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Geer, William, 1915-1999. William Geer collection on Oliver Max Gardner and other materials, 1931-1961.

Title: William Geer collection on Oliver Max Gardner and other materials, 1931-1961.

The collection represents William Geer's efforts to write a biography on O. Max Gardner. It includes letters to and from friends, family, and colleagues of Gardner from whom Geer tried to gather personal information and stories about Gardner; a series of notebooks kept by Geer on Gardner; notes taken from papers at the North Carolina State Archives about Gardner; transcriptions of Gardner's correspondence and excerpts from his speeches; and one 33-1/3 record album, "J. Melville Broughton on the death of O. Max Gardner," 6 February 1947. Other materials in the collection relate to Geer's career as a history professor.

ArchivalResource: About 4000 items (10.0 linear feet).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76814694 View

Forrest Theatre (New York, N.Y.). [Scrapbook of Tobacco road ephemera].

Title: [Scrapbook of Tobacco road ephemera]. ca. 1934-ca. 1955.

Containing mounted newspaper and magazine clippings, inscribed and signed portraits of the various actors who were part of the play's long Broadway run at the Forrest Theatre (i.e., Henry Hull, James Barton, James Bell, Sam Byrd, Ruth Hunter, Will Geer), stills, and several pieces of correspondence between Mr. Francis L. DeVallant and the actors and press representatives.

ArchivalResource: [80] p. : ill. (some col.), photos ; 38 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48126206 View

Evans, Maurice, 1901-1989. Maurice Evans papers, 1934-1970.

Title: Maurice Evans papers, 1934-1970.

The Maurice Evans Papers consist of business papers, scripts, scrapbooks, financial records and personal mementos which document Evans' career as an actor and producer of stage, screen and television.

ArchivalResource: 31.5 lf (97 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122687024 View

Clinton County Historical Society & Museum. Clinton County, Ind., business and industry vertical files, [18--]-[19--].

Title: Clinton County, Ind., business and industry vertical files, [18--]-[19--].

Materials chiefly reflecting the history of business and industry in Clinton County, Ind., pertaining to persons, businesses, and historical events in various county locations, including Boyleston, Burlington, Frankfort, Hamilton, Kirklin, Michigantown, Mulberry, Rossville, and Scircleville.

ArchivalResource: ca. 400 file folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70969199 View

William Geer Collection on Oliver Max Gardner and Other Materials, 1939-1961

Title: William Geer Collection on Oliver Max Gardner and Other Materials, 1939-1961

William Geer was a history professor at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. Oliver Max Gardner was a lawyer of Shelby, N.C., and Washington, D.C., and state senator, 1910-1915, lieutenant governor, 1916-1920, and governor, 1929-1933, of North Carolina. Upon O. Max Gardner's death in 1947, Geer became interested in writing a biography of him. For some time, Geer held in trust the personal papers of O. Max Gardner, which were donated to the Southern Historical Collection in 1962. While he did much research on the subject, the biography was never finished. The collection represents William Geer's efforts to write a biography on O. Max Gardner. It includes letters to and from friends, family, and colleagues of Gardner from whom Geer tried to gather personal information and stories about Gardner; a series of notebooks kept by Geer on Gardner; notes taken from papers at the North Carolina State Archives about Gardner; transcriptions of Gardner's correspondence and excerpts from his speeches; and one 33-1/3 record album, 6 February 1947. Other materials in the collection relate to Geer's career as a history professor. J. Melville Broughton on the death of O. Max Gardner,

ArchivalResource: 4000; 10.0

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/g/Geer,William.html View