Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Hinkley, Don
- Abstract:
- Don Hinkley was an American television writer. The collection documents a brief portion of Hinkley's career.
- Extent:
- 0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Don Hinkley (Collection 2148). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of documents related to the career of television writer Don Hinkley. Inlcuded are a small number of agreements, script materials, and income information. Absent from the collection are materials from The Muppet Show.
- Biographical / historical:
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There is very little biographical information available about television writer, Don Hinkley. Hinkley was born Richmond, California, ca. 1922. He started his television career writing for Steve Allen variety ns2:shows in New York. He moved on to write one season of The Bob Newhart Show, the 1961 variety series, followed by four years with the The Andy Williams Show. He wrote for the The Carol Burnett Show and The Flip Wilson Show. Hinkley joined The Muppet Show at the beginning of its second season and stayed through the fifth season. He died ca. February 1981.1922-1981 Hinkley was a television writer and producer. His credits include: The Carol Burnet Show, Flip, I'm Dickens, He's Fenster, The Muppet Show, and the Steve Allen Plymouth Show. http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Don_Hinkley
- 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.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Television writers--Archival resources.
- Names:
- Hinkley, Don--Archives.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Don Hinkley (Collection 2148). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988