Martyn Burke fonds

Martyn Burke fonds -- 1965-1991. -- 30 cm of textual records; 12 photographs; 5 reel-to-reel audio recordings; and 1 DVD.

Fonds consists of material related to several documentary projects, including Tuesday Night: Politics of Entertainment and ‘The Hollywood Ten’ (CBC-TV, 1970) and The California Movie (CBC-TV, 1970); material from his war-time freelance coverage of the Vietnam War; travel journals; photographs taken during research for his documentary on the Soviet war in Afghanistan, Witnesses (1988); and clippings.  

Box 1

F.1     Production notes. CBC Tuesday Night. 1970.

F.2     Donald Sutherland/Burke. 1970. Transcript. “Tuesday Night: Politics of Entertainment: Donald Sutherland.”

F.3     Haskell Wexler/Burke. 1970. Transcript. “Tuesday Night: Politics of Entertainment: Haskell Wexler.”

F.4     Dore Schary/Burke. 1970. Transcript. “Tuesday Night: Politics of Entertainment: Dore Schary.”

F.5     Biberman/Burke. 1970. Transcript. V.S. “Tuesday Night Show: Politics of Entertainment #1: Herbert Biberman.” [Hollywood Ten]. 

F.6     Dalton Trumbo/Burke. 1970. Transcript. “Tuesday Night: Politics of Entertainment: Dalton Trumbo.”

F.7     Jane Fonda/Burke. 1970. Transcript. “Tuesday Night: Politics of Entertainment: Jane Fonda.”

F.8     Russ Meyers/Burke. 1970. Transcript. “Tuesday Night: Russ Meyers.”

F.9     Ring Lardner/Burke. 1970. Transcript. “Tuesday Night: Politics of Entertainment: Ring Lardner.”

F.10     “Hollywood Ten” : Titles. 1970. Title credits. 

F.11     “Hollywood Ten” : production notes. 1970. 

F.12     [“Hollywood Ten” : clippings. 1970-2002.

F.13     [“Hollywood Ten” : issues of Take One The Film Magazine]. 1967-1970. [Found interfiled with production notes and clippings]. 

F.14     The California Movie 1. 1970. Includes an internal memorandum, draft outlines, notes, and a calendar related to the film’s production.

F.15     The California Movie 2: music and transitions. 1970. Notes on music direction. 

F.16     The California Movie 3: correspondence. 1970. Includes outgoing correspondence to Hollywood notables, Robert Evans, Paul Newman, Daryl Zanuck; replies from John Wayne and Zanuck.

F.17     The California Movie 4: film production and camera reports. 1970. 

F.18     The California Movie 5: notes. 1970. 

F.19     The California Movie. 1970. [Binder].

F.20     The California Movie : DVD. 1970. 1 digital video disk. 

F.21     Vietnam. 1966. Correspondence, reports from USMACV Office of Information, holographic notes; itineraries, travel documents; clippings of Burke’s reporting.

F.22     [“Martyn Burke’s Vietnam War Diary” : clippings]. 1965-1966.

F.23     Peter Worthington. Ca. 1979. Photocopies of clippings.

F.24     Misc. News Comentarie. 1979-1980. Photocopies of clippings. 

F.25     Travel journal : Monte Carlo – East Germany. 1990. 

F.26     Travel journal : Jordan – Amsterdam. May 1991. [Includes enclosed letters to Laura]. 

F.27     Travel journal : Saudi Arabia, Gulf War aftermath. May 1991. 

F.28     Photographs with mujahadeen fighting Russia in Afghanistan. 1988. 16 photographs : col.

Box 2

F.1     [Clippings : photocopies]. 1970-1981.

F.2      Photographs : “Hollywood Ten” : United Press International Photo. 12 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm. 

F.3     “CONNECTIONS” Scrapbook, yellow paper lettering on black construction paper : 33 x 44 cm ; 60 pages. Pasted media clippings (newspaper reviews, editorials, political cartoons, letters to the editor, and related news stories) re: Connections: An Investigation into Organized Crime in Canada, a two-part documentary which aired on CBC-TV in June 1977 (prod. William Macadam and Martyn Burke). The scrapbook was made by an assistant and given to Burke as a gift.
 

Sound recordings (*sent for digitization). 

Item 1. Hollywood Ten (CBC Tuesday Night). 3 Nov. 1970. ¼ inch reel to reel, 7.5 IPS. [1 of 4].

Item 2. Hollywood Ten (CBC Tuesday Night). 3 Nov. 1970. ¼ inch reel to reel, 7.5 IPS. [2 of 4].

Item 3. Hollywood Ten (CBC Tuesday Night). 9 Nov. 1970. ¼ inch reel to reel, 7.5 IPS. [3 of 4].

Item 4. Hollywood Ten (CBC Tuesday Night). 9 Nov. 1970. ¼ inch reel to reel, 7.5 IPS. [4 of 4].

Item 5. Hollywood Ten (CBC Tuesday Night). 1970. ¼ inch reel to reel, 7.5 IPS.

Books

Rowland, Wade. Making Connections. Toronto: Gage Pub., 1979. Hardcover, dust jacket. Signed by James Dubro.

Burke, Martyn. Laughing War. 1st ed. Toronto: Doubleday Canada Ltd., 1980. Hardcover, dust jacket.