Biography
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Acquisition
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
Scope and Contents
Arrangement
Separated Materials
Related Archival Materials
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Gale Hunt papers
creator:
Hunt, Gale
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2013-113
Physical Description:
13.5 Linear Feet
3 archive boxes + 2 archive cartons + 4 archive binder boxes + 2 archive shoeboxes + 3 flat archive boxes.
Date (inclusive): 1915-1999
Date (bulk): bulk
Abstract: Sheet music, writings, corrspondence, personal papers, subject files, photographs and sound recordings, circa 1915-1999, from
composer Gale Hunt (also known as Gary Borden Hall). The bulk of the collection pertains to Hunt's original musical,
A San Francisco Sunday (1994), for which he wrote the book, music, and lyrics. The collection also includes papers and photographs documenting
Hunt's personal life and extended family.
Biography
Gale Borden Hunt was born on February 19, 1914, and grew up in Wallace, Idaho, before moving to Spokane, Washington, during
his high school years. Following high school, Hunt moved to Los Angeles where he earned his degree from Los Angeles State
College. He married a woman named Madeleine and had a son, David. They raised their son into the mid-1970s until Madeleine's
death. Hunt served in the 19th Medical General Laboratory for the United States Army Service Forces, then worked as an analyst
for the Pacific Telephone Company from 1948 until he retired in 1979.
Hunt was a composer who published original sheet music beginning in the 1940s. He spent much of his retirement years traveling,
as well as writing and recording the book, music, and lyrics for his original musical,
A San Francisco Sunday (also known as
Lucky Sunday), written under the pseudonym Gary Borden Hall. The musical centers on the lives of same-sex parents and transgender individuals.
Hunt died on April 29, 1999, in Los Angeles, California.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Acquisition
Donor and date of acquisition unknown.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder #, or item name] Gale Hunt papers, Coll2013-113, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Loni Shibuyama with assistance from Sarah Wilson, January 2014.
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises music compositions, writings, personal papers, subject files, photographs and sound recordings,
circa 1915-1999, from composer Gale Hunt (also known as Gary Borden Hall). The bulk of the collection comprises sheet music,
lyrics, scripts, copyright documents, sound recordings and other material from Hunt's songwriting career and particularly
his original musical,
A San Francisco Sunday (also known as
Lucky Sunday), written under the pseudonym Gary Borden Hall. His personal papers include correspondence, family history documents, a
scrapbook, yearbooks and school records, travel documents, and other material documenting Hunt's education, job history, travels,
and family relations. The subject files comprise clippings and articles, publicity and informational material, and annotated
material. The collection also includes photograph albums, photographs, and negatives documenting Hunt's travels, home life,
friends, past work experience, and attendance at a gay pride parade in San Francisco, circa 1915-1997.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1. Music composition and writings
Series 2. Personal papers
Series 3. Subject files
Series 4. Photographs
Series 5. Sound recordings
Separated Materials
Separated to the ONE library:
Jay, Michael.
Gay Love Signs. Penguin Books USA Inc., 1980.
Laurents, Arthur.
A Clearing in the Woods. New York: Random House, 1957.
Separated to the ONE audiovisual collection:
The AIDS Show (VHS)
Between The Lines, July Edition, GCN/Nashville (VHS)
Rick Burd, Gay Comedian, Stand-Up NY Comedy Club, 5 minutes (VHS)
Cerebral Accident (VHS)
IDA Gaymes, 11/9/93 (VHS)
La Cage Aux Folles, Color, M1201580, French with English Subtitles, 1979 (VHS)
Pool Days, Director-Brian Sloan, 25 minutes, Partial Assembly, NYU/GFTV (VHS)
Quinn, 190 E 2nd Street #15 NYC 10009 (VHS)
Related Archival Materials
Performing Arts Collection, Coll2007-016, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gay men and musicals
Sheet music
Correspondence
Musical theater -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Gay composers
Photographs
Audiocassettes
Hunt, Gale