Finding Aid for the Sam Ross Papers, 1941-1992
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UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Note
Arts and Humanities --Literature
--American Literature
Arts and
Humanities --Film, Television and Broadcasting
Finding Aid for the Sam Ross Papers, 1941-1992
Collection number: 891
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Manuscripts Division staff
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, November 2002
© 1998 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Sam Ross Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1941-1992
Collection number: 891
Creator:
Ross, Sam, 1912-
Extent:
21 boxes (10.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Sam Ross (1912-1998) was a author of plays, screen adaptations, television episodes, and books. The collection consists of
literary manuscripts, correspondence, cassette tapes, and other printed material of Sam Ross.
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.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Sam Ross, 1965-1993.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Sam Ross Papers (Collection 891). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library,
University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Sam Ross (originally Rosen) was born March 10, 1912 in Kiev, Russia; came to the U.S.; BS in journalism, Northwestern University,
1934; member, Writers Guild of America; with Lee Loeb, wrote
My house is your house, produced on Broadway in 1970; wrote screen adaptation of
He ran all the way; wrote television episodes for
Ben Casey,
Rawhide,
The FBI,
Mannix, and others; published books include
He ran all the way (1947),
Someday, Boy (1948),
The sidewalks are free (1950),
Port unknown (1951),
This, too, is love (1953),
You belong to me (1955),
The tight corner (1956),
The hustlers (1956),
Ready for the tiger (1964),
Hang-up (1968),
The fortune machine (1970),
The golden box (1971), and
Solomon's palace (1973); he died in 1998 in Laguna Hills, California.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of literary manuscripts, correspondence, cassette tapes, and other printed material of Sam Ross. Includes
radio scripts, screenplays, television plays, short stories, and novels, as well as brochures and cassette tapes of writing
courses and workshops taught by Ross. Manuscripts include
You belong to me,
Tight corner,
The day of the shark,
This, too, is love,
Ready for the tiger,
Golden boy,
He ran all the way,
Someday, boy!,
Sidewalks are free,
Port unknown, and
Solomon's palace.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Ross, Sam, 1912- --Archives.
Authors, American--Archival resources.
Television writers--United States--Archival resources.
Screenwriters--United States--Archival resources.
Radio writers--United States--Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Radio plays.
Television plays.
Film scripts.
Box 12, Folder 1
Between two worlds by Joy Pagano (revised script by Sam Ross), October 28, 1952.
Box 12, Folder 3
Charleston by Harry Essex and Sam Ross.
Box 12, Folder 5
Exploring the unknown - The ice-locked land written by Sam Ross. Mutual Broadcasting System, February 10, 1946.
Box 12, Folder 6
Fortune machine by Sam Ross.
Scope and Content Note
Screenplay - first draft.
Note
[Unproduced]
Box 12, Folder 7
Fortune machine by Sam Ross.
Scope and Content Note
Screenplay from his novel.
Note
[Unpublished]
Box 12, Folder 8
40-40 by Studs Terkel and Sam Ross.
Physical Description: Photocopy.
Scope and Content Note
W.P.A. radio play with related correspondence.
Box 12, Folder 10
Incurable dreamers.
Scope and Content Note
Last version (draft).
Box 12, Folder 11
Moments with genius - Deep sea diving by Sam Ross. WBBM, August 10, 1940.
Box 12, Folder 12
Moments with genius - Phosphates by Sam Ross. WBBM, September 7, 1940.
Box 13, Folder 1
Rachel's way by Sam Ross.
Physical Description: Photocopy.
Scope and Content Note
first version - outline.
Note
[Unpublished]
Box 13, Folder 2
Rachel's way by Sam Ross.
Physical Description: First 41pp.
Scope and Content Note
First draft [holograph].
Note
[Unpublished]
Box 13, Folder 3
Solomon's palace by Sam Ross.
Scope and Content Note
Screenplay.
Box 13, Folder 4
Shrimp fisherman by Sam Ross. MPO Productions, 1950.
Scope and Content Note
Documentary filmed in 1951 for U.S. State Department.
Box 13, Folder 5
Then came Bronson - It takes a hero by Sam Ross. MGM, April 11, 1969.
Scope and Content Note
Script (Production no.6455).
Box 13, Folder 6
This, too, is love by Sam Ross.
Scope and Content Note
Outline. With carbon copies of letters to Shelley Winters.
Box 13, Folder 7
This, too, is love. Published by Fawcett, 1953.
Physical Description: Photocopy.
Box 13, Folder 8
Correspondence, 1987-1989.
Box 13, Folder 9
Sell what you write workshop. American River College, Sacramento, May 13, 1982.
Scope and Content Note
Novel/TV/Screenwriting taught by Sam Ross - brochure.
Box 13, Folder 10
Windy city by Sam Ross. July 16, 1979.
Scope and Content Note
Prospectus - scheduled publication.
Box 13, Folder 11
Fiction seminar by Sam Ross. California writers' conference. Mills College, May 1973.
Physical Description: Cassette tape.
