FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
Before contacting me (Matt), here are some frequently asked questions & answers that you may find helpful. I am only trying to answer the most common emails that I receive — unfortunately, some of the answers have the word "no" in them.
• I was looking for a FAQ about Barbra herself. Is there one?
Yes, Mark Iskowitz put together a very informative Frequently Asked Questions page about Barbra Streisand many years ago. You can find it online here.
• Can you help me get in touch with Barbra Streisand?
No, sorry. I do not have any affiliation with Ms. Streisand, nor does this site. Barbra-Archives.com is unofficial!
The address where you can write Ms. Streisand is:
Barbra Streisand c/o Martin Erlichman Associates, Inc.
5670 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2400
Los Angeles, CA 90036
• I have a rare photo, magazine, or recording. May I contribute it to your site?
By all means, yes! I will always credit you on the page your contribution is used on. Just tell me how you want your name to appear (or not...). People have scanned and emailed me items. They have also snail-mailed hard copies to me, which I have returned. A few have even donated their collections to me. I appreciate it all ... and have, for the most part, eventually posted it all here on this site. (It may take me a while! But I eventually get it up!).
• Why do you disable right-clicking and/or watermark some of the photos of Barbra Streisand on your site? I want to copy some of them!
Why do I disable right-clicking? Three very simple reasons:
- So people may not easily copy-and-paste my research and text onto their site. Please see my comments below regarding the text and information found here.
- So that blogs and message boards cannot easily HOTLINK to photos on this site. This is also known as BANDWIDTH THEFT. I pay a web hosting company a fee to host my files. If you hotlink to them for FREE, it is analogous to plugging your computer into my electrical outlet. Please, bloggers, host your own photos!!
- Several photographers have allowed me to use their copyrighted photos on my site. They are happy to let me use the photographs since I have disabled right-clicking, and in some instances, watermarked the photos.
- I like my graphic designs to appear here on my site—not copy-and-pasted somewhere else.
• I'm writing about Barbra / Working on a Streisand project ... Can I use the text I find on your site?
Much of this website utilizes my own original text, which is copyrighted. Please list me, Matt Howe, as a source if you quote it. And please mention my site, Barbra Archives (www.barbra-archives.com).
Please do not copy, rewrite or redistribute this site's materials. You may freely link to any page on this website, but please do not link directly to image, video, or audio files. [i.e. Do not hotlink].
In the past, I have assisted video production companies, journalists, and photo researchers on Streisand projects, including Barbra's 2007 tour program, and the 2008 Kennedy Center Honors. Please contact me at matt {at} barbra-archives {dot} com.
Conversely, if I have failed to credit your work (text or photograph) on this site, please contact me so I may properly credit you!
• Please add me to your mailing list?
Sorry, I don't have one.
• What other Streisand web sites do you recommend?
Check the links page.
• Can you email me an .mp3 of a Streisand song?
Try iTunes — they carry most of Streisand's albums. Sorry, I don't email .mp3's to people.
Amazon also sells Streisand .mp3's.
• Can you send me a copy of a specific picture that is used on your site?
No, I'm sorry. I have gone to the trouble to scan, Photoshop and post many rare pictures on this site—sometimes with the cooperation of the original photographer or a fan who has the photo in his collection. Please just enjoy what you see ... I think I've shared enough, ya know?
• Will you sell me, send me, or burn me a CD with some of the rare stuff you have?
I don't sell any material because it's wrong to make money off of it. In the past I have traded with other fans. But at this point, most of the rare stuff seems to have circulated.
• Have you met Barbra and has she complimented you on this site?
I have had the great privilege to interview, meet, and talk to some of Barbra's associates over the years. And her management has always been respectful of what I do here.
In Feb. 2010, Barbra sent me a lovely note complimenting me on the site and thanking me “for caring about the truth.”
Needless to say, that made my day!
• I have a magazine with Barbra on the cover that is not in your site's magazine section. Do you want me to scan it for you?
Here's the deal with the magazine section ... It is not a collection of every magazine Streisand has ever appeared in.
I made an editorial decision only to post major cover stories and major first-person interviews.
In general, I do not post reviews (unless they are historically interesting—like Barbra's early nightclub reviews). So you won't find Pauline Kael's movie reviews here.
I do not post opinion or editorial magazines (like After Dark). (And just because Streisand's photo is on the cover doesn't mean the story inside is interesting or even a first-person interview.)
Otherwise, the magazine section tends to be 1960s-heavy. In my opinion, Streisand is more open with the press and almost every interview and story in the 60s reveals something about her.
Conversely, there are less 1990s and 2000s magazines on my site because Streisand talks less openly to the press and hasn't done a major interview since Vanity Fair in the 1990s.
So, thank you for volunteering to send me something—please don't be offended if I turn it down.
