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  • Gallien (Marguerite) typescript (0074)
    Typescript of Gallien's play, "My Mother's Husband" (annotated acting copy).
  • Garland (Hamlin) Collection (0200)
    The Hamlin Garland Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, literary notebooks, photographs, and other memorabilia, by and about the American realist writer (1860-1940).
  • Garrett (Alton B.) papers (2133)
    This collection consists of the memorabilia of Alton B. Garrett, Bachelor of Science in the USC School of Business, Class of 1933, covering his activities as a member of the track team, Trojan Knights, Trojan Squires. Skull & Dagger, Blue Key, Sigma Sigma.
  • General Historical Manuscripts and Ephemera collection (6004)
    This artificially created collection consists of notes, letters, documents, and photographs created by and for important American historical figures, 1790-1928 and undated. Of particular historical interest are the letters written by Thomas Jefferson, William Smith, and Eugene Debs, and the 1850 Los Angeles Justice of the Peace election results document.
  • General Literary Manuscripts collection (0375)
    The General Literary Manuscripts collection is an artificially created collection comprised chiefly of literary works and manuscript fragments of well-known writers and other public figures. The time covered is late 17th century to the first half of the 20th century.
  • General Music Manuscripts collection (6005)
    This small, artifical collection consists of materials relating to 19th and 20th century musicians--sheet music, a photograph, a letter, clippings, programs, and a postcard.
  • George Hutchings Club Correspondence (0101)
    George Hutchings Lecture Club correspondence; letters to and from literary celebrities, 1870-1910.
  • German Theater and Movie programs (0077)
    The collection consists predominantly of theater, cabaret, opera, and movie programs from European German-speaking countries, 1929-1937.
  • Gerrard (Saida) papers (0341)
    The collection consists of costumes, manuscripts, programs, photographs, and clippings pertaining to choreographer/dancer Saida Gerrard from the 1930s through the 1970s.
  • Goldenson (Leonard H.) Collection (2242)
    The Leonard H. Goldenson Collection documents the activities of the American Broadcasting System network in the United States and it's interests outside of the country. The collection includes memoranda, correspondence, reports, speeches, reports, policy statements, scant photographs and a small amount of legal and financial papers. Although incomplete at several levels, the collection offers representative coverage of operations in advertising, programming, research, sales, television, and news and public affairs broadcasting and the expansion of the network into the movie industry primarily from the 1950's through the late 1960's.
  • Gomperz (Theodor and Heinrich) correspondence (0185)
    Collected correspondence of Austrian scholars Theodor Gomperz (1832-1912) and his son Heinrich (1873-1943). Their personal libraries form a part of the Hoose Library, which transferred the correspondence file to Special Collections in 1994. Index. Heinrich Gomperz taught at USC.
  • Goodspeed (Edgar Johnson) manuscript (0043)
    Typescript of Goodspeed's (1871-1962) Biblical novel, Man Put Asunder. Educator, author, and translator, Goodspeed began his life-long affiliation with the University of Chicago in 1894 as a teacher. He subsequently became professor of the Bible and Patristic Greek, secretary to the president, chairman of the department, distinguished services professor, and professor emeritus, a post he held from 1937. Of his more than fifty books, Goodspeed's translations of both the Old and New Testaments brought him popularity for their modernized texts. He also wrote books on different aspects of the Bible, including The Story of the Bible and How to Read the Bible. His autobiography, As I Remember, was published in 1953 (Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2000.)
  • Greater Los Angeles Association for the Study of Community Organization records (0446)
    The Greater Los Angeles Association for the Study of Community Organization records documents the functions and activities of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Association for the Study of Community Organization (ASCO) from 1948-1987. The records consist of minutes and agendas of ASCO general and committee meetings, local and national newsletters, speeches, membership application forms, membership lists, promotional flyers, meeting announcements, correspondence, etc.
  • Green (Rose) papers (0444)
    The Rose Green papers consist of typescripts and reprints, 1934-1977, of Professor Green's professional papers and research publications on social work. Also included is an oral history conducted in 1988.
  • Grell/Colefax Collection on Russian Ballet (0315)
    Consists of films, books, photographs, sound recordings, posters, costumes, and artwork related to Russian ballet, chiefly the Bolshoi Ballet Company. Collected by Los Angeles resident Dwight Grell from the early 1950s to today. Many of the materials are in Russian.
  • Guggenheim (Felix) papers (0312)
    This collection comprises the business and private archives of literary agent and Pazifische Presse co-founder Felix Guggenheim (1904-1976). The collection includes private and business correspondence, and contracts with publishers, authors and other business associates between 1925 and 1986 (bulk 1940-1976). The collection also includes manuscripts, some photographs and book reviews of works by many of the authors Guggenheim represented. Authors of the German-speaking Exile community in Los Angeles are particularly well represented.