Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Rod Serling papers
- Dates:
- 1945-1969
- Creators:
- Serling, Rod, 1924-
- Abstract:
- Rodman Edward Serling (1924-1975) wrote teleplays, screenplays, and many of the scripts for The Twilight Zone (1959-65). He also won 6 Emmy awards. The collection consists of scripts for films and television, including scripts for Serling's television program, The Twilight Zone. Also includes correspondence and business records primarily from 1966-1968.
- Extent:
- 23 boxes (11.5 linear ft.)
- Language:
- Finding aid is written in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Rod Serling papers (Collection 1035). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of scripts for films and television as well as scripts and publications relating to Serling's television program, The Twilight Zone. Also includes correspondence and business records primarily from 1966-1968.
- Biographical / historical:
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Rodman Edward Serling was born December 25, 1924 in Syracuse, New York; served as paratrooper in 11th Airborne Division during World War II; discharged as a result of a shrapnel wound, 1946; attended Antioch College and began writing, directing, and acting in local radio plays; sold first television script in 1949; married wife Carol in 1948 and had two daughters; moved to Hollywood to write teleplays in mid-1950s; won 6 Emmy awards with scripts for Patterns, Requiem for a Heavyweight, and The Comedian, among others; was the first writer to be president of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences; wrote many of the scripts for The Twilight Zone (1959-65), and served as its on-air host; wrote several screenplays, including Planet of the Apes and Seven Days in May; died June 28, 1975, after undergoing open-heart surgery.
- Acquisition information:
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Gift of Rod Serling, 1968, 1969.
Gift of Carol Serling, 2009.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series:
- Television, film, and radio scripts ( Boxes 1-7, 15-17, 21-22).
- Twilight Zone Scripts (Boxes 8-9, 18).
- Twilight Zone Publications (18-20).
- Contracts and agreements (Boxes 7, 23).
- Correspondence (Boxes 10-14).
- 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.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2002
- Date Encoded:
- The encoding for the container list of this finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2011-04-26T13:28-0700 Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
- Terms of access:
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Portions of this collection are restricted and require donor permission for access.
Papers cannot be photocopied except with donor permission.
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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Rod Serling papers (Collection 1035). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988