Collection Summary
Lewis, Elliott
Elliott Lewis papers
1946-1989
10672
11.10 cubic feet (12 boxes)
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
Elliott Lewis was an actor, writer, producer, and director working in radio and television. The collection contains scripts, screenplays, production files, and books.
System Requirements
Early radio programs -- 33 1/3 rpm phonograph records.
Biography of Elliott LewisElliott Lewis, 1917-1990, was an actor, writer, producer, and director in radio in the late 1930s and 1940s. He wrote radio mysteries for CBS Radio's Crime Classics in the 1950s and was a producer for CBS Radio, 1949-1956. Lewis moved into television production with the "Lucille Ball Show" (1962) and "The Mothers-in-Law" (1967) and television direction with "Petticoat Junction" (1963). He wrote scripts and story lines for Desi Arnaz Productions. His Bennett novels, a mystery series, were well-known with titles such as "Hide and Seek" and "Death and the Single Girl". He continued to direct radio plays into the 1970s.
Scope and ContentThe collection contains a series of radio scripts, Crime Classics, from the early 1950s. Many manuscripts for television screen plays and some finished scripts from the 1970s and 1980s form a large part of the collection. The bulk of the manuscripts are in the Bennet book mystery series. Included with those manuscripts are correspondence regarding various writing projects of Lewis. Several LP phonographs contain radio programs from American Forces Radio, Mutual Radio Theater, and Arch Oboloer's "Lights Out Everyone". There is also a Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters award.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes,
and the collection is open to the public.
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There are no known other archival collections created by Elliott Lewis at the date of processing.
The material for this collection was received from Elliott Lewis in 1972, 1987 and Madelyn Pugh Davis in 2000.
This collection was processed by Alexandra Cardin in May 2022.
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection
Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Access Terms
Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
Television scripts -- United States.
Radio scripts -- United States.
Detective and mystery stories.
Television -- Production and direction.
Radio writers.
Television writers.
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Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Performing Arts
Social Life and Customs
People, Ethnicity, and Culture
Series I. Personal
1
Armed Forces Radio Interview Transcript
1983-1985
11
Award - Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters
1983 September 23
1
Certificate of Appreciation - Academy of Television Arts & Sciences "
In Appreciation for Service on the 1985 Primetime Blue Ribbon Panel"
1985
1
Personal - Miscellaneaous
1946-1986
11
Wisconsin Public Radio Interview (Cassette Tape)
1987 March 16
Series II. Office and Production Files
Correspondence
1
Barthold Fles
1966-1968
1
Bel Air Fire
1964 May-December
1
Erle Stanley Gardner
1957 May
1
"Happy Anniversary"
1959 February
1
"James Thurber" Series Agreement
1958-1972
1
R. E. Lewis Inc.
1966 September 26
1
Radio Re-Runs
1973 November 30
1
Robinson-Weintraub Agency
1971 June 30
1
Max Shulman
1955 April-May
1
William Morris Agency
1970-1971
1
ZIV (Directing; Photographs)
1959-1962
12
American Forces Radio and Television Services Phonograph Record, "The Whistler",Elliott Lewis
undated
1
Directors Guild of America
1962-1985
1
Directors Guild of America - Directories
