Ruggles (Wesley) papers, ca. 1940s-ca. 1960s

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Summary

Title:
Wesley Ruggles papers
Dates:
ca. 1940s-ca. 1960s
Creators:
Ruggles, Wesley
Abstract:
Wesley Ruggles, brother of Charles Ruggles, started his film career as a Keystone Cop and supporting comedy player ca. 1914. The collection consists treatments for television and film projects, synopses, and scripts and correspondence.
Extent:
0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Language:
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Wesley Ruggles Papers (Collection PASC 261). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of material related to the career of Wesley Ruggles. Includes treatments for television and film projects, synopses, story ideas, scripts and correspondence.

Biographical / historical:

Wesley Ruggles was born June 11, 1889 in LA, CA and is the brother of Charles Ruggles; he started his film career as a Keystone Cop and supporting comedy player ca. 1914; he appeared in Chaplin shorts such as The bank (1915) and Triple trouble (1918); his directing career spanned 1918-46 and he is best known for Silk stockings, Cimarron, and I'm no angel; he died in 1972.

Acquisition information:
Mrs. Wesley Ruggles; 1976.
Arrangement:

There is no organization to the collection.

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.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Arts Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé after initial encoding by Julie Graham.
Date Prepared:
©2014 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2014-10-17T11:39-0700 . Supplementary encoding and revision by Caroline Cubé using Notetab Pro.

Access and use

Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Wesley Ruggles Papers (Collection PASC 261). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
AskLSC@library.ucla.edu
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