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(6.75 linear feet, 1962-1996)

The collection includes scripts from 48 different shows. In the 1960's, the most important shows are I Dream of Jeannie, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, Mayberry RFD and That Girl. In the 1970's he was mostly involved with Maude, as well as The Odd Couple. In the 1980's, he worked on Gimme a Break, Love, Sidney, Empty Nest and Dear John. There are also scripts for 19 different pilots that he was involved with creating in the 1970's and 1980's, and numerous other scripts for scattered episodes of other shows.

From about 1970, the scripts for episodes Hal Cooper directed are usually heavily annotated with shooting notes. There are also sometimes shooting schedules, cast and crew lists, and revisions to the scripts. Some episodes only have a few pages rather than full scripts, especially from The Courtship of Eddie's Father and some of the shows with only a few episodes.

The scripts have been arranged chronologically by year to reflect the progression of Hal Cooper's career. Within each year, the scripts are arranged alphabetically by show. For each show, episodes are arranged chronologically. For each episode, the title, writer, director, producer and date are given, when the information is available. The date is the final draft date, when there was one. If not, then the date is the latest revision date, the taping date, or the copyright date.

Scripts for other shows have been bound and are in a separate series, Bound Scripts and Production Notes. For a list of all the shows alphabetically, chronologically, and by the number of episodes, see the appendix at the end of the finding aid.