Mort Reis Lewis papers, 1939-1985

Lewis was a scriptwriter who wrote for numerous radio and television programs during the 1940s to 1960s. During World War II Lewis worked as a dramatic consultant for the United States Army Special Services. He wrote scripts and staged shows in service hospitals across the country, using patients in the shows. Lewis was active in the Lincoln Sesquicentennial Association of California and the Civil War Centennial Commission during the late 1950s and early 1960s, serving as chair of the Commission's Television Program Committee. In honor of the centennial he wrote a Civil War teleplay, "A Pair of Boots."