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Grant Redford papers, 1930-1977
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Grant Redford papers
- Dates
- 1930-1977 (inclusive)19301977
- Quantity
- 27 boxes, (12.5 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- UUS_COLL MSS 245
- Summary
- This collection includes plays, short stories, books, novels, pageants, poetry, and articles written by Grant Redford between 1930 and 1965.
- Repository
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
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No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Grant Hubbard Redford was born December 25, 1908 in Seattle, Washington, son of Thomas Lloyd Redford and Sarah Gwennie Hubbard of Logan. Redford grew up in Logan and eventually moved to Cedar City,Utah where he taught English. A few years later, he relocated to Seattle, Washington where he taught creative writing at the University of Washington. In the mid-1950s, he taught in Turkey, then returned to teach and live in Seattle. Redford died in 1965.
Redford attended Logan High School in the late 1920s, winning the Hendrick's Medal for oration at Utah State Agricultural College (USAC) in 1929. His youth was fueled by an ambition to be a known author. In high school and college years, he was active in both literary and dramatic societies. He was a contributor to the Logan Daily Herald, The Scribbler (USAC art/literary journal), and he was also editor for The Scribbler and Student Life. A fellow classmate of May Swensen, both published poetry in an anthology of contemporary Utah poetry Utah Sings, in the mid-1930s. He served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Vermont from 1930 -1932. As a member of USAC International Relations Club, he led an anti-war demonstration at USAC in the fall of 1936.
Upon graduation from USAC in 1936, Redford taught speech at the Branch Agricultural College in Cedar City, Utah. In the 1940s, he served as associate editor for Rocky Mountain Review, and in 1941 he earned an MS degree in speech from the University of Iowa.
By the late 1940s, Redford taught in the English department at the University of Washington in Seattle. His teaching emphasis was short story and play writing; both genres reflected his own writing interests and pursuits. Redford also taught drama at the University of Ankara, Turkey, from 1958-1959. He helped found the Port Townsend Summer School of the Arts in Washington in 1961 and served on its faculty until his death in 1965.
Redford's short stories were published in national magazines like Cosmopolitan as well as scholarly journals. In the 1960s, he sought performance of his plays by contacting agents on Broadway, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and television stations. When Redford died in 1965, he had established a reputation as a well-known writer in the Pacific Northwest.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Plays, short stories, books, novels, pageants, poetry, and articles written by Grant Redford from 1930 to 1970. The collection includes his writings and personal papers during his days working at the University of Washington and his time working in Turkey at the University of Ankara from 1958 to 1960.
The first eight boxes include the notes, drafts, correspondence, and publicity involved in the writing of Redford's plays. The material is arranged by the plays written. The next two boxes include the short stories written by Redford. Boxes 11-13 include the drafts, revisions, and notes of the novels, books, and pageants written. Poetry and articles developed by Redford are found in boxes 14-15. Grant Redford's notes and ideas for writing material are found in the next box. All of these boxes are arranged with the same order in which Grant Redford arranged his files.
