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Title: Robert Ardrey Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1935-1960
Collection number: 957
Creator: Ardrey, Robert
Extent:
4 boxes (4 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Robert Ardrey (1908-1970) was born in Chicago, Illinois. He studied the natural and social sciences at University of Chicago
and lectured on anthropology for two years, but later found himself more interested in drama. He became a Hollywood screenwriter
and wrote film scripts, novels, and plays. The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, ephemera and motion picture
scripts written by Ardrey.
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.
Language:
English.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Helen Ardrey, 1963.
[Identification of item], Robert Ardrey Papers (Collection 957). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
462218
Robert Ardrey was born October 16, 1908 in Chicago; studied natural and social sciences at University of Chicago and lectured
on anthropology for two years, but later found himself more interested in drama, where he was influenced by Thornton Wilder;
his first plays had brief runs, but led to his becoming a Hollywood screenwriter, 1938; wrote film scripts, novels, and plays,
including
Thunder Rock, which was successful in London and filmed in Hollywood; returned to the study of anthropology in 1955, and later produced
four works:
African Genesis (1961),
The Territorial Imperative (1966),
The Social Contract (1970), and
The Hunting Hypothesis (1976) all arguing that man was innately aggressive creature; continued to write screenplays, including
Khartoum; finished autobiography shortly before his death in Kalk Bay, South Africa in 1980.
Collection consists of letters from Ardrey to his wife and children, business correspondence, 14 motion picture scripts written
by Ardrey, clippings, and ephemera.
Ardrey, Robert--Archives.
Screenwriters--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Film scripts.