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MSS Copek
Copek, Peter J., 1945-
Peter Copek Papers
1966-2001
1972-2001
6.5 cubic feet, including 112 photographs, 11 reel-to-reel sound recordings, 6 audiocassette sound recordings and 1 VHS video recording
9 boxes
The Peter Copek Papers consist of records generated and collected by Copek, a member of the Oregon State University English faculty and the founding director of OSU's Center for the Humanities. The Copek Papers document Copek's scholarly interests in film and literature, and also provide insight into his work and associations as a member of the English Department and as an advocate for research in the humanities.
Materials in English.
Biographical Note:
Peter J. Copek was born in 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, where he was also raised and educated. He completed his primary schooling at St. Ignatius Prep before moving on to Loyola University of Chicago, where he majored in English, completing his B.S. in 1967. That same year, Copek won first place in the National Jesuit Intercollegiate Essay Contest for his piece "Herzog: A Modern Synthesis."
Copek continued his schooling at Northwestern University, receiving two degrees in English - an M.A. in 1969 and a Ph.D. in 1973. Copek earned several awards and fellowships during his graduate years, including an International Summer Scholarship, which allowed him to study at the University of London for three months. His doctoral dissertation, "The 'Five Towns' Novels of Arnold Bennett: A Response to Industrial Society," was indicative of a research topic that would interest him for the remainder of his career: British literary figures of the industrial age.
Copek was hired by Oregon State University in 1972 - one year prior to his completion of his Northwestern doctorate - as an Assistant Professor of English. From the outset, his teaching and scholarship were reflective of his doctoral studies in British literature, but very quickly also came to subsume his interest in film studies. In 1977 he co-founded the OSU International Film Series which, over a period of more than two decades, screened independent and foreign films for the public every weekend during the academic term. He likewise developed new courses focusing on various aspects of the cinema, including a popular class on film comedy and another on Charlie Chaplin.
Copek was also broadly interested in the advancement of the humanities, and it is in this capacity that he found his niche at Oregon State. In 1977 Copek helped to write a successful five-year National Endowment for the Humanities grant, from which was born the Humanities Development Program. The initiative, which was administered by Copek, focused primarily upon interdisciplinary instructional development. The 1977 grant also led to the creation of three certificate programs - including the Twentieth Century Studies curriculum, coordinated by Copek - and to the purchase of nearly 10,000 books for circulation by the OSU Libraries.
In 1984 Copek co-authored a second NEH proposal, this time a challenge grant seeking $700,000 in federal funds to be awarded on the condition that OSU raise a private match of $2.1 million. The university accomplished this task and a key outcome of the new inflow of funds was the endowment of a permanent OSU Center for the Humanities, which took the place of the Humanities Development Program. Peter Copek served as the first director of OSU's Center for the Humanities and remained in that role until his death in 2001. Though he remained a member of the English department and continued to carry a full teaching load, administration and fund raising for the center so came to dominate Copek's professional time that he often referred to himself, with tongue in cheek, as a "businessman of letters."
Under Copek's leadership, the primary mission of the Center for the Humanities was to nurture research through the provision of support for an annual collection of both internal fellows - selected from a pool of OSU applicants - as well as external fellows who would travel to Corvallis from posts all around the world. The center - which received a permanent home on the OSU campus, the Autzen House, in 1990 - supported research productivity by funding leave time for internal fellows as well as travel and lodging for visiting scholars. The center also served as a hub for the exchange of ideas through the presentation of working papers required of its fellows. The center likewise used its endowment earnings to sponsor a variety of campus events, including a conference marking the bicentennial of the U.S. constitution, a Mozart festival, and a visit to Corvallis from the San Francisco Mime Troupe.
As the OSU Center for the Humanities advanced, Copek's reputation grew; he was frequently asked to consult on similar projects around the country and to speak on the development of humanities centers as they became more popular within academia. So too was Copek's insight regularly sought internally; throughout his OSU career he served on a number of committees within the College of Liberal Arts and elsewhere. Copek also continually proved himself to be an able fundraiser, leading or contributing to efforts that raised over $4.1 million combined in grants and donations, mostly in support of the Center for the Humanities.
Copek suffered from a series of health problems for much of his life and on June 13, 2001, he died of a heart attack that struck in the immediate aftermath of gall bladder surgery. He was 56 years old. In his honor, the Center for the Humanities renamed its reception space the Peter J. Copek Room and also created a Peter J. Copek Fund, meant to support future cultural offerings on the OSU campus.
The Peter Copek Papers consist of a wide variety of materials that document specific components of Copek's life and work at Oregon State University. It is important to note that essentially all of the records held by the Special Collections & Archives Research Center that directly relate to Copek's leadership of the OSU Center for the Humanities have been arranged into the Center for the Humanities Records (RG 221).
In the main, the Copek Papers focus on Copek's scholarly interests in literature and film, his contacts with numerous colleagues, his instructional endeavors, and his contributions to departmental and committee affairs at OSU.
The collection, in Series I, also holds a thorough record of Copek's employment by Oregon State University, including documents indicating advancement in his pay and rank; reviews of his performance in instruction, scholarship and administration; and more than a decade's worth of daily planners that outline his meetings and other obligations over time. Examples of Copek's scholarship and, especially, his teaching are arranged into Series II and III. His participation in OSU committee work, in the day-to-day affairs of the OSU English department, and in the deliberations of the university's College of Liberal Arts are likewise held in Series IV.
A strength of the collection is its assemblage of three series worth of subject files, one each devoted to colleagues (Series V), film studies (Series VI) and literary figures (Series VII). Generally speaking, the subject files may include correspondence, typescripts, notes, and published articles, and document Copek's engagement with his peers, his exploration of topics in literature (mostly 19th and 20th century British authors) and film, and the weekly offerings of OSU's International Film Series. Series VI also includes a handful of film stills of Charlie Chaplin and other actors in numerous films. Series VII holds a sampling of Copek's writing contemporary to his graduate school years at Northwestern University.
