{"value"=>"<p>This series includes files for Gunn's parents, Louise Gunn and William Harrison Gunn, who met as theatrical actors and were married for sixty years. Louise Gunn's file contains correspondence with Gunn, as well as general correspondence, her collected material, certificates and awards recognizing her financial and civic contributions to community organizations such as Zion Baptist Church and the Opportunities Industrial Center, and clippings from 1948 to 1994. William Harrison Gunn's file consists of his handwritten poetry for his wife and friends, obituaries and funeral material, and information about his military career in the Army and Navy in World War I and II, respectively.</p> <p>The series also comprises of Gunn's writing notes and personal correspondence with family, friends, and fans. Notable material includes exchanges with Charles \"Chiz\" Schultz, a producer of <span class=\"title\">Ganja and Hess</span>, and a letter to \"David\" in which Gunn articulates the importance of authenticity when portraying African Americans, a philosophy that informed his own film and theatrical and film work for nearly three decades. The Estate file features material about the establishment of a scholarship in Gunn's name by the Rockland Negro Scholarship Fund for St. Thomas Aquinas College (1990-1992), and the estate's work in assessing Gunn's literary work and other properties. Additionally, the series contains an address book and a 1950 appointment book, which served not only as a schedule and telephone directory but as a writing journal with excerpts from a story Gunn was writing in 1950.</p>"}