Finding Aid for the Kurt Louis Flatau Papers, ca. 1940-1950
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
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Finding Aid for the Kurt Louis Flatau Papers, ca. 1940-1950
Collection number: 1564
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Manuscripts Division staff, 5 May 1989
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, April 2003
© 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Kurt Louis Flatau Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1940-1950
Collection number: 1564
Creator:
Flatau, Kurt Louis, 1895-1950
Extent:
5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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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.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Brigitte Yallen, 1988.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Kurt Louis Flatau Papers (Collection 1564). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Biography
Flatau was born in 1895 in Berlin, Germany; Ph.D, University of Gottingen, 1920; wrote for various newspapers and was the
manager of Mamorhaus Theater, Berlin; left Germany for Spain, 1933; headed Iberica Films in Barcelona (1933-36); left for
France, 1936; founded Trianon Films in Paris; produced Boulot Aviateur and L'Affaire Lafarge; joined French Army at the beginning
of World War II; came to Los Angeles, 1941; lectured on world affairs and gave news commentaries on radio stations KMPC and
KMTR (now KLAC); became political editor,
Fortnight magazine; wrote regular columns for the
Los Angeles Daily News and
Los Angeles Times; died in Toulouse, France, 1950.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of Flatau's radio broadcast scripts with related news clippings. Also includes clippings of his regular
columns for the
Los Angeles Daily News and
Los Angeles Times.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Articles and newspaper columns (Boxes 3-4).
- Radio broadcast scripts and ephemera (Boxes 1-2,3,5).
- Research material on atomic bomb (Box 5).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Flatau, Kurt Louis, 1895-1950--Archives.
Radio journalists--United States--Archival resources.
Journalists--United States--Archival resources.
Container List
Los Angeles Daily News Column
Box 3, Folder 5
Letter from [signature illegible], 1950 July 24.
Box 3, Folder 6
Letter to American Ambassador from O.D. Keep, publisher of
Fortnight. 1950 July 24. Copies of
Fortnight, 1950.
Box 5, Folder 3
Scripts, 1946 March-June.
Box 1, Folder 2
Scripts, 1943 February-May.
Box 1, Folder 3
Scripts, 1943 June-September.
Box 1, Folder 4
Scripts, 1943 October-December.
Box 2, Folder 7
Scripts, 1945 January-February.
Box 2, Folder 8
Scripts, 1945 March-April.
Box 3, Folder 2
Scripts, 1945 July-August.
Box 3, Folder 3
Scripts, 1945 September-October.
Box 5, Folder 1
Scripts, 1945 November-December.
Box 5, Folder 2
Scripts, 1946 January-March.
Box 5, Folder 5
No further description available.
