{"value"=>"<p>This series, ca. 1954-1986, offers a glimpse at Gunn's early career as an actor as well as his general professional endeavors beyond his work as a writer. The Acting Career sub-series features a play script and programs for The Immoralist, written by Ruth and Augustus Goetz and produced at the Royal Theatre in 1954, in which Gunn made his Broadway debut as Dolit, an Arab boy. There is also a general acting folder that contains programs, residuals stubs and clippings for Gunn's other appearances in theatrical and television productions such as The Member of the Wedding, Carmen in Harlem, Sign of Winter, The Interns, and Strange Companion, including a program for The Member of the Wedding signed by co-star Richard Ward.</p> <p>There is a file of professional correspondence about Gunn's film and theatrical work as well as exchanges with people seeking advice or opportunities to work with him, and letters from the Emmy Awards, the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, NPR Radio, and Writers Guild of America, East. Additionally, there is a folder containing organizational information about the Delphic Corporation, a potential film company established by Gunn, and a file with an unsigned contract with Camera News, Inc. to produce an untitled twenty-minute dramatic short film/teleplay dated 1982.</p>"}