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Note 1: "Photo Panel. Tape Three."; Note 2: CDI 1. cont'd from 1122. Questions and Answers for Smith, Smith borrows glasses to say hello to Philipe Halsman, then comments on style 2. cont'd with Szarkoski's comments and Smith's with Rosenblum input, Smith on Critics and reference to George Bernard Shaw on 2 actresses playing same role. 3. cont'd inner meaning to experience, Rosenblum and Szarkowski 4. reference to Gjon Mili, Gordon Parks, on midwife and approach to subject. Smith on photographer as playwright. 5. cont'd several good subjects incl. Park's police series, Smith on Halsman 6. Parks on style;

Note 1: "Photo Panel Tape five"; Note 2: CDI 1. cont'd FSA comments, including Roy Striker and Smith's perspective. 2. Smith on unseen photos from Japan and others concluding remarks, ends with Lockwood thanks and audience applause. ;

Note 1: "Photo Panel Tape Four"; Note 2: CDI 1. mid talk, photography as art form, Smith comments and more. Official smoke break announced, questions solicited to front. 2. cont'd 3. Rosenblem, Avedon and Penn, then on painting, Szarkowski. 4. cont'd, Smith joke at 4:55 5. Smith on Avedon, Parks on photographer's role "shouldn't be seen". more Smith on Avedon. 6. Smith on fantasy vs. photojournalism. Parks comments, on FSA 7. Rosenblum on FSA and more at end ($, Strand) ;

Note 1: "Dec 9, 1963. Lee Lockwood interview."; Note 2: CDI 1. Carole, Smith, Lou Draper, Dave Heath, Lee Lockwood. Conversation: Smith recording them recording him. Talk off mic, refeence to Korea and oil stove, David tests mic, they call Smith and there is playback of primary tape. 2. mic talk, Pageboy, Scotch, 3. Smith on photography: first impressions, interviewing, Gordon Parks 4. cont'd on JFK coverage and Smith's taping of two stations TV/Radio simultaneously for several days. Life Magazine coverage. 5. Life analysis, JFK coverage. 6. fullback comment, Smith vs rat race, Carole talks 7. news for journalism CDII 1. quiet beginning. green apple pie and milk to interviewer, Smith on lecture, magazine story 2. cliche and Ernie Pyle photo, simplicity, merits of. 3. layout and critical attention 4. layout, Pittsburgh, audience and complicated layouts. Music and silence. 5. truth, music, sincerity and honesty 6. Germ Free Lab story. rabbit. Carole's comments. 7. Smith on serendipity, intelligent accident, scotch audible, electronics, recorder, experts and reality, the truth 8. cont'd midwife and changing the scene 9. tape recordings, Bob Drew, Life Magazine, captions. 10. cont'd layout and playwright photography 11. cont'd 12. editorial Smith on Haas 13. on Bresson, parks, others, Carole asks about Harbutt 14. cont'd Oliver La Farge and courage**** others and praise for Mark Kauffman Marine Story 15. Beubat and others. CDIII 1. cont'd photojournalism, entertainment 2. entertainment 3. Four a.m. Tomorrow's Tuesday (day off for interviewer) spotting 4. Thompson's comments remembered. Sports talk. Harbutt's story in Lockwood magazine pending, Blind Boy essay and more. 5. cont'd talk 6. dropout then begins to repeat interview -12. CDIV 1-14 interview repitition CDV 1-5. repetition, through end. ;

Note 1: "W. Eugene Smith at RIT 1/15/1965 Side I AM session. Side II PM Session part one. 3 3/4. Copy tape. Original of AM at George Postza's house. Original of PM at RIT."; Note 2: CDI 1. Smith at RIT, afternoon class (PM session), several topics, short sotries of photographers 2. cont'd, clarity and truth. 3. whiskey bottle with apple juice story 4. cont'd 5. honesty 6. Spanish Village death scene and poor negatives making great images 7. Spanish Village son of deceased field story 8. cont'd 9. Schweitzer and tragedy 10. midwife and Chaplin stories 11. Q&A, moving bed, available light 12. midwife and snipers stories "For Whom the Bell Tolls" Hemmingway 13. departure from Spanish Village 14. art director 15. LP cover, jazz artist? and Walk to Paradise Garden's multiple uses CDII 1. cont'd Paradise Garden 2. Smith's intentions 3. on subject and relationship with photographer Loft photos and specific image*** 4. cont'd CDIII 1. New cont'd story on Loft and Musicians very important summary of loft work****. Ron Free session. 3. music and photo and layout 4. objective. Japan. 5. layouts 6. Bernie Quint 7. Hitachi, and PIttsburgh 8. cont'd 9. cont'd moon over Pittsburgh short summary 10. editors 11. dream of and good quote on limits of photography 12. midwife Maude Callen 13. cont'd Schweitzer and aspects of. 14. cont'd and 15. issues, resignation from Life Magazine. CDIV 1. Schweitzer story cont'd 2. Quint and resignation 3. essay and "psychological self portrait"** 4. Chaplin, WWII, Jumps to cont'd Smith on editors 5. cont'd ;

