Finding Aid for the Irwin Allen Papers, 1964-1975 PASC.0018

Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by D. MacGill, 1998. 2018 addition processed and finding aid updated in 2018 by Kuhelika Ghosh, under the supervision of Courtney Dean. Finding aid updated with 2019 addition in 2019 by Jasmine Jones.

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Online finding aid last updated 2019-05-24.

Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575

spec-coll@library.ucla.edu

URL: https://www.library.ucla.edu/special-collections

Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections

Title: Irwin Allen papers

creator: Allen, Irwin

Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0018

Physical Description: 65.7 Linear Feet (136 boxes)

Date (inclusive): 1950-1991

Abstract: Irwin Allen had a long film and television career. The collection consists of scripts, production material, administrative files, and correspondence related to various television series produced by Irwin Allen.

Language of Material: Materials are in English.

Physical Location: Portions of the collection stored off-site. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Portions of collection unprocessed. Material in the General and central files (accession LSC-2019-001) is unavailable for access. Please contact Special Collections reference (spec-coll@library.ucla.edu) for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source and date of original acquisition unknown. Additions to the collection gift of Synthesis Entertainment, 2018 and 2019.

Arrangement

Arranged in the following series:

Series 1. Animal world Series 2. Land of the Giants Series 3. Lost in Space Series 4. Swiss Family Robinson Series 5. The Time Tunnel Series 6. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Series 7. Administrative files and correspondence Series 8. Scripts, clippings and show-specific administrative files Accession LSC-2019-001. General and central files

Administrative/Biographical History

Irwin Allen was born June 12, 1916 in NY City. He was educated at Columbia University and CCNY. He was the editor of Key Magazine, Hollywood; radio director and producer for 11 years; and radio and literary director of his own advertising agency before turning to film production in the early 50s. Allen was the creator and producer of numerous television programs including, "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea," "Lost In Space," "Land Of The Giant," "The Time Tunnel," and "Swiss Family Robinson," and he produced "The Poseidon Adventure" and "The Towering Inferno," in the 1970s. Allen died in 1991.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Irwin Allen Papers (Collection PASC 18). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of scripts and production material related to various television series produced by Irwin Allen. Each episode includes such documents as story idea, script supervisor's annotated script, various versions of the script, cast and set lists, shooting schedules, call sheets, daily production reports, budgets, director's and writer's agreements, correspondence, and original sketches. Series include "Animal World" (1956), "Land Of The Giants" (1967-70), "Lost In Space" (1965-68), "Swiss Family Robinson" (1975), "The Time Tunnel" (1966-67), and "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea" (1964-68). Also contains correspondence, newspaper clippings and administrative files, such as meeting minutes, shooting schedules, cast lists, financial and budget papers, agreements, script excerpts, and invitations.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

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.

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Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff in 1998. 2018 accession (LSC-2018-005) was processed in 2018 by Kuhelika Ghosh, under the supervision of Courtney Dean.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 462177

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Television producers and directors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives.

Allen, Irwin, 1916-1991--Archives

Animal Word (Warner Bros. 1956) Series 1.

box 1, box 2

Sketches, production, publicity

Land of the Giants Series 2.

