Barry Buchanan Collection

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1 Barry Buchanan Collection TAbLe OF CONTeNTs Summary Information Biography or History Scope and Content Note Administrative Information Related Materials Controlled Access Headings Collection Inventory SUMMARY INFORMATiON Date [bulk] Bulk, Date [inclusive] Extent.0 Linear feet boxes Abstract Buchanan was a CMU alumni who worked in the movie industry. His papers include Circus and amusement park ephemera, a collection of catalogs of movie equipment (1920s-190s), and personal papers pertaining to his work as a consultant for United Artists Corp. BiOGRAPHY OR HisTORY Barry Buchanan was a CMU alumnus who worked in the movie industry, including various positions for United Artists Corp. in the 190s and 190s. He also worked extensively on the creation of an encyclopedia of the slang used in theater, movies, and elsewhere in the entertainment world, tentatively titled (according to his resume) Encyclopedia of Show Business, which was never published. He described this as "The first encyclopediadictionary of the equipment, technical terminology, language, patois and slang of all phases of the entertainment business from the Greek and Roman Theatre through Television." ScOPe ANd CONTeNT NOTe Buchanan's papers include Circus and amusement park ephemera, a collection of catalogs of movie equipment (1920s-190s), and personal papers pertaining to his work as a consultant for United Artists Corp. in the 190s and 190s. The collection is particularly significant for the extensive notes taken by Buchanan for his Encylopedia of Show Business. Many of the definitions that Buchanan planned to use for this encyclopedia are available in the collection on index cards.

2 AdMiNisTRATiVe INFORMATiON Publication Information Carnegie Mellon University Archives July 2, 2009 Restrictions None. Provenance The provenance of this collection is unknown at this time (7/2/09). ReLATed MATeRiALs Separations None. CONTROLLed Access HeAdiNGs Personal Name(s) Buchanan, Barry Subject(s) College and school drama, American--Pennsylvania-- Pittsburgh Encyclopedia of Theatre and Movie Slang COLLecTiON INVeNTORY Box 1 Circus -- Misc. Articles 19-19, (199-19), 198 Circus -- Magazines -- Hagenbeck- Wallace and Paw-Sells Bros. 19, 191 Circus -- Magazines -- Jumbo and White Tops Circus -- Magazines -- Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus Circus -- Cole Bros. Magazine 19, FOLdeR Circus -- Souvenir Programs -- Ringling

3 Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus 197, 190, 192, 197 Amusement Rides -- Descriptive Brochures ( ), 192, N.D. Amusements -- Promo Magazine -- Billy Rose's Aquacade 199 Amusement Parks -- Promo -- Midway 190 Circus -- Ringling Bros. Ticket Prices, Schedule 190, N.D. Circus -- Route Books -- Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus 191, Circus -- Cronin's Circus Magazine [19], 19 Circus -- Magazines -- Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Amusements -- Booklet -- Amusement Hall of Fame: Amusement Park -- Handbook of the Outdoor Amusement Industry 19 Amusement Park -- Magazine -- Amusement Business Nov. and Dec. 19 Amusement Rides -- Descriptive Brochures N.D. Amusement Park -- Promo -- The Outdoor Amusement Industry N.D. Amusements -- W. F. Mangels Co. Catalogue N.D. "Miss Gulliver's Travels Company" -- Prints N.D. Equipment -- Catalogs -- Misc. Theatre Suppliers 1920, 1928, [19] Equipment -- Catalogs -- Theatrical Stage Hardware - Clancy 1928, 19, 190, Equipment -- Manuals -- Western Electric Sound System 1928,

4 Movies -- "The Story of Motion Pictures" 190 Equipment -- Technical Data -- Misc , Equipment -- Catalog -- De Forest Phonofilm Parts 191 Equipment -- Manuals/Catalogs -- Misc. Cameras , 19, 199 Equipment -- "Dimensional Standards..." Nov. 19 Equipment -- Catalogs -- Catalog of the Theatre 19, 19 Equipment -- Information -- Television Broadcasting 19, Equipment -- RCA Photophone Equipment -- Technical Bulletin -- Research Council - Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences 198, 191, 197 Articles -- Movie Making/Technology 198, (19-19), 199 Movies -- Cinema Handbook for School Producing Units 190 Movies -- RCA - What It Is - What It Does" VistaVision Correspondence -- Mitchell Camera Co. April 19 Equipment -- Catalogs -- Wurlitzer Musical Instruments N.D. Equipment -- Manuals/Descriptive Booklets -- Bell & Howe Company N.D. Motion Picture Equipment -- Manuals/Descriptive Booklets N.D Box 2 "Bohemia" Production -- Schenley Theatre 1919 FOLdeR 2 1

5 Programs, Press Review Woman's Home Companion - Beginning Edna Ferber's "Show Boat" April 192 Contour Curtain Court Case -- Correspondence & Documents Film Pamphlet -- The Actors' Fund Film/Advertising -- Codes/Regulations 19, 19 Film Indexes and Address 19-19, 197 Music -- American Standards Association 19 Film -- Magazines -- Theatre Arts 19, Screen Writers' Guild 19, Articles -- Music 19, 199, Newsclippings -- Cinema Misc. 19, 190, (192-19), Articles -- Slang 198, N.D. 2 1 Motion Pictures -- Articles , Correspondence , (19) 2 1 Film -- Film Facts Movie Call Sheets/Sets Slang -- "Mr. Lucky" Film Articles -- Appearences in Hollywood 19, United Artists Corporation Film -- Magazines -- Misc. Arts 19-19, 19, Film Budgets 19, , Theatre/Film -- Chapter One -- Newspapers March-July Resume [1970] 2 2

6 Estate Distribution Articles -- Movies N.D. 2 2 Book/ESP Lecture Announcements N.D Civic Plan for Film Audience Building N.D Copyrights N.D Film Budgets N.D. 2 0 Handwritten Notes N.D. 2 1 Life spotlights the beginning of... N.D. 2 2 Lists of Film and Music Terms N.D. 2 Music Booklets N.D. 2 Newsclippings -- Cinema Misc. N.D. 2 Press Review Books N.D. 2 "A Scene from the 20th Century-Fox Production 'The Robe'" N.D. Movie Slang -- C-F N.D. Movie Slang -- G-P N.D Box Movie Slang -- S-Z N.D. Movie Slang -- L-Q N.D. Movie Slang -- H-L N.D. Movie Slang -- A-C N.D. Movie Slang -- Scenery A-O N.D. Box Movie Slang -- S-Z N.D.

7 Movie Slang -- G-L N.D. Movie Slang -- M-Z N.D. Movie Slang -- R-S N.D. Movie Slang -- Vaudeville A-Z, Minstrelsy A- W N.D. Movie Slang -- A-G N.D. Box Movie Slang -- unsorted, scattered cards [198] Movie Slang -- E-G N.D. Movie Slang -- A-D N.D. Movie Slang -- T-Z N.D. Movie Slang -- S-Z N.D. Box Movie Slang -- A-C N.D. Movie Slang -- R-W N.D. Movie Slang -- C-D N.D. Movie Slang -- A-L N.D. Movie Slang -- misc. N.D.