Ivan N. Cury Collection
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection were created from 1977-2000. The majority of the
collection includes television scripts, stage maps, as well as Cury’s professional Vita.
The scripts include popular television series All My Children, The Young and the
Restless, and The Dukes of Hazzard. The maps include stage drawings of The
Doctors, Nashville Remembers Elvis on His Birthday, and The Young and the Restless.
Series I: Biographical Information
Inclusive Dates: 2000
Arrangement: Alphabetical and thereunder chronological
This small series contains the personal Vita of Ivan N. Cury.
Series II: Scripts and Production Documents
Inclusive Dates: 1956-1989
Arrangement: Alphabetical and thereunder chronological
This large series contain scripts and production documents for various television shows.
The majority of the scripts in this collection come from The Doctors, The Facts of Life,
and The Young and the Restless. This series also includes one script from My True
Story (Show#3239), a show Cury worked on early on in his career. Also included in this
series are singular episodes of Charles in Charge (Show#78018), Laverne and Shirley
(Show#60795-09) and TV special Nashville Celebrates Elvis on His Birthday (1977).
Series III: Stage Maps
Inclusive Dates: 1977-1985
Arrangement: Alphabetical and thereunder chronological
This series contains stage maps for multiple television shows. The shows included are
The Doctors and The Young and the Restless, as well as TV special Nashville
Remembers Elvis on His Birthday.
Dates
- Creation: 1956-2000
Conditions Governing Use
The Ivan N. Cury Collection is the physical property of California State University, Los Angeles, John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, Special Collections and Archives.
Biographical / Historical
Ivan N. Cury (1937- ) was born and raised in New York City. At the age of ten he became involved with professional radio, appearing on hundreds of programs. He continued his radio career for another seven years until he decided to attend Carnegie Mellon University. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon in 1959 with a BFA in Theatre Arts and immediately continued his education at Boston University where he received his MFA in Theatre Arts. After graduation, Cury worked as a free-lance writer, producer and director in New York and Los Angeles. His credits include The Young and the Restless, The Dukes of Hazzard, All My Children, The Facts of Life and television special Nashville Remembers Elvis on His Birthday. As well as free-lance, Cury also worked at multiple universities including Loyola-Marymount University, UCLA and CSULA. While at CSULA, he taught Introduction to Studio Production, Documentary Production, and Directing for Television. During his career, Ivan N. Cury published two books including Directing and Producing for Television: A Format Approach and TV Commercials: How to Make Them: Or How Big is the Boat?. Cury retired from teaching at CSULA as an Emeriti Faculty member in 2010.
Extent
8.75 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The majority of the collection includes television scripts, stage maps. The scripts include popular television series All My Children, The Young and the Restless, and The Dukes of Hazzard. The maps include stage drawings of The Doctors, Nashville Remembers Elvis on His Birthday, and The Young and the Restless.
Genre / Form
- Title
- Ivan N. Cury Collection
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository
Library South, Room 2079, 5151 State University Drive
Los Angeles CA 90032
(323)343-3960
SpecialCollections@calstatela.edu