The papers are rounded out, in Series VIII, by a grouping of audio-visual materials, including reel-to-reel tapes, audiocassettes and one VHS tape. A highlight of this series is a recording, on seven reel-to-reel tapes, of a symposium hosted by OSU in 1974 that focused on the idea of community in Oregon. The event featured a number of notable speakers, including Mark Hatfield, Ken Kesey, Studs Terkel and William Appleman Williams, who served as moderator.
The Copek Papers are arranged into eight series: I. Personnel Records and Biographical Information, 1972-2001; II. Scholarship, 1974-1995; III. Instruction, 1975-2001; IV. Oregon State University Departments and Committees, 1979-2001; V. Subject Files: Colleagues, 1974-2001; VI. Subject Files: Film Studies, 1972-1996; VII. Subject Files: Literary Figures, 1966-2000; and VIII. Audio-Visual Materials, 1973-1989.
Any thorough study of Peter Copek's life and work must include a review of the materials held in the Center for the Humanities Records (RG 221). Virtually all documentation of Copek's seventeen-year association with the center has been arranged into RG 221.
The Oregon State University Sesquicentennial Oral History Collection (OH 26) holds an oral history interview with former OSU President John Byrne in which he discusses the formation of the Center for the Humanities and the securing of a physical space for the center. Materials related to the center are also contained in the Oregon State University Memorabilia Collection (MC).
Researchers interested in Copek may also wish to consult the College of Liberal Arts Records (RG 143), Photographs (P 186) and Videotapes (FV P 186). Other manuscript collections of OSU English faculty held by SCARC include the Bernard Malamud Papers as well as those of Elizabeth Henley, Ray S. Hewitt, Sigurd H. and Ruth Peterson, M. Ellwood Smith, Roger Weaver, and a sound recording by Richard Dankleff.
The collection is open for research. A file of letters of recommendation written by Copek and arranged into Series III (Box 9) is restricted. Researcher access to these items is limited to summary review by a staff archivist.
Peter Copek Papers (MSS Copek), Oregon State University Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Collection materials were transferred to the University Archives in 2001 by the Oregon State University Center for the Humanities.
Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931.
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Sprinker, Michael.
Williams, William Appleman.
Oregon State University. Center for the Humanities.
Oregon State University. College of Liberal Arts.
Oregon State University. Department of English.
English literature--19th century.
English literature--20th century.
Film series.
Humanities--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Humanities--United States.
Motion pictures--Appreciation.
Floppy disks.
Photographic prints.
Sound recordings.
Tape reels.
Videotapes.
Colleges and Universities
Corvallis
Electronic Records
Literature
Moving Images
Oregon
Performing Arts
Photographs
Sound Recordings
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Series I
Personnel Records and Biographical Information
1972-2001
Series I is chiefly comprised of Copek's personnel records from Oregon State University, which chart changes in his rank and salary, and include reviews of his performance as a teacher, scholar and administrator. The series also includes several versions of Copek's vita, materials related to his two OSU sabbatical leaves, twelve daily planners, and a collection of jokes that Copek kept on file.
1
OSU Performance Reviews, Promotion and Tenure
1972-1979
1
OSU Performance Reviews, Promotion and Tenure
1980-1989
1
OSU Performance Reviews, Promotion and Tenure
1990-1999
1
OSU Performance Reviews, Promotion and Tenure
2000-2001
1
Curricula Vitae; Assorted Biographical Information
1976-1999
File includes a 3.5" floppy disk containing three versions of Copek's vita.
1
OSU Sabbatical Leaves
1977-1994
7
Daily Planners (Pocket Diaries)
1989-2000
12 items
"Pocket diary"-style daily planners used by Copek to manage his daily appointments.
1
Assorted Jokes
1996-1998
Series II
Scholarship
1974-1995
Copek's scholarly interests are indicated in the typescripts, reprints and correspondence arranged into series II. Copek's publication record was relatively modest; especially so in the decade that followed the 1984 creation of the Center for the Humanities, a time period during which most of his professional effort was expended toward securing grants and administering the center.
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"John Steinbeck and Feeling in Fiction." Paper delivered at the "Steinbeck and the Sea" conference, Marine Science Center, Newport, Oregon
May 4, 1974
1
"Modern Times: An Exploration of Community." Report on a series of town halls and a symposium focusing on how community is seen and defined in Oregon. Authored by Peter Copek, Richard Astro, Willard Potts, Robert Frank and Constance Dyrud
1974
1
"Steinbeck's Naturalism?" Steinbeck Quarterly, vol. IX, no. 1
Winter 1976
1
Typescript: Untitled remarks prepared for the conference, "The Humanities in the 80s: Current Issues and Future Directions," Northeastern University
October 28, 1981
1
"Skirmish in the Trenches." Review of the Cuban film, "Portrait of Teresa," OSU Daily Barometer
February 19, 1982
1
Typescript: "What Use are Humanities Centers? And Why Have Humanities Centers Come into Being?" Paper for discussion at the conference, "What Use Are Humanities Centers?" Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes, Yale University
April 26-27, 1991
1
"Imperial Affiliations." Review of Culture and Imperialism, by Edward Said. Prepared for publication in minnesota review
1993-1994
1
"The Balance of the Books: Confessions of a Businessman of Letters" [re: history of the OSU Center for the Humanities]
circa 1990s
1
Correspondence: minnesota review
1988
1
Correspondence: Rockefeller Foundation [re: Copek's experiences as a Rockefeller Fellow]
1985
Copek received a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship in Environmental Affairs, which he used to study in England during the summer of 1976. His research topic while in London and Cambridge was an "examination of historical changes in environmental and community perceptions as reflected in the English novel."
