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Frank La Tourette papers, 1930s-1980s, bulk dates ca. 1960s-1970s
1927
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Title: Frank La Tourette papers
Collection number: 1927
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.5 linear ft.
(3 boxes)
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1960-1979
Date (inclusive): 1930s-1980s, (bulk 1960s-1970s)
Abstract: Frank D. La Tourette was a television writer, producer, director, and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles
whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1980s. The collection consists of printed materials such as clippings and publications,
correspondence, and writings by La Tourette.
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:
La Tourette, Frank
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.
[Identification of item], Frank La Tourette papers (Collection 1927). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
6982538
Frank D. La Tourette was born in 1914. He studied philosophy and language at St. Thomas Seminary in Denver, Colorado, and
received an A.B. in 1936; he then attended Gregorian University in Rome, Italy for two years, where he studied theology and
languages. After changing career paths, he returned to Denver focusing on journalism at Register College of Journalism where
he received a B. Jour. and M. Litt. in 1941. He started his journalism career as a reporter and columnist for the National
Register System of Newspaper and then relocated to San Francisco to work as a reporter for the International News Service.
In 1944 he became managing director of ABC News, West Coast Division and for the next 22 years he served in various roles
as a writer, director, producer and consultant for television studios ABC, NBC, CBS, and 20th Century Fox Television. He was
associated with television programs such as the first transcontinental telecast of the
Medic,
Land of the Giants, President Nixon's return to private life in San Clemente, and segments for network news broadcasts among other credits.
He was the recipient of two major awards, the Sylvania Award for Creative Technique in Television in 1954 and an Emmy Award
in 1967 for the documentary
Vietnam: The Village War. In 1966 he became a member of the University of California, Los Angeles faculty, teaching courses in broadcast news and
documentary, television production, and motion picture and television writing. He also served as vice chair of the Motion
Picture/Television Division. Frank La Tourette died in March of 1985 in Los Angeles, California.
The collection consists of material related to the career of Frank D. La Tourette, who was a television writer, director,
producer, UCLA professor and journalist. Included in the collection are printed materials such as clippings and publications,
correspondence, and writings by La Tourette. The bulk of the printed material contains clippings about television technology.
Correspondence is a mixture of business and/or personal letters and notes, some of which is related to his work at the University
of California, Los Angeles in the Department of Theater Arts. Writings by La Tourette include published newspaper articles
written by La Tourette for a Catholic publication titled
The Register and a small number of typed manuscripts. Additionally there are a number of items that represent his association working
in television.
Arranged in the following series:
- Series 1. Biographical and Personal>
- Series 2. Writings by La Tourette
- Series 3. Correspondence
- Series 4. Television Projects
- Series 5. Printed Material
- Series 6. Photographs
- Series 7. Unidentified Projects
Subjects and Indexing Terms
La Tourette, Frank
University of California, Los Angeles. Dept. of Theater Arts -- Faculty -- Archival Resources.
Broadcast journalism -- Archival resources.
Television broadcasting.--Archival resources.