Box 18 contains Redford's personal papers including correspondence, a bibliography, a letter of recommendation, and a daybook. Also included in the collection are the works of other authors (boxes 19 and 20). Boxes 21-23 contain Redford's lectures, notes, articles, and Turkish publications collected during his days at the University of Ankara in Turkey. Copies of the Intermountain Revie are found in box 24. Redford's scrapbooks and journals can be located in the next box. Finally, reel to reels and tapes are located in box 26.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Grant Redford papers must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: Grant Redford papers USU_COLL MSS 245, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations: USU_COLL MSS 245, USUSCA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Plays, 1949-1965Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | God's Clay |
undated |
1 | 2 | God's Clay - 1956 original copy with notes |
undated |
1 | 3 | God's Clay - copy with news clipping |
undated |
1 | 4 | God's Clay - revision and notes |
undated |
1 | 5 | Sing of Justice (God's Clay) - partial draft |
undated |
1 | 6 | Sing of Justice (God's Clay) - notes |
undated |
1 | 7 | Sing of Justice (God's Clay) - Statement of Intentions for a novel of historical nature |
undated |
1 | 8 | God's Clay - correspondence and publicity |
undated |
1 | 9 | God's Clay - correspondence and notes |
undated |
2 | 1 | The Face on Silk |
undated |
2 | 2 | The Face on Silk |
undated |
2 | 3 | The Face on Silk-revision |
undated |
2 | 4 | The Face on Silk - copy 1 |
undated |
2 | 5 | The Face on Silk |
undated |
2 | 6 | The Face on Silk - correspondence and notes |
undated |
2 | 7 | The Face on Silk - correspondence and notes |
undated |
2 | 8 | The Inheritance |
undated |
2 | 9 | The Inheritance |
undated |
2 | 10 | The Inheritance - revision and notes |
undated |
2 | 11 | The Inheritance - correspondence and publicity |
undated |
3 | 1 | The Barrier |
undated |
3 | 2 | The Barrier - play with revisions of Act III |
1961 |
3 | 3 | The Barrier |
undated |
3 | 4 | The Barrier - notes |
undated |
3 | 5 | The Barrier - correspondence and publicity |
undated |
3 | 6 | Place of Safety |
undated |
3 | 7 | Place of Safety |
undated |
3 | 8 | Place of Safety - notes |
undated |
3 | 9 | Place of Safety - notes |
undated |
3 | 10 | Place of Safety - correspondence and publicity |
undated |
4 | 1 | Quiet Victory |
undated |
4 | 2 | Quiet Victory |
undated |
4 | 3 | Quiet Victory |
undated |
4 | 4 | The Phoenix |
undated |
4 | 5 | The Phoenix |
undated |
4 | 6 | The Phoenix |
undated |
4 | 7 | Wesley Smith - Carpenter |
undated |
4 | 8 | Wesley Smith - Carpenter |
undated |
5 | 1 | The Valley |
undated |
5 | 2 | The Valley |
undated |
5 | 3 | Roots |
undated |
5 | 4 | Brother Linn's Wife Trouble |
undated |
5 | 5 | The Higginses Bath Night |
undated |
5 | 6 | Not For Nothing, Did the Chicken Sing |
undated |
5 | 7 | Here With Myself |
undated |
5 | 8 | The Harvest (or The Promise) |
undated |
5 | 9 | Empty Valley - a radio play |
undated |
5 | 10 | New plays - notes |
undated |
5 | 11 | Pattern For Action - original with notes; revised |
undated |
5 | 12 | Westward I Go Free - comments by Ozedemir Nutku |
undated |
5 | 13 | Westward I Go Free - comments and notes |
undated |
5 | 14 | Westward I Go Free - original |
undated |
5 | 15 | Westward I Go Free - revised |
1960-1961 |
5 | 16 | Shafty |
undated |
6 | 1 | Westward I Go Free - correspondence and publicity |
undated |
6 | 2 | Westward I Go Free - notes and criticism |
undated |
6 | 3 | The Crash Is the Beginning - original |
undated |
6 | 4 | The Crash Is the Beginning - notes |
undated |
6 | 5 | The Crash Is the Beginning - correspondence and publicity |
undated |
6 | 6 | In the Tide of Empire |
undated |
