Marc

Ted Hall was the husband, not brother, the of Muriel Hall; and Gerald McCauley was not the founder of E.F. Hutton (Gerald Loeb, another friend of Rand's, was). I don't know who Gerald McCauley was.

Friends, The names where there is no comment besides means that I have not found out who they are. I have not yet cross referenced in Barbaras' great book yet though as I just read her comment now.

Also these, Thaddeus Ashby (two cassettes) Fern Brown and Minnie Goldberg (Rand’s Chicago cousins) Tommy Carr (1930s) Mrs. Alan Collins Bertha Krantz (copy editor, Random House) Millicent Patton Virginia Sale (Studio Club) Mimi Sutton (Frank’s niece) (nine cassettes) Ayn Rand funeral

AUDIO TAPES RADIO AND TV INTERVIEWS WITH AYN RAND (metal box) Johnny Carson, 11/2/67 and 12/13/67 (two copies) side 2: “The New Fascism,” Ford Hall Forum, 4/18/65 Edwin Newman, Speaking Freely, 3/4/72 (two copies) Bob Grant Radio Show, WMCA, NY, 2/15/73 (two copies) side 2: Tomorrow Show, 7/2/79 Phil Donahue Show, 5/15/79 (two copies) Phil Donahue Show (second appearance), 1980 CBC Ideas radio show, undated TAPED LECTURES AND SPEECHES BY AYN RAND (metal box) “Of Living Death,” 1968, plus Q&A (four cassettes) “Apollo and Dionysus,” 1969, plus Q&A (four cassettes) “The Anti-Industrial Revolution,” Q&A (two cassettes) “Ethics in Education” “The Sanction of the Victims,” 1981 TAPED LECTURES AND SPEECHES BY BARBARA BRANDEN (metal box) “Ayn Rand in Each of Us,” 1987 “Who Is Ayn Rand?” 1982 “Future of Freedom,” 1983 “In Defense of Ayn Rand” “An Evening with Barbara Branden,” 1986 (two cassettes) TAPED ORAL HSITORY INTERVIEWS FOR THE PASSION OF AYN RAND, BY BARBARA BRANDEN Alphabetized, in two boxes: with Thaddeus Ashby (two cassettes) (friend of Rand’s in the 1940s) with Nathaniel Branden (six cassettes) Nathaniel Branden-Albert Ellis debate, 1967 (two cassettes) with Shirley Maxwell Black (1920s; fellow resident of the Studio Club) with Jim Blanchard (financier) and Doug Casey with Robert Blieberg (editor of Barron’s) with Joan Blumenthal (part of Rand’s inner circle in the 1950s-60s) with Fern Brown and Minnie Goldberg (Rand’s Chicago relatives) with Harry Browne with Tommy Carr (1930s) (a friend of Ayn and Frank in the 1930s) with Doug Case with John Chamberlain (journalist; early supporter of Rand) with Ed Clark with John Cody with Mrs. Alan Collins (wife of Rand’s long-yime lieterary agent Alan Collins) with Lillian Courtois (USAID employee who helped Rand and her sister reunite in 1973) with Lillian Davidson with Esther Deutch with Jean Drew (student of Frank Lloyd Wright?) (three cassettes) with Albert Ellis (psychologist, Rand adversary in the 1960s) with Don Ernsberger and Dave Walters with Nancy Fooshee with Betinna Bien Greaves (student of Ludwig von Mises) with Daniel Greene with Mirra Guinsberg with Ted Hall (brother of Muriel Hall and friend of Isabel Paterson) with Muriel Hall (best friend and executor of the estate of Isabel Paterson, Rand’s closest friend and mentor in the early 1940s) with Marjorie Hanson with Ruth Beebe Hill (friend of Rand’s who rented the Neutra house until Rand Sold it in 1971) (two cassettes) with Muffy Hiss (old friend of Rand’s) with Sidney Hook (anti-Soviet, pro-socialist professor of philosophy at NYU with whom both Barbara Branden and Leonard Peikoff studied in the 1950s (two cassettes) with Hank Holzer (Ayn Rand’s lawyer) with John Hospers (philosopher and Rand friend in the early 1960s)(two cassettes) with Marc Jaffe (Hollywood producer who bought rights to Atlas Shrugged) with Jean Joyce (1920s; fellow resident of the Studio Club) with Elayne and Harry Kalberman (Nathaniel sister and her husband; part of the inner circle)(two cassettes) with Bob K. (sp?) with Joe Kalt (sp?) with Manuel Klauser with Donald Klopfer (publisher, Random House) with Bertha Krantz (copy editor, Random House) with Roger Lee (psychologist and friend of N. Branden’s in the 1960s) with Candace Leigh with Tibor Machan (Rand admirer) (three cassettes) with Wallace Matson with Rick Matthews with Gerald McCauley (founder of E.F. Hutton and Rand friend) with Douglas and Cindie Messenger (five cassettes) with Barney Miller with Charles Murray with Nevada Murray with O.T. Nelson with Edwin Newman (broadcaster who interviewed Rand) with David Nolan with Robert Nozick and Lester Hunt with Kerry O’Quinn (Rand follower in the 1960s) with Congressman Ron Paul (Libertarian from Texas) with “people in education with an Objectivist background” (three cassettes) with Millicent Patton (friend of the O’Connors in the 1930s) with Bob Poole (taught Rand to dance in the 1960s) with Jack Portnoy (Chicago relative) with Rick Randolph with Doug Rasmussen (Rand admirer) (two cassettes) with Andrea Rich (founder of Laissez Faire Books) with Ralph Roseman with Nora Rosenbaum (Dobischeva) (Ayn Rand’s sister) with Murray Rothbard (libertarian with who Rand had a falling out in 1957-58) with Virginia Sale (1920s; fellow resident of the Studio Club) with Julius Schulman with Margie Shilcoat with Mrs. Frances Smith with Kay and Phil Smith (Rand friends in the 1970s) with Dean Ahmed and Ellen Stutzman with Mimi Sutton (Frank’s niece) (nine cassettes) with Joan Kennedy Taylor (Rand friend) with Don Ventura (artists; former Rand follower) with Margit von Mises (wife of Ludwig von Mises, whom Rand knew) with Mike Wallace (broadcaster; interviewed Rand) with Beatrice Waller with Marjorie Wheaton (two cassettes) with Jack Wheeler (Rand follower) with Barbara Weiss (Rand’s secretary in the 1960s and 1970s) (three cassettes) with Meta Carpenter Wilde with Walter Williams with Anne Wortham (two cassettes) Miscellaneous (after “z”): BB’s talk with overseas operator; untitled; cemetery; unreadable; Ayn Rand funeral; [unreadable “Mysterious Valley”]

