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1377:0001

Science in Space, 1960

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1376:0001

Secrets of the Ice, 1960

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1374:0001

The Shape of the Earth, 1960

Two 16mm prints

Accession No.: 1989:1364:0001

Accession No.: 1989:1365:0001

Subseries 6, The Sun and the Earth, ca. 1966 The Active Sun, ca. 1966

Three 16mm prints.

Accession No.: 1989:1358:0001

Accession No.: 1989:1359:0001

Accession No.: 1989:1360:0001

Interplanetary Space, ca. 1966

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1355:0001

The Magnetosphere, ca. 1966

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1354:0001

The Quiet Sun, ca. 1966

Two 16mm prints

Accession No.: 1989:1356:0001

Accession No.: 1989:1357:0001

Subseries 7, Wild, Wild World of Animals, ca. 1973 Monkeys of Koshima, ca. 1973

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1352:0001

Swans, The Royal Birds, ca. 1973

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1353:0001

Tropical Web of Life, ca. 1973

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1455:0001

Subseries 8, The World We Live In, 1968-1973 After the Whale, ca. 1970

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1385:0001

Antarctica, Because It's There, 1968

16mm print.

Accession No.: 1989:1384:0001

The Dam Builders, 1968

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1383:0001

How Old Is Old?, 1970

Two 16mm prints

Accession No.: 1989:1386:0001

Accession No.: 1989:1387:0001

Question of Time, 1973

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1382:0001

Riddle of Heredity, 1968

Two 16mm prints

Accession No.: 1989:1390:0001

Rock-a-Bye Baby, ca. 1971

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1394:0001

Small Wilderness, 1970

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1331:0001

The Sun Watchers, 1968

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1392:0001

The Sun, 1968

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1393:0001

Survival in the Sea, 1968

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1388:0001

Water, Old Problems New Approaches, 1968

Two 16mm prints

Accession No.: 1989:1350:0001

Accession No.: 1989:1351:0001

The Winners, 1968

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1389:0001

Subseries 9, Features and Other Non-series Films, 1953, 1961, 1978-1986, undated The Joy of Bach -- Short Version, 1978

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1328:0001

The Joy of Bach -- Long Version, 1978

16mm print, 2 reels

Accession No.: 1989:1329:0001

Louise Brooks, 1986

3/4" U-matic videocassette master positive

Accession No.: 1987:0794:0001

Martin Luther, 1953

16mm print, 2 reels

Accession No.: 1989:1330:0001

Question 7, 1961

16mm print, 3 reels

Accession No.: 1989:1457:0001

The Sky's the Limit, 1984

16mm print, 3 reels

Accession No.: 1989:1327:0001

The Solar System, 1980

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1363:0001

Stars, Galaxies and the Southern Skies, undated

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1361:0001

The Sun: The Earth's Star, 1980

16mm print

Accession No.: 1989:1362:0001

Series 9, Artwork, approximately 1960-1987, undated Materials are in English and French. Scope and Content

Consisting of 24 folders and artifacts, this series features conceptual work and related correspondence for a variety of film and television projects. In this case artwork refers to drawings, collages, illustrations, paintings, and transparencies, as well as reference pieces taken from publications. The bulk of the series covers the date range of 1980-1983, with ca. 1960 and 1987 outlier dates. However, the majority of the series is undated.

Series contains artwork from such completed productions as The Sky’s the Limit (1983) and proposed productions like The 13 Clocks (ca. 1962), as well as images of the solar system. The artwork for The 13 Clocks was done by animator Philip Stapp. In many cases the project for which these pieces were created remains unknown. Series also contains a number of undated Czech animation cells. The provenance of this material and its connection to Wolff is unknown.

Arrangement

Materials are housed in two boxes.

OS-1 1 The Sky’s the Limit -- Photo Material, ca. 1984

Color reproduction of 1859 Harper's Weekly wood engraving featuring "City of New York" airship, with transparent paper overlay.

2 [Ballooning artwork and clippings], ca. 1984

Photos and illustrations, some with marked-up transparent paper overlays indicating camera movement.