6 | 7 | In the Tide of Empire - correspondence, notes, and publicity |
undated |
6 | 8 | The Temple |
undated |
Correspondence and Notes |
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Box | Folder | ||
7 | 1 | That Year September |
1949 - 1950 September |
7 | 2 | Correspondence between Grant Redford and David Hoffman about Redford plays |
1958-1959 |
7 | 3 | Correspondence between Grant Redford and David Hoffman about Redford plays |
1958-1960 |
7 | 4 | Correspondence: David Hoffman |
1958-1960 |
7 | 5 | Correspondence: Grant Redford |
1952-1960 |
7 | 6 | Plays by other authors |
undated |
7 | 7 | Notes and fragments |
undated |
7 | 8 | Notes for Play writing |
undated |
Box | Folder | ||
8 | 1 | Prose version of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar |
undated |
8 | 2 | Julius Caesar - notes |
undated |
8 | 3 | Julius Caesar - script and tentative drafts |
undated |
8 | 4 | Julius Caesar - correspondence |
1960-1965 |
8 | 5 | Julius Caesar - publicity |
undated |
8 | 6 | Julius Caesar - Port Townsend Summer School of Arts Annual Report |
1964-1965 |
Short Stories, 1947-1948Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
9 | 1 | "The Wheel" |
undated |
9 | 2 | "The Wheel" |
undated |
9 | 3 | Two short stories found in Cosmopolitan magazines |
1947 November - 1948 April |
9 | 4 | "The Broken Paddle" |
undated |
9 | 5 | "The Lake" |
undated |
9 | 6 | "The Street" |
undated |
9 | 7 | "I Didn't Want to Fight You" Interim |
undated |
9 | 8 | "The Trial" Interim |
undated |
9 | 9 | "Reunion With Time" |
undated |
9 | 10 | "With Honor" |
undated |
9 | 11 | "The No-Longer Strangers" |
undated |
9 | 12 | "There Is Still Time" |
undated |
9 | 13 | "Escape to God's Country" |
undated |
9 | 14 | "Quiet and Full or Time" |
undated |
9 | 15 | "Incantation in white and Brown" |
undated |
9 | 16 | "The Thief" and "Love Is Not a Ledger" |
undated |
9 | 17 | "The Bird Is On the Wing" |
undated |
9 | 18 | "The Buddha in the Rock" |
undated |
9 | 19 | "The Garden Is a Place" |
undated |
9 | 20 | "Give 'Em An Inch" |
undated |
9 | 21 | "The Monument" |
undated |
10 | 1 | "The Horse and the Mountain" |
undated |
10 | 2 | "The Woman and the Word" |
undated |
10 | 3 | "No Place Like Los Angeles" |
undated |
10 | 4 | "The Memorial" |
undated |
10 | 5 | "In the Eyes of a Child" |
undated |
10 | 6 | "Sovereignty" |
undated |
10 | 7 | "Pleasant Sunday" |
undated |
10 | 8 | "Haven" |
undated |
10 | 9 | "Light in the Window" |
undated |
10 | 10 | "Oh Sonny, Sonny" |
undated |
10 | 11 | "The Killing Lesson" |
undated |
10 | 12 | "That Fears of a Painted Devil" |
undated |
10 | 13 | "The Day of the Child" |
undated |
10 | 14 | "I Didn't Want to Fight You" |
undated |
10 | 15 | "There Use to Be a Door Here" |
undated |
10 | 16 | "The Comedy" |
undated |
10 | 17 | "Futility" |
undated |
10 | 18 | "Birthday Present" |
undated |
10 | 19 | "Portrait of Harry Kemp" |
undated |
10 | 20 | "The Don and Ruby Episode" |
undated |
10 | 21 | "Interlude in Friendship" |
undated |
10 | 22 | "The Dwarf's Revenge" |
undated |
10 | 23 | "Cabbages Have Made Me–" |
undated |
10 | 24 | "Boy to Girl" |
undated |
10 | 25 | "She Wanted To Be Free" |
undated |
10 | 26 | "He Who Loves Beauty Is Loved of God" |
undated |
10 | 27 | "Any Woman Ain't Worth $500" |
undated |
10 | 28 | "A Swell Kid" |
undated |
10 | 29 | "Clifton P. Stone–Cheer King" |
undated |
10 | 30 | "An Old Lady in Our Town" |
undated |
10 | 31 | "Funeral in Our Town" |
undated |
10 | 32 | "Death of His Father's God's" |
undated |
10 | 33 | More Stories |
undated |
Books, Novels and Pageants, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Novels and Books |
undated | ||
Box | Folder | ||
11 | 1 | Joseph Smith - a Study in Leadership - manuscript and notes |
undated |
11 | 2 | Brigham's Field |
undated |
11 | 3 | Only The Trying |
undated |
11 | 4 | For the Beginning Writer - notes |