box 18

Bounty Hunter 1-2

box 18

Brainwashed

box 23, box 32

Chamber of Fear

box 19

The Chase 1-2

box 30

The Clones

box 16, box 32

Collector's Item

box 14, box 31

Comeback

box 21

The Crash 1

box 22

The Crash 2-3

box 7

The Creed 1-2

box 25

The Deadly Dart 1-2

box 17

Deadly Lodestone

box 23, box 24

The Deadly Pawn

box 25

Doomsday

box 27

Double Cross

box 13

Every Boy Needs a Dog 1-2

box 5

The Flight Plan

box 4

Framed 1-2

box 4, box 20

Genius at Work

box 26

Ghost Town

box 10, box 14

Giants and All that Jazz

box 29

Golden Cage 1-2

box 16, box 31

Graveyard of Fools

box 31

GRAVEYARD OF FOOLS

box 10

HOME SWEET HOME

box 14

HOME SWEET HOME

box 24

INSIDE RAIL

box 31

INSIDE RAIL, THE

box 9

LAND OF THE LOST 1-2

box 29

LITTLE INDIANS 1-2

box 3

LOST ONES, THE 1-2

box 11

MARIONETTES, THE

box 15

MARIONETTES, THE

box 14

MECHANICAL MAN, THE

box 33

MECHANICAL MAN, THE

box 9

MERLIN THE MAGICIAN

box 28

NIGHT OF THROMBELDINAUR

box 12

NIGHTMARE 1-2

box 27

ON A CLEAR NITE U CAN SEE EARTH

box 8

OUR MAN REILLY 1-2

box 30

PANIC 1-2

box 11

PAY THE PIPER

box 33

PAY THE PIPER

box 23

PLACE CALLED EARTH, A

box 24

PLACE CALLED EARTH, A

box 21

PRSENTATION FILM

box 8

RAIDERS FROM SPACE

box 6

RESCUE 1-2

box 17

RETURN OF INIDU 1-2

box 21

SABOTAGE

box 10

SECRET CITY OF LIMBO 1

box 11

SECRET CITY OF LIMBO 2

box 20

SHELL GAME 1-2

box 15

SIX HOURS TO LIVE 1-2

box 32

SMALL WAR, A

box 28

TARGET EARTH 1-2

box 26

TERROR GO ROUND 1-2

box 3

TRAP, THE

box 19

TRAP, THE

box 5

UNDERGROUND

box 13

UNSUSPECTED, THE

box 15

UNSUSPECTED, THE

box 16

WEIRD WORLD 1

box 17

WEIRD WORLD 2

box 23

WILD JOURNEY

Lost in Space Series 3.