Note 1: "W. Eugene Smith at RIT. 1/15/1965. Side 1 PM Session part 2. At Rochester Institute of Photography. Recorded by Two people one is Jerry Stephany. Curatorial Asst. Eastman House. End of PM Only (small outer Potion of tape."; Note 2: CDI 1. Smith talk at Rochester Institute of Technology on Jan, 1, 1965. Smith in middle of layout and theory 2. Question and answer referes to O'Casey, Mili, layout, 3. cont'd Q&A, ref to self portraint, and closing remarks and applause, Smith up for 3 days prior.;

Note 1: "Feb. 21,1971. CBS Lamp that burned my feat. Joe Clement's Dis-production of " Let Truth be the Prejudice." A Garble of smith and his destroyed picture. 7 1/2. Recorded on Panasonic Through mics 2 track one way mono. 7 1/2 ips."; Note 2: CDI 1. radio and ambient loft (1971 Feb. 21) ad for Glen Campbell hour then PSA. WCBS-TV Lamp Unto My Feet: Let Truth Be The Prejudice (Smith in loft listening to Smith on TV) 2. cont'd "each time I pressed the shutter release." 3. nurse midwife 4. family portrait, Pittsburgh, Strawberry Girl 5. cont'd, Schweitzer 6. cont'd, 7. end of show, Ad and reference to CBS special report on Vietnam WarAd for Boy Scoout Eddie Arnold more movmetn in loft and Look Up and Live Begins on TV with guest psychotherapist (at end) ;

Note 1: "Norelco. This is non probablt best of 1. "Flight of /dust" Make dubbings but check speeds. for this plays on noerelco at least. Note down…."; Note 2: CDI 1. Smith reads Flight of Dust 2. droupout and restart at "naked together, I could see them 3. cont'd. ;

Note 1: "3 3/4 speed (2 hr.) Neither side seriously worth saving. Rambling, tire, Bad cold, Dabbling. With reading excerpts from my letters. Jab Jottings and insipid. 2nd side - Examined piano, musical other side - Test of Norelco, Through mike and direct connection to Bogen."; Note 2: CDI 1. flamenco guitar and castenents on radio: Mario Escudero and His Flamenco Guitar. (Montia FM-57) on Dinnertime Pops, beginning of classical 2. Jumps to tracks from 1957 musical "New Girl in Town" soudtrack. Starts with Ana Lilla -8. 9. Jumps to Polio vaccination talk on WNYC Dr. Leon Baumgardener on weekely health report 11. news VP Nixon and dUSSR, winter weather, 12. beginning of porgram on Amadeus Mozart, starts with Symphony 41, ends mid symphony. CDII 1. Smith on "the moon" and other stuff, rambles. 2. cont'd 3. on photography/photographers 4. -7 more rambling 7. mention of moon launch and snow 10. melodramatic acting 12. more persona rant and weird southern accent 13. cont'd. ;

Note 1: "Also Churchill Speeches and others. 3 3/4. R1 Marissa and Schnitzel (a trial, Corrective, reading.) A blank space. Then 1 7/8 - dialogue."; Note 2: CDI 1. Smith singing Jumps to radio then back to Smith monologue: Death of Schnitzel (Marisa and dog) 4. New story, Smith substantive commentary 5. cont'd 6. recording stalk ,sessions, Paeboy, and work 7. cont'd 8. Jumps to midspeach at Republican convention (1960) CDII 1. WNYC Spoken Words, Winston Churchill speeches, with narration by Edward R. Murrow. Host Martin Bush -11. Next show includes Paul Greene and Tennessee Williams content 12. NYC news, sanitation workers strike, election and PSA: diabetes 13. midday symphony: Brahms 2nd JB Bach's Overture in B begins show. ends during Bach piece. CDIII 1. classical Bach cont'd then DJ to beginning of Double Canto of Brahms performed by NBC Symphony Orchestra 2. Jumps to loft with static, interview on WBAi and loft ambient 3. cont'd 4. Jumps to Scuert songs on "Romantic Art of Song" with Alan Rich, ends with Beethhoven Grosse Fugue beginning. CDIV 1. Republic National Convention of 1960. coverage and commenatry with some channel changes by Smith 3. WNTA Newar cont'd -10. ;

Note 1: "June 20, 1951. 1 of 2. Eugene Brought? Maude Callew. 7 1/2."; Note 2: CDI 1. Smith interview with Maude Callen (1951?) "so we've been arguing about the practical nurse midwife." Midwife and doctor conflicts. 2. midwife, talk, traits, uniform, issues of race 3. sotries 4. cont'd, race, money, paitients, statistics 5. cont'd 6. standards 7. "Do you want to come in, Miss Engles?" and related story. 8. Jumps to new section "Virginia Broughton, Berkelee County, 13 years." "Maude Callen, Pineville, 1923." 9. process, eacing, expeience 10. politics 11. process and pay, money 12. cont'd, with people (midwives) and places 13. Child delivery practices 14. cont'd, with Q&A

