Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Allan Manings papers
- Dates:
- 1962-1987
- Creators:
- Manings, Allan
- Abstract:
- Allan Manings was a television comedy writer and producer who created the situation comedy One Day at a Time with his late wife, actress Whitney Blake. The collection consists of script materials related to Manings' career. Notably absent from the collection are materials related to One Day at a Time.
- Extent:
- 4.2 Linear Feet (10 boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Allan Manings Papers (Collection PASC 138). 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 comedy writer and producer Allan Manings. Included are script materials for Amanda's and Bustin Loose, among others. Notably absent from the collections are materials related to the television series One Day at a Time.
- Biographical / historical:
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Allan Manings was born in Newark on March 28, 1924, and grew up on Staten Island. He served in the Pacific during World War II and was in the first group of men to enroll at Sarah Lawrence College, in 1946, as part of the G.I. Bill. During the McCarthy era, Manings moved to Canada until the early 1960s. He wrote scripts for shows like Leave It to Beaver and Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In; he won an Emmy for his work on Laugh-In. Manings and his wife, the actress Whitney Blake developed the television series One Day at a Time for Norman Lear's production company. He was a former board member and vice president of the Writers Guild of America West. Allan Manings died on May 12 in Los Angeles, CA.
- Processing information:
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Processed by UCLA Arts Library Performing Arts Special Collections staff, pre-1999.
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- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged alphabetically by program titles.
- 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
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-09-07 13:01:29 -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], Allan Manings Papers (Collection PASC 138). 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