Finding Aid for the Gene Kearney Papers, 1932-1979 (Collection PASC.207)
Finding aid prepared by J. Vera and J. Graham; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
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Title: Gene Kearney papers
Collection number: PASC.207
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
7.5 linear ft.
(15 boxes.)
Date (inclusive): 1932-1979
Abstract: Gene Kearney was a writer, director, producer, and actor in various television programs and motion pictures. Collection consists
of scripts, production information and clippings related to his career.
Physical Location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Creator:
Kearney, Gene R
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
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[Identification of item], Gene Kearney papers (Collection Number PASC 207). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift, 1980.
Gene Raser Kearney, a native of New York City, graduated from Harvard where he worked for the newspaper,
The Harvard Crimson. He began his career working for radio and doing documentary and commercial film work before moving to CA in the early 1960s.
He worked primarily as a writer, but also as a director, producer, and actor in various television programs and motion pictures.
His career was highlighted by a long association with Universal Studios where he wrote one of the first made-for-television
movies,
How I Spent My Summer Vacation, and several theatrical features. Kearney was also involved in the production of various television series including
Kojak,
Night Gallery, and
Switch. Kearney died at the age of 49 in Los Angeles on November 4, 1979.
Collection consists of material related to the career of writer, producer, and director Gene Kearney. Contains scripts and
production information for television productions such as
Kojak (1974-78),
Switch (1975-76),
Night Gallery (1971-72), and the television movie
How I Spent My Summer Vacation (1963-66). Production material may include memos, cast sheets, shooting schedules, network program practices clearances, etc.
Also includes scripts for theatrical releases, among them
Tornado and
The Mummy (1932 and 1979). Additionally there are clippings, outlines and drafts of ideas for various television and motion picture
projects and other writings spanning Kearney's career (1963-79), as well as a small amount of correspondence and clippings
from earlier years (1941-54).
Arranged in the following series:
- Biographical Material
- Printed Material
- Motion Picture Projects
- Television Projects
- Unidentified Projects
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Kearney, Gene R. -- Archives.
Motion picture writers -- Archival resources.
Television producers and directors -- Archival resources.
Television scripts.
Television writers -- Archival resources.
Biographical Material.
Printed Material.
Box 4, Folder 1
Box 3, Folder 17
Box 15
Box 14, Folder 1
Box 14, Folder 3
Motion Picture Projects.
Box 5, Folder 3
Box 4, Folder 6
Box 14, Folder 5
Box 11, Folder 12
Television Projects.
Ideas, Concepts, Proposals.
Box 5, Folder 11
Box 5, Folder 5
Box 9, Folder 4
Box 13, Folder 10
Box 13, Folder 11
Box 13, Folder 12
Box 13, Folder 13
Box 13, Folder 7
Box 13, Folder 8
Box 13, Folder 9
Box 13, Folder 18
Box 8, Folder 6
Box 8, Folder 8
Box 8, Folder 10
Box 13, Folder 3
Box 13, Folder 2
Box 13, Folder 1
Box 12, Folder 13
Box 12, Folder 14
Box 7, Folder 7
Box 3, Folder 16
Box 1, Folder 13
Box 2, Folder 1
Box 2, Folder 2
Box 3, Folder 4
Box 3, Folder 5
Box 1, Folder 2
Box 1, Folder 3
Box 3, Folder 12
Box 3, Folder 2
Box 2, Folder 17
Box 2, Folder 11
Box 2, Folder 13
Box 2, Folder 10
Box 2, Folder 9
Box 2, Folder 12
Box 3, Folder 3
Box 1, Folder 4
Box 14, Folder 4
Kojak Pattern Budget for the 1977-78 season.
Box 3, Folder 15
Box 1, Folder 6
Box 1, Folder 5
Box 2, Folder 3
Box 2, Folder 7
Box 2, Folder 4
Box 2, Folder 6
Box 2, Folder 5
Box 2, Folder 8
Box 4, Folder 12
Box 3, Folder 7
Box 3, Folder 11
Box 3, Folder 9
Box 3, Folder 8
Box 3, Folder 6
Box 3, Folder 10
Box 1, Folder 1
Box 1, Folder 7
Box 1, Folder 11
Box 1, Folder 10
Box 1, Folder 12
Box 1, Folder 9
Box 1, Folder 8
Box 4, Folder 11
Box 13, Folder 5
Box 5, Folder 9
Box 5, Folder 8
Box 7, Folder 2
Box 7, Folder 1
Box 5, Folder 7
Box 6, Folder 13
Box 6, Folder 14
Box 6, Folder 15
Box 4, Folder 10
Box 10, Folder 5
Box 10, Folder 6
Box 8, Folder 5
Box 8, Folder 3
Box 5, Folder 1
Box 11, Folder 10
Box 11, Folder 9
Box 12, Folder 9
Box 12, Folder 10
Box 12, Folder 12
Box 12, Folder 11
Box 12, Folder 8
Box 14, Folder 2
Box 8, Folder 2
Box 8, Folder 1
Box 5, Folder 2
Box 9, Folder 13
Box 9, Folder 9
Box 9, Folder 10
Box 9, Folder 12
Box 4, Folder 13
Box 9, Folder 6
Box 9, Folder 7
Box 9, Folder 5
Box 9, Folder 8
Box 4, Folder 7
Unidentified Projects.
Box 6, Folder 7
Box 6, Folder 8
Box 6, Folder 12
Box 7, Folder 4
Box 5, Folder 12
Box 5, Folder 10
Box 5, Folder 13
Box 6, Folder 1
Box 6, Folder 2
Box 4, Folder 3
Box 4, Folder 5
Box 4, Folder 4
Box 5, Folder 6
Box 6, Folder 6
Box 6, Folder 5
Box 6, Folder 4
Box 6, Folder 3
Box 6, Folder 11
Box 11, Folder 2