1
Correspondence: Society for Cinema Studies
1993-1995
Series III
Instruction
1975-2001
Copek's teaching pursuits are arranged into series III. These files consist largely of lecture notes, but also contain syllabi, overhead transparencies, examinations and a small number of student papers. Also included is a restricted file containing numerous letters of recommendation that Copek composed.
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"Introduction to Fiction," ENG 104
Fall 1986
1
"Introduction to Fiction," ENG 104
Spring 1996
1
"Introduction to Fiction," ENG 104
Fall 2000
1
"World Literature," ENG 108
Winter 1989
1
"Film Comedy," ENG 110
Winter 1985
1
"Film Comedy," ENG 110
Winter 1990
1
"Film Comedy," ENG 125
Fall 1990
1
"Film Comedy," ENG 125
Fall 1991
File includes notes for several lectures delivered by Copek in teaching this course.
1
"Film Comedy," ENG 125
Fall 1992
1
"Film Comedy," ENG 125
Spring 1994
1
"Film Comedy," ENG 125
Spring 1995
1
"Film Comedy," ENG 125
Fall 1996
1
"Film Comedy," ENG 125
Fall 1997
1
"Film Comedy," ENG 125
Fall 1998
1
"Film Comedy," ENG 125
Fall 1999
1
"Film Comedy," ENG 125
Fall 2000
1
Examinations - "Film Comedy," ENG 125
1992-1999
1
Overhead Transparencies - "Film Comedy," ENG 125
undated
1
"Film and Society," ENG 211
Winter 1975
1
"Film and Society," ENG 211
Fall 1980
1
"Literature in Transition," ENG 338
Winter 1988
1
"The Wasteland and After," ENG 339
Spring 1987
1
"The Wasteland and After," ENG 339
Spring 1989
1
"Third World Films," ENG 406D
Spring 1979
A week-long course co-taught with visiting professor Harold D. Weaver.
1
"Industrialism and the English Novel," ENG 415/515
Spring 1992
1
"Industrialism and the English Novel," ENG 415/515
Fall 1994
1
"Industrialism and the English Novel," ENG 415/515
Winter 1996
1
"Industrialism and the English Novel," ENG 415/515
Winter 1997
1
"Industrialism and the English Novel," ENG 415/515
Spring 1998
1
"Industrialism and the English Novel," ENG 415/515
Winter 1999
1
"Industrialism and the English Novel," ENG 415/515
Winter 2000
1
"Industrialism and the English Novel," ENG 415/515
Winter 2001
1
"The English Novel," ENG 417/517
Winter 1995
1
"The English Novel - Twentieth Century," ENG 419/519
Spring 1997
1
"The English Novel - Twentieth Century," ENG 419/519
Spring 1999
1
"The English Novel - Twentieth Century," ENG 419/519
Spring 2000
1
"The English Novel - Twentieth Century," ENG 419/519
Spring 2001
1
"The Age of Dickens," ENG 436/536
Spring 1991
1
"The Wasteland and After," ENG 439/539
Winter 1998
1
"The Films of Charlie Chaplin," ENG 454E
Spring 1979
1
"The Novel in Industrial Society," ENG 465
Fall 1979
9
Letters of Recommendation
1975-2001
Materials held in this folder are restricted. Researcher access is limited to summary review by a staff archivist.
Series IV
Oregon State University Departments and Committees
1979-2001
Copek's departmental affiliations and university service (not including his leadership of the Center for the Humanities) are arranged into series IV. The files consist primarily of correspondence, memoranda, notes and background materials, and are especially strong in documenting policy deliberations within the OSU English Department. Where appropriate, the files are dated to reflect academic years.
2
Administrative Appointments Committee
1985-1986
2
Center, Institute and Program Directors
1984-2000
2
College of Liberal Arts
1979-1992
2
College of Liberal Arts
1994-1995
2
College of Liberal Arts
1995-1996
2
College of Liberal Arts
1996-1997
2
College of Liberal Arts
1997-1998
2
College of Liberal Arts
1998-1999
2
College of Liberal Arts
1999-2000
2
English Department
1981-1992
2
English Department - Ad Hoc Library Committee
1992
2
English Department
1993-1995
2
English Department - Peer Review of Instruction
1995-1997
2
English Department
1996-1997
2
English Department
1997-1998
2
English Department
1998-1999
2
English Department
1999-2001
2
Honorary Doctorate Committee
1997-2000
2
Junior Science and Humanities Symposium Advisory Board
1986-1987
2
OSU Press
1992-1993
Series V
Subject Files: Colleagues
1974-2001
Copek's engagement with a wide array of colleagues is documented in Series V. Included among the groups of individuals that Copek arranged into these files are numerous OSU faculty; Center for the Humanities fellows and invited speakers; academics from around the world; job applicants; students; and friends. The files are comprised of correspondence, typescripts, notes, vitae, reprints of publications and other assorted background materials. Of particular note are large sets of correspondence maintained by Copek with Michael Sprinker and William Appleman Williams.
