Finding Aid for the Carol Burnett Papers, 1961-1982
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UCLA Library, Arts Library Special Collections
University of California, Los Angeles, Library
Performing Arts Special Collections, Room A1713
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Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Carol Burnett Collection
Date (inclusive): 1961-1982
Collection number: 66
Creator: Burnett, Carol
Extent: 9 boxes (3.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: Comedienne Carol Burnett has entertained audiences since the 1950s. Her career includes work on stage, television and motion
pictures. The collection consists of material related to her career, which includes souvenir programs, clippings, photographs,
scrapbooks, scripts, awards, and artwork.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Arts Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Arts Library
Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Arts Library 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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift, 1985.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Carol Burnett Collection (Collection 66). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
Biography
Carol Burnett was born in San Antonio, Texas on April 26, 1933. During the 1950s, Burnett gained popularity as a regular on
The Garry Moore Television Show. She made her Broadway debut in the musical
Once Upon a Mattress (1959) and appeared in several television specials in the 1960s before moving on to her own weekly television program
The Carol Burnett Show. Burnett's screen credits include
Pete 'n' Tillie (1972),
The Four Seasons (1981), and
Annie (1982). Burnett is the recepient of number awards and was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1985.
Scope and Content
The collection includes scripts for television projects; scrapbooks for television, motion picture, and live stage projects;
printed ephemera, clippings, assorted photographs, and awards. The bulk of the collection is comprised of scripts from television
projects including
The Carol Burnett Show (dating 1976-77), and
Carol and Company, along with a small number of other Carol Burnett specials. There is also a small amount of photographs and printed ephemera
for television work. Motion picture materials are comprised of photographs and scrapbooks from a small number of projects,
including
Annie and
The Wedding. There is also a small amount of printed ephemera and photographs from stage and live appearances. Additionally there is
a small number of clippings, artwork, and awards and certificates related to various events in Burnett's career.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Series 1. Motion Picture Projects
- Series 2. Stage and Live Performance Projects
- Series 3. Television Projects
- Series 4. Artwork
- Series 5. Awards and Certificates (boxes 7-8)
- Series 6. Photographs (box 9)
- Series 7. Press Clippings (boxes 2, 8)
- Series 8. Scrapbooks (box 6)
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Burnett, Carol--Archives.
Actresses--United States--Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Scrapbooks.
Photographs.
- Nat Faber Collection of Television Show Music Arrangements (Collection 33). Available at Music Library Special Collections,
UCLA.
- Arnold Rosen Collection of Carol Burnett Show Script Materials (Collection 67). Available at Arts Library Special Collections,
UCLA.
- Carol Burnett Collection (Collection 165). Available at Music Library Special Collections, UCLA.
Container List
Series 1.
Motion Picture Projects
Physical Description: (boxes 1,2,4,5,9)
Scope and Content Note
The series consists mostly of photographs and scrapbooks related to motion picture projects in which Carol Burnett was involved.
The series is arranged alphabetically into sub-series by project title. The bulk of the series includes photographs and scrapbooks
from
Annie. Additionally, there is a small number of items for
The Four Seasons,
Health,
Pete 'n' Tillie,
Plaza Suite, and
The Wedding. Notably missing from the series are scripts. The files within each series are arranged alphabetically by file titles which
reflect the content of the folders.
Box 9, Folder 1
Annie - photographs (10 items)
no date
Box 9, Folder 3
Annie - photographs (7 items)
no date
Box 9, Folder 2
Annie - photographs duplicates (7 items)
no date
Box 9, Folder 4
Annie - photographs group shots (7 items)
no date
Box 4
Annie - scrapbooks
[ca. 1980's]
Note
Black album - clippings, press releases and publicity.
Box 4
Annie - scrapbooks
[ca. 1980's]
Note
Black album - photos for publicity release.
Box 4
Annie - scrapbooks
[ca. 1980's]
Note
Brown album - clippings and news releases.
Box 9, Folder 5
Four Seasons (The) - photograph group shot (1 item)
no date
Box 5
Health - scrapbook of photographs
[ca. 1970's]
Note
Brown leather album.
Box 9, Folder 6
Pete 'n' Tillie - photographs (2 items)
no date
Box 1, Folder 1
Plaza Suite by Neil Simon - script
no date
Box 9, Folder 7
Wedding (The) - photograph (1 item)
no date
Box 2, Folder 1
Wedding (The) - production/publicity notebook with character information
no date
Box 5
Wedding (The) - scrapbook of photographs
[ca. 1970's]
Series 2.
