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  • Biographical / Historical
  • Scope and Contents
  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Rights Statement for Archival Description
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information

  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
    Title: Yale M. Udoff papers
    Creator: Udoff, Yale
    Identifier/Call Number: 2089
    Physical Description: 73.54 Linear Feet 63 boxes
    Date (inclusive): 1960s-1990s
    Abstract: This collection includes playbills, theatre set models, and scripts for television, film, and plays written by American screenwriter and playwright Yale M. Udoff (1935-2018).
    Language of Material: English.

    Biographical / Historical

    Yale M. Udoff (1935-2018) was an American screenwriter and playwright who worked for CBS and ABC. Udoff wrote the screenplay for "Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession" (1980), and the script for "Eve of Destruction" (1991). Among Udoff's plays are "The Little Gentleman", "Magritte Skies," and "A Gun Play."
    Udoff also wrote episodes for the following television programs: Against the Law (1990-1991), Iron Man: The Animated Series (1994-1996), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964-1968), Star Trek Voyager (1995-2001), Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996).

    Scope and Contents

    This collection includes playbills, theatre set models, and scripts for television, film, and plays written by American screenwriter and playwright Yale M. Udoff (1935-2018).

    Conditions Governing Access

    This collection is currently unavailable for access.

    Rights Statement for Archival Description

    Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

    Conditions Governing Use

    All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Yale M. Udoff, April 19, 1997.

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder no. or item name], Yale M. Udoff papers, Collection no. 2089, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

    Processing Information

    Collection is unprocessed.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Dramatists
    Plays (performing arts compositions)
    Playbills
    Screenwriters -- United States -- Archival resources
    Scripts
    Screenplays
    Television scripts
    Television writers -- United States -- Archival resources
    Udoff, Yale -- Archives