Finding Aid for the Gene Stone papers, 1947-1989
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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.
Box 4, Folder 1
Files from FBI - 1940s-1960s (folder 1 of 6)
Box 4, Folder 2
Files from FBI - 1940s-1960s (folder 2 of 6)
Box 4, Folder 3
Files from FBI - 1940s-1960s (folder 3 of 6)
Box 4, Folder 4
Files from FBI - 1940s-1960s (folder 4 of 6)
Box 4, Folder 5
Files from FBI - 1940s-1960s (folder 5 of 6)
Box 4, Folder 6
Files from FBI - 1940s-1960s (folder 6 of 6)
Box 2, Folder 1
All I Asked For was a Quarter - A Comedy in Three Acts by Gene Stone
no date
Box 3, Folder 4
Closet Full of High Heel Shoes (A) - A Comedy in Four Acts by Stephen Goldman and
Robert Stenton
no date
Box 3, Folder 9
Coffee Stop - Three One-Act Plays by Gene Stone
no date
Box 3, Folder 6
Darling, I am Growing old - by Gene Stone
no date
Box 3, Folder 5
Exec Club (The) - A Play in Two Acts by Gene Stone
no date
Box 3, Folder 3
Family Hour (The) - A Play by Gene Stone
no date
Box 2, Folder 2
Feminine [Fodder] (The) - script material
no date
Box 3, Folder 10
Good People (The) - A Play in Three Acts by Gene Stone and Jack Robinson
no date
Box 1
Great Gildersleeve (The)
1947 November 5
Note
Part of bound volume: The Great Gildersleeve Sept. 10- Dec. 4 1947
Box 1, Folder 2
Great Gildersleeve (The)
1948 September 22
Box 1
Great Gildersleeve (The)
1948 January 7
Note
#276, part of bound volume: The Great Gildersleeve Jan. 7- May 26 1948
Box 1
Great Gildersleeve (The)
1948 May 26
Note
#296, part of bound volume: The Great Gildersleeve Jan. 7- May 26 1948
Box 1
Great Gildersleeve (The)
1948 May 12
Note
#292, part of bound volume: The Great Gildersleeve Jan. 7- May 26 1948
Box 1
Great Gildersleeve (The)
1948 April 28
Note
#292, part of bound volume: The Great Gildersleeve Jan. 7- May 26 1948
Box 1, Folder 3
Great Gildersleeve (The)
1949 April 20
Box 1
Great Gildersleeve (The)
1948 April 14
Note
#290, part of bound volume: The Great Gildersleeve Jan. 7- May 26 1948
Box 1
Great Gildersleeve (The)
1948 March 31
Note
#288, part of bound volume: The Great Gildersleeve Jan. 7- May 26 1948
Box 1
Great Gildersleeve (The)
1947 September 10
Note
Part of bound volume: The Great Gildersleeve Sept. 10- Dec. 4 1947
Box 1
Great Gildersleeve (The)
1947 October 22
Note
#265, part of bound volume: The Great Gildersleeve Sept. 10- Dec. 4 1947
Box 1, Folder 1
Great Gildersleeve (The)
1948 September 8
Box 1
Great Gildersleeve (The)
1947 October 8
Note
#263, part of bound volume: The Great Gildersleeve Sept. 10- Dec. 4 1947
Box 1, Folder 3
Great Gildersleeve (The)
1947 November 5
Box 1
Great Gildersleeve (The)
1947 September 24
Note
#261, part of bound volume: The Great Gildersleeve Sept. 10- Dec. 4 1947
Box 1
Great Gildersleeve (The)
1947 November 19
Note
#269, part of bound volume: The Great Gildersleeve Sept. 10- Dec. 4 1947
Box 1
Great Gildersleeve (The)
1947 December 10
Note
#273, part of bound volume: The Great Gildersleeve Sept. 10- Dec. 4 1947
Box 1
Great Gildersleeve (The)
1948 March 3
Note
#284, part of bound volume: The Great Gildersleeve Jan. 7- May 26 1948
Box 1
Great Gildersleeve (The)
1948 January 21
Note
#278, part of bound volume: The Great Gildersleeve Jan. 7- May 26 1948
Box 1
Great Gildersleeve (The)
1948 March 17
Note
#286, part of bound volume: The Great Gildersleeve Jan. 7- May 26 1948
Box 1
Great Gildersleeve (The)
1948 February 4
Note
#280, part of bound volume: The Great Gildersleeve Jan. 7- May 26 1948
Box 1
Great Gildersleeve (The)
1948 February 18
Note
#282, part of bound volume: The Great Gildersleeve Jan. 7- May 26 1948
Box 3, Folder 7
If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich? - A Comedy in Three Acts by Gene
Stone
no date
Box 2, Folder 3
I'll Only Stay a Minute - A Comedy in Two Acts by Gene Stone and Ray Cooney
no date
Box 3, Folder 2
Just One Big Happy Family - A Comedy in Two Acts by Gene Stone
no date
Box 4, Folder 7
Lowered Expectations - A Comedy in Two Acts by Gene Stone
no date
Box 4, Folder 8
Lowered Expectations annotated copy
1980 April 8
Box 2, Folder 4
McNeely Plan (The) - A Play in Three Acts by Gene Stone
no date
Box 2, Folder 8
Meanwhile, Back at Rancho Vista - A Topical Western by Gene Stone (folder 1 of
3)
no date
Box 2, Folder 9
Meanwhile, Back at Rancho Vista - A Topical Western by Gene Stone (folder 2 of
3)
1989
Box 2, Folder 10
Meanwhile, Back at Rancho Vista - A Topical Western by Gene Stone (folder 3 of
3)
no date
Box 3, Folder 1
Middle-Aged Robin (The) - A Play in Two Acts by Gene Stone
no date
Box 2, Folder 11
Pomeroy Plan (The) - A Comedy by Gene Stone
no date
Box 3, Folder 8
Small Adventure - A Comedy in Three Acts by Gene Stone
no date
Box 2, Folder 5
Sociable Evening (A) - Script Material
no date
Box 2, Folder 6
Sociable Evening, (A) - A Play in One Act by Gene Stone
no date
Box 2, Folder 7
This One Will Kill You - A Play in Three Acts by Gene Stone and Jack Robinson
no date
Box 4, Folder 9
Who Wants to Get Rich? - A Comedy in Two Acts by Gene Stone
no date
Box 1, Folder 4
Why Not Stay for Breakfast? - articles and letters