Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Stone, Gene
- Abstract:
- Gene Stone was a writer for radio, television and theatre. The collection contains scipts and ephemera related to his career.
- Extent:
- 4 boxes (2.0 linear ft.)
- Language:
- Finding aid is written in English.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of scripts and ephemera related to the career of writer Gene Stone. Includes projects such as radio scripts for The Great Gildersleeve and various plays. Also includes redacted photocopies of FBI files concerning Stone (1940s-1960s).
- Biographical / historical:
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Eugene Robert Stone was born October 14, 1905 in Quincy, IL and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1933. In the 1930s, he was supervisor for the W.P.A. Federal Theater Project of LA. His credits include the musical Two-A-Day, radio programs such as The Great Gildersleeve, and television shows including General Electric Theater. Stone served in the Army during World War II and was awarded the Bronze star. In the 1950s, he was subpoenaed by the House Unamerican Activities Committee and blacklisted as a Hollywood writer (1952). He resumed his writing career in the 1970s with the play Why Not Stay for Breakfast and the book Darling I Am Growing Old. Gene Stone passed away on April 26, 1997 in Santa Monica, California.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift, 1997.
- Arrangement:
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There is no specific arrangement to the collection; photocopies of FBI files concerning Stone are listed first. All other files are arranged alpabetically by title.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988