General correspondence

Date
1953-2005
Reference
Series-6212
Description

Correspondence with people and institutions, arranged by folder. Includes some personal correspondence with friends, but most of the correspondents are potential donors, partners or sponsors of Helen Brew' s film projects.

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Quantity: 67 folder(s).

Physical Description: Manuscripts and typescripts with some printed material

Processing information: Arranged by the folders, originally taken from filing cabiinets. Many have labels attached, which have been transcribed for the item titles.

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Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection
Format
67 folder(s), Business correspondence, Manuscripts and typescripts with some printed material
There are 64 items in total.
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Egypt

Date: 1980-1981

From: Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12211-219

Description: Correspondence with the Egyptian embassies in New Zealand and United Kingdom, as well as to Dr David Woodman of the American University in Cairo and Dr Sorour in Egypt on the possibility of filming Egyptian parenting and child care. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts and manuscript

Other

Magnum Photos Incorporated

Date: 1983

From: Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12211-147

Description: Correspondence relating to the dispute with Magnum Photos of New York about ownership of slides and photographs taken by the photographer Gilles Peress for the film project 'China in change'. Includes copies of prints of the photographs. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Manuscripts, typescripts, photographs.

Other

KCET

Date: 1979-1982

From: Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12211-144

Description: Correspondence with KCET educational television station in Los Angeles over distributing and showing Helen Brew's documentary films. Much of the correspondence is through a lawyer, Lawrence Wilkinson. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts and manuscript.

Other

Lloyd DeMause, Disney Channel

Date: 1982-1983

From: Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12211-145

Description: Correspondence with Lloyd DeMause over the use of interview transcript and suggesting further projects, and with the Disney Channel as to whether 'Foundations of Life' could be made as a Disney production. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Manuscripts, typescripts

Other

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, Gena Corea

Date: 1981-1985

From: Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12211-141

Description: Correspondence with Gena Corea and Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. Includes extensive notes by Helen Brew. Title transcribed from item Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts and manuscripts

Other

Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation

Date: 1977-1978

From: Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12211-142

Description: Correspondence with Donald G Hoffman of Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational (EBE) over the possibility of EBE distributing Helen Brew's films. Title transcribed from item Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts, manuscripts

Other

Irving B Harris, Alison Hoffman

Date: 1972-1985

From: Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12211-148

Description: Correspondence with Irving B Harris, a philanthropist and personal friend of Helen Brew, and with Alison Hoffman of Hoffman Chorick productions, a film company based in Los Angeles. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 2 items. Physical Description: Typescripts, printed matter.

Other

John Kennell and Marshall Klaus

Date: 1979-1986

From: Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12211-149

Description: Correspondence with the neonatalogists John Kennell and Marshall Klaus. Discusses the 'Foundations of Life'. Includes manuscript notes with a folder title of "Johnson & Johnson". Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts and manuscript.

Other

Mobil Oil Company; Ashley Montagu

Date: 1979-1982

From: Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12211-150

Description: Correspondence with Mobil Oil Corporation, New York, applying for funding of 'Foundations of Life', and more personally with Professor Ashley Montagu, the anthropologist, seeking expressions of his interest in the project. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts and manuscripts

Other

Correspondence - Germany

Date: 1979-1981

From: Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12211-151

Description: Correspondence with German film distributors, television producers, and journalists, such as Marion Schreiber, who were involved in the "Safe birth" movement. Includes photocopies of articles. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts, manuscripts and printed matter.