Carol Burnett papers, 1961-1994

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Summary

Creators:
Burnett, Carol and Burnett, Carol--Archives.
Abstract:
The Carol Burnett papers contains press clippings, photographs, scripts, musical arrangements, personal and business correspondence, sound recorded albums, artwork, awards and scrapbooks.
Extent:
32.0 Linear Feet (64 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Carol Burnett papers (Collection PASC 66). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Arranged in the following series: Series 1. Motion Picture Projects; Series 2. Stage and Live Performance Projects; Series 3. Television Projects; Series 4. Artwork; Series 5. Awards and Certificates; Series 6. Photographs; Series 7. Press Clippings; Series 8. Scrapbooks.

This collection consists of press clippings, photographs, scripts, musical arrangements, personal and business correspondence, sound recorded albums, artwork, awards and scrapbooks.

The collection is organized into the following series:

  • Series 1. Motion Picture Projects, 1963-1982. 5 manuscript boxes; 1 flat box
  • Series 2. Stage and Live Performance Projects, 1952-1999. 17 manuscript boxes; 3 flat boxes
  • Series 3. Television Projects, 1956-2005. 34 manuscript boxes; 56 flat boxes
  • Series 4. Artwork (box 6), 1964-2003. 2 flat boxes
  • Series 5. Awards and Certificates, 1963-2002. 1 manuscript box; 3 legal boxes; 1 flat box
  • Series 6. Photographs, 1940s-2003. 9 manuscript boxes; 3 flat boxes
  • Series 7. Press Clippings, 1955-2000s. 11 manuscript boxes
  • Series 8. Scrapbooks, 1956-1991. 1 manuscript box; 8 flat boxes
  • Series 9. The Carol Burnett Show (Music). unknown
  • Series 10. Sound Recordings, 1967-1972. 1 legal box
  • Series 11. Correspondence/Biographic Material, 1947-1978. 9 manuscript boxes
  • Series 12. Writings, 1975-2003. 1 manuscript box; 1 flat box
  • Series 13. Music, 1958, 1965, undated. 1 flat box

Biographical / historical:

Carol Burnett was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1933 and moved to Los Angeles when she was a child. She attended UCLA as an undergraduate (1951-1954), first as a journalism major before discovering the musical theater department where she excelled. During the 1950s, Burnett was a frequent guest on television variety programs such as The Dinah Shore Show, The Ed Sullivan Show and The Jack Paar Tonight Show. She became a regular cast member on The Gary Moore Show (1959-1962) where she won her first Emmy. Burnett appeared in several television specials in the 1960s such as Calamity Jane (1963), Carol and Company (1963, 1966) and Julie [Andrews] and Carol at Carnegie Hall (1963), before launching her own weekly variety program The Carol Burnett Show (1966-1978). Her other television projects include Friendly Fire (1979), The Tenth Month (1979) and guest appearances on programs such as All My Children (1983-1995), Mad About You (1986-1999) and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (2009).

Known for her work in television, Burnett has also appeared in stage and film productions. She made her Broadway debut in the musical Once Upon a Mattress (1959) and has starred in numerous stage performances such as Fade Out, Fade In (1964), I Do! I Do! (1973), Same Time, Next Year (1977, 1980) and Moon Over Buffalo (1995). Her film projects include Pete 'n' Tillie (1972), A Wedding (1978), The Four Seasons (1980) and Annie (1982).

Carol Burnett has been honored throughout her career. She is the recipient of several awards and tributes including a Peabody Award (1963), numerous Emmy, Golden Globe and People's Choice awards and was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1985.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Carol Burnett, 1985.
Processing information:

Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.

Processed by Maya Montanez Smukler with assistance from Julie Graham in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), December 2009.

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:

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:

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:

[Identification of item], Carol Burnett papers (Collection PASC 66). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
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