undated |
11 | 5 | For the Beginning Writer - revisions: poetry |
undated |
11 | 6 | For the Beginning Writer - revisions for publication |
undated |
11 | 7 | For the Beginning Writer |
undated |
Books and Pageants |
undated | ||
Box | Folder | ||
12 | 1 | For the Beginning Writer |
undated |
12 | 2 | For the Beginning Writer |
undated |
12 | 3 | Passion Play-notes (Easter Pageant) |
undated |
12 | 4 | Zion Easter Pageant |
undated |
12 | 5 | Washington Territorial Centennial - notes |
1953 |
12 | 6 | Washington Territorial Centennial - notes |
1953 |
Pageants and Miscellaneous |
undated | ||
Box | Folder | ||
13 | 1 | Washington Territorial Centennial |
undated |
13 | 2 | Washington Story |
undated |
13 | 3 | Washington Story |
undated |
13 | 4 | Redford newspaper articles, notes, and correspondence |
undated |
13 | 5 | "That Man Thompson" |
undated |
13 | 6 | "Who Is That Man Thompson?" |
undated |
13 | 7 | Mr. Thompson |
undated |
Poetry and articles, 1932-1977Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Poetry, Essays, Book Reviews and Articles |
undated | ||
Box | Folder | ||
14 | 1 | Redford poetry found in Scribble - Utah State Agricultural College Literary Magazine |
1932 January - April |
14 | 2 | Redford poetry |
undated |
14 | 3 | Redford poetry |
undated |
14 | 4 | "The Role of Structure in Joyce's 'Portrait'"; Modern Fiction Studies |
undated |
14 | 5 | "Dramatic Art vs. Autobiography"; College English |
undated |
14 | 6 | Book review on Small Town Renaissance; Pacific Northwest Quarterly |
undated |
14 | 7 | Book review on Northwest Harvest; Pacific Northwest Quarterly |
undated |
14 | 8 | Book review on The Outward Room |
undated |
14 | 9 | undated | |
14 | 10 | "Publish or Else" American Association of University Professors Bulletin |
undated |
14 | 11 | "To Speak Right, Write" Western Speech |
undated |
14 | 12 | Redford creative writing response Four Quarters |
undated |
14 | 13 | "Army Air Force English and Schools of Tomorrow" College English |
undated |
14 | 14 | undated | |
14 | 15 | "Of Teachers, Students, and Creative Writing" |
undated |
14 | 16 | "Personal Development Through Creative Writing" Los Angeles: National Council of Teachers of English Conversation |
1953 November 26-28 |
14 | 17 | Tyranny of Shadows |
undated |
14 | 18 | Excerpts from Tyranny of Shadows in the Logan Herald Journal |
1977 January 21 |
Articles and Radio Addresses |
undated | ||
Box | Folder | ||
15 | 1 | "Some Notes on the Responsibility of Form" |
undated |
15 | 2 | "The Master Apprentice: Some Notes on Fenton's Hemingway" |
undated |
15 | 3 | "The Tyranny of Criticism" |
undated |
15 | 4 | "Is The Cherry Orchard Comic?" |
undated |
15 | 5 | "What Is Theatre?" |
undated |
15 | 6 | "Art vs. Autobiography" |
undated |
15 | 7 | "Tragedy and the Theatre of the Absurd" |
undated |
15 | 8 | "The Theatre and Revolution" |
undated |
15 | 9 | Six articles on drama |
undated |
15 | 10 | "Blight and Hope of Theatre: The University" |
undated |
15 | 11 | undated | |
15 | 12 | Articles and reviews |
undated |
15 | 13 | Redford manuscripts |
undated |
15 | 14 | "Beyond Missouri Lie the Rockies" |
undated |
15 | 15 | "Turkish Snapshots–A Study in Contrasts" |
undated |
15 | 16 | "Moliere: French Dramatist" |
undated |
15 | 17 | "O. Henry–William Sidney Porter" |
undated |
15 | 18 | Weather articles |
undated |
15 | 19 | Radio address: "Bogey Men of the Mind" |
undated |
15 | 20 | Radio address: "Automobile Murder Must Stop" |
undated |
Notes, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Writing Notes and Ideas |
undated | ||
Box | Folder | ||
16 | 1 | Plots and Ideas for short stories and articles |
undated |
16 | 2 | Speeches |
1941 |
16 | 3 | Notes and Ideas for stories |
undated |
16 | 4 | Major concepts forming American Life |
undated |
16 | 5 | Problems of Communication in Today's World |
