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Richard Svare papers, 1900-2004
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Svare, Richard, 1930-2004
- Title
- Richard Svare papers
- Dates
- 1900-2004 (inclusive)19002004
- Quantity
- 9.67 cubic feet (10 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 5557 (Accession No. 5557-001)
- Summary
- Correspondence and other materials of Richard Svare, writer and actor who was also a long-time friend of the artist Morris Graves
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to all users.
- Additional Reference Guides
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Richard Svare (1930-2004), writer and actor, was born on March 28, 1930 and died April 24, 2004. He was raised in Tacoma, WA. His father, Trygve Svare (1894-1974), was a pastor at Tacoma's Trinity Lutheran Church and served as a cultural attaché to Norway during his childhood. Trygve was also a professor at Pacific Lutheran University. Trygve and his wife Hulda (1898-1984) had five children: Bergljot "Betty" (1918-2005), Robert "Bob" (1919-1987), Gerhart "Gig" (1921-1989), Donald (1925-1976), and Richard. Other family members represented in the papers include: Hannah Emilie Svare Nelson, Craig Vista Svare, Harland Svare (former coach of the San Diego Chargers), Kjirstin Jollette Svare, Olaf H. Svare, and Rolf Olsen Svare.
Richard Svare attended University of Washington and Pacific Lutheran University. He graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in 1950. He pursued post graduate studies in theater at the University of Norway at Oslo, specializing in the plays of Ibsen.
Svare met Morris Graves in 1951 and moved with him to County Cork, Ireland in 1954. During that time that Svare came to know director John Huston's family. There is correspondence from Ricki Soma, Houston's wife, and a card from two of his children, Tony and Anjelica. In 1963, Svare moved away from Ireland and Graves to establish an English speaking theater company in Sweden called the Scandinavian Theater Company. In 1969, he starred in the Russian film,One Life. Svare then moved to Greece, living on the island of Corfu, and starred in a number of European productions. He also translated programs for the Athens Festival into English.
From 1976-1978 Svare served as an administrator for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. He returned to Seattle in the 1990s, where he shared a house in the Ravenna neighborhood with his sister, Betty Parrott.
Svare worked on manuscripts relating to Morris Graves' houses and gardens. He also wrote works concerning ancient gardens. Titles of his manuscripts include:" The Gardens of Greece: Known and Unknown" ," The Forgotten Gardens of Byzantium" ," Voyages: The Sea- A Literary Photographic Collection of the Sea" ," Hoi Polloi" , and a number of other short stories and poems. Svare also authored an introduction to Galen Garwood's multi-media production of" Adagio" , presented at the Washington State Historical Society's "The Memory and Mourning of Artists" in 1997. A number of Galen Garwood's other poems are included in the papers.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, programs, exhibition announcements, photographs, datebooks, and other material.
The personal papers of Richard Svare contain subseries relating to Morris Graves and Pacific Lutheran University, made up of correspondence, manuscripts of Svare's and others, and numerous letters from Morris Graves. Svare's family papers include correspondence, photographs, and genealogical materials, while his professional papers include material relating to Svare's acting career both on stage and on film. Additionally there is a small subseries of papers relating to the Svare's term as an administrator for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The creators' literary rights have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Preferred Citation
[Title of item], [date of item if known], [box/folder number], Richard Svare papers, Special Collections Division, University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged into 4 series:
