Finding Aid for the Collection of Scripts and Production Material for the Television Series
I Spy, 1966-1968
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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
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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Finding Aid for the Collection of Scripts and Production Material for the Television Series
I Spy, 1966-1968
Collection number: 1048
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/
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- Manuscripts Division staff
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- Alight Tsai
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- Caroline Cubé
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- Josh Fiala, March 2003
© 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Collection of Scripts and Production Material for the Television Series
I Spy,
Date (inclusive): 1966-1968
Collection number: 1048
Extent:
14 boxes (7 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract:
I spy was televised from September 1965 to September 1968. The show featured Bill Cosby and Robert Culp as two American undercover
agents who traveled around the world on various missions. The collection consists of original scripts with various drafts
and related production material for
I spy, produced by David Friedkin and Mort Fine.
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.
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 Mort Fine, 1968.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Collection of Scripts and Production Material for the Television Series
I Spy (Collection 1048). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Biography
I spy was televised September 1965-September 1968; the show featured Bill Cosby and Robert Culp as two American undercover agents
who traveled around the world on various missions; the program was produced by Sheldon Leonard, Mort Fine, and David Friedkin.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of original scripts with various drafts and related production material for the NBC television program,
I spy, produced by David Friedkin and Mort Fine.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Collection is arranged alphabetically by episode title.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
I spy (Television program).
Television producers and directors--United States--Archival resources.
Television scripts.
Related Material
Mort Fine Papers (Collection 347). Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
Container List
Box 1
Anyplace I hang myself is home.
Box 2
A few miles west of nowhere.
Box 3
Happy birthday everybody.
Box 5
Now you see her, now you don't.
Box 8
She sleeps, my lady sleeps.
Ephemera and Letters Pertaining to the Production of
I Spy
Box 10
Bernard Brody--music clearance.
Box 10
Cast lists.
Physical Description: (3 folders).
Box 10
Morton Fine--correspondence.
Box 11
De Forrest research notes.
Box 11
NBC--broadcast standard notes.
Box 11
Overnight ratings--30 city, Nielsens.
Box 11
Overseas correspondence. Leonard, Fine.
Box 11
Petty Cash--postage stamps.
Box 12
Re-run payments.
Physical Description: (2 folders).
Box 12
Script supervisor's report.
Box 13
Writers Guild of America Incorporated.
Box 13
Writers--script submission etc.
Box 13
Writers--story, script submissions, unsolicited.
Box 14
Writers & directors, assignments and payments.