Finding Aid for the John Dunkel Radio Scripts, 1954-1958
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Descriptive Summary
Title: John Dunkel Radio Scripts
Date (inclusive): 1954-1958
Collection number: 191
Creator: Dunkel, John.
Extent: 4 boxes (1.7 linear ft.)
Abstract: John Dunkel wrote for radio and television. The collections includes radio scripts related to his career.
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: Advance notice required for access.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Scripts may not be photocopied without permission from copyright holder.
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 of John Dunkel, 1979.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], John Dunkel Radio Scripts (Collection 191). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
Biography
John Dunkel was born in Springfield, OH, ca. 1915. He attended Wittenberg College. He began his career in the early 1930s
reading plays for the Pasadena Playhouse. He went on to become a head writer for CBS Radio in Hollywood, CA. In the 1950s
he became a prolific television writer working on a number of popular television westerns including, The Virginian, Wagon
Train, Gunsmoke, and Rawhide, among others. He died February 22, 2001 in North Hollywood, CA of natural causes.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of radio scripts related to the career of writer John Dunkel. Includes scripts from
Escape, Fort Laramie (1956),
Gunsmoke (1956-59),
Hallmark hall of fame, Have gun will travel (1958),
Romance (1954-55), and
Suspense. Also includes spots from
I was there (1941-44).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Dunkel, John--Archives.
Radio writers--Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Radio scripts.
Box 1
Boiling Sea (The) by Vincent Mchugh; adapted by John Junkel.
Box 1
Captain's Widow (The) by John Dunkel - #6(2/26/56.
Physical Description: (3 copies)
Box 1
Coward (The) - #10 by John Dunkel (03/25/56)
Physical Description: 19p. (3 copies)
Box 1
Squaw Man - #3 by John Dunkel (2/5/56)
Physical Description: (3 copies)
Box 1
Winter Soldier by John Dunkel - #21 with writers contract and studio(6/17/56)
Physical Description: (19p.) (3 copies)
Box 1
Alarm at Pleasant Valley - #63 (9/10/55)
Physical Description: 21p.
Box 1
Doc's Revenge - #81
Physical Description: (15p.)
Box 1
Gambler (The) by John Dunkel. (n. d.)
Physical Description: (2 copies)
Box 1
Incident at Indian Ford by John Dunkel (first draft plus story outline) 1/27/59
Box 1
Indian Scout by John Dunkel.
Physical Description: (19p.)
Box 1
Hunter (The) (3/4/56)
Physical Description: (2 copies) #89.
Box 1
Partners (The) - #156 by John Dunkel (with ideas for episode)
Physical Description: (16p.) (2 copies)
Box 1
Squaw (The)- &157 by John Dunkel (with list of ideas for episode)(5/3/58)
Physical Description: (16p.) (2 copies)
Box 1
Trapper's Revenge - #206 by John Dunkel. (4/5/59)
Physical Description: (4 copies)
Box 1
Wolfer (The) by John Dunkel. (n. d.)
Physical Description: (3 copies)
Box 1
Jules Verne, and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by John Dunkel (n. d.)
Physical Description: (21p.)
Box 1
Matter of Ethics (A) by Sam Rolfe; adapted by John Dunkel. (11/12/58)
Physical Description: (17p.) (2 copies)
Box 1
No Visitors - #6 by Don Brinkley (12/28/58)
Physical Description: (18p.) (3 copies)
Box 1
Three Bells to Perdido - #1 adapted by John Dunkel (11/23/58).
Physical Description: (18p.) (3 copies) plus synopsis.
I Was There. John Dunkel. CBS. (radio)
Box 2
Sea Island Sugar. Vols. I & II
Box 3
Sea Island Sugar. Vols. III-VI
Box 4
Sea Island Sugar. Vol. VI - Vol. VIII.
Box 1
Coffee and Cakes - #48 (4/13/55) by John Dunkel.
Physical Description: (19p.)
Box 1
Down East - #20 (10/2/54) by John Dunkel.
Physical Description: (18p.) (2 copies)
Box 1
Hired Man (The) by John Dunkel. #27. (11/20/54)
Physical Description: (19p.)
Box 1
Ski Resort - #37 by John Dunkel (2/29/55)
Physical Description: (2 copies) (19p.)
Box 1
Third Swan from the Left (The) - #30 (12/11/54) by John Dunkel.
Physical Description: (19p.) (2 copies)
Box 1
Diagnosis of Death - #29 (2/10/55) by John Dunkel
Physical Description: (21p.)
Box 1
Premonition - #22 (12/23/54) by John Dunkel
Physical Description: (20p.) (2 copies)