- Personal papers, 1930-2004
- Professional papers, 1947-2002
- Family papers, 1900-2002
- Miscellaneous, 1955-2001
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Personal PapersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | Address Lists |
undated |
| 1/2 | Announcement-Commencement at Bremerton High School |
1947 |
| 1/3 | Bill and customer survey |
undated |
| 1/4 | Biographical information |
undated |
| 1/5 | Certificate- Intermediate school |
1944 |
| 1/6 | Certificate or diploma from the University of Oslo (photocopy) |
1951 |
| box-folder-box-folder | ||
| 1/7-1/19/2/1 | Correspondence |
1951-2003 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/2 | Date books |
1948-2003 |
| 3/1 | House Documents |
1991, 1994 |
| 3/2 | Itinerary |
1994 |
| 3/3 | Letterhead |
undated |
| 3/4 | Notes |
undated |
| 3/5 | Pet Records |
1995-1998 |
| 3/6 | Photographs- portraits |
undated |
| 3/7 | Program- memorial service (draft) |
undated |
| 3/8 | Program- University of Washington School of Law- The William L. Dwyer Endowed Chair in Law |
2001 |
| 3/9 | Travel Documents |
1988 |
| 3/10-3/12 | Yearbook- Cat Log, Bremerton High School |
1945-1947 |
Personal Papers relating to Morris Graves |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/13 | Biographical |
2001 |
| 3/14 | CD- Svare lecture-Morris Graves Images |
2002 |
| 3/15 | Clippings- Morris Graves |
1977-2002 |
| 3/16 | Clippings- Richard White |
2002 |
| 3/17 | Clippings- Miscellaneous |
1958-2001 |
| 3/18 | Correspondence- Graves and Juvonen (transcriptions) |
1975-1981 |
| 3/19 | Correspondence- Graves to others |
1955-1964 |
| 3/20-3/22 | Correspondence- Graves to Svare |
1957-1998, undated |
| 3/23 | Correspondence- re:Morris Graves: His Houses, His Gardens
|
2000-2002 |
| 3/24 | Correspondence- Larry Grobel (John Houston's biographer) |
1987-1988 |
| 3/25 | Correspondence- Ricki Soma(John Houston's wife) |
1961 |
| 3/26-3/27 | Correspondence- Svare to Graves |
1958-2002 |
| 3/28 | Correspondence- Scandinavian Theater Company |
1964 |
| 3/29 | Disks- Word documents forMorris Graves: His Houses, His Gardens
|
2000 |
| 3/30 | Exhibition Announcements for Morris Graves |
1955-2003 |
| 4/1 | Exhibition Catalogs for Morris Graves |
1994-2003 |
| 4/2 | Exhibition Materials for "Heads Up: Portraits" |
2000-2001 |
| 4/3 | Exhibition Materials for "Instruments for a New Navigation" |
2000 |
| 4/4 | Exhibition Materials for "Journey, Part I: Spring with Machine Age Noise" |
2000 |
| 4/5 | Exhibition Materials for "Morris Graves: Flower Paintings" |
1996 |
| 4/6 | Exhibition Materials for "Morris Graves: Works on Paper, 1930s-1950s" |
1996 |
| 4/7 | Exhibition Materials for "Northwest Mythologies" |
2003 |
| 4/8 | Exhibition Materials for Richard Gilkey (Graves' student) |
2001-2002 |
| box-folder:oversize | ||
| 10/7 | Exhibition Materials for Leo Kinney |
1996 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/9 | Exhibition Materials for other artists |
1991-2002 |
| 4/10 | Manuscript of the poem "The Map Maker" by: Galen Garwood |
undated |
| 4/11 | Manuscript of "Ch. 6 Morris Graves" by Wes Wehr |
undated |
| 4/12 | Manuscript excerpt from "Tradition- A Continuous Genius: Creativity and Man: His Imagination and Images" |
1987 |
| 4/13 | Manuscript ofMorris Graves: His Houses, His Gardens(annotated) |
undated |
| 4/14 | Manuscript of "Searching the Unknown in a Complex World" |
2001 |
| 4/15 | Notes from Graves to Svare |
undated |
| 4/16 | Notes in Svare's handwriting |
undated |
| 4/17 | Pamphlet- Morris Graves Foundation |
2001 |
| 4/18 | Pamphlet- Morris Graves Museum of Art |
2000 |
| 4/19 | Pamphlet- Valley Museum of Northwest Art |
undated |
| 4/20 | Photographs, exhibition materials and funeral invitation for Leo Kinney |
2000-2001 |
| 4/21 | Photographs of Graves and Svare |
1949-? |
| 4/22 | Photographs (photocopies) |
1932; 1953 |
| 4/23 | Proposal forMorris Graves: His Houses, His Gardens
|
undated |
