Finding Aid for the Anthony and Nancy Lawrence papers, ca. 1960-ca. 1980
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Anthony and Nancy Lawrence papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1960-ca. 1980
Collection number: 308
Extent: 52 boxes (26 linear ft.) 1 shoe box
Abstract: Anthony and Nancy Lawrence were involved in a variety of television projects (ca. 1960s-1980s). The collection reflects their
involvement as writers and producers in the television industry and includes files of various script drafts, story outlines,
and concepts for what appears to be both produced and unproduced television programming. Additionally there is manuscript
material for a novel by the Lawrences, titled
Kisses from the Wolf.
Language: Finding aid is written in English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Performing Arts 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, Performing
Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Anthony and Nancy Lawrence papers (Collection 308). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Biography
There is little biographical information available about Anthony Lawrence or Nancy Lawrence. Anthony Lawrence's credits include
a number of television programs produced during the 1960s through the 1980s including the television series
Bonanza,
Ben Casey,
Hawaii Five-O,
The Rat Patrol, and
The Sixth Sense, among others and the TV movies
Elvis,
Liberace, and
Dark Mansions. Nancy Lawrence's credits as writer and producer include the television series
Jessie,
The Phoenix,
Lady Blue, and
The Twilight Zone as well as the TV movies
Liberace and
Dark Mansions.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of material related to the careers of Anthony and Nancy Lawrence. The collection reflects the Lawrence's
involvement with a variety television projects and includes files of various script drafts, story outlines, and concepts for
what appears to be both produced and unproduced television programming. Additionally there is manuscript material for the
novel
Kisses from the Wolf by the Lawrences. Television series projects include
Columbo,
Coronet Blues,
Gibbsville,
Lady Blue,
The Phoenix, and
The Twilight Zone, among others. Television movie projects include
Dark Mansions,
Elvis,
Liberace, a possible adaptation of
Kisses from the Wolf, and a project about Montgomery Cliff, titled,
Monty. Also in the collection are a small number of scripts by others which may have been submitted to the Lawrences for production
consideration or used as ideas or research.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Novels
- Television Projects
- Unidentified Projects
- Writings by Ethan Lawrence
- Writings by Others
- Writings Submitted to Anthony and Nancy Lawrence
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Lawrence, Anthony -- Archives.
Lawrence, Nancy -- Archives.
Television writers -- Archival resources.
Women television writers -- Archival resources.
Television producers and directors -- Archival resources.
Women television producers and directors -- Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Television scripts.
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Lawrence, Anthony.
Lawrence, Nancy.
Box 40
Kisses From the Wolf
Note
Manuscript pages and notes, maybe duplicate material. See also boxes 41 and 42.
Box 18
Abel Morgan Stoddard Story (The)
Box 18
Alpha Project (The)
Note
Outline and script ideas.
Box 13
American Beauty
Note
Pilot script drafts, outline, notes, research.
Box 15
Anna and The King of Siam
Note
Script (1945) and teleplay (1971)
Box 18
Archer
Note
Blood Money - script material.
Box 18
Archer
Note
Drowing Man (The) - script
Box 18
Ben Casey
Note
Cry of Trumpets (A) - outline.
Box 17
Blue Knight (The)
Note
Odds Against Tomorrow - script material.
Box 17
Bold Ones (The)
Note
Whats the Prescription for Fear - production notebook with script.
Box 17
Bonanza
Note
Marie, My Love - script
Box 38
Bruce Weitz project
Note
Notes and story ideas.
Box 17
Case of the Dangerous Robin (The)
Note
Cygne Noir - script.
Box 38
Cassandra
Note
Pilot script and three story premises.
Box 38
Chief (The)
Note
Pilot script materials, step outline and other script matieral.
Box 39
Chief (The)
Note
Step outline and pilot script.
Box 17
Cimarron Strip
Note
Saga of Golly Sunday - step outline.
Box 17
Columbo
Note
Fang for the Memory - script.
Box 17
Columbo
Note
Laurel and Hardy W.C. Fields Citizen Kane Murder Case - script.
