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Finding Aid for the Elwood Ullman papers, ca. 1937-ca. 1964
PASC 159
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Title: Elwood Ullman papers
Collection number: PASC 159
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
17.0 linear ft.
(41 boxes)
Date (inclusive): ca. 1937-ca. 1964
Abstract: Elwood Ullman was a screenwriter best known for his work on The Three Stooges comedy features. The collection consists of
various drafts of motion picture, television, and radio scripts, story ideas and outlines, treatments, publicity, and correspondence.
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.
Creator:
Ullman, Elwood
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 the Writers Guild Foundation Library, 1985.
[Identification of item], Elwood Ullman Papers (Collection PASC 159). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4233900
Elwood Ullman was born in Memphis, Tennessee ca. 1903. After graduating from the University of Washington, Ullman worked as
a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In the late 1920s, he moved to Hollywood, CA to start a screen writing career
working for both Columbia and RKO studios. His writing credits include drama and comedy, but he is best known for the more
than 190
Three Stooges comedy features he wrote. In addition to his screenwriting, Ullman wrote short stories and articles for such publications
as the
Saturday Evening Post and
Esquire. Ullman died October 11, 1985 in Los Angeles, CA.
The collection consists of drafts of motion picture, television, and radio scripts, story ideas and outlines, treatments,
publicity, and correspondence related to the career of screenwriter Elwood Ullman. Includes materials for motion pictures
such as
The Three Stooges,
The Bowery Boys, and
Ma and Pa Kettle and television series such as
All star comedy,
Any Clyde comedy,
Hugh Hubert comedy, and
Stooge comedy.
Arranged in the following series:
- Original Stories, Treatments, Concepts and Unpublished Material
- Business Correspondence and Personal Letters
- Novel Project
- Radio Projects
- Motion Picture Projects
- Television Projects
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ullman, Elwood--Archives.
Radio writers--Archival resources.
Screenwriters--Archival resources.