Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Finding Aid for the David Freedman Papers, 1930-1940
749
View entire collection guide
Search this collection
Table of contents
Title: David Freedman Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1930-1940
Collection number: 749
Creator: Freedman, David, 1898-1936
Extent:
9 boxes (4.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: David Freedman was the son of a Romanian political refugee, and grew up in a New York tenement. He wrote short stories and
later wrote material for comedians, plays, books of Broadway musicals, and wrote and produced several radio programs. His
published books include
Mendel Marantz (1925) and
The Intellectual Lover and Other Stories (1940). The collection contains scripts for radio programs.
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 David Freedman family, 1949.
[Identification of item], David Freedman Papers (Collection 749). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4233045
Freedman was the son of a Romanian political refugee, and grew up in a New York tenement; studied mathematics and music; wrote
short stories; later wrote material for comedians, plays, books of Broadway musicals, and wrote and produced several radio
programs; published books include
Mendel Marantz (1925) and
The Intellectual Lover and Other Stories (1940).
Collection contains scripts for radio programs in which Al Jolson, Bert Lahr, Fanny Brice, Eddie Cantor, Red Skelton, Tommy
Dorsey, and others starred. Also contains jokes by members of the Freedman family.
Arranged in the following series:
- Bert Lahr (Box 1).
- Joe Cook (Boxes 1-2).
- Ex Lax : the big show (Boxes 2-4).
- Fanny Brice (Boxes 4-5).
- Al Jolson (Box 5).
- Eddie Cantor (Boxes 6-7).
- Jokes by Ben, Noel, and Nancy Freedman (Boxes 7-8).
- Various (Box 9).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Freedman, David, 1898-1936--Archives.
Authors, American--20th century.
Radio writers--United States--Archival resources.
Radio scripts.