Collection Summary
Dan Golenpaul Papers
1934-1981
(bulk 1934-1977)
1934-1981
(bulk 1934-1977)
MSS59808
Golenpaul,
Dan
300 items
2 containers
.8 linear feet
English
Collection material in
English
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress
Washington, D.C.
Radio and television
producer. Correspondence, essays, scripts, contracts, news clippings, and guest
lists pertaining to the "Information Please" program produced by Golenpaul for
radio and television and to his subsequent publication,
Information Please Almanac.
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
People
Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965--Correspondence.
Beech, Keyes.
Blum, Léon, 1872-1950--Correspondence.
Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999--Correspondence.
Golenpaul, Dan.
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978--Correspondence.
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009--Correspondence.
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009.
Keyserling, Leon H. (Leon Hirsch), 1908-1987.
Kieran, John, 1892-1981--Correspondence.
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982.
Muskie, Edmund S., 1914-1996--Correspondence.
Myrdal, Gunnar, 1898-1987--Correspondence.
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962--Correspondence.
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950--Correspondence.
Warren, Earl, 1891-1974--Correspondence.
Organizations
Marx Brothers--Correspondence.
Subjects
Radio programs.
Radio scripts.
Television programs.
Television scripts.
Titles
Information Please (Radio program)
Information Please (Television program)
Information Please Almanac.
Occupations
Radio producers.
Television producers.
Provenance
The papers of Dan Golenpaul, radio and television producer and
almanac publisher, were given to the Library of Congress in 1981 by his wife,
Ann Golenpaul.
Processing History
The papers of Dan Golenpaul were arranged and described in 1995. The
finding aid was revised in 2008.
Transfers
Motion picture films and sound recordings have been transferred to
the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, where they are
identified as part of the Dan Golenpaul Papers. Cartoons have been transferred
to the Prints and Photographs Division where they are also identified as part
of these papers.
Copyright Status
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Dan Golenpaul
or the Dan Golenpaul Associates is reserved.
Access and Restrictions
The papers of Dan Golenpaul are open to research.
Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to
visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to
retrieve these items for research use.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Dan Golenpaul Papers, Manuscript
Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Scope and Content Note
The papers of Dan Golenpaul (1901-1974) span the years 1934-1981,
with the bulk of material dated 1934-1977. The collection includes
correspondence, writings, scripts, contracts, clippings, and guest lists
relating particularly to the "Information Please" program produced by Golenpaul
on radio and television and to his subsequent publication,
Information Please Almanac
. Material relating to other
radio and publishing ventures include correspondence, scripts, clippings, and
notes for "The Education of Hyman Kaplan," "Raising Your Parents," "Magazine of
the Air," and
The First Years in College
. Correspondence is arranged
alphabetically. Radio show correspondents include "Information Please"
performers Clifton Fadiman and John Kieran and other writers or entertainers
such as the Marx brothers, Chico, Harpo, and Groucho. Much of the
Information Please Almanac
correspondence is with
political figures, especially with Democrats in the 1960s and early 1970s, such
as Hubert H. Humphrey, Edward M. Kennedy, and Edmund S. Muskie. Golenpaul
solicited essays for the almanac from international political figures and
social commentators, including Léon Blum, Gunnar Myrdal, and George Bernard
Shaw, along with Americans such as Bernard Baruch, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Earl
Warren. Also included in the papers are essays by Keyes Beech, Edward M.
Kennedy, Leon H. Keyserling, and Archibald MacLeish.
Arrangement of the Papers
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material.
Catalog Record: [https://lccn.loc.gov/mm81059808]
Container List
Container
Contents
1
"Information Please" radio and
television show
1
American Tobacco Co. litigation,
1943
1943
1
Clippings,
1945-1959, 1975, undated
1945-1959, 1975, undated
1
Contracts
1
Employment
1
Adams, Franklin,
1938-1949
1938-1949
1
Fadiman, Clifton,
1938-1949
1938-1949
1
Kieran, John,
1938-1952
1938-1952
1
Levant, Oscar,
1939-1940
1939-1940
1
Miscellaneous,
1938, 1952-1954
1938, 1952-1954
1
News organizations
1
Miscellaneous newspapers,
1954-1956, 1964-1966
1954-1956, 1964-1966
(2
folders)
1
New York Herald Tribune
,
1954, 1981
1954, 1981
1
Pathé News,
1939-1941
1939-1941
1
Sponsors,
1944-1952
1944-1952
1
Guest lists and notes,
1952, undated
1952, undated
1
Miscellany,
undated
undated
1
Movie shorts by Pathé News,
program ideas and question lists,
undated
undated
1
Questions submitted for the show
by entertainers and writers,
1937-1940
1937-1940
1
Scripts and transcripts,
1938-1940, 1952, undated
1938-1940, 1952, undated
2
Information Please Almanac
2
Correspondence
2
General,
1948-1974
1948-1974
2
Thank you for complimentary
books,
1969-1977
1969-1977
2
With contributing
authors
2
Individuals,
1947-1971, 1976
1947-1971, 1976
2
National
representatives
2
France,
1948
1948
2
Great Britain,
1948
1948
2
Miscellaneous,
1948
1948
2
USSR,
1948
1948
2
Essays by contributors,
1965-1971
1965-1971
2
Notes on publishing history and
clippings,
1947-1975, undated
1947-1975, undated
2
Miscellany
2
"Education of Hyman Kaplan,"
1937-1938, undated
1937-1938, undated
2
The First Years in College
, press notices,
1965
1965
2
"Magazine of the Air,"
1934, 1942
1934, 1942
2
"Raising Your
Parents"
2
Correspondence and notes,
1937-1938, undated
1937-1938, undated
2
Scripts,
1936-1937
1936-1937
(2
folders)