Samuel Gallu papers, 1935-1991 (bulk 1975-1991).

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Samuel Gallu papers, 1935-1991 (bulk 1975-1991).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31019910

The collection contains the professional papers of Samuel Gallu, including drafts and final copies for fifty-six plays and screenplays, most notably "Give 'Em Hell Harry," "Churchill," "The Murder of Jack Ruby," "Navy Log," and "To Set the Record Straight," involving Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill, Jack Ruby, John F. Kennedy, John J. Sirica, and Watergate. His research materials for some of these works plus clippings about Romania for "Ozymandias" are accompanied by audio-visuals and photographs (particularly of "Navy Log" and John F. Kennedy), programs, and contracts. Also, contains personal papers including alumni awards from Penn State, biographical and autobiographical articles, correspondence (some with Walter H. Annenberg and John J. Sirica), estate papers, clippings and programs from his singing career, materials about Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians with whom Gallu sang, and family photographs.

15 cubic ft. + 14 film reels.

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7295932

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice president in early 1945. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain communist expansion. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated Congres...

Annenberg, Walter H., 1908-2002

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Sirica, John J.

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Jurist and lawyer. Born 1904; died 1992. From the description of Papers of John J. Sirica, 1932-1986 (bulk 1957-1986). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71072513 Judge and lawyer; full name: John Joseph Sirica; b. 1904; d. 1992. From the description of Papers, 1932-1986 (bulk 1957-1986). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 31605138 Biographical Note 1904, 19 Mar. ...

Waring, Fred, 1900-1984

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Choral conductor and showman. From the description of Typewritten letter signed : New York, N.Y., to Robley Durham Stevens, 1938 May 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270920972 Music composer, arranger, conductor, and performer. From the description of Fred Waring scrapbooks, 1922-1984. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 57482118 From the description of Fred Waring broadcasts, 1933-1957. (Pennsylvania State University Librarie...

Gallu, Samuel

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Gallu (1918-1991) was a writer, director, and producer of motion pictures, television, and theater. From the description of Samuel Gallu papers, 1935-1991 (bulk 1975-1991). (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 31019910 ...

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965

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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, on 30 November 1874. He was educated at Harrow and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst before joining the Army in 1895 and serving in India and Sudan. After leaving the Army in 1899, he worked as a war correspondent for the Morning Post and the following year was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Oldham. In 1904, Churchill decided to join the Liberal Party, and in 1906, was elected Liberal MP f...

Ruby, Jack.

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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...