Earl Ebi papers (ARA), 1952-1972

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Summary

Creators:
Thousand Oaks Library Foundation and Ebi, Earl, 1903-1973
Abstract:
Earl Ebi (1903-1973) was a TV producer, director and actor. He is well known for his work with the Lux Video Theatre. His papers include 1 linear foot of matrerial from his life and career between 1952-1972.
Extent:
1 Linear Feet; (2 boxes: 1 document box, 1 flat box)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Earl Ebi papers, PA Mss 196. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The Earl Ebi papers consists of material pertaining to his career in televison including a plaque, book, three scrapbooks, six magazines, correspondence, one blueprint, scripts, photographs and a silver/nickel cigarette lighter all dated between 1952-1972.

Biographical / historical:

Earl Ebi was born in Hollister, California on June 25, 1903. He began his acting career at the Pasadena Playhouse then moved his career to motion pictures and network radio before World War II. He worked for NBC in Detroit and Chicago and returned to Los Angeles in 1941 where he joined the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency as a radio producer.

He served as producer on the Edgar Bergen - Charlie McCarthy and Lux Radio Theater shows and moved into television with Lux Video Theater and Kraft TV Theater. In 1965 he became a member of the Leo Burnett television production staff. He retired as a producer in 1969, but turned again to acting in films and television with roles in such motion pictures as "Vanished," "The Chicago Teddy Bears" and "Incident on a Dark Street," and in the Mission Impossible and Jimmy Stewart television series.

He was serving his second term as president of the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters when he died in Encino, California on January 24, 1973.

Custodial history:

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.

Arrangement:

The materials in this collection are arranged in seven series by type.

  • Correspondence
  • Blueprint
  • Scripts
  • Magazines
  • Personal papers
  • Photographs
  • Scrapbooks

Physical location:
Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Earl Ebi papers, PA Mss 196. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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