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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Albert McCleery papers
Creator:
McCleery, Albert
Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0098
Physical Description:
35.0 Linear Feet
(83 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1935-1971
Abstract: Producer and director Albert McCleery is best remembered for his theatre-in-the-round productions of television classics including
Cameo Theater,
Fireside Theatre,
Hallmark Hall of Fame, and
NBC Matinee Theatre. The collection consists primarily of television, and some radio scripts, along with production material, correspondence,
and profession-related subject files. Among the projects represented are Cameo Theatre, CBS Television Workshop, Hallmark
Hall of Fame, and NBC Matinee Theatre.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item], Albert McCleery Papers (Collection PASC 98). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Sue McCleery, 1980.
Processed by UCLA Library Performing Arts Special Collections Staff, pre-1999.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9922213593606533
Albert McCleery was born December 30, 1911 in Lawrence, Kentucky. He was a contract writer for Columbia Pictures (1940-41)
and director of Fordham University Theatre (1949). McCleery is best remembered for his theatre-in-the-round productions of
classics for television including
Cameo Theater,
Fireside Theatre,
Hallmark Hall of Fame, and
Matinee Theatre. He was also staff director in the NBC Television Programming Department (1949) and went on to become senior executive producer
and director of
Cameo Theatre. McCleery produced and directed for
Hallmark Hall of Fame, devised NBC's
Matinee Theater (1955), joined CBS (1959), and became producer of the CBS workshop. He died on May 13, 1972.
The collection consists of material related to the career of producer and director, Albert McCleery. Primarily includes television
scripts and some radio scripts along with production material, correspondence, and profession-related files that include resumes
and photographs. Popular television roductions represented in the collection include
Cameo Theatre (May-August 1950, January-March 1952, July-August 1955),
CBS Television Workshop (January-December 1960),
Fireside Theatre (June-October 1951),
Hallmark Hall of Fame (July 1952-June 1955),
The Kate Smith Hour (September 1951-June 1952), NBC's
Matinee Theatre (October 1955-June 1958), and
Your Prize Story (1952) among others. Radio scripts document the program
Inheritance (April-September 1954). Also included are a small amount of personal files, materials representing unproduced projects, conferences
and speaking engagements, and a small number of theatre-related files.
Arranged in the following series:
- Television Projects
- Radio Projects
- Unproduced Projects
- Correspondence
- Professional Subject Files
- Network Files
- Theater Files
- Conferences and Speaking Engagements
- Personal Files
- Sidney Carroll Papers (Collection 94). UCLA Library Special Collections.
- Hallmark Hall of Fame Scripts and Production Material (Collection 71). UCLA Library Special Collections, UCLA.
- Collection of Scripts and Production Material for the Television Series NBC Matinee Theatre (Collection 1038). UCLA Library Special Collections.
- Collection of Scripts for the Television Series The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (Collection 1039). UCLA Special Collections, UCLA.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Television producers and directors -- Archives.
McCleery, Albert -- Archives