2
Andrews, Richard
1990-1993
2
Armstrong, Dan
1982-1990
2
Astro, Richard
1981
2
Barbour, Richmond
1995
2
Bartlett, Thomas
1989
2
Beach, Josh
1997-2001
2
Beck, Hubert
1983-1995
2
Bedau, Mark
circa 1990s
2
Bell, Jerry
1991
2
Bella, David
1979-1990
2
Benjamin, Jessica
1978-1981
2
Berman, Jessica
1990-1995
2
Boersma, Larry
1998
2
Bogan, Jim
1981-1996
2
Boggs, Carl
1977-1979
2
Brenkman, John
1992
2
Brennan, John
1982-1990
2
Burns, Nick
1987-1989
2
Bui, Vinh
1998
2
Byrne, John
1981-1991
2
Campbell, Courtney
circa 1990s
2
Carson, George
1980
2
Cartier, Gary
circa 1980s
2
Cavell, Stanley
1980
2
Clinton, Richard
1981
2
Coolen, Michael
1986
2
Cooney, Vance
circa 1980s
2
Cornell, Jennifer
1995
3
Daniel, John
1997
3
Daniels, Richard
1985-1998
3
Davis, Mike
1984
3
Davis, Peter
1979-1990
3
Davis, William E. "Bud"
1983
3
Davison, Neil
1994-2000
3
Deutsch, Steven
1974
3
Dharwadker, Vinay
1989-1990
3
Disch, Thomas
1986
3
Douglas, Wallace
1997
3
Druska, John
1992
3
Eagleton, Terry
1979-1980
3
Eglash, Ron
1994
3
Eiland, Howard
1980-1982
3
Elsaesser, Thomas
1983-1986
3
Farago, Claire
1997
3
Farber, Paul
1988-1999
3
Farber, Vreneli
undated
3
Ferguson, Ed
1982-1994
3
Fischer, Michael
1981-1982
3
Flaherty, Gloria
1986-1989
3
Gallagher, Sally
1997
3
Galperin, William
1981
3
Gellrich, Jesse
1990
3
Gentile, Mary
1982
3
Gentry, Grant
1982
3
Gillis, John
1980
3
Glass, Loren
1998-1999
3
Glenn, Cheryl
1993
3
Goff, Stephen
1995
3
Gorak, Jan
1993-1996
3
Gostowski, Bill
circa 1979
3
Gray, Chris
circa 1994
3
Green, Martin
1979
3
Greer, Barry
1990-1991
3
Hacker, Barton
1987
3
Hacker, Sally
1984
3
Hardy, Barbara
1984
3
Harper, Rich
1981
3
Havazelet, Ehud
circa 1998
3
Hiatt, Bryan
1994-1995
3
Hocking, Ian
undated
3
Holquist, Michael
circa 1980s
3
Horowitz, Irwin
1995
3
Howarth, William
1988-1990
3
Husband, William
1988-1995
3
Hynes, Samuel
1988-1994
3
Inoue, Asao
1997
3
Janik, Del
1980-1981
3
Kaplan, E. Ann
1988
3
Kariel, Henry
1983
2
Kesler, R. Lincoln "Linc"
1982-1994
3
Kohl, James
1979-1985
3
Kuipers, Judith
1982-1988
3
Larson, Janet
1991
3
Leibowitz, Flo
1981-1991
3
Leonard, Jeff
1983
3
Lewis, John
1982-1995
3
Liggett, Helen
1982
3
Livingston, Ira
1994
3
Lorence, James
1986-1987
3
MacVicar, Robert
1981-1982
3
Maxymuk, John
1981-1984
3
Mbilinyi, Marjorie
1989-1994
3
Mitra, Indrani
1995-1997
3
Moore, Kathleen Dean
1992
3
Morton, Don
1985-1991
3
Mueller, Martin
1983-1984
3
Nehamas, Alexander
undated
3
Neitzel, Nancy
1992-1998
3
Noble, David
1978
3
Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey
2000
3
Nugent, Mike
1994
3
Nye, Mary Jo and Robert
1993
3
O'Brien, Thomas
1981
3
Ohmann, Richard
1990
3
Osborne, Michael
1994
3
Padfield, Harlan
1980
3
Patterson, Mark
1995
3
Perry, Jerry
undated
3
Petrov, Alexander
1998-1999
3
Pfeil, Fred
1982-1997
3
Pharr, Allen
1975
3
Plotnitsky, Arkady
1994
3
Potts, Willard
1982-1991
3
Pugh, David
1980
3
Puri, Shalini
circa 1990s
3
Purvis, Benjamin
1982
3
Rice-Sayre, Laura
1982-1993
3
Robbins, Bill
1979-1992
3
Robinson, David
1978-1986
3
Rollins, Mark
1990-1994
3
Rooney, Ellen
1990
3
Rosenberger, Nancy
1990
3
Roth, Paul
1992-1993
3
Rudinsky, Norma
1988
3
Ruoff, Jeff
1995
4
Sahr, Robert
1985
4
Sayre, Henry
1977-1981
4
Schaumburg, Frank
1980
4
Schwartz, Robert
1986-2001
4
Self, Robert
1989-1992
4
Shumway, David
1990-1994
4
Sklar, Robert
1980-1981
4
Solomon, Howard
undated
4
Sorensen, Janet
1996
4
Spanier, Graham
1986
4
Spence, Mark
2000
4
Sprinker, Michael
1979-2000
4
Stern, Walter
1980
4
Stewart, Mart
1992-1994
4
Strader, Marcia
1982
4
Swenson, Eric
1980-1982
4
Taylor, Justin
1996
4
Teich, Alice and Mikuláš
1991-1994
4
Tentchoff, Dorice
1984-1985
4
Tölölyan, Khachig
1989-1992
4
Turner, Doug
1992
4
Unger, Frank
1991-1996
4
Uzgalis, Bill
circa 1990s
4
Vallianatos, Evan
1975-1980
4
Weinman, Richard
1980
4
Wess, Robert
1980-1999
4
Westfall, Richard
undated
4
Wiard, Jim
1980-1988
4
Williams, William Appleman
1974-1991
4
Wolfson, Murray
1985
4
Young, John
1980-1986
4
Zerilli, Linda
1986-1990
Series VI
Subject Files: Film Studies
1972-1996
Copek's Film Studies subject files are organized primarily by film director, but also include topical and geographic files as well as collections of materials compiled for a small number of screen actors. Many of the files consist entirely of program notes written for distribution at OSU's International Film Series screenings. Other materials held in the files include notes, newspaper clippings, film reviews and promotional materials such as brochures and film stills. Copek's strong scholarly interest in Charlie Chaplin is particularly well-represented in this series.
