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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Ken Englund papers
Creator:
Englund, Ken
Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0157
Physical Description:
12.5 Linear Feet
(25 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1933-1972
Abstract: Ken Englund was a magazine writer when he began writing sketches and special material for vaudeville, radio, stage and film.
The collection consists of script material for motion pictures, television, stage, and radio written by Englund and his collaborators.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift, 1971.
[Identification of item], Ken Englund Papers (Collection PASC 157). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9912179873606533
Englund was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 6, 1911. He began his career as a magazine writer and started writing material
for vaudeville routines, radio shows, stage musicals, and film. Film projects include
The Big Broadcast (1938),
No No Nanette (1940),
This Thing Called Love (1941), and
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947). Englund served as lead writer for Dr. Joyce Brothers' television series and contributed scripts to television programs
including
The Jackie Gleason Show,
My Three Sons,
That Girl, and
The Loretta Young Show. He also served as president of the Writers Guild of America, West. Englund died on March 3, 1993.
Collection consists of material related to the career of writer, Ken Englund. Primarily includes scripts for motion pictures
(produced and unproduced), television, stage, and radio containing the radio programs
The Armour Hour (1933-35),
Joe Penner (1937),
National Biscuit Show (1937), and
The Ken Murray Show (1937). Also includes personal papers and project files including treatments and story ideas written by Englund and his collaborators.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Radio writers -- United States -- Archives.
Screenwriters -- United States -- Archives.
Radio scripts
Television writers -- United States -- Archives.
Englund, Ken--Archives.