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M. Charles Bakst papers (MS-1U-B6)

Brown University Library

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2148
Fax: 401-863-2093
email: archives@brown.edu

Inventory

Series 1. Awards and Citations
Box 1, Folder 1-8, Box 9 (oversize)

Container	Description	Date
Box 1, Folder 1-3	State and Local Citations
Box 1, Folder 4	Michael P. Metcalf Media Award	1998 October
Box 1, Folder 5	Michael P. Metcalf Media Award	2002 September
Box 1, Folder 6	Alliance Education Foundation Award	1997
Box 1, Folder 7	The Urban League of Rhode Island Power of the Pen Award	1998 June
Box 9	3rd Annual Bert Ely Hatchet Award	1993
Box 9 (oversize), Folder 8	"License to Lurk" Award	1981
Box 9	Rhode Island Senate Citation	1986
Box 1, Folder 8	Campaign for a Healthy Rhode Island Media Award	2004 September

Series 2. Education
Box 1, Folder 9-18

Subseries A. Phillips Academy (Andover)
Box 1, Folder 9-10

Container	Description	Date
Box 1, Folder 9	Miscellaneous Contents Note: Includes class grades, counselor reports, and a class photo with Robert Frost.	1958-1962
Box 1, Folder 10	Student Newspapers and Magazines	1958-1962

Subseries B. Brown University
Box 1, Folder 11-16

Container	Description	Date
Box 1, Folder 11-13	Miscellaneous Contents Note: Includes class assignments, exams, syllabi, and grade reports.	1962-1966
Box 1, Folder 14	Notebooks	1962-1966
Box 1, Folder 15	Mississippi Trip / Tougaloo College	1964
Box 1, Folder 16	Brown Daily Herald	1962-1966

Subseries C. Columbia University / Internships
Box 1, Folder 17-19

Container	Description	Date
Box 1, Folder 17	Early Providence Journal Internships	1963-1967
Box 1, Folder 18	Columbia University	1966-1967
Box 1, Folder 19	Master's Paper	1967

Series 3. Personal Papers
Box 2, Folder 20-35

Subseries A. Presidential Race Scrapbook
Box 2, Folder 20-21

Subseries B. Anna Horvitz Bakst
Box 2, Folder 22-23

Container	Description	Date
Box 2, Folder 22	Miscellaneous Contents Note: Includes memory book, Pembroke 50th reunion medal, and letter.
Box 2, Folder 23	Photographs	1971-1981

Subseries C. Letters
Box 2, Folder 24-29
Includes response letters from Providence Journal readers. Some letters are derogatory and antisemitic in nature.

Subseries D. Retirement
Box 2, Folder 30-31

Subseries E. Miscellaneous
Box 2, Folder 32-33
Includes childhood documentation, family letters, a bar mitzvah recording, and personal photographs.

Container	Description	Date
Box 2, Folder 32	Miscellaneous	1953-1960
Box 2, Folder 33	Miscellaneous	1960-2009

Subseries F. Daybooks
Box 2, Folder 34-40

Container	Description	Date
Box 2, Folder 34	Daybooks Physical Description Note: 2 volumes	2005
Box 2, Folder 35	Daybooks Physical Description Note: 2 volumes	2006
Box 2, Folder 36	Daybook	2007
Box 2, Folder 37	Daybook	2008

Subseries G. Business Cards
Box 2, Folder 38

Subseries H. Membership Cards
Box 2, Folder 39

Series 4. Political Papers
Box 3, Folder 40-51

Subseries A. Correspondence with Bruce Sundlun
Box 3, Folder 40

Subseries B. Memos and Reports
Box 3, Folder 41-43

Container	Description	Date
Box 3, Folder 41	Bevilacqua Impeachment Inquiry	1986
Box 3, Folder 43	Opinion Memo of Sen. Reed In Re Impeachment	1999

Subseries C. Letters and Ephemera
Box 3, Folder 44-51

Container	Description	Date
Box 3, Folder 44	RI Gubernatorial Races	1986-1994
Box 3, Folder 45	White House Trip	1990
Box 3, Folder 46	Providence Journal	1979-1991
Box 3, Folder 47	Berlin Wall from Machtley	1990
Box 3, Folder 48-51	Miscellaneous Contents Note: Includes letters from President George H.W. Bush, President Gerald Ford, Vice President Al Gore, Rhode Island Governor Bruce Sundlun, Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci, and others.

