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Preferred Citation
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Processing Note
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography/History
Scope and Content
Related Material
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Carol Burnett papers
Creator:
Burnett, Carol
Creator:
Burnett, Carol--Archives.
Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0066
Physical Description:
32.0 Linear Feet
(64 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1961-1994
Abstract: The Carol Burnett papers contains press clippings, photographs, scripts, musical arrangements, personal and business correspondence,
sound recorded albums, artwork, awards and scrapbooks.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Carol Burnett papers (Collection PASC 66). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Carol Burnett, 1985.
Processing Note
Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user
interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides
a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive
processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
Processed by Maya Montanez Smukler with assistance from Julie Graham in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT),
December 2009.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography/History
Carol Burnett was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1933 and moved to Los Angeles when she was a child. She attended UCLA as an
undergraduate (1951-1954), first as a journalism major before discovering the musical theater department where she excelled.
During the 1950s, Burnett was a frequent guest on television variety programs such as The Dinah Shore Show, The Ed Sullivan
Show and The Jack Paar Tonight Show. She became a regular cast member on The Gary Moore Show (1959-1962) where she won her
first Emmy. Burnett appeared in several television specials in the 1960s such as Calamity Jane (1963), Carol and Company (1963,
1966) and Julie [Andrews] and Carol at Carnegie Hall (1963), before launching her own weekly variety program The Carol Burnett
Show (1966-1978). Her other television projects include Friendly Fire (1979), The Tenth Month (1979) and guest appearances
on programs such as All My Children (1983-1995), Mad About You (1986-1999) and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (2009).
Known for her work in television, Burnett has also appeared in stage and film productions. She made her Broadway debut in
the musical Once Upon a Mattress (1959) and has starred in numerous stage performances such as Fade Out, Fade In (1964), I
Do! I Do! (1973), Same Time, Next Year (1977, 1980) and Moon Over Buffalo (1995). Her film projects include Pete 'n' Tillie
(1972), A Wedding (1978), The Four Seasons (1980) and Annie (1982).
Carol Burnett has been honored throughout her career. She is the recipient of several awards and tributes including a Peabody
Award (1963), numerous Emmy, Golden Globe and People's Choice awards and was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in
1985.
Scope and Content
Arranged in the following series: Series 1. Motion Picture Projects; Series 2. Stage and Live Performance Projects; Series
3. Television Projects; Series 4. Artwork; Series 5. Awards and Certificates; Series 6. Photographs; Series 7. Press Clippings;
Series 8. Scrapbooks.
This collection consists of press clippings, photographs, scripts, musical arrangements, personal and business correspondence,
sound recorded albums, artwork, awards and scrapbooks.
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1. Motion Picture Projects, 1963-1982. 5 manuscript boxes; 1 flat box
- Series 2. Stage and Live Performance Projects, 1952-1999. 17 manuscript boxes; 3 flat boxes
- Series 3. Television Projects, 1956-2005. 34 manuscript boxes; 56 flat boxes
- Series 4. Artwork (box 6), 1964-2003. 2 flat boxes
- Series 5. Awards and Certificates, 1963-2002. 1 manuscript box; 3 legal boxes; 1 flat box
- Series 6. Photographs, 1940s-2003. 9 manuscript boxes; 3 flat boxes
- Series 7. Press Clippings, 1955-2000s. 11 manuscript boxes
- Series 8. Scrapbooks, 1956-1991. 1 manuscript box; 8 flat boxes
- Series 9. The Carol Burnett Show (Music). unknown
- Series 10. Sound Recordings, 1967-1972. 1 legal box
- Series 11. Correspondence/Biographic Material, 1947-1978. 9 manuscript boxes
- Series 12. Writings, 1975-2003. 1 manuscript box; 1 flat box
- Series 13. Music, 1958, 1965, undated. 1 flat box
Related Material
Arnold Rosen Collection of Carol Burnett Show Script Materials (Collection PASC 67). Available at UCLA Library Special Collections,
UCLA.
Carol Burnett memorabilia collection (Collection PASC 224-M). Available at UCLA Library Special Collections, UCLA.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Actresses -- United States -- Archives.