Finding Aid for the Elwood Ullman papers, ca. 1937-ca. 1964
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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.
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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- Original Stories, Treatments, Concepts and Unpublished Material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.
Original Stories, Treatments, Concepts and Unpublished Material.
Boxes 20 - 41
Elwood Ullman original stories, treatments, plot concepts, outlines, unpublished material, and newspaper clippings.
Business Correspondence and Personal Letters.
Box 10, Folder 2
Box 10, Folder 7
PHOTOGRPAH (snapshot) of Ullman, 1985.
Novel Project.
Box 10, Folder 6
Radio Projects.
Box 19, Folder 12
Box 19, Folder 10
Box 19, Folder 9
Box 19, Folder 4
Box 19, Folder 11
Box 19, Folder 1
Box 19, Folder 2
Box 19, Folder 6
Box 19, Folder 3
Box 19, Folder 7
Box 10, Folder 1
Motion Picture Projects.
Box 6, Folder 5
Box 4, Folder 3
Box 4, Folder 2
Box 3, Folder 6
Box 9, Folder 2
Box 9, Folder 4
Box 3, Folder 7
Box 9, Folder 8
Box 5, Folder 6
Box 5, Folder 7
Box 9, Folder 3
Box 9, Folder 7
Box 3, Folder 4
Box 3, Folder 5
Box 6, Folder 2
Box 9, Folder 6
Box 9, Folder 9
Box 9, Folder 1
Box 11, Folder 3
Box 1, Folder 8
Box 8, Folder 4
Box 1, Folder 4
Box 6, Folder 7
Box 11, Folder 1
Box 2, Folder 5
Box 2, Folder 4
Box 2, Folder 2
Box 4, Folder 6
Box 6, Folder 3
Box 5, Folder 5
Box 8, Folder 2
Box 11, Folder 6
Box 7, Folder 1
Box 5, Folder 8
Box 3, Folder 8
Box 4, Folder 4
Box 1, Folder 7
Box 6, Folder 8
Box 5, Folder 4
Box 2, Folder 1
Box 7, Folder 3
Box 6, Folder 1
Box 12, Folder 8
Box 7, Folder 2
Box 6, Folder 6
Box 7, Folder 4
Box 6, Folder 4
Box 8, Folder 1
Box 10, Folder 3
Box 1, Folder 6
Box 8, Folder 5
Box 1, Folder 5
Box 1, Folder 2
Box 1, Folder 1
Box 3, Folder 3
Box 1, Folder 3
Box 5, Folder 2
Box 5, Folder 3
Box 5, Folder 1
Box 4, Folder 1
Box 3, Folder 2
Box 4, Folder 7
Box 4, Folder 8
Box 3, Folder 1
Television Projects.
Box 12, Folder 7
Box 12, Folder 1
Box 17, Folder 23
Box 13, Folder 5
Box 13, Folder 12
Box 13, Folder 8
Box 17, Folder 22
Box 14, Folder 7
Box 15, Folder 9
Box 15, Folder 4
Box 18, Folder 2
Box 18, Folder 5
Box 13, Folder 1
Box 13, Folder 10
Box 17, Folder 13
Box 13, Folder 2
Box 12, Folder 10
Box 15, Folder 11
Box 15, Folder 13
Box 13, Folder 7
Box 18, Folder 6
Box 15, Folder 3
Box 15, Folder 6
Box 12, Folder 9
Box 11, Folder 10
Box 15, Folder 5
Box 18, Folder 9
Box 18, Folder 14
Box 13, Folder 11
Box 14, Folder 8
Box 12, Folder 3
Box 12, Folder 2
Box 13, Folder 4
Box 18, Folder 10
Box 17, Folder 20
Box 18, Folder 12
Box 14, Folder 4
Box 15, Folder 7
Box 12, Folder 5
Box 18, Folder 11
Box 17, Folder 19
Box 12, Folder 6
Box 13, Folder 3
Box 17, Folder 11
Box 15, Folder 12
Box 15, Folder 15
Box 17, Folder 10
Box 15, Folder 10
Box 18, Folder 3
Box 17, Folder 9
Box 13, Folder 14
Box 13, Folder 6
Box 13, Folder 13
Box 12, Folder 13
Box 18, Folder 1
Box 2, Folder 3
Box 12, Folder 11
Box 14, Folder 6
Box 13, Folder 16
Box 11, Folder 9
Box 14, Folder 3
Box 18, Folder 13
Box 7, Folder 8
Box 15, Folder 2
Box 17, Folder 15
Box 17, Folder 14
Box 11, Folder 8
Box 17, Folder 18
Box 17, Folder 17
Box 17, Folder 1
Box 17, Folder 2
Box 17, Folder 3
Box 17, Folder 4
Box 17, Folder 5
Box 17, Folder 6
Box 17, Folder 7
Box 17, Folder 16
Box 17, Folder 8
Box 16, Folder 2
Box 16, Folder 5
Box 16, Folder 6
Box 13, Folder 17
Box 16, Folder 7
Box 16, Folder 8
Box 16, Folder 9
Box 13, Folder 15
Box 16, Folder 10
Box 16, Folder 12
Box 16, Folder 11
Box 16, Folder 13
Box 16, Folder 14
Box 16, Folder 16
Box 11, Folder 7
Box 17, Folder 21
Box 16, Folder 3
Box 14, Folder 2
Box 16, Folder 1
Box 14, Folder 1
Box 18, Folder 8
Box 16, Folder 4
Box 12, Folder 4
Box 18, Folder 4
Box 15, Folder 8
Box 3, Folder 3
Box 16, Folder 18
Box 16, Folder 19
Box 16, Folder 17
Box 15, Folder 1