Subseries D. Notes
Box 3, Folder 52-53

Subseries E. Photographs
Box 3, Folder 54-56

Subseries F. Political Passes and Credentials
Box 3, Folder 57

Series 5. Professional Writings and Articles
Box 4, Folder 58-70

Subseries A. Classical High School
Box 4, Folder 58-60

Subseries B. Providence School Strike
Box 4, Folder 61-63

Subseries C. Barrington Poverty Article
Box 4, Folder 64

Subseries D. President Bush / Holocaust Articles
Box 4, Folder 65

Subseries E. Bruce Sundlun Article
Box 4, Folder 66

Subseries F. Chanukah/Christmas Poems
Box 4, Folder 67-68

Subseries G. Miscellaneous
Box 4, Folder 69-71

Series 6. Audio Materials
Box 4

Subseries A. Microcassettes
Box 4
Microcassettes are arranged chronologically.

Container	Description	Date
Box 4	Gov. Almond interview	1993 September
Box 4	Jesse Jackson	1996 November 4
Box 4	Surgei K	2001
Box 4	Gov. Almond interview	2002 December 10
Box 4	Fogarty/Whitehouse	2005 April 4
Box 4	Bill Clinton at Brown	2005 April 29
Box 4	George H. W. Bush	2005 July 22
Box 4	George H. W. Bush/Chris Evert at Newport	2005 July 22
Box 4	Laura Bush	2006 May 19
Box 4	Lincoln Chaffee/John McCain	2006 June 6
Box 4	Carcieri/Fogerty	2006 September 20
Box 4	Lt. Gov. Fogerty	2006 September 26
Box 4	Barack Obama at RIC	2006 October 12
Box 4	Rudy Guiliani	2006 October 13
Box 4	Bill Clinton	2006 October 16
Box 4	Obama Candidacy	2007 February 11
Box 4	Sen. Chris Dodd	2005 March 8
Box 4	Rudy Giuliani	2007 June 6
Box 4	Bishop Tobin	2007 June 13
Box 4	Sue Carcieri	2008 January 22
Box 4	Roberts	2008 February 12
Box 4	Sen. John McCain	2008 February 14
Box 4	Lincoln Chaffee	2008 February 14
Box 4	Michelle Obama	2008 February 20
Box 4	Hillary Clinton	2008 February 24
Box 4	Mike Huckabee	2008 February 25
Box 4	Gov. Phil Noel interview	2008 March 3
Box 4	George H. W. Bush	2008 May 17
Box 4	Patrick Kennedy	2008 May 27
Box 4	Ted Sorenson phone interview	2008 June 10
Box 4	Sheldon Whitehouse	October 17
Box 4	Mitt Romney interview	November 5
Box 4	Gov. Carcieri	December 17

Subseries B. Other Audio Formats
Box 4

Container	Description	Date
Box 4	Cassette: President Reagan	1987 February 11
Box 4	Cassette: Al Gore	1999 June 2
Box 4	CD: Kate Coyne-McCoy for Congress	unknown

Series 7. Videotapes
Box 5-8
177 total videocassettes. Box 5-6: A Lively Experiment (1988-2002). Box 7-8: Miscellaneous (1984-2008).

Subseries A. A Lively Experiment
Box 5-6
98 videotapes, in rough chronological order, including episodes of "A Lively Experiment", a Rhode Island-based political show and the flagship program of Rhode Island PBS in which M. Charles Bakst participated. The dates of the videotapes range from October 1988 to October 2002.

Subseries B. Miscellaneous
Box Box 7-8
79 videotapes, in rough chronological order, containing local newscasts from various television stations, local and national political debates, and other programs related to political events and news. The dates of the videotapes range from October 1984 to December 2008.