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Finding Aid for the T. Perceval Gerson Papers, 1886-1960
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Letters to T.P. Gerson

Box 1, Folder 1

1886-1896.

Box 1, Folder 2

1897-1899.

Box 1, Folder 3

1900.

Box 1, Folder 4

1901-1902.

Box 1, Folder 5

1903-1904.

Box 1, Folder 6

1905.

Box 1, Folder 7

1906.

Box 1, Folder 8

January-June 1907.

Box 1, Folder 9

July-December 1907.

Box 1, Folder 10

January-June 1908.

Box 1, Folder 11

July-December 1908.

Box 1, Folder 12

1909.

Box 1, Folder 13

January-June 1910.

Box 1, Folder 14

July-December 1910.

Box 1, Folder 15

January-June 1911.

Box 1, Folder 16

July-December 1911.

Box 1, Folder 17

January-June 1912.

Box 1, Folder 18

July-December 1912.

Box 1, Folder 19

n.d.

Box 2, Folder 1

1913.

Box 2, Folder 2

1914.

Box 2, Folder 3

1915.

Box 2, Folder 4

1916.

Box 2, Folder 5

1917.

Box 2, Folder 6

1918.

Box 2, Folder 7

1919.

Box 2, Folder 8

January-June 1920.

Box 2, Folder 9

July-December 1920.

Box 2, Folder 10

1921.

Box 2, Folder 11

1922.

Box 2, Folder 12

1923.

Box 2, Folder 13

1924.

Box 2, Folder 14

1925.

Box 2, Folder 15

1926.

Box 2, Folder 16

1927.

Box 2, Folder 17

1928.

Box 2, Folder 18

January-June 1929.

Box 2, Folder 19

July-December 1929.

Box 3, Folder 1

1930.

Box 3, Folder 2

1931.

Box 3, Folder 3

1932.

Box 3, Folder 4

January-June 1933.

Box 3, Folder 5

July-December 1933.

Box 3, Folder 6

1934. Replies to questionnaire sent out by T.P. Gerson re Hollywood Bowl.

Box 3, Folder 7

1934.

Box 3, Folder 8

1935-1936.

Box 3, Folder 9

1937-1939.

Box 3, Folder 10

1940.

Box 3, Folder 11

1941.

Box 3, Folder 12

1942.

Box 3, Folder 13

1943-1944.

Box 3, Folder 14

1945.

Box 3, Folder 15

January-August 1946.

Box 3, Folder 16

September-December 1946.

Box 3, Folder 17

January-April 1947.

Box 3, Folder 18

May-December 1947.

Box 3, Folder 19

1948-1950.

Box 3, Folder 20

1950- .

Box 3, Folder 21

1946-1956 (Notebook containing letters all sent by F.M. Pottenger mostly concerning political matters of the time).

Box 13, Folder 1

1916-1919.

Box 13, Folder 2

1920.

Box 13, Folder 3

1920, 1922.

Box 13, Folder 4

1923.

Box 13, Folder 5

1924-1925.

Box 13, Folder 6

1926.

Box 13, Folder 7

1927.

Box 13, Folder 8

1928.

Box 13, Folder 9

1930-1931.

Box 13, Folder 10

1932-1933.

Box 13, Folder 11

1934, 1937, 1939.

Box 13, Folder 12

1940-1941.

Box 13, Folder 13

1942-1944.

Box 13, Folder 14

1945-1946, 1948.

Box 13, Folder 15

1913, 1919-1920, 1924, 1930, 1931-1932.

Box 13, Folder 16

1933-1935.

Box 13, Folder 17

1937-1938.

Box 13, Folder 18

1941, 1943.

Box 13, Folder 19

1944-1945.

 

Letters from T.P. Gerson

Box 4, Folder 1

1907-1909.

Box 4, Folder 2

1910.

Box 4, Folder 3

1911.

Box 4, Folder 4

1912.

Box 4, Folder 5

1913-1915.

Box 4, Folder 6

1916-1918.

Box 4, Folder 7

1920-1929.

Box 4, Folder 8

1930-1939.

Box 4, Folder 9

1940-1949.

Box 4, Folder 10

1950-1952.

Box 4, Folder 11

n.d.

 

Misc. correspondence and scrapbook

Box 4, Folder 12

1903-1947.

Box 4, Folder 13

Letters to and from Various People re T.P. Gerson Friendship Dinner 1929.

