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Title: Ed Wynn Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1920-1938 bulk 1931-1938
Collection number: 1181
Creator:
Wynn, Ed, 1886-1966
Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
24 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Born Isaiah Edwin Leopold, Ed Wynn (1886-1966) was a successful New York vaudeville comic headliner by the age of 17. He appeared
in Ziegfeld follies, wrote and produced his own shows on Broadway (1920s and 1930s), and appeared in television and films
(1950s and 1960s). The collection consists of Wynn's scrapbooks, clippings and ephemera, and sheet music documenting his career
in Broadway theater and radio productions.
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.
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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services 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
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Keenan Wynn, 1968.
[Identification of item], Ed Wynn Papers (Collection 1181). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library,
University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
3649315
Born Isaiah Edwin Leopold, November 9, 1886 of European immigrants in Philadelphia; entered show business at 15; became successful
New York vaudeville comic headliner by 17; appeared in Ziegfeld follies; wrote and produced his own shows on Broadway in 1920s
and 1930s, featuring songs by Rodgers and Hart, Sammy Fain, and other well-known composers, and billing himself as The perfect
fool, featuring his lisp, giggle, fluttering hands, outlandish costumes and inventions, and outrageous puns; starred on radio
as Texaco fire chief in 1930s; suffered nervous breakdown late 1930s; returned to Broadway in 1940s; appeared in television
and films through 1950s and 1960s in both comic and dramatic roles; father of Keenan Wynn; died of cancer in Beverly Hills
on June 19, 1966.
Collection consists of scrapbooks, clippings and ephemera, and sheet music documenting Wynn's career in Broadway theater and
radio productions. Includes sheet music by Sammy Fain and score to
Simple Simon by Rodgers and Hart.
Arranged in the following series:
- Scrapbooks (Boxes 2-13, 24-25).
- Sheet music (Boxes 9, 13-23).
- Memorabilia (Box 1).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Wynn, Ed, 1886-1966--Archives.
Comedians--United States--Archival resources.
Musical theater--United States.
Scrapbooks.
Song sheets.
Hart, Lorenz, 1895-1943.
Rodgers, Richard, 1902- .
Fain, Sammy, 1902- .