Gerald Kahan collection, 1898-1980

Summary

Creator:
Kahan, Gerald, 1923-1993
Date:
1898-1980
Extent:
6 Linear Feet 15 document boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Gerald Kahan collection. MS 2788. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of notebooks containing stamps on theater history and ornithology. Also included are folders of clippings and materials regarding bird stamps, philately, and stamps in general, as well as volumes I - III of "Standard postage stamp catalogue, 1975," issues of "Curtain Call" from 1971-1976 and April 1978 to December 1979, and a volume entitled, "Birds of the world on stamps."

Biographical / historical:

Gerald Kahan was the head of the Theater and Film Studies Department at the University of Georgia, where he directed many plays.

Arrangement:

Arranged into 5 series: Stamps- Theatre and History; Stamps- Guides, 3 volumes 1975; Stamps- Ornithological; Stamps- Miscellaneous; and Curtain Call (Bulletin of the Performing Arts study Unit of the American Topical Association).

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

Gerald Kahan collection. MS 2788. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.