Barbara, Thank you so much for the advice and for helping me here. I actually have not yet copied the tapes to CD's but am currently interviewing certain individuals at companies that specialize in this work, hence we have only heard the odd tape but I have been very careful in the process. I agree about the letters and I will start today with simply posting everything in those 4-5 boxes. I once again state here that I am astonished as to how organized you are and how the contents in these boxes look like they were from yesterday not from 40 years ago ! I will now post what I have, Marc

Friends, For those who have an interest, I have finally completed organizing all these treasures ! I will post all my findings this week for sure, maybe as early as Tuesday or Wednesday. I have all the tapes and the names and who these people are , and the relations to Rand, with the expection of 10 or so-where I will ask for your help. Marc

Chris, I am real sorry to hear that and I hope as CNA stated that you can take this as a warning and do what will help you in the future. Be well, Marc

Dear all, I really have to apologize as I have not added anything yet to this list. Things have just been busy-all in a good way- and I have not been able to devote the necessary time on this very important project. I do though promise that I will be catagorizing everything in the very near future and I very much hope that in the weeks to follow as I do list items and names here that my friends will continue to be so supportive in sharing with me their knowledge the items and names listed. Thanks agian, Marc

Thank you and it even makes it more fantastic knowing that when I get everything organized and am able to post all items here , I have this amazing support group that is so willing to help me put the pieces togeather. What will be so interesting is when I can start to scan some letters and post them so others will be able to enjoy these with me. It will help even more with my enjoyment. Our school year up here ends on Friday, and I will be able to take a little time away from my office and starting after Xmas I will be able to take a few days and go through everything so thourougly so I appreciate everyones patience . Thanks again, Marc

Thank you so much ! I still have the other 2 boxes too and I will get a complete list of everything sometime over the holidays when I have a little more time on my hands. This is so exciting and to be with people who love Rand is wonderful. Thank you all so much.

Thank you too Chris for all your help here with me. Marc

Thank you for those kind words Chris and APA . So last night I started going through some tapes between taking my daugters to ballet , and watching 1 daughter at her winter concert playing violin afterwards . That being said you understand my time restrictions sometimes and why I have to do this at a snails pace ! As understood, these tapes are research for ''Passion'' and many of the names are in the book where I was able to crossreference many. I only did go through the first box which included some wonderful treats ! My daughters were excited and were pleading for me to listen to ''only 1 tape'' so they could hear the voice of Ayn Rand.My discipline did not waver though- Murphys' law, right ? There were at least 6 tapes of interviews on the radio . CBC ideas-Ayn Rand 1973 AR on Bob Grant WMCA radio AR on Tom Synder NBC AR on Johnny ( CATON ?) 1967 AR on Bob Grant again 1973 WMCA The Donahue tapes There were also tapes from the following people during interviews and many were circa 1982-1985. Some of these include the following names and please forgive me if the spelling is incorrect as I tried my best to copy the spelling from the tapes but some letters were a little rubbed out. I added the years where indicated on these tapes. Joan Joyce Robert Nozick and Lester Hunt 85 Jean Drew Ted Hall and Isabel Patterson 84 Alan Colling Joan Blumenthal Ron Paul OT Nelson Shirley Maxwell Black Sidney Hook Roger Lee Marjorie Hanson 82 Gillian davison Nancy Fooshee Doug Rasmussen Hank Holzek Ed Clark Bob Poole Jeanne Drew Harry Browne Marge Shilcoat ( Alfred Kohlberg daughter) Beatrice Walker I did write something in my first post here that could be an error.I wrote that I had the manuscript from ''Passion'' and it may or may not be true. I have 3 copies I think-I saw 2 last night but have 1 more in another unopened box of drafts or a manuscript and also a few screenplays I saw. I actually am not sure what the proper name( manuscript, screenplay or draft or something else) is so hopefully I have not offended anyone if in fact it was not the manuscript. As the holidays roll around I do plan to organize and file and categorize and report all my exact findings here. I also have relied a little on my fading memory but I want to be very exact. I do feel slightly liberated that I have started this , finally. Marc

