Wahl, Jan

Abstract The Gish Film Theater collection contains correspondence, programs, photographs, promotional material, clippings, scrapbooks, printed material, sound and video recordings, artifacts, research files, and artwork, collected by the Curator of the Gish Film Theater, Ralph Wolfe, on the history of the theater and it programs at Bowling Green State University, as well as the careers of Dorothy and Lillian Gish, Jean Arthur, Eva Marie Saint, and Maidie Norman. Some materials were donated by the...

Abstract The correspondence, literary manuscripts, original illustrations, galley proofs and other materials in the Jan Wahl Collection form a solid basis for beginning research into the life and career of one of the most widely-read contemporary authors of children's literature. Correspondence includes letters from friends, collaborators and publishers and deals for the most part with Wahl's work, although interesting personal asides can be found. Over eighty-five manuscript versions (both originals...