DeGolyer Library Archival Collections: F-G

Lawrence Clark Powell was the first Dean of UCLA’s School of Library Science, and was known for his publications on the American Southwest, librarianship, literature, and the book trade. This collection of publications written by and about Lawrence Clark Powell was gathered by David Farmer, former director of DeGolyer Library from 1985-2001. These publications outline Powell’s vision for building a western library collection.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, painter, book designer and graphic artist, was an important leader in the American poetry revival in San Francisco in the 1950s. The collection, consisting of approximately 53 items, comprises a variety of materials relating to the business and personal affairs of Ferlinghetti and other members of the Beat culture. Letters, postcards, and notes, primarily from Ferlinghetti to his secretary, Gail Chiarrello, discussing his publishing house and bookstore, City Lights Booksellers and Publishers, and personal news. The collection includes typescript poems and prose works, some with manuscript annotations, City Lights catalogs, handbills, news releases, and a photograph of Ferlinghetti.

Written primarily from Fisk to Lottie Hough concerning the purchase of cotton in Nashville and its transport through military lines to Boston. Also includes letters discussing Fisk's departure from Jordan Marsh & Co in 1865, a safe conduct pass and two newsclippings.

Actress and director Niki Flacks founded The Bergerac Company, a communications consulting firm that specializes in training executives in effective communication and public speaking skills. This collection consists of ten scrapbooks, which chronicle the career of Niki Louise Flacks. The ten volume set dates from 1953 to 1985. Ms. Flacks’ book Power Talk and a copy of her University of Texas Arlington Master’s thesis are also included.

A.B. Flanary was a lawyer in the first half of the twentieth century in Dallas, Texas. The majority of this collection contains Flanary's personal and law practice files. Also included are love letters with his wife Lolah, genealogies, and correspondence from his descendants and close family.

Horton Foote (1916-2009) was a native Texan whose career as an actor, playwright, and screenwriter spanned over seven decades. He is best known for his Oscar-winning screenplays for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) and Tender Mercies (1983), but his heart was always in the theater. His play, The Young Man From Atlanta , won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1995. Throughout his body of work, he wrote of a fictionalized Wharton (Harrison, Texas) and the drama of ordinary people. This collection includes his correspondence, extensive drafts, photographs, and video. Also included are his early Texas family papers which provided inspiration for characters in his dramas.

Emil Fretz (1858-1928) was born in Zurich, Switzerland and his family emigrated to a Swiss Colony in Dallas County, Texas in 1870. Fretz was a barber and proprietor of an artesian bath, and he was also known for his work with the Park Board in the city of Dallas. Included in this collection are his family photographs, deeds, wills, financial documents, naturalization papers, and death and marriage certificates. Photographs include early nineteenth century photographs of a trip to Pikes Peak, Colorado, and an album of the Fretz family farm. Part of the George W. Cook Dallas/Texas image collection.

Lists merchandise sold and names of purchasers of merchandise from a general store in Lockranzy, Cherokee County, Texas. Also contains lists of merchandise Frizzell purchased to add to the store's inventory and days missed by store employees.

The majority of this collection consists of Gaisford family letters and photographs. Dorothy Olive Gaisford married Leslie Autry, and their daughter Dorothy Olive married Arthur Brown. Included are photographs and correspondence of the mother and daughter, and photographs of the Simon and Autry families. Marie Simon was the mother of Dorothy Gaisford, and the Simons had one of the first furniture stores in Dallas at the turn of the twentieth century. Photographs of retail stores are also included. Part of the George W. Cook Dallas/Texas image collection.

Bill Gilbert is an analyst for Tal Smith Enterprises, which provides arbitration services for major league baseball clubs. The bulk of this collection contains arbitration presentations, mostly for the Houston Astros. This material will be of interest to researchers of the business of baseball.

David Charles Goodyear (circa 1897-1960) was the owner and curator of Railway Historical Museum in High Falls, New York. The bulk of his papers include correspondence about obtaining photographs and railroad materials for his collection. Also included are locomotive rosters, locomotive drawings, and railroad ephemera for United States railroads and international railroads.

This collection contains an 1882 printed volume of Terry's Texas Rangers annotated muster roll with a signed register of all veterans who attended the 1902 reunion; three uniform buttons; photographs of the H.W. Graber family; and correspondence. Benjamin Franklin Terry formed the Eighth Texas Cavalry during the Civil War, and it was known as one of the best units from Texas in the Confederate army. H.W. Graber served in this unit and later wrote his autobiography that detailed his time as a Terry Texas Ranger. Graber (1841-1917) was born in Bremen, Germany and emigrated to Houston, Texas in 1853. He moved to Dallas in 1885, and hosted the 1902 reunion of Texas Terry's Rangers in Dallas. Included in this collection are a photograph and military record of his grandson, Graber Kidwell, who served in World War II; correspondence of Lessie Kidwell; and pamphlets. Part of the George W. Cook Dallas/Texas image collection.

Howard Green (1921-2005) served as a Texas legislator, Tarrant County judge and treasurer, and president of four Texas baseball leagues. He wrote articles for various publications about baseball, and also contributed articles to local newspapers about politics. The bulk of this collection contains his baseball research files.

Dodge's papers include minutes of director's meetings of the Pacific Railway Improvement Co.; accounts of stocks and bonds; California & Texas Railway Construction Co. charter, minutes of board meetings (June 1872-June 1889) and minutes of the finance committee ; transcript of lawsuit of John S. Messenger vs. Memphis, El Paso & Pacific Railroad Co.; seven letters from Dodge regarding business and railroad affairs (1872-1895); an announcement regarding a special train conveying President Cleveland; and photographs.

This collection is comprised of scripts and drafts of episodes of Gunsmoke , the longest running western series on television. Also included are scripts for unaired episodes, writer Milburn Stone’s contracts and correspondence, and one draft of a pilot for a Gunsmoke spin-off, entitled “The Old Town.” Gunsmoke , starring James Arness, was televised on CBS from 1955-1975.