Note 1: "1 side and part of 2nd is Smith at Hitachi press meeting. Also John of Arc on CBG. Obsession? and Humor. All of side 1 and 2 are Smith's talk to Press Meeting. Not - on this tape."; Note 2: CDI 1. Smith at Hitachi, Japanese voices 2. applause and introduction including "Carole Thomas" then Smith begins with translator 3. on approach to Japan and Hitachi 4. cont'd 5. Smith on media, and depth of commitment to Japan photos 6. good on photogrpahy 8. more in Japanese and questions for Smith 9. factory lighting 10. film and mositure 11. approach "rhapsodic symphony" quote 12. cont'd 13. more in Japanese, coverage of camera and lenses (so many) 14. cont'd, Pittsburgh, Bach 15. cont'd CDII 1. Smith on photography and pictures on display 3. new book, 35mm 4. on on less, translator mainly 5. Smith on stolen cameras, New York work and Japanese film and paper, merits. CDIII 1. cont'd press conference with questions and answers, number of exposures and pritns, contact sheet policy, and other topics, ends with applause (long track) 2. TV Radio Joan of Arc documentary: CBS Radio Workshop "The Eternal Joan" on USAF radio Far East Network Tokyo. Red Cross PSA, News review, jumps to mind narrative at end CDIV drama windsy scene in Buddhist monastery "Obsession" , USAF radio then PSA for Base manual arts and crafts shop participation. then beginning of Social Security File show. 2. Jumps to comedy skit by Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks 3. cont'd then music 4. monologue by Ken Nordine: "Hunger is From" 5. news from 1962 (Soviet plane crash either 9/02 or 10/25) 6. lisening skit.;

Note 1: "#2 Maude. Callen and Eugene Broug. 7 1/2 ips."; Note 2: CDI 1. mid interview, Dick Callen, Dr. Evans, Maude, Smith, Enda. 2. discussion, midwifes 3. pratices 4. movement, jobs 5. Smith's ideas, logistics 6. cont'd talk 7.. Dropout (tape flip?) 8. tape begins, M Evans, MD (about) 9. conversations with Maude and Dr. Evans 10. currculum, sedation, drugs, regulation 11. issues 12. cont'd 13. cont'd 14. socialized medicine, clinics, politics. ;

Note 1: "Maude Callem. July 23. 7 1/2."; Note 2: CDI 1. mid interview, Dick Callen, Dr. Evans, Maude, Smith, Enda. Smith talking about specifics. Mention of date October 1, 1923. 2. cont'd 3. cont'd, salary and doctor 4. cont'd, "Monk's Corner" *** (Moncks Corner, SC) 5. Sinclair adoption story. 6. Sunday school teacher, no children 7. 1923-36 missionary work 8. Jumps to different tape section. 9. cooking classes, nutrition, 10. districts and Monck's corner. 11. Dr. Harper story 12. meetings, 13. cont'd Benzedrine, 4:20 wake up call. 14. cont'd salary 15. cont'd;

Note 1: "7-23 Maude Callem"; Note 2: CDI 1. mid interview, Dick Callen, Smith, Maude Callen, Burt, others? Work issues, 2. flood story and changes in work over time 3. cont'd 4. war period work Root doctors. 5. cont'd 6. Names and births 7. story, cont'd 8. Jumps to "Reel 2, side 2" and back to interview 9. cont'd, stories and issues 10. cont'd 11. money issues. 12. cont'd 13. family story, Annie Bell 14. Messiah Hill Incident 15. story;

Note 1: "Smith Transfer of Old War Speech"; Note 2: CDI 1. Smith monologue, narrative against war, battlefield description 2. cont'd 3. cont'd 4. Jumps to monologue about war 5. Bill Mauldin cartoon and war examples 6.new war monologue section, footage of war, Ernie Pyle, Guam, 7. courage, soldiers, and photography "Eyes of War" Edward Steichen;

Note 1: "Tony Janaic 621 Junard Blvd. W. Eugene Smith. Toss 3/29/71. 3 3/4. W. Hempstead, N.Y. 11552. [interviewer sounds like it could be Barbara Walters]"; Note 2: CDI 1. W. Eugene Smith and Barbara Walters. Television interview for Jewish Museum show on the Today Now (NBC) Talking, reading and walking through exhibition ;

Note 1: "Smith 12/15/44. "Report to ….""; Note 2: CDI 1. talk and choral group in rehearsal? (Japanese opera) 2. Jumps to Host announcing W. Eugene Smith "Report to Nation" December 15, 1944. Smith on invastion and with a dramatization of story. Philapines, radio messages, interview and more dramatization. Guerilla fighting and other commentary then operating room with Mass in church story and ends with plane story. ****;