Box 13, Folder 12
How to write TV and movie scripts by Sam Ross. 4th ARC Writers Workshop, May 13, 1981.
Physical Description: Cassette tape.
Box 13, Folder 13
Writing the mainstream novel. 45th ARC Writers Workshop. American River College, May 3, 1982.
Physical Description: Cassette tape.
Box 13, Folder 14
Articles about Sam Ross.
Physical Description: Photocopy.
Box 13, Folder 15
I was a subsidized athlete by Sam Ross.
Scribner's Commentator, vol.8 no.1 (May 1940).
Physical Description: pp.55-60.
Box 13, Folder 16
Killer's nymph by Sam Ross.
Men, vol.14 no.4 (April 1965).
Physical Description: pp.20-23, 90-99.
Box 13, Folder 17
River without end by Sam Ross.
Adventure (September 1956).
Physical Description: p.40, pp.50-52.
Box 13, Folder 18
You're coming for a walk by Sam Ross.
The New Penguin Writing no.3 (February 1941).
Physical Description: pp.73-79.
Box 14, Folder 1
Home by Sam Ross.
The New Masses, vol.27 no.7 (May 10, 1938).
Physical Description: pp.107-108.
Note
[Box 14 is an oversize flat box]
Box 14, Folder 2
He ran all the way. United Artists, 1951.
Scope and Content Note
Lobby card for the motion picture.
Box 15, Folder 1
We ran all the way - lawsuit.
Box 15, Folder 5
Story ideas, notes for TV.
Box 15, Folder 6
The most important man in the world.
Box 15, Folder 10
The big spur by Lee Loeb and Sam Ross.
Box 16, Folder 6
Studs Terkel interview - February 29, 1989.
Physical Description: Cassette.
Box 18, Folder 4
Solomon's Palace. New York: Delacore, 1973.
Physical Description: With dustjacket.
Box 19, Folder 2
The Sidewalks are Free. New York: Farrar ..., 1950.
Physical Description: With dustjacket.
Scope and Content Note
Review enclosed.
Box 19, Folder 4
Day of the Shark. New York: Barnes, 1967.
Physical Description: Paperback.
Box 19, Folder 5
Windy City. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons [1979].
Physical Description: Paperback.
Box 20, Folder 2
Ready for the Tiger. New York: Farrar ... [1964].
Physical Description: Paperback.
Box 20, Folder 3
Photo of Sam Ross by Steve Ross, ca. 1975.
Box 20, Folder 6
Sam Ross interview. Channel 6, June 1992.
Physical Description: Videotape.
Box 21, Folder 3
Gold Box. New York: Dell [1971].
Physical Description: Paperback.
Box 21, Folder 4
You Belong to me. New York: Popular Library [1955].
Physical Description: Paperback.
Box 21, Folder 5
Hang-Up. New York: Dell [1968].
Physical Description: Paperback.
Box 21, Folder 6
The Tight Corner. [New York]: Tower [1955].
Physical Description: Paperback.
Box 21, Folder 7
Someday, Boy. New York: Farrar ... , 1948.
Physical Description: Paperback.
Box 21, Folder 8
Rejections, ca. 1984-1992.
Box 22, Folder 1
Correspondence & rejections, ca. 1979-1981.
Box 22, Folder 2
UC Irvine workshop.
Physical Description: 4 cassette tapes.
Box 22, Folder 3
The tight corner. Original adaptation beginning 1956.
Box 22, Folder 4
The tight corner. January 14, 1988.
Box 22, Folder 5
Sam Ross: Big steel, big talk by Alan Harris Stein.
Scope and Content Note
(Biography) & related correspondence.
Box 22, Folder 6
[Quotes from book reviews].
Box 22, Folder 7
Brochures for writing classes.
Box 22, Folder 8
Bucking the syndicate.
New Pioneer (1938).
Physical Description: Photocopy.
Box 22, Folder 9
Charley, my boy.
Note
[Folders 9-37 from a notebook labeled Book of worries]
Box 22, Folder 11
Richest man in the world & richest girl -
Adventure in Paradise.
Box 22, Folder 12
The entrepreneurs -
Hawaiian Eye, June 22, 1962.
Box 22, Folder 15
The golden nugget - Cheyenne series, January 2, 1962.
Box 22, Folder 17
[Untitled story, beginning Andrew Blake ... ].
Box 22, Folder 19
The other side of paradise.
Box 22, Folder 21
Roaring 20s, Bill K.
Scope and Content Note
Springboards.
Box 22, Folder 22
Cloak of anonymity, William Koenig for Sam Ross.
Box 22, Folder 23
[Story
re Lu San Rolland].
Box 22, Folder 24
Surfside springboard, April 11, 1961.
Box 22, Folder 25
Last journey - Mr. Lucky.
Box 22, Folder 32
The lady's not for traveling - Hawaiian Eye.
Box 22, Folder 33
Love, too, is a calculated risk, Ben Casey.
Box 22, Folder 35
This gun for hire / The wages of sin.
