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Collection of Scripts for the Television Series the Further Adventures of Ellery Queen, 1958-1959 http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6489p6k1 No online items Finding Aid for the Collection of Scripts for the Television Series The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen, 1958-1959 Processed by Theater Arts Library; machine-readable finding aid created by Alight Tsai UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Manuscripts Division Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ © 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 1039 1 Finding Aid for the Collection of Scripts for the Television Series The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen, 1958-1959 Collection number: 1039 UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Manuscripts Division Los Angeles, CA Contact Information Manuscripts Division UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time) Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ Processed by: Theater Arts Library, 27 March 1968 Encoded by: Alight Tsai Encoding supervision by: Caroline Cubé Text converted and initial container list EAD tagging by: Apex Data Services Online finding aid edited by: Josh Fiala, April 2002 © 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Collection of Scripts for the Television Series The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen, Date (inclusive): 1958-1959 Collection number: 1039 Extent: 4 boxes (2.0 linear ft.) Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 Abstract: The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen was a television program devised and produced by Albert McCleery. The 1958 series was a sixty minute format and lasted one season. The collection consists primarily of various drafts of scripts, two notebooks with cast lists and salaries for episodes, and billing information. Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Language: English. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Restrictions on Access 1039 2 COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access. Additional Physical Form Available A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact: Public Services Division UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time) Email: [email protected] Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Collection of Scripts for the Television Series The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (Collection 1039). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4232877 Biography The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen was a television program devised and produced by Albert McCleery; it featured the fictional detective created by Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee; the 1958 series was a sixty minute format and starred George Nader; it lasted one season. Scope and Content Collection consists primarily of various drafts of scripts for the NBC television series The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen. Also includes two notebooks with cast lists and salaries for episodes, and billing information. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (Television program). Television producers and directors--Archival resources. Television scripts. Related Material Albert McCleery Papers (Collection 98). Available at Arts Library Special Collections, UCLA. Box 1 Age of Reason. January 30, 1959. Scope and Content Note Miscellaneous notes. Box 1 The Eighth Mrs. Bluebeard. October 24, 1958. Physical Description: 2 copies and revised pages. Box 1 Bury Me Deep. January 2, 1959. Physical Description: One white and one yellow copy. Box 1 Cat of Many Tails. October 31, 1958. Physical Description: 2 copies and revised pages. Box 1 Death Before Bedtime. November 7, 1958. Physical Description: 2 copies. Box 1 Death Likes It Hot. January 30, 1959. Physical Description: One white and one yellow copy. 1039 3 Container List Box 1 The Dinmond-Studded Typewriter. December 5, 1958. Physical Description: One white and one yellow copy; pink revised pages. Box 2 The Door Between. October 17, 1958. Physical Description: Two white copies; two copies of blue revised pages. Box 2 Double, Double. November 14, 1958. Physical Description: One white copy (first draft) and one green (revised) copy. Box 2 Four and Twenty. December 12, 1958. Physical Description: One white and one yellow copy. Box 2 The Glass Village. September 26, 1958. Physical Description: One white copy. Box 2 Heir to Revolution. January 16, 1959. Physical Description: One white and one yellow copy. Box 2 The Hollow Man. November 21, 1958. Physical Description: Two Yellow copies. Box 3 The Jinn City Story. January 9, 1958. Physical Description: Two Yellow copies. Box 3 The King is Dead. October 3, 1958. Physical Description: One white and one yellow copy; pink and blue revised pages. Box 3 Margin of Terror. February 20, 1959. Physical Description: One white and one green (annotated) copy. Box 3 The Murder of Whistler's Brother. January 23, 1959. Physical Description: One white copy. Box 3 Paint the Town Black. December 19, 1958. Physical Description: One white and one yellow copy. Box 3 Room Upstairs. February 6, 1959. Physical Description: One white and one orange copy. Box 4 So Rich, So Lovely and So Dead. November 23, 1958. Physical Description: One white, one green (revised) and one yellow copy. Box 4 Ten Days' Wonder. October 10, 1958. Physical Description: Two yellow copies. Two Notebooks: Box 4 Ellery Queen - Casts. Scope and Content Note Cast suggestions, cast lists with salaries for above listed episodes. Box 4 Ellery Queen - Billing. Scope and Content Note Opening and closing audios for each episode. 1039 4.
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