Lorees Yerby papers, ca. 1950s-2000s

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Summary

Creators:
Yerby, Lorees
Abstract:
Lorees Yerby was a writer of short stories, plays, screenplays, and novels. In 1957, she and her husband Mike Dutton opened Coffee House Positano, located in Malibu, California. The collection consists of plays including Save Me a Place at Forest Lawn, short stories, screenplays, photographs, correspondence, and a small amount of research notes related to Our Fathers Trilogy.
Extent:
6.4 Linear Feet (9 boxes, 1 flat box, 2 shoe boxes, and 2 tube boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Lorees Yerby Papers (Collection 2242). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of materials related to the career of writer Lorees Yerby. Included are short stories, plays, screenplays many of which were unpublished and/or unproduced, and a small amount of photographs, and correspondence. Additionally, there is a small number of photographs documenting Coffee House Positano, small amount of research for the project Our Fathers Trilogy and a small number of jottings and written thoughts by Yerby.

Biographical / historical:

Lorees Yerby Dutton was born on January 9, 1930 in San Francisco. In July 1957, she and her second husband Mike Dutton opened Coffee House Positano, located in Malibu, California; the establishment closed in 1963. She wrote short stories, plays, screenplays, and novels. In 1963, her one-act play Save Me A Place in Forest Lawn was published. Yeby and third husband Bertrand Castelli produced the satirical film, Richard, about Richard Nixon in 1972. In 1976, she received a Guggenheim Grant for the Our Fathers trilogy (Nero, Mother England, and Abraham). Yerby later moved to Ocean Park, California, where she died in 1996.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Josephine Castelli, Pandora Castelli, Cynthia Dutton, Karen Dutton, Michael Dutton, Winston Dutton, and Carmen Spera; 2013.
Processing information:

Processed by Jenifer Becker with assistance from Julie Graham, May 2015.

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Arrangement:

Arranged into the following series:

  1. Biographical Information
  2. Coffee House Positano
  3. Correspondence
  4. Plays
  5. Screenplays and Teleplays
  6. Short Stories
  7. Assorted Writings and Notes.

Physical / technical requirements:

CONTAINS UNPROCESSED AUDIO MATERIALS: Audio materials are not currently available for access and will require further processing and assessment. If you have questions about this material please email spec-coll@library.ucla.edu.

Physical location:
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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Lorees Yerby Papers (Collection 2242). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
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