Box 17
Columbo
Note
Try and Catch Me - script.
Box 37
Concept for Untitled Project
Box 17
Copper and Brass
Note
Murder at the Rose Parade - story outlines.
Box 14
Coronet Blues
Note
Concepts, ideas, presentation.
Box 14
Coronet Blues
Note
Dozen Demons (A) - story outline.
Box 14
Coronet Blues
Note
Time to be Born (A) - story outline.
Box 14
Coronet Blues
Note
Warrior of the Empty Hand - story outline.
Box 14
Count Down
Note
Future Lab - series outline.
Box 14
Count Down
Note
O + Factor - story outline.
Box 14
Count Down
Note
Pandora Gene - script material.
Box 39
Dark Mansions
Note
Series concept, script material, pilot episode. Also known as Strange Mansions and
Green Mansions.
Box 22
Delvecchio
Note
Matter of Priorities (A) - script.
Box 22
Delvecchio
Note
Son of Delvecchio - script.
Box 22
DPO
Note
Analogy with Fire - story outline.
Box 14
Dr. Max aka Big City Doctor
Box 30-34
Elvis
Note
Research, reference cards, production information, correspondence.
Box 22
Empire
Note
Series introduction.
Box 12
Four Daughters
Note
Theme and preliminary sketch.
Box 21
Fugitive (The)
Note
Future Giveth Life (The) - story outline.
Box 36
Gene Autry versus the Perfume Smuggler
Box 22
Gibbsville
Note
Afternoon Waltz - script.
Box 22
Gibbsville
Note
Case History (A) - short story and outline.
Box 22
Gibbsville
Note
Chautauqua, Chautauqua, Chautauqua - outline and revision sheets.
Box 22
Gibbsville
Note
How Old, How Young - script.
Box 22
Gibbsville
Note
Locomobile (The) - script.
Box 22
Gibbsville
Note
Saturday Night - script material.
Box 15
Gunsmoke
Note
Fort of Call - story outline.
Box 15
Gunsmoke
Note
Independence - story outline.
Box 15
Hawaii Five-0
Note
Miscellaneous notes.
Box 15
Hawaii Five-0
Note
Something Worth Dying For - story outline.
Box 15
Hunter
Note
Yesterday, Upon the Stair - script.
Box 19
Insight
Note
No Tears for Kelsey - script.
Box 19
Insight
Note
Oleander Years (The) - script.
Box 19
Invsible Man
Note
Devils Pawn (The) - story idea.
Box 19
John Aaron Scott, Attorney for the Defense
Box 41
Kisses From the Wolf
Note
Screenplay maybe duplicate see also boxes 40 and 42.
Box 42
Kisses From the Wolf
Note
Script maybe duplicate see also boxes 40 and 41.
Box 42
Lady Blue
Note
Beasts of Prey - scripts and what appears to be production notebooks.
Box 45
Lady Blue
Note
Death Grip - script material.
Box 42
Lady Blue
Note
Hunter (The) - script material.
Box 42
Lady Blue
Note
Killing Ground (The) - script material.
Box 45
Lady Blue
Note
Killing Ground (The) - script material.
Box 43
Lady Blue
Note
Killing Ground (The) - what appears to be production notebooks.
Box 43
Lady Blue
Note
Lady Killers - production notebook.
Box 45
Lady Blue
Note
Memos and correspondence for various episodes (1985).
Box 44
Lady Blue
Note
Memos, story ideas related to various episodes (1985).
Box 44
Lady Blue
Note
Portraits of Death - production notebook with script.
Box 43
Lady Blue
Note
Portraits of Death - production notebook with script.
Box 46
Lady Blue
Note
Possible research for story ideas (1985).
Box 19
Longstreet
Note
Shape of Nightmares (The) - script and Writers guide.
Box 46
Lost at Sea (Folder 1 of 2)
Note
Script material and notes.
Box 47
Lost at Sea (Folder 2 of 2)
Box 19
Lucus Tanner
Note
Sustitutes - script.
Box 47
Mangnum PI
Note
Bible (The) - story idea.
