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Robert Lieberman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3948

Scope and content

Manuscripts of Lieberman's books and publisher's notices, ca.1965-1975. Also, volume entitled "Baby", and typescript (591 pages and notes) of "Baby"; typescript of "Perfect People," editor's notes, and copy of the book published by Dell Publishing Co., 1986; manuscripts for novels "Sons and Brothers," and "Second Thoughts"; typescript manuscript of "The Real Boy" (591 pp.), 1982; and typescript of "Damaged Goods" (438 pp.). Screenplay manuscript, "The Making of Virgin Blood," n.d. Also, typescript manuscripts for "Looking for Orlovsky"; and for "The Nazis, My Father, and Me" (154 pp.). Copy of book "Neighbors," published by Ithaca Bookworks, 2016.

Scope and content

Negative, working copy, and sound track for "Faces in a Famine," a film on the famine in Ethiopia, ca. 1985, as well as photographs, slides, and negatives from Ethiopia. DVD, video master, and music from the film "Nothing but Green Lights." DVD and video master of the film "Last Stop Kew Gardens," 2007. Raw footage and final version of "They Call it Myanmar: Lifting the Curtain," 2012, as well as DVD of images from Burma, 2008-2010. Digital video of "Ankgor Awakens: A Portrait of Cambodia," 2016, and footage of interview with Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen, 2016. Print of the film Green Lights on five reels.

Scope and content

Also, photographs (prints and negatives) of people and scenes from Ecuador, Cuba, Egypt, India, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Macau, and Fiji and negatives from Italy, Poland, Turkey, and Kenya. Photographs from the Czechoslovakian Velvet Revolution and from Romania just after the fall of Ceausescu. Poster and 4K video files for "Echoes of the Empire: Beyond Genghis Khan."

Scope and content

CD containing digital copies of 5 novels, including artwork and text: "Baby", "Goobersville Breakdown", "Paradise Rezoned", "Perfect People" and "The Boys of Truxton" (CD-2027).

Dates

  • 1965-2016.

Creator

Restrictions on Access

Access to video interview with Hun Sen restricted to permission of donor during his lifetime or until 2037, whichever is earlier.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Copyright is retained by the donor and his heirs. Permission from the donor or his heirs is required to publish quotes, photographs, and video clips for scholarly and commercial use. The collection contains matierals that were licensed by the donor from third parties. The donor does not warrant any ownership or intellectual property rights over such third-party licensed content.

Biographical / Historical

Author and filmmaker. Robert Howard Lieberman, Cornell University Class of 1962, was born in 1941.

Extent

11 cubic feet. (11 cubic feet.)

578.46 gigabytes.

Language of Materials

English

Description rules
Appm
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
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