4
Adlon, Percy
circa 1988
4
Africa
circa 1979
4
Alea, Tomas Gutierrez
circa 1979
4
Allen, Woody
circa 1982-1994
4
Almodovar, Pedro
circa 1985-1990
4
Altman, Robert
circa 1991
4
Amaral, Suzana
circa 1987
4
American Film Comedy
undated
4
American Indian
undated
4
Amiel, Jon
circa 1989
4
Anderson, Lindsay
circa 1984
4
Angelopoulos, Theo
circa 1990
4
Annaud, Jean-Jacques
circa 1980
4
Antonioni, Michelangelo
circa 1980
4
Aranda, Vicente
circa 1992
4
Arcand, Denys
circa 1987-1990
4
Arzner, Dorothy
circa 1988
4
Astaire, Fred and Ginger Rogers
undated
4
August, Bille
circa 1989
4
Australia
1979
4
Avary, Roger
circa 1994
4
Axel, Gabriel
circa 1988
4
Bacon, Lloyd
circa 1986
4
Bafaloukas, Theodoros
circa 1980
4
Babeno, Hector
circa 1981
4
Barreto, Bruno
circa 1979
4
Beineix, Jean-Jacques
circa 1982
4
Bell, Martin
circa 1985
4
Bellochio, Marco
circa 1983-1985
4
Beresford, Bruce
circa 1981-1991
4
Bergman, Ingmar
circa 1985
4
Berkeley, Busby
circa 1986
4
Berri, Claude
circa 1988-1994
4
Bertolucci, Bernardo
circa 1978-1985
4
Besson, Luc
circa 1991
4
Birkin, Andrew
circa 1994
4
Blank, Les
circa 1985
4
Blier, Bertrand
circa 1980-1990
4
Blockbusters of the 1970s
1977-1980
4
Bolognini, Mauro
circa 1980
4
Boorman, John
circa 1987
4
Borau, Jose Luis
circa 1978
4
Borden, Lizzie
circa 1987
4
Boulting, John
circa 1981-1984
4
Bozzetto, Bruno
circa 1980
4
Bradbury, David
circa 1986
4
Brakhage, Stan
undated
4
Branagh, Kenneth
circa 1989
4
Brault, Michel
circa 1985
4
Bresson, Robert
circa 1980
4
Brook, Peter
circa 1985-1986
4
Brookner, Howard
circa 1986
4
Brooks, Albert
circa 1982
4
Brooks, Mel
undated
4
Brusati, Franco
circa 1979-1981
4
Buba, Tony
circa 1986
4
Buñuel, Luis
circa 1978-1995
4
Burnett, Charles
circa 1990
4
Burstall, Tim
circa 1987
4
Burton, Tim
circa 1990
4
Buschmann, Christel
undated
4
Bykov, Rolan
circa 1987
4
Byrne, David
circa 1986
4
Cagney, James
undated
4
Campion, Jane
circa 1990
4
Camus, Marcel
circa 1979
4
Camus, Mario
circa 1985
4
Capra, Frank
circa 1975-1996
4
Carné, Marcel
circa 1978-1988
4
Chabrol, Claude
circa 1980-1992
4
Chaplin, Charlie - Bibliography
undated
4
Chaplin, Charlie - Biographical
1972-1978
4
Chaplin, Charlie - Criticism
1988
4
Chaplin, Charlie - Distributors
undated
4
Chaplin, Charlie - Family
undated
4
Chaplin, Charlie - "The Great Dictator"
undated
4
Chaplin, Charlie - "Limelight"
circa 1983
4
Chaplin, Charlie - "Modern Times"
undated
4
Chaplin, Charlie - "Monsieur Verdoux"
circa 1983-1988
4
Chaplin, Charlie - Posters
1973
5
Chaplin, Charlie - Program Notes
undated
5
Chaplin, Charlie - Still Photos
undated
29 prints
5
Chaplin, Charlie - Student Papers
1979-1980
5
Charef, Mehdi
circa 1986
5
Chicano
undated
5
Chile
1977-1978
5
China
circa 1978
5
Cimino, Michael
undated
5
Citron, Michelle
circa 1987
5
Clair, René
undated
5
Clarke, Alan
circa 1987
5
Clouzot, Henri-Georges
circa 1986
5
Coen, Joel and Ethan
circa 1985
5
Conner, Bruce
circa 1983
5
Cooper, Merian
circa 1989
5
Corneau, Alain
circa 1993
5
Coppola, Francis Ford
circa 1981-1990
5
Cornelius, Henry
circa 1984
5
Costa-Gavras
circa 1987
5
Cox, Alex
circa 1984-1986
5
Cox, Paul
circa 1985-1989
5
Cronenberg, David
circa 1989
5
Cuba and the Caribbean
1979-1980
5
Cukor, George
undated
5
Curtiz, Michael
circa 1977
5
Dahl, John
circa 1994
5
Davies, Terence
circa 1989
5
Deitch, Donna
circa 1986
5
Demme, Johnathan
circa 1981
5
Denis, Claire
circa 1989
5
De Sica, Vittorio
circa 1977-1980
5
Deville, Michel
circa 1986
5
Diegues, Carlos
circa 1981
5
Donaldson, Roger
circa 1984
5
Donen, Stanley
circa 1986
5
Dorrie, Doris
circa 1986
5
Dos Santos, Nelson Pereira
circa 1981
5
Downey, Robert
circa 1983
5
Drew, Di
circa 1987
5
Eastwood, Clint
circa 1988
5
Ecaré, Désiré
circa 1987
5
Edel, Uli
circa 1990
5
Egoyan, Atom
circa 1989-1992
5
Erice, Victor
circa 1980
5
Eustache, Jean