box 60

ALL THAT GLITTERS

box 45

ANDROID MACHINE, THE

box 48

ANTI-MATTER MAN

box 34

ASTRAL TRAVEL

box 35

ATTACK OF MONSTER PLANTS

box 52

BLAST-OFF

box 47

CASTLES IN SPACE

box 59

CAVE OF THE WIZARDS

box 61

CHALLENGE, THE

box 46

CHANGE OF SPACE, A

box 50

COLLISION OF THE PLANETS

box 40

COLONISTS, THE

box 57

COMDEMNED OF SPACE

box 44

CURSE OF COUSIN SMITH

box 47

DAY AT THE ZOO, A

box 49

DEADLIEST OF THE SPECIES

box 45

DEADLY GAMES OF GAMMA 6

box 53

DERELICT, THE

box 41

DREAM MONSTER, THE

box 43

FLAMING PLANET

box 50

FLITE INTO THE FUTURE

box 46

FOLLOW THE LEADER

box 51

FORBIDDEN WORLD, THE

box 43

FUGITIVES IN SPACE

box 34

GALAXY GIFT

box 55

GHOST IN SPACE

box 51

GHOST PLANET

box 42

GIRL FROM GREEN DIMENSION

box 41

GOLDEN MAN

box 42

GREAT VEGETABLE REBELLION, THE

box 50

HAUNTED LIGHTHOUSE

box 60

HIS MAJESTY SMITH

box 38

HUNGRY SEA

box 56

HUNTER'S MOON

box 38

INVADERS FROM 5TH DIMENSION

box 48

JUNKYARD IN SPACE

box 36

KEEPER, THE - 2

box 54

KEPPER, THE 1

box 57

KIDNAPPED IN SPACE

box 53

LAND IN THE SKY

box 60

LOST CIVILIZATION

box 61

MAGIC WARRIOR, THE

box 40

MECHANICAL MEN, THE

box 58

MUTINY IN SAPCE

box 37

MY FRIEND, MR. NOBODY

box 36

OASIS

box 35

ONE OF OUR DOG IS MISSING

box 39

PHANTOM FAMILY

box 48

PRINCESS OF SPACE

box 45

PRISONERS OF SPACE

box 42

PROMISED PLANET

box 35

RAFT, THE

box 54

RELUCTANT STOAWAY

box 36

RETURN FROM OUTER SPACE

box 39

REVOLT OF THE ANDROIDS

box 59

ROCKET TO EARTH

box 62

SAPCE TRADERS

box 37

SKY IS FALLING

box 55

SKY PIRATE

box 42

SPACE BEAUTY

box 51

SPACE CIRCUS

box 49

SPACE CREATURE

box 61

SPACE CROPPERS

box 56

SPACE DESTRUCTION

box 56

SPACE PRIMEVAL

box 58

SPACE VIKINGS

box 43

TARGET EARTH

box 54

THERE WERE GIANTS IN THE EARTH

box 44

THIEF OF OUTER SPACE

box 47

TIME MERCHANT

box 58

TOY MAKER, THE

box 52

TRAITOR, THE

box 59

TREASURES OF LOST PLANET

box 39

TRIP THROUGH THE ROBOT

box 49

TWO WEEKS IN SAPCE

box 57

VISIT TO A HOSTILE PLANET

box 40

VISIT TO HADES, A

box 55

WAR OF THE ROBOTS

box 38

WELCOME, STRANGER

box 44

WEST OF MARS

box 34

WIDH UPON A STAR

box 52

WILD ADVENTURE

box 41

WRECK OF THE ROBOT

Swiss Family Robinson Series 4.

box 65

BELL

box 64

CAPTAIN

box 65

CHIMP

box 65

DEVILS

box 65

ERNIE'S XMAS

box 64

HAWK

box 63

JEAN LAFITTE

box 64

MAN'S WAR

box 64

MOUNTAIN

box 63

OPERATION, THE

box 64

PIT

box 65

RENEGADES

box 63

SLAVE SHOP, THE

box 64

TIKI

box 65

TREASURES

box 64

TYPHOON

box 65

WILD DOG

Time Tunnel Series 5.

box 75

"PILOT" RENDEVOUZ WITH YESTERDAY

box 67

ALAMO, THE

box 70

ATTACK OF THE BARBARIANS

box 71

BILLY THE KID

box 71

CHASE THROUGH TIME

box 74

CRACK OF DOOM

box 73

DAY THE SKY FELL DOWN, THE

box 70

DEATH MARCHANT

box 67

DEATH TRAP

box 72

DEVIL'S ISLAND

box 72

END OF THE WORLD

box 69

GHOST OF NERO

box 68

IDOL OF DEATH

box 66

INVASION

box 70

KIDNAPPERS, THE

box 68

KILL 2 X 2

box 73

LOST PATROL

box 73

MASSACRE

box 67

NIGHT OF THE LONG KNIVES

box 72

ONE WAY TO THE MOON

box 71

PIRATES OF DEADMAN'S ISLAND

box 69

REVENGE OF ROBIN HOOD

box 74

REVENGE OF THE GODS

box 66

SECRET WEAPON

box 66

TOWN OF TERROR

box 69

VISITOR FROM BEYOND THE STARS

box 68

WALLS OF JERICHO

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Series 6.

box 112

"PILOT"

