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Title: Larry Gelbart papers
Date (inclusive): 1940-
Collection number: PASC 22
Creator:
Gelbart, Larry.
Extent:
248 boxes
Abstract: Collection consists of material related to the career of writer and producer, Larry Gelbart. Includes scripts, treatments,
production material, scrapbooks, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and video and audio tapes. Contains material from
radio, television, theater, and motion picture productions such as City of angels (stage), The Bob Hope show (radio), A funny
thing happened on the way to the forum (stage), M*A*S*H (television), and Tootsie (motion picture).
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Language of the Material:
Materials are in English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library 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 UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. 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 Larry Gelbart, 1984, 1985, 1987.
[Identification of item], Larry Gelbart papers (Collection Number PASC 22). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
Larry Simon Gelbart was born in Chicago, IL, Feb. 25, 1923-28 (sources vary); at age 16
he began comedy writing for radio's Maxwell House Coffee Times; from 1946-52, he
continued writing for a variety of radio series such as "Duffy's Tavern" (1946), "Command
Performance" (1946-47), and "The Bob Hope Show" (1949-52); started writing for television
in 1950 and worked on shows including "The Red Buttons Show" and "Caesar's Television
Comedy Hour"; started his career playwr iting in the early 1960s with the theatrical
comedy, "The Conquering Hero" (1960); helped develop the television series "M*A*S*H" in
1972 and continued to work on the show until 1976 when he left to pursue other projects;
the winner of many awards and honors, Gelbart has authored or co-authored numerous
projects including the plays, "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum" (1963),
"Mastergate" (1989), "And City Of Angels" (1989), and the screenplays "Oh, God!" (1977)
and "Tootsie" (1984).
Collection consists of material related to the career of writer and producer, Larry
Gelbart. Includes scripts, treatments, production material, scrapbooks, clippings,
correspondence, photographs, and video and audio tapes. Contains material from radio,
television, theater, and motion picture productionssuch as "City Of Angels" (Stage), "The
Bob Hope Show" (Radio), "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum" (stage),
"M*A*S*H" (television), and "Tootsie" (motion picture).
Arranged in the following series:
- Projects
- Correspondence
- Video and Audio Tapes
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Gelbart, Larry --Archives.
MASH (Television program)
Television writers --Archival resources.
Television producers and directors --Archival resources.
Screenwriters --Archival resources.
Radio writers --Archival resources.
Dramatists --Archival resources.
scripts (documents)
Television plays.
Gene Reynolds Collection of Television Scripts and Production Material (Collection PASC 84). Available at UCLA Library Special
Collections.
Burt Metcalfe Collection of M*A*S*H Television Series Scripts (Collection PASC 17). Available at UCLA Library Special Collections.