circa 1982
5
Eyre, Richard
circa 1985
5
Fassbinder, Werner
circa 1977-1989
5
Fellini, Federico
circa 1977-1985
5
Film - General Remarks
undated
5
Film Noir
circa 1976-1977
5
Film Stills
undated
83 prints
5
Film Terms
undated
5
Film Theatres - Ephemera
undated
5
Film Theory
undated
5
Fleming, Victor
circa 1979
5
Foreman, Janet
circa 1988
5
Foreman, Milos
circa 1985
5
Forsyth, Bill
circa 1984
5
Franju, Georges
circa 1979
5
Frankenheimer, John
circa 1988
5
Frears, Stephen
circa 1986-1989
5
Gábor, Pál
circa 1980
5
German, Aleksei
circa 1987
5
Germany
1979-1983
5
Godard, Jean-Luc
circa 1980-1986
5
Gothar, Peter
circa 1983
5
Greenaway, Peter
circa 1983-1991
5
Guerra, Ruy
circa 1984
5
Guiness, Alec
circa 1977
5
Hallstrom, Lasse
circa 1987
5
Haas, Phillip
circa 1991
5
Hansel, Marion
circa 1986
5
Hara, Kazuo
circa 1989
5
Hare, David
circa 1985
5
Hawks, Howard
circa 1979-1982
5
Henzell, Perry
circa 1979
5
Herzog, Werner
circa 1977-1983
5
Hitchcock, Alfred
circa 1984-1989
5
Holland, Agnieszka
circa 1991
5
Hollywood and Politics
undated
5
Hope, Bob
1991
5
Hubert, Jean-Loup
circa 1989
5
Hubley, John
circa 1975
5
Huston, John
circa 1979-1987
5
Ichaso, Leon
circa 1988
5
Imamura, Shohei
circa 1986-1989
5
Itami, Juzo
circa 1987-1988
5
Ivory, James
circa 1986
5
Jaglom, Henry
circa 1985
5
Japan
circa 1979
5
Jarman, Derek
circa 1986
5
Jarmusch, Jim
circa 1984-1989
5
Jones, L.Q.
circa 1983
5
Jones, Terry
circa 1989
5
Jordan, Neil
circa 1986
5
Jutra, Claude
circa 1980
5
Kadar, Jan
undated
5
Kanievska, Marek
circa 1985
5
Kaurismaki, Aki
circa 1989
5
Keaton, Buster
1977-1995
5
Kelly, Gene
circa 1980
5
Khleifi, Michel
circa 1988
5
Klimov, Elem
circa 1987
5
Kluge, Alexander
circa 1979-1983
5
Kotcheff, Ted
circa 1985
5
Kowalski, Lech
circa 1984
5
Kubrick, Stanley
circa 1981-1987
5
Kuchar, George
circa 1983
5
Kurosawa, Akira
circa 1979-1992
5
Kurys, Diane
circa 1980
5
Kustirica, Emir
circa 1985
5
Lang, Fritz
circa 1977
5
Langdon, Harry
undated
5
Larkin, Alile
circa 1984
5
Lathan, Stan
circa 1985
5
Laughton, Charles
circa 1987
5
Lautner, Georges
circa 1986
5
Law, Clara
circa 1990
5
Leconte, Patrice
circa 1992
5
Lee, Spike
circa 1986-1990
5
Leigh, Mike
circa 1989-1993
5
Leisen, Mitchell
circa 1986
5
Leland, David
circa 1989
5
Leni, Paul
circa 1983
5
Lester, Richard
circa 1984
5
Leroy, Mervyn
1977
5
Library of Congress
1983
5
Linklater, Richard
circa 1991
5
Littin, Miguel
circa 1983
5
Lloyd, Harold
1988-1991
5
Losey, Joseph
circa 1981-1985
5
Lounguine, Pavel
circa 1994
5
Lubitsch, Ernst
circa 1977-1985
5
Lynch, David
circa 1982-1990
5
MacKinnon, Gillies
circa 1992
5
Maddin, Guy
circa 1991
5
Makaveyev, Dusan
undated
5
Malick, Terence
1978
5
Malle, Louis
circa 1982-1994
5
Mamet, David
circa 1987-1988
5
Mamoulian, Rouben
circa 1984-1986
5
Mankiewicz, Francis
circa 1985
5
Martin, Darnell
circa 1994
5
Marx Brothers
circa 1979-1987
5
Matsuzaki, Keiji
circa 1987
5
Maugg, Gordian
circa 1994
5
McBride, Jim
undated
5
McLaughlin, Sheila
circa 1987
5
Medak, Peter
circa 1990
5
Menges, Chris
circa 1988
5
Menshov, Vladimir
circa 1981
5
Meszaros, Marta
circa 1984
5
Middle East Film Week (OSU)
1981
5
Mikhalkov, Nikita
circa 1988
5
Millar, Gavin
circa 1984
5
Miller, Claude
circa 1989
5
Minnelli, Vincente
circa 1984-1986
5
Misselwitz, Helke
circa 1989
5
Mizrahi, Moishe
circa 1980
5
Moretti, Nanni
1979
5
Morita, Yoshimitsu
circa 1985
5
Morris, Errol
circa 1981-1982
5
Mtwa, Percy and Mbongeni Ngema
circa 1984
5
Nair, Mira
circa 1989
5
Nava, Gregory
circa 1984
5
Newell, Mike
circa 1985
5
Newman, Paul
circa 1988
5
Noyce, Phillip
circa 1979
5
Nuytten, Bruno
circa 1990
5
Olmi, Ermanno
circa 1979
5
Ophuls, Marcel
circa 1988
5
Ophuls, Max
circa 1977
5
Oshima, Nagisha
circa 1984
5
Ouedraogo, Idrissa
circa 1990
5
Oz, Frank
circa 1987
5
Ozu, Yasujiro
circa 1976-1979
5
Pabst, G.W.
