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Taylor, J. mss., 1975-1998

Author

Taylor, Jeri, creator.

Title

Taylor, J. mss., 1975-1998.

Format

Mixed Materials

Description

13.75 linear feet (11 boxes)

URL

<Finding aid> https://archives.iu.edu/catalog/InU-Li-VAA4805

Portion of title

Taylor, J. mss.

Notes

This collection is open for research. Jeri Taylor, 1938- , was an executive producer and contributing writer of the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager. Taylor was born in Evansville, Indiana in 1938. She received her BA in English from Indiana University in 1959 and her MA in English from California State University, Northridge. During the 1980s she worked as a television writer and producer, working on shows such as Little House on the Prairie and The Incredible Hulk. She joined Star Trek: The Next Generation as a supervising producer at the beginning of its fourth season. She worked as a co-executive producer for the sixth season and executive producer for the seventh and final season. She also co-created Star Trek: Voyager with Rick Berman and Michael Piller and worked as executive producer for the first four seasons. In addition, she has written three Star Trek novels. Materials are in English.

[Summary]

The collection consists of outlines, scripts, technical notes, cast lists, and some shooting schedules for the 7th and final season of The Next Generation, 1993-1994, and draft scripts, casting call sheets, research notes, etc. for Voyager, 1994-1996. Some of the outlines, technical notes, and lists carry her annotated changes or comments. Copies of final scripts for all seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation have been separately cataloged and are housed in the Lilly Library printed collections (Lilly: PN6120.S48 S796). The collection also includes scripts written by Jeri Taylor for televisions series on which she was story editor, co-writer, or occasionally producer. These series include In the Heat of the Night, Jake and the Fatman, Magnum P.I., and Quincy, M.E. Also present are scripts written and sold as a free-lance writer for the series California Fever, The Incredible Hulk, Little House on the Prairie, and Salvage. The final subseries, Development, consists of scripts and story ideas, largely unproduced, written during what Jeri Taylor describes as "development hell" at Norman Lear's Embassy Productions from 1985-1987.

Subject headings

Taylor, Jeri. Indiana University--Alumni and alumnae. Television. Star Trek television programs.

Notes

Gift: 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998. Photocopying permitted only with permission of the curator.

Cite as

[Item], Taylor, J. mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.