Finding Aid for the Robert Mintz papers, 1969-1970

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Title: Robert Mintz papers
Collection number: PASC 75
Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 4.0 linear ft. (9 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1969-1970
Abstract: Robert Mintz is best known as a film and television producer. The bulk of the collection consists of scripts and production material for the television series Room 222 and the Ghost and Mrs. Muir.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Creator: Mintz, Robert

Restrictions on Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, 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.

Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Gift of Robert Mintz, 1976.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Robert Mintz Papers (Collection PASC 75). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Biography

There is little biographical information about Robert Mintz. Mintz was film and television producer whose credits include the television series, Room 222 and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. Room 222 was a half-hour comedy-drama that aired on ABC from 1969-74. The program was created by James L. Brooks and produced and directed by Gene Reynolds. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir was based on the 1947 motion picture and produced by Howard Leeds for 20th Century Fox TV.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of material related to the career of television producer Robert Mintz. Included are scripts and production materials for the television series Room 222 and the Ghost and Mrs. Muir. Production information may include one or more of the following: treatments, notes, memos, call sheets, daily production reports, cast lists, shooting schedules, and financial information.

Organization and Arrangement

The collection is arranged by project title.

Related Material

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 2221512 

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Mintz, robert--Archives
Television producers and directors--United States--Archival resources.

 

Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The

Scope and Content

The series represents Mintz's involvement on the production of the television series, Ghost and Mrs. Muir. Included is script and production material.
Box 6

Amateur Night

General note

First draft teleplay (1/2/70), final draft (1/5/70) and 26 miscellaneous notes and forms.
Box 6

Centennial

General note

Final draft teleplay (7/17/69), second draft (7/1/69) and 25 miscellaneous notes and forms.
Box 7

Dig for the Truth

General note

Revised second draft (12/2/69), first draft (12/5/69), final draft (12/9/69) and 24 miscellaneous notes and memos.
Box 7

Double Trouble

General note

First draft teleplay (7/10/69), final draft (7/22/69) and 37 miscellaneous notes and memos.
Box 7

Firehouse Five Plus Ghost

General note

First draft teleplay (9/22/69), final draft (9/24/69) and 30 miscellaneous notes and memos.
Box 7

Ghost of Christmas Past

General note

Final draft teleplay (11/7/69) and 28 miscellaneous notes and memos.
Box 7

Great Power Failure

General note

First draft teleplay (10/15/69), final draft (7/3/69) and 29 miscellaneous notes and memos.
Box 7

Host to the Ghost

General note

First draft teleplay (9/29/69), final draft (10/9/69) and 27 miscellaneous notes and memos.
Box 7

Ladies Man

General note

First draft teleplay (10/15/69), final draft, and 31 miscellaneous notes and memos.
Box 8

Madame Candidate

General note

First draft teleplay (7/24/69), final draft teleplay (8/14/69) and 20 miscellaneous notes and memos.
Box 8

Martha Meets the Captain

General note

First draft teleplay (12/16/69), first draft (12/22/69), final draft (12/23/69) and 31 miscellaneous notes and memos.
Box 8

Medium Well Done

General note

Final draft teleplay (8/20/69), first draft (8/8/69) and 28 miscellaneous notes and memos.
Box 8

No Hits, No Runs, No Oysters

General note

THESE FILES ARE UNAVAILABLE: First draft teleplay (11/24/69), final draft (11/28/69) and 26 miscellaneous notes and memos.
Box 8

Not So Desperate Hours

General note

First draft teleplay (8/19/69), final draft teleplay (8/28/69) and 34 miscellaneous notes and memos.
Box 8

Not So Faust

General note

First draft (10/28/69), final draft (10/31/69) and 26 miscellaneous notes and memos.
Box 8

Pardon My Ghost

General note

First draft teleplay (12/11/69), first draft (12/12/69), final draft (12/15/76) and 26 miscellaneous notes and memos.
Box 9

Puppy Love

General note

First draft teleplay (8/25/69), final draft (10/2/69) and 28 miscellaneous notes and memos.
Box 9

Spirit of Birthday: Present

General note

First draft teleplay (8/28/69), final draft (9/5/69) and 30 miscellaneous notes and memos.
Box 9

Spirit of the Law

General note

First draft telplay (9/12/69), final draft (9/19/69) and 25 miscellaneous notes and memos.
Box 9

There's a Seal in my Bathtub

General note

First draft teleplay (6/27/69), final draft (7/9/69) and 37 miscellaneous notes and memos.
Box 9

Today I Met a Ghost

General note

First draft teleplay (6/17/69), final draft (8/4/69), revised final (8/7/69) and 31 miscellaneous memos and notes.
Box 9

Tourist Go Home

General note

First draft teleplay (11/11/69), final draft (11/14/69) and 21 miscellaneous notes and memos.
Box 9

Wedding Day

General note

First draft teleplay (1/8/70), final draft (1/12/70) and 31 notes and memos.
Box 7

Who Was that Man I Almost Saw?

General note

Revised second draft teleplay (11/19/69), first draft (11/20/69), final draft (11/20/70) and 21 miscellaneous notes and forms.
 

