Erik Barnouw Chronology and Selected Bibliography

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Erik Barnouw Chronology and Selected Bibliography Chronology 1908 Born in The Hague, Netherlands 1919 Family immigrated to the United States Entered Horace Mann School for boys 1925–9 Attended Princeton University 1928 Member of University Players, Falmouth Mass. Wrote Triangle Club musical, Zuider Zee, with Joshua Logan Became United States citizen 1929 Traveling fellowship in Europe 1931–5 Erwin, Wasey & Company, advertising 1935–7 Arthur Kudner, Inc., advertising 1937 Worked with Norman Corwin on “Pursuit of Happiness” 1937- Taught at Columbia University 1938- Contributed to “Cavalcade of America” 1939 Married to Dorothy M. Beach 1940 Son Jeffrey born 1942–4 Script editor, NBC 1944–5 Educational director, Armed Forces Radio Service 1945 Daughter Susanna born Series editor, “Cavalcade of America” 1946 Advisor to East and West Association Theatre Guild, adaptations for television and radio 1947–9 President of Radio Writers Guild 1948 Wrote “VD: The Conspiracy of Silence” Organized Center for Mass Communication at Columbia University 1949–53 Secretary of Authors League of America 1951 Daughter Karen born Mercury Records release of “That Ignorant, Ignorant Cowboy” with Tom Glazer 1954 Co-founder, Writers Guild of America 1957–9 Producer-writer, “Decision: The Constitution in Action TV” film series 1959 Gavel Award, American Bar Association, for Decision 1960–8 President of International Film Seminars 1961 Fulbright Award, India 1969 Guggenheim Fellowship 1970 Producer of Hiroshima-Nagasaki, August 1945 1971 Bancroft Prize, for The Image Empire Elected to Society of American Historians Fable Safe, made with Robert Osborn 1972 John D. Rockefeller III Fund grant for research in Asia Silver Dragon Award, Cracow Festival, for Fable Safe 1976 Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Smithsonian Institution 1977 Consultant, Library of Congress 1978 Indo-American Fellowship 1978–81 Library of Congress, chief of Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division 1982 Eastman Kodak Gold Medal, Services to film and television 1983–9 Editor-in-chief, International Encyclopedia of Communications 1984 Litt. D., Columbia University 1985 Vermont Peace Film Festival, award for Hiroshima-Nagasaki, August 1945 International Documentary Association scholarship and preservation award 1987 Death of Dorothy Beach Barnouw 1989 Marriage to Elizabeth Prince Allen 1994 Jury chair, International Documentary Festival, Amsterdam 1997 Keynote address, Prix Italia meeting, Ravenna, Italy Selected Bibliography Books and Monographs Open Collars: A Play of Undergraduate Life at Kingston University. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1928. Handbook of Radio Writing: An Outline of Techniques and Markets in Radio Writing in the United States. Boston: Little, Brown, 1939. Mass Communication: Television, Radio, Film, Press: The Media and Their Practice in the United States of America. New York: Rinehart, 1956. The Television Writer. New York: Hill and Wang, 1962. Indian Film. Co-author, S. Krishnaswamy. New York: Columbia University Press, 1963. A Tower in Babel. Vol. 1, A History of Broadcasting in the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1966. The Golden Web. Vol. 2, A History of Broadcasting in the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1968. The Image Empire. Vol. 3, A History of Broadcasting in the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1970. Documentary: A History of the Non-Fiction Film. New York: Oxford University Press, 1974. Tube of Plenty: The Evolution of American Television. New York: Oxford University Press, 1975. The Sponsor: Notes on a Modern Potentate. New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. The Magician and the Cinema. New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. House with a Past. Montpelier, Vt.: Vermont Historical Society, 1992. Media Marathon: A Twentieth-Century Memoir. Durham: Duke University Press, 1996. Conglomerates and the Media. New York: The New Press, 1997. Works Edited by Erik Barnouw Radio Drama in Action. New York: Rinehart, 1945. International Encyclopedia of Communications. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. Editor-in-chief. Articles, Prefaces, and Addresses (A Small Sampling) “Radiator Pipe Broadcasters.” Saturday Evening Post, 24 May 1941. Story about unlicensed stations erupting at a number of Eastern colleges. “Letters from Lynn Fontanne.” Library Columns, 1946. Correspondence with the actress about her vehicles on “Theatre Guild on the Air.” “Bridge for a Cultural Gap.” Saturday Review, 16 June 1951. Story about Columbia University Press decision to “publish” films and recordings for mass media distribution. “In Moscow with a Tape Recorder. Variety, 9 May 1973. “So You Think TV is Hot...