Carl Aldo Marzani Films
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Historical/Biographical Note
Carl Marzani (1912-1994), Italian-American immigrant radical, was briefly a Communist Party, USA organizer on New York City's Lower East Side, served in the Office of Strategic Services during World War II and briefly thereafter in the State Department, was a political documentary filmmaker, the author of six books and numerous articles, and as an editor and publisher, first translated published portions of the work of the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci. Marzani served almost three years in prison, from 1947-1950, for defrauding the United States by concealing his prewar Party membership during the period of his government employment. He lived and worked in New York City most of his life.
Arrangement
Materials have not been arranged by an archivist.
Scope and Contents
Five 16mm films by Carl Marzani, and video transfers, in various formats, of two of them, and transfer to electronic files for one of them.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection, created by Carl Marzani was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Carl Aldo Marzani Films; FILMS 013; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials found in repository; provenance is unknown. The accession numbers associated with this collection are 2012.024, 2012.093, and NPA.2006.011. This collection was likely separated from a larger donation of materials made by Carl Aldo Marzani in 1994.
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Audiovisual materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers. Materials not yet digitized will need to have access copies made before they can be used. To request an access copy, or if you are unsure if an item has been digitized, please contact tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu, (212) 998-2630 with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.
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Processing Information
In 2021, "The Sentner Story" was digitized for a researcher request. Prior to 2021, processing details for this collection are unknown.
