Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Andrews, Robert Hardy
- Abstract:
- Robert Hardy Andrews (b.1908) was a reporter, then city editor for Minneapolis journal and later of "Midweek" for the Chicago daily news. He was also a writer-producer for radio, motion pictures and television, author of books, screenplays, television scripts and short stories. The collection consists of literary manuscripts, movie and television scripts, newspaper columns, and ephemera related to Andrews' career and writings.
- Extent:
- 2.0 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Robert Hardy Andrews Papers (Collection Number 812). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of literary manuscripts, movie and television scripts, newspaper columns, and ephemera related to the career and writings of Robert Hardy Andrews.
- Biographical / historical:
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Born as Charles Robert Douglas Hardy Andrews on October 19, 1908 in Effingham, Kansas; attended University of Minnesota, Northwestern, University of Chicago; reporter, then city editor for Minneapolis journal and later of "Midweek" for the Chicago daily news; writer-producer for radio, motion pictures, and television; author of books, screenplays, television scripts, and short stories; film production executive in India and Egypt; consultant to U.S. firms in the Far East.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Robert Hardy Andrews, 1963 and 1967.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Brooke Whiting.
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- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series:
- Burning gold typescript (Box 1).
- Corner of Chicago typescript and ephemera (Boxes 2 & 4).
- Movie and television scripts; A lamp for India (Box 3).
- 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
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], Robert Hardy Andrews Papers (Collection Number 812). 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