Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Norman Lessing papers
- Dates:
- 1943-1982
- Creators:
- Lessing, Norman
- Abstract:
- Norman Lessing's television career started in 1948. The collection primarily documents Lessing's television writing and includes television scripts, outlines, pilots, and story ideas. Additionally, there are motiom picture screenplays, radio scripts, and stage plays.
- Extent:
- 8.3 Linear Feet (20 boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Norman Lessing Papers (Collection PASC 145). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of materials related to television writer Norman Lessing. Included are scripts, outlines, and story ideas. Also includes motion picture screenplays, radio scripts, and stage plays.
- Biographical / historical:
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Norman Lessing started his career writing for radio. Eventually he became a writer for television and motion pictures, worked a story editor and producer, and was also a playwright. He began his prolific television writing career in New York City and went on to work on popular programs such as Bonanza , Hawaii Five-0 , The Shirley Temple Storybook , Streets of San Francisco, and Your Show of Shows , among many others. His play 36 , was performed Off Broadway and in regional theaters in the United States. In addition to his work as a writer, Lessing was also a lifelong chess master. He died in Santa Monica, CA on October 22, 2001.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Norman Lessing, 1993.
- Processing information:
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Processed by UCLA Library Performing Arts Special Collections staff, pre-1999.
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- Arrangement:
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The files are arranged alphabetically by project title.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Television writers -- Archives.
- Names:
- Lessing, Norman--Archives.
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-08-18 15:43:04 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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], Norman Lessing Papers (Collection PASC 145). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988