3 [Ballooning artwork], ca. 1984

Color engraving of hot-air balloon struck by train, mounted on board with additional pastel illustration and covered with transparent paper overlay.

4 [Ballooning and solar system artwork], ca. 1984

Colored reproduction of engraving depicting French peasants destroying a hot-air balloon, with tissue overlay; fragments of acetate, possibly illustrating the solar system.

5 [The 13 Clocks, earth and moon artwork; Life Around Us], ca. 1960, ca. 1970, undated

Large promotional brochure for Life Around Us TV series; paintings for The 13 Clocks by Philip Stapp; photos and artwork depicting the earth and moon.

6 [Ballooning artwork and The Sky’s the Limit title screen], ca. 1984

7 [Ballooning artwork], ca. 1984, undated

8 ["Bachanalia" advertisement], undated

Photo reproduction of ad for radio station KFAC's "Bachanalia."

9 [Ballooning and Solar System Artwork, Clippings, and Invoices], undated

Reproductions of a hot-air balloon engraving; a painting of a Venusian landscape by Luděk Pešek; and photographs, woodcuts, and engravings of astronomical subjects. Some illustrations have transparent paper overlays indicating camera movement. Folder also includes handwritten shot list, a transparency from Flight of the Prisms, and copy service invoices.

10 [Ballooning Artwork], undated

Two color engravings of hot-air balloon accidents affixed to acetate, mounted on boards with additional illustration and covered with transparent paper overlays.

12 [Ballooning artwork], ca. 1984

Three colored reproductions of engravings featuring airships, with transparent paper overlays indicating camera instructions.

14 [Moon artwork], undated

Photographs and reproductions of artwork featuring the moon.

15 ["Moon Phases" folder], undated

Large folder labeled "National Geographic -- Moon Phases" containing artwork featuring sequential phases of the moon, some with transparent paper overlay with camera instructions.

OS-2 1 [National Geographic Artwork\, undated

Folder originally labeled "Oversize Lothar Wolff Collection." Contains a folder labeled "National Geographic" (made out of board) containing artwork and transparencies depicting the solar system.

2 [Czechoslovakian animation cels], undated

Painted animation cels featuring a butterfly, a young girl, and a bird. Along with the cels in Box OS-2, Folder 3, these materials are of uncertain provenance and may not be part of the Lothar Wolff Collection.

3 [Czechoslovakian animation cels], undated

Painted animation cels featuring a bird carrying a rabbit andS grass background. Along with the cels in Box OS-2, Folder 2, these materials are of uncertain provenance and may not be part of the Lothar Wolff Collection.

4 [Artwork], undated

Two painted maps (Europe and Italy).

5 [Astronomy artwork], undated

Cardboard inscribed with circles and geometric figure; black-and-white photograph of observatory with color-gel overlays; color transparency of Saturn labeled "Saturn #1" and mounted between boards with transparent paper overlay; yellow engraving of sun mounted on glossy board with painted stars and animation instructions on reverse, labeled "Mercury Background"; glossy board with three white painted spheres; reproduction of German diagram depicting planets' solar orbits, with transparent paper overlay and camera instructions.

6 [Envelope labeled "Lothar Wolf Prod. – Artwork of ‘Voyage through Space’ – Cataloged 4-28-87 UA"], 1964, 1979-1980, 1987

7 [Envelope labeled "Bach Artwork – Cataloged 4-28-87 UA"], ca. 1979

Series 10, Awards/Citations, 1953 1961-1966, 1971-1972, 1980-1982 Materials are in English, German, and French. Scope and Content

Consisting of 27 items, this series is composed of awards and notices of nomination in the forms of statues, plaques, and certificates. The series covers the dates 1961-1966, 1971-1972, and 1980-1982, with one award circa 1953.

These awards and citations were given to a variety of film and television productions that Lothar Wolff was involved with, including The Joy of Bach (1980) and Question 7 (1961). Also included in this series is an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Certificate of Nomination for Award for Fortress of Peace (1965).

Arrangement

C014 25 Blue Ribbon Award for "Rock-a-Bye Baby" for Education Film Library Association of the American Film Festival, 1972

Award certificate.