undated |
16 | 6 | Writers, Purpose, and Critics |
undated |
16 | 7 | Novels |
undated |
16 | 8 | Projected Novels |
undated |
16 | 9 | Play on Failure of Individualism |
undated |
16 | 10 | Writers Conference |
1946-1948 |
16 | 11 | Hymns |
undated |
16 | 12 | Academic Freedom |
undated |
16 | 13 | Notes |
undated |
Notes, Printed Material, and Correspondence |
undated | ||
Box | Folder | ||
17 | 1 | The Liberal and his dilemma - notes |
undated |
17 | 2 | Printed material |
undated |
17 | 3 | Printed material |
undated |
17 | 4 | Printed material |
undated |
17 | 5 | Tryout theatre |
undated |
17 | 6 | Correspondence |
1933-1943 |
17 | 7 | Correspondence |
1944-1959 |
17 | 8 | Correspondence |
1960-1965 |
Personal Papers, 1939-1941Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
18 | 1 | Correspondence: History of a MA Degree with degree |
1941 |
18 | 2 | Redford Bibliography |
undated |
18 | 3 | Photographs |
undated |
18 | 4 | Letter of Recommendation |
1939 |
18 | 5 | Daybook |
undated |
Works by Other Authors, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
19 | 1 | "A Ballad of the Mountain Meadows Massacre" by Austin E. Fife |
undated |
19 | 2 | "Your child and His Respiratory Problems" by O. Will Andersen |
undated |
19 | 3 | The Han River Flows by Yu Ch'i-jin; translated by Fred Lukoff |
undated |
19 | 4 | Short stories and plays |
undated |
19 | 5 | Caveman |
undated |
19 | 6 | "Job" |
undated |
19 | 7 | Visions of Sugar Plums by Barry Pritchard |
undated |
19 | 8 | Kla-How-Ya by Elizabeth Rider Montgomery |
undated |
19 | 9 | Fallout by Douglas Bankson |
undated |
19 | 10 | Till Time Be Conquered by Elizabeth Rider Montgomery |
undated |
19 | 11 | Look On the Land by John Phillip Dalby Musical play commemorating Cache Valley's One Hundredth Year |
undated |
19 | 12 | Paradise Square by Ray B. West Jr. |
undated |
19 | 13 | The Eve of St. Mark by Maxwell Anderson |
undated |
19 | 14 | Captain Fantastic Meets the Ectomorph by Barry Pritchard |
undated |
20 | 1 | "Pocatello" by A. Wilber Stevens |
undated |
20 | 2 | "Malign Nature and the Frontier" by Carlton F. Culmsee |
undated |
20 | 3 | Under Sound by Veneta L. Nielsen |
undated |
20 | 4 | Melvin LaFollette's poetry |
1955 |
20 | 5 | "The Whistle" by Douglas Bankson |
undated |
20 | 6 | "The Passing of Martin Harris" by William Harrison Homer |
undated |
20 | 7 | Double Thread by Veneta Nielson |
undated |
20 | 8 | So Deep a Logos by Veneta Nielson |
undated |
20 | 9 | Echoes Calling by Carlton Culmsee |
undated |
Turkey-University of Ankara, 1958-1964Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
21 | 1 | Turkish lectures and notes |
undated |
21 | 2 | Lectures–dramatic criticism |
undated |
21 | 3 | Yelken (Turkish magazine) |
undated |
21 | 4 | Turkish publications |
undated |
21 | 5 | Redford articles in Turkish |
undated |
22 | 1 | Turkey article |
undated |
22 | 2 | Turkey article |
undated |
22 | 3 | Turkey itinerary and passport |
undated |
22 | 4 | Kemal Seli |
undated |
22 | 5 | Programs for Turkish plays and lectures |
undated |
22 | 6 | "Kosebosi" ("The Streetcorner") |
undated |
22 | 7 | Turkish magazines |
1963-1964 |
23 | 1 | Turkish magazines |
1963-1964 |
Intermountain Review , undatedReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
24 | 1 |
Intermountain Review
|
1937-1941 |
24 | 2 |
Intermountain Review
|
1942 |
Scrapbooks and Journals, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 25
Reel to Reels, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 26
Additional Materials, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
27 | 1 | That Man Thomson |
undated |
27 | 2 | "Tom Wilson in Port Townsend" |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Authors, American
- Dramatists, American
- Poets, American
Titles within the Collection
- Intermountain review of English and speech.