undated
5
Pakula, Alan
circa 1982
5
Palcy, Euzhan
circa 1984
5
Pasolini, Pier Paolo
circa 1983
5
Passer, Ivan
circa 1988
5
Pennebaker, D.A.
circa 1986
5
Pennell, Eagle
circa 1984
5
Petri, Elio
circa 1980
5
Pialat, Maurice
circa 1981-1987
5
Polanski, Roman
circa 1977-1983
5
Potter, Sally
circa 1987
5
Powell, Michael
circa 1984
5
Puenzo, Luis
circa 1985
5
Pytka, Joe
undated
5
Rafferty, Kevin
circa 1982
5
Rappaport, Mark
circa 1980
5
Rappeneau, Jean-Paul
circa 1990
5
Ray, Nicholas
undated
5
Ray, Satyajit
circa 1977-1978
5
Reed, Carol
circa 1981-1984
5
Reisz, Karel
circa 1982-1984
5
Renoir, Jean
circa 1985
5
Resnais, Alain
circa 1977-1981
5
Rich, Matty
circa 1991
5
Richardson, Tony
circa 1984-1989
5
Robinson, Bruce
circa 1987
5
Roeg, Nicolas
circa 1983-1986
5
Roemer, Michael
circa 1989
5
Rohmer, Eric
circa 1977-1992
5
Rossellini, Roberto
circa 1983
5
Rudolph, Alan
circa 1989
5
Russia/Soviet Union
1980-1988
5
Sanders-Brahms, Helma
circa 1983
5
Sandrich, Mark
circa 1986
5
Sarris, Andrew
1979
5
Sato, Junya
circa 1985
5
Saura, Carlos
circa 1982
5
Sayles, John
circa 1984-1987
5
Sayyad, Parviz
circa 1984
5
Schepisi, Fred
circa 1981
5
Schirk, Heinz
circa 1988
5
Schlöndorff, Volkor
circa 1979-1980
5
Schrader, Paul
circa 1980-1988
5
Schroeter, Werner
circa 1983
5
Schmidt, Jan
circa 1983
5
Scola, Ettore
circa 1979-1989
5
Scorsese, Martin
circa 1981-1989
5
Scott, Ridley
undated
5
Seidelman, Susan
circa 1983
5
Sembene, Ousmane
circa 1981-1990
5
Sennett, Mack
undated
5
Serreau, Coline
circa 1987
5
Shebib, Donald
circa 1985
5
Sheridan, Jim
circa 1989
5
Sinise, Gary
circa 1988
5
Skolimowski, Jerzy
circa 1983-1984
5
Stevens, George
circa 1986
5
Spheers, Penelope
circa 1983-1984
5
Straub, Jean-Marie
circa 1983
5
Sturges, Preston
1982-1990
5
Sturridge, Charles
circa 1989
5
Subiela, Eliseo
circa 1988
5
Syberberg, Hans Jürgen
1980
5
Szabo, Istvan
circa 1982-1986
5
Tanner, Alain
circa 1977-1983
5
Tarkovsky, Andrei
circa 1981
5
Tati, Jacques
circa 1982-1985
5
Taurog, Norman
circa 1986
5
Tavernier, Bertrand
circa 1985-1990
5
Taviani, Paolo and Vittorio
circa 1988
5
Techine, Andre
circa 1987
5
Thomas, Anthony
circa 1988
5
Tornatore, Giuseppe
circa 1991
5
del Toro, Guillermo
circa 1984
5
Tourneur, Jacques
circa 1983
5
Townsend, Robert
circa 1987
5
Truffaut, Francois
circa 1979-1985
5
Tsukerman, Slava
circa 1983
5
Vadim, Roger
circa 1984
5
Valdez, Luis
circa 1981
5
Van Dormael, Jaco
circa 1982
5
Van Sant, Gus
circa 1989
5
Varda, Agnes
circa 1979
5
Vigo, Jean
circa 1990
5
Visconti, Luchino
circa 1980-1985
5
Von Trotta, Margarethe
circa 1982-1989
5
Wajda, Andrzej
circa 1980-1991
5
Walsh, Raoul
circa 1977-1982
5
Wang, Wayne
circa 1982
5
Ward, Vincent
circa 1989
5
Waters, John
circa 1983
5
Watkins, Peter
circa 1983-1985
5
Weber, Bruce
circa 1989
5
Weir, Peter
circa 1979-1983
5
Welles, Orson
circa 1983
5
Wenders, Wim
circa 1977-1989
5
Wertmuller, Lina
circa 1977-1984
5
Wexler, Haskell
circa 1986
5
Whale, James
circa 1986
5
Wilder, Billy
circa 1979
5
Wincer, Simon
circa 1985
5
Wiseman, Frederick
undated
5
Wohl, Ira
circa 1981
5
Woo, John
circa 1991
5
Workman, Chuck
circa 1991
5
Wyler, William
circa 1983-1989
5
Yanagimachi, Mitsuo
circa 1986
5
Yevtushenko, Yevgeny
circa 1987
5
Yimou, Zhang
circa 1989-1991
5
Young, Howard
circa 1988
5
Young, Robert
circa 1983
5
Zanussi, Krzysztof
circa 1982
5
Zavattini, Cesare
undated
5
Zeffirelli, Franco
circa 1977
5
Zemeckis, Robert
circa 1982
Series VII
Subject Files: Literary Figures
1966-2000
The subject files held in series VII contain materials gathered and generated by Copek that concern the lives and work of various authors of interest to him - predominantly British novelists of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The files are mostly comprised of notes, articles and newspaper clippings compiled by Copek for use in his research and teaching. A handful of the files contain typescripts that Copek wrote during his years as a graduate student at Northwestern University.