Box 19
McCloud
Note
Rape of Fort Apache (The) - script
Box 39
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Note
Endangered Species script material.
Box 39
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Note
Torch Song for a Dead Kid script
Box 16
Miscellaneous notes
Note
(No contextual information for identification.Maybe related to television project.)
Box 49
Monty
Note
Excerpts for actors.
Box 47
Monty
Note
General dialogue notes.
Box 49
Monty
Note
Reimbursments for Monty project.
Box 53
Monty
Note
Research on index cards.
Box 48
Monty
Note
Script material maybe some duplication.
Box 12
Movie of the Week - ratings
Box 18
Mustangers (The)
Note
Defiant Blood - script.
Box 18
Mustangers (The)
Note
Preliminary outline.
Box 27
Nurses (The)
Note
Blue Man (The) - story outline.
Box 27
Nurses (The)
Note
Edward Victor DeMarino - script.
Box 27
On Trial
Note
Case of Teenage Pregnancy (A) - script.
Box 27
On Trial
Note
What is Love? - scripts.
Box 27
Outer Limits
Note
Human Factor (The) - script
Box 15
Phoenix (The)
Note
Child of the Son - story outline.
Box 6
Phoenix (The)
Note
Dark Hunter or Endangerd Species - script materials and notes from meeting with Mark
Carliner.
Box 5
Phoenix (The)
Note
Deadly Cargo - script materials and correspondence.
Box 10
Phoenix (The)
Note
Phoenix scripts by other writers: Dancing Moutains, Golden Key, Holder of the Chain,
IIlusions, Killer-Ship, The Last Enemy, Robot Story, Runaway, Save the Wolves, Second Sight, The
Solstice, and The Survivors.
Box 9
Phoenix (The)
Note
Pilot script - script materials.
Box 15
Phoenix (The)
Note
Script and treatment.
Box 7
Phoenix (The)
Note
Star Needle (The) or The Star Fling - script materials, production information and
research.
Box 8
Phoenix (The)
Note
Trial by Fires or Flight - script materials, treatment, story outlines, notes, business
documents, correspondence and memos.
Box 13
Planners
Note
Script and correspondence.
Box 27
Quest (The)
Note
Don't Wait to Kiss the Mayor Goodbye - story outline.
Box 21
Quest (The)
Note
Welcome to America - script.
Box 21
Quincy
Note
Bones of Jeff Markikian - step outline.
Box 21
Rafferty
Note
Most Precious Gift - step outline.
Box 21
Rafferty
Note
Narrow Thread (The) - script.
Box 21
Rat Patrol
Note
Three Part Raid (The) - script.
Box 21
Rat Patrol
Note
Two For One Raid - script.
Box 20
Rog
Note
Meeting (The) - series presentation.
Box 20
Route 66
Note
Dreaming Heart of Sweet Ellen Bayne (The) - story outline.
Box 20
Route 66
Note
Every Father's Daughter Must Weave Her Own - script.
Box 20
Sea Venture
Note
Man of the Sea (A) - pilot script.
Box 20
Searcher (The)
Note
Projection for series.
Box 10-11
Shadow Warrior (The)
Note
Shadow Warrior - script material
Box 29
Sixth Sense (The)
Note
Interoffice memos and writer list.
Box 29
Sixth Sense (The)
Note
Mind Over Murder - script.
Box 29
Sixth Sense (The)
Note
Show # 11 - treatment.
Box 20
Slattery's People
Note
Fall From Innocence -
Box 20
Slattery's People
Note
Old Whispers - storyline.
Box 20
Sparrow
Note
Pilot and other script material.
Box 23
Stallion Road
Note
Concept and story ideas.
Box 23
Star Rover
Note
Presentation for series and pilot.
Box 23
Streets of Laredo
Note
Untitled story idea.
Box 23
Streets of San Francisco
Note
Break Up - story outline.
Box 23
Streets of San Francisco
Note
Concerto for a Child's Hand - story outline.
Box 23
Swiss Family Robinson
Note
Castaway (The) - script.
Box 23
Swiss Family Robinson
Note
Jean Lafitte - script.