Room 222

Scope and Content

The series represents Mintz' involvement on the production of the television series, Room 222 . Included are scripts and production material.
Box 3

Adam's Lib

General note

Story (6/9/70), final draft teleplay (6/16/70) and 52 miscellaneous internal notes, forms and memos.
Box 3

Captain of the Team

General note

Story outline, draft teleplay, second draft teleplay (5/14/70), final draft teleplay (5/21/70), revised final (8/18/70) and 43 miscellaneous internal notes, forms and memos.
Box 3

Cheating

General note

Outline (7/27/70), first draft teleplay (8/12/70), final draft teleplay (9/9/70) and 37 miscellaneous internal notes, forms and memos.
Box 3

Choose One: And They Lived Happily/Unhappily Everafter

General note

First draft teleplay (3/12/70), second draft teleplay (4/3/70), final draft teleplay (4/13/70) and 35 miscellaneous internal notes, forms and memos.
Box 3

Dreams of Glory

General note

Story outline (6/4/70), first draft teleplay (6/12/70), final draft teleplay (6/16/70) and 35 miscellaneous internal notes, forms and memos.
Box 4

Fuzz that Grooved (The)

General note

Story outline (4/28/70), first draft teleplay (5/21/70), final draft teleplay (6/17/70), revised final (9/1/70) and 44 miscellaneous internal notes forms and memos.
Box 4

Half Way

General note

Step outline (4/20/70), final draft teleplay (3/27/70), revised final (9/10/70) and 35 miscellaneous internal memos, notes and forms.
Box 4

Hip Hip Hooray

General note

Outline, first draft teleplay (11/20/70), final draft (11/27/70), revised final (9/10/70) and 41 miscellaneous internal notes, forms and memos.
Box 4

I Hate You, Silas Marner

General note

Outline, draft teleplay (3/11/70), final draft (1/11/71), final draft (1/12/71) final draft (1/12/71, brown cover), revised final (1/18/71) and 32 miscellaneous memos, notes and forms.
Box 4

If It's Not Here, Where is It?

General note

First draft teleplay (12/9/70), final draft (1/6/71) and 29 miscellaneous internal memos, forms and notes.
Box 4

Last Full Moon (The)

General note

First draft teleplay (7/22/70), draft teleplay (9/22/70), final draft (10/28/70), revised final (11/23/70) and 32 miscellaneous internal notes, forms and memos.
Box 1

Laughing Majority (The)

General note

Story outline (6/2/70), first draft teleplay (6/11/70), second draft (6/15/70), final draft (6/17/70), revised final (7/3/70) and 44 miscellaneous internal notes, forms and memos.
Box 1

Laura Fay, You're Okay

General note

Final draft teleplay (6/10/70), revised final (10/20/70), 2nd revised final (11/9/70) and 50 miscellaneous internal notes, forms and memos.
Box 1

Lincoln Story (The)

General note

Story outline (5/20/70), first draft teleplay (6/3/70), second draft (6/12/70), final draft (6/16/70) and 53 miscellaneous internal notes, forms and memos.
Box 1

Long Honeymoon (The)

General note

Outline, story outline (8/19/70), draft teleplay, final draft (10/7/70), revised final draft (10/13/70) and second final revised (10/30/70).
Box 2

Mel Wertz & the Nickel-Plated Toothpicks

General note

Outline, first draft teleplay (7/15/70), second draft (7/24/70), final draft (8/4/70), revised final (10/6/70) and 38 miscellaneous notes, forms and memos.
Box 2

Mr. Bomberg

General note

Story, 32 miscellaneous memos and notes, first draft teleplay (8/10/70), final draft (10/27/70) and revised final (11/16/70).
Box 2

Now About that Cherry Tree

General note

Outline (7/10/70), revised outline (7/29/70), draft teleplay (8/17/70), final draft (9/14/70) and 32 miscellaneous notes, forms and memos.
Box 2

Only a Rose

General note

Story outline, final draft teleplay (5/25/70) and 39 miscellaneous internal notes, forms and memos.
Box 2

Opportunity Room

General note

Outline of scenes, 2 undated draft teleplays, final draft (11/13/70) and 34 miscellaneous internal notes, forms and memos.
Box 2

Paul Revere Rides Again

General note

First draft teleplay (12/2/70), 2nd draft (12/11/70), final draft (12/15/70) and 36 miscellaneous notes, forms and memos.
Box 3

A Sort of Loving

General note

Story (8/20/70), first draft teleplay (10/16/70), second draft (11/18/70), draft teleplay (12/16/70), final draft (12/22/70), revised final (1/5/71) and 34 miscellaneous internal notes, memos and forms.
Box 5

Teacher's dropping Out

General note

Story outline, first draft teleplay (5/14/69), second draft (6/9/69) and final draft (6/11/69).
Box 6

Unproduced Episode Outlines

General note

THESE FILES ARE UNAVAILABLE Dixon's Army (2 outlines and misc. memos), First we'll eat, Then We'll Strike (Outline and 2 drafts), Naked Came We into the World (2 drafts), El Genio (2 outlines and draft) and Don't Get Weird (outline and draft).
Box 6

Unproduced Episode Outlines

General note

The Scratch (outline), Flu (3 drafts), Untitled (outline), One is a Crowd (Outline), Our Teacher is Obsolete (draft teleplay), Period of adjustment (draft teleplay) and Arizona State Loves You (draft teleplay).
Box 5

Valediction (The)

General note

Story outline (7/7/70), first draft teleplay (5/14/69), revised final (9/21/70) and 33 miscellaneous notes, forms and memos.
Box 5

What Would We Do Without Bobbie?

General note

Story outline, frst draft teleplay (3/20/70), second draft (4/15/70), final draft (4/17/70), revised final (6/4/70), 2nd revised final (8/6/70) and 41 miscellaneous internal notes, forms and memos.
Box 5

Write On, Brother

General note

First draft teleplay (6/9/70), final draft (6/10/70), final draft (6/11/70) and 32 miscellaneous memos, notes and forms.
Box 5

You Can Take a Boy

General note

Story outline (2 versions), updated draft teleplay, updated second draft, final draft (4/29/70), revised final (12/10/70) and 38 miscellaneous internal notes, forms and memos.