C019 1 [California Federation of Women’s Clubs Motion Picture Award for Question 7], 1961

Certificate awarded to Louis de Rochemont Associates and producer Lothar Wolff.

2 [Southern California Motion Picture Council Inc. certificate for Fortress of Peace], 1966

Awarded to Lothar Wolff Productions and the Swiss government.

3 [CINE 1971 certificate for Martin Luther Excerpt], 1971

Certificate congratulating Wolff.

4 [CINE 1971 certificate for "How Old Is Old?"/Life Around Us], 1971

Certificate congratulating Time-Life Films.

[11th Berlin International Film Festival Award for Question 7], 1961

Bronze plate. Award for "Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People."

[Plaque, "Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Certificate of Nomination for Award for Fortress of Peace"], 1965

Wooden plaque announcing the nomination of Fortress of Peace for an Academy Award.

C019A [American Film Festival Blue Ribbon Award for "The Not-So-Solid Earth"], 1972

Framed award certificate.

[Two American Film Festival Blue Ribbon Awards for "Rock-a-Bye Baby"], 1972

Two framed certificates.

[Plaque for The Joy of Bach, U.S. Industrial Film Festival], 1982

First Place, Gold Camera Award presented to Lothar Wolff.

[Plaque, awarded by Lutheran Brotherhood for The Joy of Bach], 1980

Presented to Lothar Wolff on September 24, 1980.

[National Education Film Festival Award for The Solar System], 1981

"Lawrence Science Award, Physical Sciences and Mathematics." Wooden plaque with red velvet and metal face. Awarded May 15, 1981.

C262 [Two awards from the Office Catholique International du Cinema], undated

C308 8 Announcement of "Prize of the Public" in Besançon, France for the The Joy of Bach, 1981

Memo announcing award.

C352A [Educational Film Library Association -- American Film Festival blue ribbon], undated

Blue ribbon embedded in clear plastic on marble and wood base. Plastic is detached from base. Awardee is not indicated.

C352B [Interfilm Award], 1962

Four-inch wooden award, most likely for Question 7 (a 1962 Interfilm award certificate for Question 7 was found in Box C368). Original inventory states this is in three pieces but there is only one.

[American Film Festival Blue Ribbon Award for "The Not-So-Solid Earth"], 1972

Blue ribbon embedded in 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" clear plastic.

[American Film Festival Blue Ribbon Award for "Rock-A-Bye Baby"], 1972

Blue ribbon embedded in 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" clear plastic.

[American Film Festival Blue Ribbon Award for "Magnetic Force"], 1962

Blue ribbon embedded in 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" clear plastic.

C352C [10th Festival International de Cinema Nyon Certificate], 1978

Plastic and glass framed certificate presented to Wolff "en remerciement pour les services rendus comme member du jury international," October 1978.

[Chris Plaque Award for The Solar System], 1981

Wooden plaque with copper face. Presented to Lothar Wolff Productions at the 9th Annual Columbus Film Festival, October 29, 1981"

[Screen Writers’ Guild Nomination for Award for Martin Luther], ca. 1953

Nomination for best written drama of 1953. Framed certificate.

[Citation from IV Mostra Internacional do Film Cientifico, Rio de Janeiro], 1972

Metal and glass framed citation to Lothar Wolff, June 1972.

1 [Hardcover book, The Promise of the Future], 1971

Rockefeller University prospectus, inscribed "To Lothar Wolff, June 30, 1971, the Rockefeller University Press."

2 [8th Annual Landers Associates Award of Merit to The Not-So-Solid Earth], ca. 1972

Certificate with gold seal.

C356 9 Misc. Photographs, 1947, 1967, 1974, undated

Front and back of a 1947 Festival Mondial du Film et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique plaque recognizing Storm over Britain; "M. Monaco" receiving an award from the Office Catholique International du Cinema.

C368 18 [Interfilm Award for Question 7], 1962

Award certificate.

OS-2 8 [Framed CINE 1980 certificate awarded to The Joy of Bach], 1980

"Golden Eagle" certificate awarded by the Council on International Nontheatrical Events (CINE).