Finding Aid for the Vanessa Brown Papers, ca. 1950-1988 LSC.1552
Finding aid prepared by Caroline Cubé, 2002.
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Vanessa Brown papers
Creator:
Brown, Vanessa
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1552
Physical Description:
7.8 Linear Feet
(5 boxes; 6 oversize boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1948-1991
Abstract: Vanessa Brown (1928-1999) was born in Vienna, Austria. She appeared in Broadway plays and films. In 1962, she became a writer-coordinator
for the Voice of America. The collection contains books, scrapbooks, writings by Brown, and audio recordings.
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.
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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
COLLECTION CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk
in advance of your visit.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Vanessa Brown, 1988-90.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Vanessa Brown Papers (Collection 1552). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Biography
Brown was born on March 24, 1928 in Vienna, Austria; came to the U.S. in 1938; BA, UCLA, 1949; appeared in Broadway plays,
As you Like it (1950) and
The Seven Year Itch (1952-54); appeared in films, including
Youth Runs Wild (1941),
The Heiress (1948), and
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952); married Mark R. Sandrich, 1959; became writer-coordinator for
Voice of America in 1962; correspondent with
Los Angeles Times Service, 1970-74, and National Public Radio, 1973-74; writer, KTLA-TV, 1972-74; worked for presidential campaigns of Adlai
Stevenson, 1956, and John F. Kennedy, 1960; artist with one-woman show at Edgardo Costa Gallery, Beverly Hills, California;
founder, American Acting Company. She died on May 21, 1999 in Los Angeles.
Scope and Content
The collection contains bibliographical reference works and other books in which Vanessa Brown is mentioned. Also includes
scrapbooks, writings by Brown, and audio tapes of Voice of America broadcasts.
Organization and Arrangement
The material is in the order determined by the previous archivist.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Actors -- United States -- Archives
Motion picture actors and actresses -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives.
Women radio writers -- United States -- Archives.
Brown, Vanessa, 1928- --Archives.
box 1
His Way: The Unauthorized Biography Of Frank Sinatra. by Kitty Kelley (Toronto: Bantam Books)
1986
box 1
Murrow: His Life And Times by A.M. Sperber (New York: Freundlich Books) [inscribed by author]
1986
box 1
The Papers Of Adlai E. Stevenson. vol.6., edited by Walter Johnson (Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown and Company)
1976
box 1
The Theatre In The Fifties by George Jean Nathan (New York: Alfred A. Knopf)
1953
box 1
Whatever Happened To The Quiz Kids? by Ruth Duskin Feldman (Chicago: Chicago Review Press) [inscribed by author]
1982
box 1
Periodical
Cosmopolitan
March 1953
box 1
Photocopies of published biographical references to Vanessa Brown
1962-1978
box 2
Cassette tapes of classes
1979-1980
Scope and Content
Forty audio cassettes marked with dates and times of classes, the nature of which is unknown.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
FILE CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this file will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk
in advance of your visit.
box 3
Vanessa Brown Productions
1984
Scope and Content
U-matic videocassette "What To Be: a medley of six programs."
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
FILE CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this file will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk
in advance of your visit.
box 4
Scrapbook
1948-1953
Scope and Content
Includes clippings and programs for a touring production of
As You Like It starring Katharine Hepburn.
box 7
Voice of America
1962-1969
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
BOX CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this box will require assessment and possible digitization for
safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk in
advance of your visit.
Scope and Content
Contains: list of radio reports and interviews by Vanessa Brown; thirteen reel-to-reel tapes; interviewees include Robert
Kennedy, Adlai Stevenson, and Billy Wilder.
box 8
Voice of America
1960-1969
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
BOX CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this box will require assessment and possible digitization for
safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk in
advance of your visit.
Scope and Content
Contains fifteen reel-to-reel tapes; interviewees and topics include Eleanor Roosevelt, Carl Sandburg, Adlai Stevenson, and
Marietta Tree.
box 9
Voice of America
1961-1969
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
BOX CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this box will require assessment and possible digitization for
safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk in
advance of your visit.
Scope and Content
Contains fourteen reel-to-reel tapes; interviewees include Walter Reuther and Adlai Stevenson.
box 10, folder 1
"The Voice of America -- Where It Stands" [speech by Vanessa Brown]
1978
box 10, folder 2
"Honesty?" [short play by Vanessa Brown]
1983
box 10, folder 4
What Do You Want To Be Tomorrow? [career-guidance workshop]
1988-1990
box 10, folder 5
In My Father's House [manuscript by Vanessa Brown]
1975-1987
box 10, folder 6
Vanessa Brown Productions
1978-1991
box 10, folder 7
Vocal Selections from
Ben Franklin in Paris by Mark Sandrich, Jr. and Sidney Michaels [photocopy]
1965
box 11
Photographs and drawings
1953-1990
Scope and Contents
Includes photocopies of photographs, drawings by Brown, pin-up from
Esquire,
Life, March 9, 1953 [with Brown on cover].