Box 26
Swiss Family Robinson
Note
Jean Lafitte (pt 2) - script.
Box 23
Swiss Family Robinson
Note
Neptune's Nephew - script.
Box 25
Tales of the Unexpected
Note
Element of Doubt (The) - script.
Box 25
Tales of the Unexpected
Note
No Way Out - script.
Box 25
Tales of Wells Fargo
Note
Defiant at the Gates - script.
Box 25
This Man Dawson
Note
Deadly Young Man (The) - script.
Box 25
This Man Dawson
Note
Executioner (The) - script.
Box 25
This Man Dawson
Note
Private Eye - script.
Box 36
Thousand Pounds for Mr. Ferngate (A)
Box 25
Treasure Island
Note
Presentation for series.
Box 25
Troubleshooters
Note
Flight to Holocaust - script.
Box 12
Twenty-one Hours in Munich
Box 38
Twilight Zone (The)
Note
All the Worlds a Stage story idea.
Box 49
Twilight Zone (The)
Note
Feed Me - story idea.
Box 50
Twilight Zone (The)
Note
Little Time for Kip (A) - script material.
Box 49
Twilight Zone (The)
Note
Little Time for Kip (A) - script material.
Box 51
Twilight Zone (The)
Note
Memos, correspondence that may be related to the Twilight Zone.
Box 49
Twilight Zone (The)
Note
Photocopies of story board for untitled episode.
Box 50
Twilight Zone (The)
Note
Sand Castles - script material.
Box 49
Twilight Zone (The)
Note
Songs of the Younger World - production information and script material.
Box 25
Typhoon!
Note
This is My Land - script.
Box 37
Untitled concepts for television projects
Box 28
View from Sunshine Mountain (The)
Note
Presentation with script.
Box 37
Werewoman
Note
Story outline for movie of the week.
Box 28
Westerner (The)
Note
Family Affair (The) - presentation with pilot script.
Box 37
Whom No Man Shall Behold
Note
Story outline for movie of the week.
Box 28
Windjammer!
Note
Story outline for series.
Box 28
Wink
Note
Killing Game (The) - script and story outline.
Box 22
Woman of the Law
Note
Closed Room - and - Buford (bound together) - presentation and pilot script.
Box 27
Woman of the Law
Note
Closed Room - and - Buford (bound together) - presentation and pilot script.
Box 28
Young Rebels (The)
Note
Unbroken Chains - script.
Box 36
All American Death-defying Lady Dive Bomber
Note
Story outline. Maybe for television or film project.
Box 36
Bang Gang (The)
Note
Story outline. Maybe for television or film project.
Box 36
Birthday Suit Bandit (The)
Note
Script. Maybe for television or film project.
Box 36
Bo Jo and the Moon Child
Note
Script. Maybe for television or film project.
Box 36
Chess Moves of a Madman
Note
Synopsis. Maybe for television or film project.
Box 36
Circus of Death
Note
Story outline. Maybe for television or film project.
Box 36
Day of Champion
Note
Story outline. Maybe for television or film project.
Box 36
Dreaming Heart of Sweet Ellen Bayne (The)
Note
Story outline. Maybe for television or film project.
Box 36
Dunraven Heroes (The)
Note
Script. Maybe for television or film project.
Box 36
Earthmovers (The)
Note
Story outline. Maybe for television or film project.
Box 36
Eva and the Kid
Note
Script. Maybe for television or film project.
Writings by Ethan Lawrence
Box 52
Affinity Eclipse - screenplay
Box 52
Cagney and Lacey
Note
Einstein Was Born at Home - script material.
Box 52
Cagney and Lacey
Note
Infant Rose (The) - script material.
Box 15
Affairs and the Art of Delusion
Box 15
Black Survival in A White Society
Box 15
Doctor Sloop
Note
Photocopied pages of publication.
Writings Submitted to Anthony and Nancy Lawrence
Box 51
Don't Tell Me Your Name - a novel
Box 51
Kershaw, John - concepts
Note
Two items: The Bond; Chikovsky.