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Title: Norman Jolley papers (ARA)
Identifier/Call Number: PA Mss 173
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description:
12.34 Linear Feet;
(12 boxes:11 cartons, 1 document box)
Creator:
Jolley, Norman (1916-2002)
Date (inclusive): 1956-1980
Abstract: The Norman Jolley papers of the American Radio Archives consists of 12 boxes, ranging between 1956-1980, mostly of television
and movie scripts. Some of the most notable scripts are from shows like
The FBI,
Wagon Train,
Barnaby Jones,
Cimarron City and
Ironside. Accompanying these scripts are also research material and musical scores, the latter for which Jolley had written the lyrics.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library.
The Norman Jolley papers consists of 12.34 linear feet, or 12 boxes, of mostly televisions and movie scripts ranging between
1956-1980. There also includes general research material (newspaper clippings, correspondence, memoranda, notes) pertaining
to the scripts and musical scores.
The collection is open for research.
The scripts in this collection are arranged into four series by type.
Series 1: Televisions Scripts
Series 2: Movie Scripts
Series 3: Music
Series 4: General Research
Norman Jolley (1916-2002) began his career as an actor, with small roles in 1940s westerns. He also acted on
radio and later on television. Jolley played the evil Agent X in some episodes of the TV series
Space Patrol, but
when the producer asked him to contribute scripts, the character was retired and as the chief writer Jolley used
his engineering background to create credible storylines. Eventually he also wrote for other TV series and in
1956 he formed Bartlett-Jolley Productions with ex-actor Dick Bartlett (who directed the scripts Jolley would
write, with both men producing), which went on to produce eight pictures for Universal-International by 1958.
This collection forms part of the American Radio Archives (ARA), which documents the early history of broadcasting, with an
emphasis on California. The ARA was formerly housed at the Thousand Oaks Public Library and was owned and administered by
the Thousand Oaks Library Foundation. It was transferred to the UCSB Library in 2021.
[Identification of Item], Norman Jolley papers, PA Mss 173. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library,
University of California, Santa Barbara.
Forms part of the American Radio Archives (ARA).
Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through
the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to
the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator
and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department
of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of
California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is
not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.