Finding Aid for the Burt Metcalfe Collection of M*A*S*H Scripts PASC.0017
Finding aid prepared by Jasmine Larkin, 2020.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Online finding aid last updated 2020 December 7.
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Burt Metcalfe collection of
M*A*S*H scripts
Creator:
Metcalfe, Burt
source:
Metcalfe, Burt
Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0017
Physical Description:
32.0 Linear Feet
(77 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1972-1982
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.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Burt Metcalfe, 1985.
M*A*S*H, based on Robert Altman's 1970 film (which in turn was based on Richard Hooker's novel), premiered Sept. 17, 1972;
it was set at the 4077th M*A*S*H (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) Unit located a few miles from the front line in wartime Korea;
it did not receive high ratings in the first season's Sunday time slot but was moved to Saturday night in the second season
(1973-74) where it zoomed to fourth place and remained a top ten show for all but one of the next nine seasons; in it's eleven
seasons and 251 episodes, the series depicted the horror and futility of war; Larry Gelbart and Gene Reynolds produced the
show during its first few seasons (1972-76), Burt Metcalfe produced the show during the latter seasons; regular cast members
included Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit, Larry Linville, Gary Burghoff, William Christopher, Jamie
Farr, Harry Morgan, David Ogden Stiers, and Mike Farrell; the series ended in 1983 while it was still popular.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
2221450
[Identification of item], Burt Metcalfe collection of M*A*S*H television series scripts (Collection 17). UCLA Library Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Collection consists of script materials related to the television series M*A*S*H. Includes outlines, story lines and various
draft versions of scripts.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Metcalfe, Burt