6
Bennett, Arnold
1967-1976
File consists of notes compiled by Copek for use in a book on Bennett that he considered writing.
6
Bennett, Arnold - "Anna of the Five Towns"
1969
File includes a typescript written by Copek while a student and titled "The Forge of Feeling in the Five Towns."
6
Berubé, Michael
2000
6
Burgess, Anthony
1973-1981
6
Cockburn, Alexander
1986
6
Conrad, Joseph
1970-2000
6
Defoe, Daniel
1972-1977
6
Dickens, Charles - Biographical
1978-1991
6
Dickens, Charles - "Hard Times"
1977
6
Dickens, Charles - "Little Dorrit"
1970
File includes a typescript written by Copek while a student and titled "An Afterword to 'Little Dorrit.'"
6
Dickens, Charles - "The Pickwick Papers"
1979
6
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
undated
6
Eliot, T.S.
1969-1989
File includes a typescript written by Copek while a student and titled "The Malady of Spleen."
6
Eliot, T.S. - "The Waste Land"
1989-1997
6
Ellul, Jacques
undated
6
Fielding, Henry
undated
6
Ford, Ford Maddox
undated
6
Fox-Keller, Evelyn
undated
6
Freud, Sigmund
undated
6
Graff, Gerald
undated
6
Greene, Graham
1970-1998
6
Hemingway, Ernest
1973
6
Huxley, Aldous
1970
6
Industrialism, Empire and the Novel
1977-1997
6
Joyce, James
1997
6
Kipling, Rudyard
undated
6
Lawrence, D.H.
1970-1998
6
O'Connor, Flannery
undated
6
Orwell, George
1998
6
Owen, Wilfred
undated
6
Richardson, Samuel
1966
File includes a typescript written by Copek while a student and titled "Samuel Richardson's 'Pamela.'"
6
Rutherford, Mark
undated
6
Said, Edward
1993-1995
6
Sennett, Richard
undated
6
Susman, Warren
undated
6
Swift, Jonathan
undated
6
Updike, John
undated
6
Waugh, Evelyn
1968-1969
File includes two typescripts written by Copek while a student: "The Mechanical Comedy of Evelyn Waugh" and "Bergson and Meredith: The Machine and the Spirit."
6
Wells, H.G.
1983-1998
6
West, Nathaniel
undated
6
Williams, Raymond
1976-1988
6
Woolf, Virginia
1998
6
Yeats, W.B.
1969-1976
File includes nine typescripts written by Copek while a student: "The Death and Burial of W.B. Yeats," "The Multiplication of Opposites: The Experience of Yeats' Later Poems," "Byzantium," "The Irish Tapestry," "A Prayer for My Daughter," "Two Shepherds," "The Happy Townland," "Lost in 'The Tower'" and "I Am of Ireland."
Series VIII
Audio-Visual Materials
1973-1989
18 items
The Audio-Visual Materials series primarily documents events with which Copek was involved and consists of reel-to-reel-tapes, audiocassettes and one VHS videotape. Of particular note are seven reel-to-reel tapes containing the proceedings of a 1974 OSU symposium, "Modern Times: An Exploration of Community," at which several prominent speakers delivered talks. Also included are two recordings related to the San Francisco Mime Troupe, whose 1982 performance at OSU was sponsored by the Center for the Humanities.
7
"Monsters of the Screen"
March 10, 1973
5-inch reel to reel tape
8
"Modern Times: An Exploration of Community." Symposium hosted at Oregon State University
September 25-27, 1974
Seven 7-inch reel to reel tapes
Annotations included with the tapes indicate that the recordings include presentations by symposium participants Pastora San Juan Cafferty, George Carson, Carl Condit, Peter Copek, Gerald Graff, Robert Harris, Mark Hatfield, Leo Marx, Richard Sennett, William Stafford and Studs Terkel. Tapes may also include remarks by Ken Kesey and Peter Clecak. The symposium was moderated by William Appleman Williams.
7
"Sand" on KZEL-FM, Eugene
circa 1970s
7-inch reel to reel tape
Radio broadcast of a musical performance by the Portland-based group, Sand. Performance includes the songs, "Who Ya Tryin' to Fool," "Lovin' You," "You," "Destined Road," "Mystery," "She," "Eagle's Claw" and "Lady of Mine."
7
"Edward Abbey on the current state of the environment in the U.S."
November 20, 1980
7-inch reel to reel tape
8
"Factwino Meets the Moral Majority." Interview with Sharon Lockwood, Director, San Francisco Mime Troupe. "Toast and Coffee" radio program, KLOO-FM, Corvallis
April 30, 1982
Audiocassette tape
8
"Songs from Factwino Versus Armageddonman." Performance by the San Francisco Mime Troupe
circa 1982
Audiocassette tape
8
Presentations by Dan Armstrong, Center for the Humanities Fellow
December 12, 1982
Two audiocassette tapes
At least one of the cassettes contains a recording of Armstrong's presentation of a working paper on Frederick Wiseman.
7
"The Politics of Prime Time." Presentation by Todd Gitlin delivered at OSU
November 29, 1983
7-inch reel to reel tape
8
Interview with Therald Borgir
December 12, 1986
Audiocassette tape
7
"Review of Josephine Baker Films - 'Entertainment Tonight'"
February 13, 1989
VHS cassette tape
8
SOAP presentations re: Twentieth Century Studies, Oregon State University
undated
Audiocassette tape
Designed to help orient incoming freshmen, the Summer Orientation-Advising Program (SOAP) was in place at OSU from the 1970s-1990s. This cassette contains presentations on the Twentieth Century Studies program as tailored for both incoming freshmen and returning students.