Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Gene Stone papers,
Date (inclusive): 1947-1989
Collection number: 252
Creator: Stone, Gene
Extent: 4 boxes (2.0 linear ft.)
Abstract: Gene Stone was a writer for radio, television and theatre. The collection contains scipts and ephemera related to his career.
Language: Finding aid is written in English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Performing Arts Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Performing
Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Performing Arts 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, 1997.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Gene Stone papers (Collection 252). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
Biography
Eugene Robert Stone was born October 14, 1905 in Quincy, IL and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in
1933. In the 1930s, he was supervisor for the W.P.A. Federal Theater Project of LA. His credits include the musical
Two-A-Day, radio programs such as
The Great Gildersleeve, and television shows including
General Electric Theater. Stone served in the Army during World War II and was awarded the Bronze star. In the 1950s, he was subpoenaed by the House
Unamerican Activities Committee and blacklisted as a Hollywood writer (1952). He resumed his writing career in the 1970s with
the play
Why Not Stay for Breakfast and the book
Darling I Am Growing Old. Gene Stone passed away on April 26, 1997 in Santa Monica, California.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of scripts and ephemera related to the career of writer Gene Stone. Includes projects such as radio scripts
for
The Great Gildersleeve and various plays. Also includes redacted photocopies of FBI files concerning Stone (1940s-1960s).
Organization and Arrangement
There is no specific arrangement to the collection; photocopies of FBI files concerning Stone are listed first. All other
files are arranged alpabetically by title.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Stone, Gene -- Archives.
Radio writers -- Archival resources.
Dramatists -- Archival resources.