doi:10.7916/d8-7gtm-xw95Reminiscences of Erik Barnouw, 1975Barnouw, Erik, 1908-2001oral historiesmixed materialEducatorsAuthorsRadio supplies industryTelevision--Production and directionMotion pictures--Production and directionAdvertisingInternal security--United StatesBarnouw, Erik, 1908-2001Columbia UniversityAuthors' League of AmericaWriters Guild of AmericaChildhood, The Hague and New York City; Princeton, 1929; career in radio, 1930s and 40s; advertising, directing, writing for networks, government, and independent producers; establishment of Columbia University's Department of Radio and Television, 1946; editor, Center for Mass Communication, Columbia University Press, 1948; film and television productions; writing a history of film industry, India, 1963; blacklisting in the 1950s; censorship; writers unions: Authors' League, Radio Writers Guild, Authors Guild, Writers Guild of America