Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Kurt Louis Flatau papers
- Dates:
- ca. 1940-1950
- Creators:
- Flatau, Kurt Louis
- Abstract:
- Kurt Louis Flatau (1895-1950) wrote for various newspapers, lectured on world affairs, gave news commentaries on radio stations KMPC and KMTR (now KLAC), and was the political editor for Fortnight magazine. The collection consists of Flatau's radio broadcast scripts with related news clippings, and clippings of his regular columns for the Los Angeles Daily News and the Los Angeles Times.
- Extent:
- 2.5 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Kurt Louis Flatau papers (Collection 1564). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of Flatau's radio broadcast scripts with related news clippings. Also includes clippings of his regular columns for the Los Angeles Daily News and Los Angeles Times.
- Biographical / historical:
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Flatau was born in 1895 in Berlin, Germany; Ph.D, University of Gottingen, 1920; wrote for various newspapers and was the manager of Mamorhaus Theater, Berlin; left Germany for Spain, 1933; headed Iberica Films in Barcelona (1933-36); left for France, 1936; founded Trianon Films in Paris; produced Boulot Aviateur and L'Affaire Lafarge; joined French Army at the beginning of World War II; came to Los Angeles, 1941; lectured on world affairs and gave news commentaries on radio stations KMPC and KMTR (now KLAC); became political editor, Fortnight magazine; wrote regular columns for the Los Angeles Daily News and Los Angeles Times; died in Toulouse, France, 1950.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Brigitte Yallen, 1988.
- Processing information:
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- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series:
- Articles and newspaper columns (Boxes 3-4).
- Radio broadcast scripts and ephemera (Boxes 1-2,3,5).
- Research material on atomic bomb (Box 5).
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-09-01 14:22:58 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Kurt Louis Flatau papers (Collection 1564). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988