I did wish to add something earlier but I forgot. The condition and organization of these letters and documents are surreal. How Barbara Branden kept these files including so many newspaper clippings and the organization of the files and letters and documents is something that is simply brilliant. I have documents from yesterday that are not in as good condition as most of these are ! Marc

Thank you so much Michael, I will get the names tonight and post them tomorrow, Marc

Chris, All I know about the tapes is that there is 1 box of around 100 tapes and another box of around 25 tapes. I have opened them up and looked at the names and most names are unfamiliar to me( I should probaly write them down and post here ). The smaller box indicates that this was research for Passion. Believe it or not , I am a little afraid of listening to one in case of the tape breaking. I have decided to wait and get a professional to copy them maybe onto a cd or something for backup. I am nervous about that although I would love to hear one. My discipline is important to preserve this history ! First steps of many here, Marc

Thank you for the welcomes ! Jeff, I have read most of your posts and thouroughly enjoy your writings. I also have wondered about your baseball career and hoping that when you make the Majors you are still planning on sharing your wisdom here ! I also wonder how many Objectivist ball players there are in the Majors ? Chris, Thank you and I did just post on the auction thread moments ago.Please feel free to ask me anything about the items that I have. Kat, Thank you and a belated happy birthday for you ! BTW, my son is Dylan ! Marc

Good morning friends, I did just join this wonderful site and introduced myself on the other board yesterday as some of you are aware. In 1998 when I found out that this auction was happenning I was ecstatic. I was overseas at the time in Asia yet I managed to be hooked into the auction on the phone and was able to bid through a Butterfield employee would who bid for me on my orders and explain what was going on in terms of bidding and her feeling about prices etc and how many bidders so I was able to make some rational decisions-although some were irrational as one can really get caught up in the frenzie when bidding and also where emotions are involved it does get quite wild.This lady by the way was terrific in her help for me of seeing the picture so to speak. Anyway I ended out buying 5 books that were autographed by Ayn Rand to people in her inner circle. I managed to purchase the Atlas Shrugged copy signed to Barbara Branden as is mentioned in this thread. That is my favorite of the books that I bought. I also have one signed to Mr.Hessen. I purchased as well the photograph of Rand of above Lot # 5888 which is now in a beautiful frame on the wall in my office at home where I see it daily. The lot that I wish to write about and ask about is Lot # 5929. This was one of the last lots sold and it was bizarre because for me this was the most one of the most important lots at the auction. Lots of the items in the 4-5 boxes were not even mentioned in the auction or the auction guide book( they could not have been because of the amount of documents and items in the boxes). Believe it or not-due to my work for the past years I have spent much time in Asia and Europe and never really had the opportunity to go through everything and I obviously had everything in safekeeping. Recently though I have managed to start to go through these boxes. I will write here some of the contents and answer any questions ( and ask some too ) . Included in these boxes: The manuscript from ''Passion'' and the tapes that have been made reference to here. There are 2 boxes of tapes and I think well over 100 or so. Many prints from Capuletti. So many original pictures of Rand , The Brandens, Greenspan, and others in the inner circle. I am actually overwhelmed as to where I would start in order to document everything and all the files that were included here. Lots of documents about the split back and forth. So many books and pamphlets from the Objectivist lectures. I just sit down and start looking then reading letters such as the one from Barbara Branden to Rands' sister in Russia and then the reply and also the manuscript of the actual conversation which is a little bizarre from the side of how she responded when Barbara indicated that Rand had died. I just did want to start by mentionong this and discuss this a little . My only reason for writing this is that now I finally have a place that I can share these wonderful treasures. I do have to start work now, so I will check in later, Kind regards and thank you for reading, Marc

Thank you for the warm welcome Michael and REB ! We have 3 children and my 3rd was a boy but if it was a girl I was pulling for Dagny !! We decided to go with a ''regular'' name for him ,haha . Marc

Hello to all, I am Marc and live in Toronto. I wanted to quickly introduce myself as I finally joined this wonderful place after reading here for a few months . I was actually going to post on the thread about the auction in 98 (Michael Stuart Kelly) that I was reading last week but thought I should introduce myself here first. I have loved Ayn Rands work for over 20 years now -so much that I named my first 2 daughters Kira and Dominique ! In 1998, I purchased several autographed copies of Ayn Rands books and also other items. The items that I bought have given me great pleasure and when I saw the thread about the auction I wanted to jump in and discuss points that are of interest. I will post on the aution thread tomorrow if I cannot today. It feels great to be here amoung friends and so many great people.When I see some of the names on this site I feel exhilirated. Regards, Marc