Stage and Live Performance Projects
Physical Description: (boxes 2, 4, 9)
Scope and Content Note
The Stage and Live Performance Projects series consists of memorabilia, printed ephemera and photographs from live performances
and/or appearances featuring Carol Burnett. The series is arranged alphabetically by project title. Included are photographs
with Carol Lawrence, a program and photographs from a White House appearance, a souvenir book from
I DO! I Do!, a scrapbook of photographs from
Once Upon a Mattress, and a souvenir book from
Same Time Next Year. Notably missing from the series are scripts.
Box 9, Folder 12
C.B. with others - photographs (6 items)
no date
Box 9, Folder 13
Photograph with Carol Lawrence; photograph of circus act (10 items)
no date
Box 2, Folder 3-4
I DO ! I DO! - program and souvenir book for musical performance at Huntington Hartford
Theatre with C.B. and Rock Hudson.
no date
Box 4
Once Upon A Mattress - scrapbook of photographs
no date
Box 2, Folder 5
Same Time, Next Year - souvenir book
1975
Note
New York Brooks Atkinson Theatre with C.B. and Dick Van Dyke.
Box 2, Folder 6
White House appearance programs
1976 Jan 27
Note
In honor of the Prime Minister Rabin of Israel with C.B. and Helen Reddy.
Box 9, Folder 11
White House Performance - photographs (5 items)
[ca. 1976]
Series 3.
Television Projects
Physical Description: (boxes 1-3; 9-14)
Scope and Content Note
The Television Projests series consists mainly of scripts for the television programs,
Carol and Company (1990) and
The Carol Burnett Show (1976-1978). Additionally, there is one script each from the Carol Burnett specials, the
Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion and
Carol Burnett: The Special Years; a scrapbook and script for the program
Eunice; and a scrapbook for
Friendly Fire. The series is arranged alphabetically into sub-series by television program title. The files within each subseries are
arranged alphabetically by file titles which reflect the content of the folders.
Box 10
Battle of the Exes - script
1990 Mar 22
Box 10
Bump In The Night - script
1990 Feb 16
Box 10
Headcheese - second draft script
1989 Oct 18
Box 10
Home Shopping - second draft script
1989 Aug 25
Box 10
In-Laws Should Be Outlawed - script
1990 Apr 26
Box 10
Jewel of Denial - script
1990 Apr 10
Box 10
Kruber Alert - script
1990 Mar 19
Box 10
Make Room For Dottie - first mimeo draft
1990 Feb 19
Box 10
Mother From Hell - script
1990 Apr 13
Box 10
Myna and the Messenger - second draft script
no date
Box 10
Noah's Place - first mimeo draft
1990 Apr 2
Box 10
Noah's Place - script
1990 Apr 27
Box 10
Piano Bar - first mimeo draft
1989 Dec 4
Box 10
Reunion - script
1990 Apr 9
Box 10
Soap Gets In Your Eyes - script
1990 mar 22
Box 10
Spudnik - script
1990 Apr 13
Box 10
The Fabulous Bicker Girls - script
1990 Apr 12
Box 2, Folder 2
Carol Burnett Show (The) - special souvenir program
no date
Note
For C.B.Show done in Australia for the opening of the Sydney Opera House.
Box 11
Final draft script
1977 Mar 21
Box 13
Final draft script
1978 Jan 25
Box 11
Final revision script
1976 Dec 1
Box 11
Final revision script
1977 Feb 9
Box 11
Final revision script
1977 Jan 19
Box 11
Final revision script
1977 Jan 12
Box 11
Final revision script
1977 Jan 5
Box 11
Final revision script
1976 Dec 8
Box 11
Final revision script
1977 Feb 17
Box 11
Final revision script
1976 Dec 15
Box 11
Final revision script
1977 Feb 2
Box 11
Final revision script
1977 Mar 2
Box 12
Final revision script
1977 Nov 9
Box 12
Final revision script
1977 Nov 16
Box 12
Final revision script
1977 Nov 2
Box 12
Final revision script
1977 Oct 19
Box 12
Final revision script
1977 Oct 12
Box 12
Final revision script
1977 Sept 28
Box 12
Final revision script
1977 Sept 14
Box 12
Final revision script
1977 Sept 7
Box 12
Final revision script
1977 Aug 31
Box 12
Final revision script
1977 Aug 24
Box 12
Final revision script
1977 Oct 5
Box 13
Final revision script
1977 Dec 7
Box 13
Final revision script
1978 Feb 1
Box 13
Final revision script
1978 Jan 18
Box 13
Final revision script
1978 Mar 8
Box 13
Final revision script
1978 Jan 11
Box 13
Final revision script
1978 Jan 4
Box 13
Final revision script
1978 Feb 22
Box 13
Final revision script
1977 Dec 14
Box 13
Final revision script
1977 Nov 30
Box 13
Final revision script
1978 Feb 15
Box 13
Final revision script
1978 Mar 1
Box 14
Final revision script
1976 Nov 3
Box 14
Final revision script
1976 Nov 17
Box 14
Final revision script
1976 Nov 10
Box 9, Folder 8-10
Photographs (16 items)
1967 - 1979
Box 13
Special Evening with Carol Burnett (A) - final revision script
1978 Mar 15
Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion (The)
Box 10
Final draft script
1992 Oct 12
Carol Burnett: The Special Years
Box 10
First draft script
1994 Apr 18
Box 3
Eunice - scrapbook of photographs from skit rehearsal
[1981]
Box 1, Folder 2
Eunice - script
1981 May 23 - tape date
Note
Two hour special including regular cast members from The Carol Burnett Show.