Box 4, Folder 14

Letters re T.P. Gerson Memorial Fund 1950-1952.

Box 14

Scrapbook ca. 1916-1920.

Scope and Content Note

Contains miscellaneous correspondence, to and from Gerson, and to and from others than Gerson; Theater Alliance minutes ca. 1919-1920; miscellaneous ephemera material (primarily newspaper clippings) on Theater Arts Alliance, Severence Club, Brotherhood Players (including minutes), Hollywood Bowl, Community Park and Arts Association, etc.
Correspondence in scrapbook is included in attached index.
 

Hollywood Bowl

Box 5

Brotherhood Players (lists of members ca. 1918.

Box 5

Hollywood Bowl Association minutes (October 1, 1929 and September 20, 1951).

Scope and Content Note

Amendments of the Articles of Incorporation, notices of meetings.
Box 5

Hollywood Bowl news clippings.

Box 5

Hollywood Bowl reports.

Scope and Content Note

  • Report of Survey Committee, 1951
  • Budget 1929
  • Chart of expenditures, revenue attendance 1922-1950
  • A Plan for the Hollywood Bowl n.d.
  • Cash position July 14, 1951.
Box 5

Miscellaneous ephemera material

Scope and Content Note

(A Brief History of the Hollywood Bowl; posters, hand bills publicizing Hollywood Bowl activities).
Box 5

Writings by T.P. Gerson on the Hollywood Bowl.

Box 5

Henry A. Wallace Incident

Scope and Content Note

(Use of Hollywood Bowl denied for speech ca. 1942. News clippings, statement by T.P. Gerson, manuscript).
Box 13

Hollywood Bowl Association minutes and notices of meetings [October 4, 1932-May 22, 1934].

Box 13

Hollywood Bowl reports.

Scope and Content Note

  • Budget 1927, 1923
  • Board Reports [April-May 1933]
  • Ticket Sales Campaign. 1927
  • Disbursement and Receipts January-September 1926
  • Financial Report of Julius Caesar
  • Financial Reports 1924-1925
  • Duties of Business Manager 1926).
Box 13

Hollywood Bowl miscellaneous note and manuscripts.

Scope and Content Note

  • 1935 resolution creating nine member commission
  • Ruth St. Denis's suggestions regarding use and planning of Bowl, March 9, 1920
  • Excerpts from Mrs. Stevenson's letters [1920]
  • Prospectus of Light Eternal [1920]
  • Gerson notes on Artie Mason Carter, 1926
  • Mailing list note 1932
  • Gerson notes 1935).
 

Severence Club

Box 6

Addresses by T.P. Gerson before the Severence Club.

Box 6

Constitution and By-laws.

Box 6

Minutes June 22, 1906-February 21, 1915.

 

Memorabilia

Box 7

American Civil Liberties Union

Scope and Content Note

(Report of first organization meeting of Southern California branch, n.d.) and Liberal Press of America.
Box 7

Articles about T.P. Gerson.

Box 7

Gerson Memorial Fund

Scope and Content Note

(For presentation of his autograph collection to UCLA).
Box 7

Invitations, programs, announcements.

Box 7

Miscellaneous lists.

Box 7

Photographs of T.P. Gerson.

Box 7

Writings of others than T.P. Gerson.

Box 7

Writings of T.P. Gerson.

Box 7

Miscellaneous memorabilia

Scope and Content Note

(Memorial tribute to T.P.G., 1960; photographs of those other than T.P. Gerson; receipts, news clippings).
Box 7

Separate volumes.

Box 7

Book of poems, quotations, etc. collected by T.P. Gerson.

Box 7

Common Place book 1907.

Box 7

Harriet T. Gerson recipe book.

 

Journals

Box 8

Journals 1892-1896.

Physical Description: (4 vol.).
Box 9

Journals 1896-1902.

Physical Description: (6 vol.).
Box 10

Journals 1903-1906.

Physical Description: (7 vol.).
Box 11

Journals 1944-1950.

Physical Description: (7 vol.).
Box 12

Journals 1951-1958.

Physical Description: (8 vol.).
 

Hollywood Bowl Posters, Gerson University class photograph

Box 15

Hollywood bowl posters (3) (4).

Box 15

Gerson University Class Photo (1) (2).

Box 16

Diplomas and certificates of Gerson and wife. Prints of University of Pennsylvania.

Physical Description: (21 items).