Gordon Langley Hall Papers 1955-1973

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Gordon Langley Hall Papers 1955-1973

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Gordon Langley Hall papers contain production materials for 13 works. The papers are for published and unpublished works, as well as a condensed version of a story for magazine. The collection includes typescripts, galley proofs, and photos. One title was written under the name of Dawn Langley Simmons. Women's Day

108 folders

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University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections

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Hall, Gordon Langley

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Gordon Langley Hall was born in England to an unwed servant. His date of birth is unclear but appears variously as 1922, 1923, 1930, and 1937. He grew up to become a successful writer in London. In the early '50s, he moved to New York's Greenwich Village to start his career as a writer in America. In 1962, Hall moved to Charleston. In 1968, he had a sex-change operation and returned to Charleston as Dawn Langley Hall. She married a black man, John Paul Simmons, apparently became pregnant and bor...