| 4/24 | PublicationThe Palette(Annual arts magazine of the Humboldt Arts Council |
2000 |
| 4/25 | Publication" The Many Masks of Art" inThe Christian Science Monitorby: Theodore F. Wolff |
1981 |
| 4/26 | PublicationThe North Coast Journal
|
1996 |
| box-folder:oversize | ||
| 10/5 | PublicationPacific Northwest
|
2001 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/27 | Reproductions of paintings |
undated |
| 4/28 | Telegrams |
1960-1965 |
Personal Papers relating to Pacific Lutheran University |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/29 | Brochures |
1994 |
| 4/30 | Certificate for Alpha Psi Omega (dramatic fraternity) |
1948 |
| 4/31 | Clippings |
1950-1982 |
| 4/32 | Correspondence |
1985-1996 |
| 4/33 | Documents re: Norwegian and Scandinavian Studies |
undated |
| 4/34 | Drawings (photocopies) |
undated |
| 4/35 | Ephemera |
undated |
| 4/36 | Invitation and program |
1999 |
| 4/37 | Map |
undated |
| 4/38 | Newsletter "Scandinavian Scene" |
1999 |
| 4/39 | Notes |
undated |
| 4/40 | Photograph |
1930 |
| 4/41 | Photographs of the Scandinavian Cultural Center |
undated |
| 4/42 | Program for commencement |
1950 |
| 4/43 | Programs for the Drama, Speech, and Music Departments |
1948-1951 |
| 4/44 | Program for Senior Day |
1950 |
| 4/45 | Publication- Class of 1950 Reunion Book |
2000 |
| 4/46 | PublicationThe Mooring Mast
|
1947-2000 |
| 4/47 | Transcripts |
1950 |
| 4/48 | Trinity Lutheran Church Notes and Correspondence |
1994-2004 |
| 4/49 | Yearbook "The Saga" |
1948 |
Professional PapersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Film |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5/1 | Clippings |
1985-1988 |
| 5/2 | Contract |
1988 |
| 5/3 | Correspondence |
1985-1988 |
| 5/4 | PhotographAri
|
1988 |
| 5/5 | PhotographsFortunes of War
|
1987 |
| 5/6 | Photographs- Headshots |
1985 |
| 5/7 | PhotographsThe Statue's Blood
|
undated |
| 5/8 | Photographs of Svare |
1984 |
| box-folder:oversize | ||
| 10/3 | Photograph |
undated |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5/9 | Production documents forAri
|
1988 |
| 5/10 | Proposal forTo be Unitedby: Photis Constantinidis |
1985 |
| 5/11 | Proposal forMuseum PiecesorThe Statue's Blood
|
undated |
| 5/12 | Screenplays and production materials forThe Ungovernable State
|
1984 |
| 5/13 | Script excerpt ofAri
|
1988 |
Merce Cunningham Dance Company |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5/14 | Clippings |
1980-2001 |
| 5/15 | Correspondence |
1975-1977 |
| 5/16 | Programs |
1976-1979 |
Theater |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5/17 | Announcement |
1969 |
| 5/18 | Budget and Notes forPeer Gynt
|
1967 |
| 5/19 | Clippings |
1963-1974 |
| 5/20 | Contract |
1968 |
| 5/21-5/23 | Correspondence |
1964-1969 |
| 5/24 | Financial Documents |
1968 |
| 5/25 | Invitation |
c. 1967 |
| 5/26 | Lease- draft |
1965 |
| 5/27 | Letterhead |
undated |
| 5/28 | Minutes |
1964-1965 |
| 5/29 | Notes |
undated |
| 5/30 | Pamphlet |
undated |
| 5/31-5/32 | Photographs |
undated |
| 5/33 | Poster |
1968 |
| 5/34 | Production Materials forVoyages
|
c.1965 |
| 5/35 | Programs- Corfu Festival |
1973-1982 |
| 5/36 | Programs- English Theater Company of Norway |
1965-1968 |
| 5/37 | Proposal |
1964 |
| 5/38 | Resumes |
undated |
| 5/39 | Reviews (transcripts) |
undated |
| 5/40 | Script-The Taming of the Shrewby: William Shakespeare- Adaptation for schools by Thane Bettany |
undated |
| 5/41 | Scripts |
undated |
| 5/42 | Script-Voyages
|
1965 |
Writings |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 6/1 | Biographical Note |
undated |
| 6/2-6/3 | Clippings |
undated |
| 6/4 | Correspondence- Athens Festival |
1980 |
| 6/5 | Correspondence- re:The Gardens of Greece: Known and Unknown
|
1998-2001 |
| 6/6 | Correspondence- Charles Mann, photographer |
1998-1999 |
| 6/7 | Correspondence- work on gardens |
1993-1998 |
| 6/8-6/10 | Disks
Works include:
|
1996-2002 |
| 6/11 | Guide- University of Washington Press |
undated |
| 6/12 | Illustrations-The Gardens of Greece