box 98

ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN

box 95

AMPOHIBIANS, THE

box 87

AND 5 OF US ARE LEFT

box 99

ATTACK

box 84

BLIZZARD MAKER

box 107

BLOW-UP

box 82

BRAND OF THE BEAST

box 94

BUCCANEER, THE

box 105

CAVE OF THE DEAD

box 85

CITY BENEATH THE SEA

box 88

CONDEMNED

box 95

CRADLE OF THE DEEP

box 82

CREATURE, THE

box 86

CREATURE, THE

box 88

CYBORG

box 79

DAY OF EVIL

box 80

DAY THE WORLD ENDED

box 108

DEAD MAN'S DOUBLOONS

box 102

DEADLIEST GAME, THE

box 100

DEADLY AMPHIBIANS

box 101

DEADLY CLOUD

box 111

DEADLY CREATURE BELOW

box 96

DEADLY DOLLS, THE

box 78

DEADLY INVASION

box 79

DEADLY WATERS

box 97

DEATH CLOCK, THE

box 83

DEATH FROM THE PAST

box 108

DEATH SHIP, THE

box 78

DEATHWATCH

box 101

DESTROY SEAVIEW

box 90

DOOMSDAY

box 89

DOOMSDAY ISLAND

box 107

EDGE OF DOOM

box 86

ENEMIES, THE

box 88

ESCAPE FROM VENICE

box 86

EXILE, THE

box 105

FATAL CARGO

box 93

FEARMAKERS, THE

box 97

FIRES OF DEATH

box 97

FLAMING ICE

box 77

FOSSEL MEN

box 83

GHOST OF MOBY DICK

box 109

GRAVEYARD OF FEAR

box 91

HAIL TO THE CHIEF

box 81

HAUNTED SUBMARINE, THE

box 77

HEAT MONSTER

box 83

HOT LINE

box 94

HUMAN COMPUTERS

box 94

INDESTRUCTABLE MAN, THE

box 90

INVADERS, THE

box 87

JONAH AND THE WHALE

box 104

JOURNEY WITH FEAR

box 111

KLLER OF THE DEEP

box 91

LAST BATTLE, THE

box 101

LEFTHANDED MAN, THE

box 102

LEVIATHON

box 106

LOBSTER MAN

box 91

LONG LIVE THE KING

box 82

LOST BOMB, THE

box 110

MACHINE STRIKES BACK, THE

box 84

MAGNUS BEAM

box 99

MAN BEAST

box 103

MAN OF MANY FACES

box 76

MECHANICAL MAN, THE

box 76

MENFISH, THE

box 77

MERMAID, THE

box 93

MIST OF SILENCE, THE

box 85

MONSTER FROM INFERNO

box 110

MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE

box 108

MONSTER'S WEB, THE

box 78

MUMMY, THE

box 90

MUTINY

box 80

NIGHT OF TERROR

box 98

NIGHTMARE

box 96

NO WAY BACK

box 84

NO WAY OUT

box 102

PEACE MAKER, THE

box 111

PHANTOM STRIKES, THE

box 81

PLANT MAN, THE

box 92

PRICE OF DOOM, THE

box 107

RESCUE

box 100

RETURN OF THE BLACKBIRD

box 76

RETURN OF THE PHANTOM, THE

box 94

SABOTEUR, THE

box 106

SAVAGE JUNGLE

box 105

SEALED ORDERS

box 96

SECRET OF THE DEEP

box 86

SECRET OF THE LOCH

box 89

SHADOWMAN

box 109

SHAPE OF DOOM, THE

box 103

SILENT SABOTEUR, THE

box 92

SKY IS FALLING, THE

box 109

SKY'S ON FIRE

box 84

SUB SANK HERE

box 106

TERRIBLE LEPRECHAUN

box 80

TERRIBLE TOYS, THE

box 100

TERROR

box 110

TERROR OF DINOSAUR ISLAND

box 79

THING FROM INNER SPACE

box 87

TIME BOMB

box 104

TIME LOCK

box 99

TIME TO DIE, A

box 93

TURNBACK THE CLOCK

box 92

VILLAGE OF GUILT

box 89

WAXMEN

box 85

WEREWOLF

box 103

X FACTOR, THE

Administrative files and correspondence Series 7. 1976-1991

Scope and Content

This series contains correspondence, meeting minutes, shooting schedules, cast lists, financial and budget papers, agreements, script excerpts, and invitations.

Arrangement

This series is arranged chronologically.

box 114, box 115, box 116

Files 1976

box 116, box 117, box 118, box 119

Files 1977

box 119, box 120, box 121, box 122, box 123

Files 1978

box 123, box 124, box 125, box 126

Files 1985

box 126, box 127

Files 1987-1991

Scripts, clippings and show-specific administrative files Series 8. 1950-1990

Scope and Content

This series contains scripts, newspaper and magazine clippings, and show-specific administrative files such as agreements, logs, cast and crew lists, and correspondence.

Arrangement

This series is arranged by show.

box 128, box 129

Scripts

box 130, box 135

Correspondence

box 131, box 132, box 133, box 134, box 135

Agreements, logs, trials and reports

box 135, box 136

Clippings

box 113

Unidentified storyboards (copies)