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Title: Rod Serling papers
Date (inclusive): 1945-1969
Collection number: 1035
Creator:
Serling, Rod, 1924-
Extent:
23 boxes (11.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: Rodman Edward Serling (1924-1975) wrote teleplays, screenplays, and many of the scripts for
The Twilight Zone (1959-65). He also won 6 Emmy awards. The collection consists of scripts for films and television, including scripts for
Serling's television program,
The Twilight Zone. Also includes correspondence and business records primarily from 1966-1968.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Portions of this collection are restricted and require donor permission for access.
Papers cannot be photocopied except with donor permission.
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary 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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Rod Serling, 1968, 1969.
Gift of Carol Serling, 2009.
[Identification of item], Rod Serling papers (Collection 1035). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
2976825
Rodman Edward Serling was born December 25, 1924 in Syracuse, New York; served as paratrooper in 11th Airborne Division during
World War II; discharged as a result of a shrapnel wound, 1946; attended Antioch College and began writing, directing, and
acting in local radio plays; sold first television script in 1949; married wife Carol in 1948 and had two daughters; moved
to Hollywood to write teleplays in mid-1950s; won 6 Emmy awards with scripts for
Patterns,
Requiem for a Heavyweight, and
The Comedian, among others; was the first writer to be president of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences; wrote many of
the scripts for
The Twilight Zone (1959-65), and served as its on-air host; wrote several screenplays, including
Planet of the Apes and
Seven Days in May; died June 28, 1975, after undergoing open-heart surgery.
Collection consists of scripts for films and television as well as scripts and publications relating to Serling's television
program,
The Twilight Zone. Also includes correspondence and business records primarily from 1966-1968.
Arranged in the following series:
- Television, film, and radio scripts ( Boxes 1-7, 15-17, 21-22).
- Twilight Zone Scripts (Boxes 8-9, 18).
- Twilight Zone Publications (18-20).
- Contracts and agreements (Boxes 7, 23).
- Correspondence (Boxes 10-14).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Serling, Rod, 1924- --Archives.
Twilight Zone (Television program).
Television writers--United States--Archival resources.
Screenwriters--United States--Archival resources.
Television plays.
Film scripts.