Box 3
Friendly Fire - scrapbooks
1979
Note
Two brown albums - one of clippings and one of photographs.
Series 4.
Artwork
Physical Description: (box 6)
Scope and Content Note
The Artwork series is comprised of a small number of drawings of Burnett which includes: ink and pencil drawings; caricature
autographed and signed by cast and crew (from an unidentified project); and a charcoal portrait. The series is not arranged
in a specific order.
Box 6, Folder 2
Caricature drawing of C.B. pregnant - autographed and signed by cast and
crew.
no date
Box 6, Folder 3
Charcoal portrait of C.B. by Jim Nelson
1980
Box 6, Folder 1
Ink and pencil drawings by Robert Dolce
1961, 1962
Note
C.B. with Eileen (1961); C.B. with Julie (1962)
Series 5.
Awards and Certificates
Physical Description: (boxes 7-8)
Scope and Content Note
The series consists of various awards and certificates honoring Carol Burnett. The bulk of the series consists of awards
from The People's Choice honoring Carol Burnett as Favorite Female Entertainer of the Year (1976-81). The series is arranged
alphabetically by award or honor title.
Box 8, Folder 2
Assorted certificates
1968, 1977
Note
Montana Chapter of American Women in Radio and Television appreciation (Dec 1968);
Kentucky Colonel cert. (Dec 1977).
Box 7, Folder 3
People's Choice Award - Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer
1977 Feb 10
Box 8, Folder 1
People's Choice Award - Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer
1979 March 8
Box 8, Folder 2
People's Choice Award - Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer
1980 Jan 24
Box 8, Folder 4
People's Choice Award - Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer
1981 March 5
Box 7, Folder 1
People's Choice Award - Favorite Female Entertainer of the Year
1976 Feb 19
Box 7, Folder 2
People's Choice Award - Favorite Female Television Performer
1976 Feb 19
Box 7, Folder 4
People's Choice Award - Favorite Female Television Performer
1978 Feb 20
Box 7, Folder 5
People's Choice Award - Favorite Female Television Performer
1979 March 8
Box 8, Folder 3
People's Choice Award - Favorite Female Television Performer
1980 Jan 24
Box 8, Folder 5
People's Choice Award - Favorite Female Television Performer
1981 March 5
Series 6.
Photographs
Physical Description: (box 9)
Scope and Content Note
This series consist of four photographs that include Burnett, but are not identified with a specific project. Additionally,
there is an oversized framed image of Burnett as Grand Marshall of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses. The series is not arranged
in a specific order.
Box 9, Folder 14
Portraits of C.B. (4 items)
no date
Box 9, Folder 15
Unidentified social event (2 items)
no date
Series 7.
Press Clippings
Physical Description: (boxes 2, 8)
Scope and Content Note
This series is a small number of press clippings about Burnett and assorted projects.
Box 8, Folder 1
Assorted clippings
1970, 1976, 1980
Note
C.B. speech at Emerson College 100th commencement (June 1980); Los Angeles
Magazine (Jan 1976); Todo (Dec 1970).
Box 2, Folder 7
Clippings for Annie, Carol Burnett Show and Pete 'n' Tillie.
no date
Series 8.
Scrapbooks
Physical Description: (box 6)
Scope and Content Note
This series is comprised of a 1981 scrapbook documenting the
Carol Burnett Fund for Responsible Journalism
at University of Hawaii.
Box 6
Carol Burnett Fund for Responsible Journalism at U of Hawaii - scrapbook
1981
