Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Finding Aid for the Peter Stone Papers, ca. 1960-1967
976
View entire collection guide
Search this collection
Table of contents
Title: Peter Stone Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1960-1967
Collection number: 976
Creator:
Stone, Peter, 1930-
Extent: 7 boxes (3.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Peter Stone (1930- ) was a writer for the stage and screen in the 1960s. He wrote various musicals on Broadway, including
Kean (1961),
Skyscraper (1965), and
Two by two (1970). His film scripts include
Charade (1963),
Father Goose (1964),
Mirage (1965),
Sweet Charity (1969), and
Someone is killing the great chefs of Europe (1978). The collection consists of manuscript and typescript screenplays by Stone. There are also related materials such
as programs, playbills, photographs, reviews, and ephemera.
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.
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: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Peter Stone, 1967-68.
[Identification of item], Peter Stone Papers (Collection 976). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
3222338
Stone was born in Los Angeles, California, on February 27, 1930; attended Bard College and Yale University; established himself
as a writer for the stage and screen in the 1960s; wrote various musicals on Broadway, including
Kean (1961),
Skyscraper (1965),
1776 (1969), and
Two by two (1970); his film scripts include
Charade (1963),
Father Goose (1964),
Mirage (1965),
Arabesque (1966),
Sweet Charity (1969),
1776 (1972), and
Someone is killing the great chefs of Europe (1978); shared an Academy Award for the screenplay of
Father Goose in 1964; occasionally used the pseudonym Pierre Marton.
Collection consists of manuscript and typescript screenplays by Stone. Includes various drafts, typescripts showing additions
and corrections, and rehearsal scripts. Also includes related materials such as programs, playbills, photographs, reviews,
and ephemera.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Stone, Peter, 1930- --Archives.
Screenwriters--United States--Archival resources.
Dramatists--United States--Archival resources.
Screenplays.