|
undated |
| 6/13 | Journal- Innish Beg House |
1955 |
| 6/14-6/36 | Manuscripts
Titles include:
|
|
| box-folder-box-folder | ||
| 6/37-6/42/7/1 | Notes |
undated |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 7/2 | Photographs by Dimitri Papdimou forThe Gardens of the Virgin
|
1950-1970 |
| 7/3 | Poems |
undated |
| 7/4-7/9 | Proposals
Proposals include:
|
undated |
| 7/10 | Publication- letter to the editor |
2002 |
| 7/11-7/12 | Visual Examples re:The Gardens of Greece: Known and Unknown
|
undated |
Writings by Galen Garwood |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 7/13-7/15 | Manuscripts
Titles include:
|
1995-1996 |
| 7/16 | Poems |
undated |
| 7/17-7/18 | Poems and correspondence |
1982-2003 |
| box-folder:oversize | ||
| 10/9 | Posters, awards |
1996 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 7/19 | Screenplay- "Panom: A Story of Elephants and Humans" |
2001 |
Writings by Elias Tsexos |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 7/20 | Publications and Poems |
1980-1982 |
Writings by Others |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 7/21 | Publications of writings by St. Francis Assisi
Titles include:
|
undated |
| 7/22 | Manuscript- "Elephant Tales: Mythic Re-Inventions" by Chang G. |
undated |
| 7/23 | Publication- excerpts from short stories by E.M. Forster (photocopy) |
undated |
| 7/24 | Publication- "The Story of a Panic" by: E.M. Forster(photocopy) |
1947 |
| 7/25 | Poems by Irving Huck |
1973 |
| 7/26 | Manuscript- "Eros Kalos: Male Homosexuality in Ancient Greece" by Lambros Missitziz |
c. 1979 |
| 7/27 | Manuscript- "The Native Dress of the Sarakatsai" by Helene Phillippidou |
undated |
| 7/28 | Poems- by Sappho from Mary Bernard's Translations |
undated |
| 7/29 | Publication- "The Cave and the Mountain: A Study of E.M. Forster" by Wilfred Healey Stone (photocopied excerpt) |
1966 |
| 7/30 | Manuscript- "Cavafy and His Epoch" by Strates Tsirkas |
undated |
| 7/31-7/33 | Publication- "Drifting Cities" by Strates Tsirkas (photocopies) |
1974 |
Family PapersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 8/1 | Deason, Andrew and Olivia |
1900 |
| 8/2 | Hilde, Aasa |
1961 |
| 8/3 | Hjemstads |
1991 |
| 8/4 | Nelson, Hannah Emilie Svare |
1972 |
| 8/5 | Parrott, Betty M. |
1991-1994 |
| 8/6 | Svare, Craig Vista |
1975-1988 |
| 8/7 | Svare, Donald Erilng |
1925-1975 |
| 8/8 | Svare, Gerhart |
undated |
| 8/9 | Svare, G.T. |
undated |
| 8/10 | Svare, Harland |
1998 |
| 8/11 | Svare, Huld Petra |
1943, 1984 |
| 8/12 | Svare, Kjirstin Jolette |
2002 |
| 8/13 | Svare, Olaf H. |
1965 |
| 8/14-8/15 | Svare, Robert O. |
1938-2000 |
| 8/16 | Svare, Rolf Olsen |
1971 |
| 8/17 | Svare, Trygve O. |
1938-1999 |
| 8/18 | Genealogical Records |
undated |
| 8/19 | Menus and Invitations |
1994-2002 |
| 8/20-8/25 | Negatives |
undated |
| 8/26-8/37 | Photographs |
undated |
| box-folder:oversize | ||
| 10/4 | Photograph |
undated |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 8/38 | Recipe |
undated |
MiscellaneousReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 9/1-9/8 | Artwork- unknown artists |
undated |
| box-folder:oversize-box-folder:oversize | ||
| 10/1/10/8 | Artwork |
undated |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 9/9 | Cards- blank |
undated |
| 9/10-9/16 | Clippings |
undated |
| 9/17 | Currency |
1982-1989 |
| 9/18 | Drawings |
undated |
| 9/19 | Ephemera |
undated |
| 9/20 | Lists- Quotations |
undated |
| 9/21-9/22 | Magazines |
1967-1982 |
| box-folder:oversize | ||
| 10/2 | Magazine |
1963 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 9/23 | Map |
undated |
| 9/24 | Medal |
undated |
| 9/25-9/26 | Pamphlets |
undated |
| 9/27 | Pattern |
undated |
| 9/28 | Postcards- blank |
undated |
| 9/29 | Programs |
1955-1956 |
| 9/30 | Program- Carolyn Kizer |
2001 |
| box-folder:oversize | ||
| 10/6 | PublicationPacific Northwest
|
1997 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Svare, Richard, 1930-2004--Archives
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
