Edward Jurist papers, 1940-1979

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Summary

Creators:
Jurist, Edward
Abstract:
Ed Jurist had a career as a prolific television producer and writer. The collection consists of script files for radio and television productions, casting files of resumes and photographs, and a small amount of personal papers and printed materials.
Extent:
30.0 linear ft. (65 boxes)
Language:
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Edward Jurist Papers (Collection PASC 122). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of material related to radio and television writer and producer, Ed Jurist. The bulk of the collection includes script files for radio and television productions, casting files of resumes and photographs, and a small amount of personal papers and printed materials. Among the productions represented in the collection are the radio series Alrich family and The Jonathan Winters show, and the television series Bewitched (1969-71), Colonel Humphrey Flack (1953-59), Leave it to Beaver (1957-59), and The Patty Duke show (1964-66), among others.

Biographical / historical:

Ed Jurist was born in ca. 1916 and was a theater major at the University of Michigan. He established a career as a prolific television producer and writer. In 1949, he produced, directed and wrote The Aldrich Family, one of the first situation comedies in television. In 1953, he produced and wrote Colonel Flack. Working at Warner Brothers je continued to produce and write television series, including Hawaiian Eye, 77 Sunset Strip and Room for One More. Later, at Screen Gems, he was one of the principal writers of Bewitched from 1964 to 1968, and he produced The Flying Nun from 1968 to 1970. He was a story consultant and writer on One Day at a Time (1980), Maude (1974), Diff'rent Strokes (1982-1985), and Gimme a Break (1986). Ed Jurist died March 12, 1993 in Los Angeles, CA.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Edward Jurist, 1984.
Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Television Projects
  2. Radio Projects
  3. Motion Picture Projects
  4. Unidentified Projects
  5. Casting Files
  6. Personal Papes
  7. Printed Material

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. 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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Edward Jurist Papers (Collection PASC 122). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

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