1978,1986
1
Guild Scales
1965-1980
1
Mr. Kholos - Legal("Zero Hour")
1961-1978
12
"Arch Oboler's Lights Out Everybody",Elliott Lewis as Actor (Phonograph Record)
1978
11
Miscellaneous Pamphlets
1980, undated
1
United Artists Television Productions - Legal
1965-1966
1
Writers Guild of America - Directories
1976-1984
1
Writers Guild Script Fees; Agent Agreements
1974-1975
Production Files
1
"Accident" - Agatha Christie
1966 September
1
Animals (Trained)
1958, undated
1
"Avenging Chance" - Tv Rights
1966 August-September
1
Binks Project
1961-1964
1
CBS Radio - "Edge of the World"
1954 March
1
"Guestward Ho" Series
1960, 1962
1
"Mothers-in-Law" TV Show
1967-1969
1
Multi-Network Area TV Ratings Estimates
1965 September-October
1,2
Mutual Radio Theater
1976-1980
12
Mutual Radio Theater - "Programs for the Week of March 3, 1980" (Phonograph Records)
1980
2
Mystery - John D. McDonald Properties
1950-1966
2
"The Ombudsman"
1970-1972
2
Radio Formats
1974-1975
2
Sears Radio Theater
1978-1980
2
Talent Lists - NBC
1957 January
2
"This Man Dawson" Series
1959 July
2
"Two of Us"
1961-1962
2
"Up We Go"
1961-1965
2
Victor Borge Show
1961-1964
2
Writers
1961-1968
2
"Yessir, That's My Baby"
1967-1972
2
"Zero Hour"
1956-1979
Series III. Manuscripts, Screenplays, and Publications
3
"A.V.A. Petrouchka: An Animated Ballet"
undated
3
"Broome Stages"
undated
3
"Can't We Be Friends"
1958 May
3
"Crazy As a Man"
undated
3
"The Court of Last Resort"
undated
Bennett Book Series
3
"Bennett I" - Two Heads Are Better
undated
3
"Bennett II" - Dirty Linen
1979 September-October
3
"Bennett III" - People in Glass Houses
undated
3
"Bennett IV" - Double Trouble
undated
3
"Bennett V" - Here Today, Dead Tomorrow
undated
4
"Bennett VI" - Death and the Single Girl
undated
4
"Bennett VII" - Melancholy Baby
undated
4
"Bennett VIII - Slaughter
undated
4
"Big Bennett" - Death Mask
1981 October
4
By Line, Daniel Defoe: An American Saga
undated
4
Harry Croft
1989 August 17
4,5
Hide and Then Seek
1969-1972, undated
5
"Matt Houston" - Mr. Nice Guy Story"
1982 August-October
5
Jeremy
1972 March
5
Our Man on Omega: A Space Fable
1977, undated
5
Yessir, That's My Baby
undated
Radio Scripts
5,6
"Crime Classics" Docudrama
1952-1954
6,7
"On Stage" Drama Series
1953-1954
7
"Zero Hour"
1973 May-September
Screenplays
7
"Baretta" - "Listen, This'll Kill You"
1977 January
7
"Cannon" - "1/2 Cup of Death"
1975
7
"Cataclysm at Carbon River"
1976 January-May
7
"Checkerboard" (Teleplay)
1983 July 5
7
"The Colbys" - "Return Engagement" (Teleplay)
1986-1987
8
"Defoe"
undated
8
"Exposé"
undated
8
"The Fields Report" - "Keep the Dead Past Clear"
undated
8
"Hera's Chair"
undated
8
"All of Nothing" - The Incredible Life of Mrs. Frank Leslie"
undated
8
"Jonquil"
1977 April-October
8
"Klondike" - "Death on the Trail"
1961 January 6
8
"Land's End"
1966 November-December
8,9
"Law & Order" - "Abby"; "Kenyon"
1976 August-September
9
"Lord Sweeny"
undated
9
"The Most Deadly Game" - "The Hornest's Nest"
1970 April-June
9
"Mothers-In-Law"
undated
9
"The New Maverick"
1978 May, undated
9
"No Way Out" - "You Can't Tell a Crook by His Cover"
1976 December 13
9
"Rachel's Camp"
1965 October 6
9
"Remington Steele" - "Dancer, Prancer, Donner,and Steele"
1985 October-November
9
"Suspended Judgement" (Teleplay)
undated
9,10
"Two Heads Are Better"
1975-1976
10
"Western Steele"
1979, 1984
10
"The White Whale"
10
"You Can't Tell a crook by His Cover"
1976 October-November
11
Mystery Outlines
1961-1963
Publications
11
Bennett Books - I, III (Portuguese) and V (German)
1980-1982
11
Bennett Book Covers
1980s
11
Bennett Book Series - I-VI
1980-1983
11
Bennett's World
1982