WAUSvareRichard5557.xml Guide to the Richard Svare Papers 1900-2004 Svare (Richard) Papers Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2010 (Last modified: 4/19/2018)
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Finding aid written inEnglish. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 5557 (Accession No. 5557-001) Svare, Richard, 1930-2004 Richard Svare papers 1900-2004 9.67 cubic feet (10 boxes) Collection materials are inEnglish. Correspondence and other materials of Richard Svare, writer and actor who was also a long-time friend of the artist Morris Graves

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 ofAdagio, 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.

Arranged into 4 series:

Personal papers, 1930-2004 Professional papers, 1947-2002 Family papers, 1900-2002 Miscellaneous, 1955-2001

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.

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Processed by Deborah Hamilton; processing completed in 2010

Svare, Richard, 1930-2004--Archives Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Photographs Performing Arts

 

Personal Papers 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 1/7-1/19/2/1 Correspondence 1951-2003 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 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 10/7 Exhibition Materials for Leo Kinney 1996 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 PublicationThe Many Masks of ArtinThe Christian Science Monitorby: Theodore F. Wolff 1981 4/26 PublicationThe North Coast Journal 1996 10/5 PublicationPacific Northwest 2001 4/27 Reproductions of paintings undated 4/28 Telegrams 1960-1965 Personal Papers relating to Pacific Lutheran University 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 Papers Film 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 10/3 Photograph undated 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 5/14 Clippings 1980-2001 5/15 Correspondence 1975-1977 5/16 Programs 1976-1979 Theater 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 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: The Gardens of Greece The Forgotten Gardens of Byzantium "Proposal," "Foreward," and "Afterword" forGardens of Greece Three Private Island Gardnes Fables From a Greek Island "Svare Biography" "Addendum to Original Proposal" "Propsoal/ Resume" "Rizzoli Intl' Pubs" "Proposal for a non-fiction book"

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: "After the Fact" "Art, the study of art..." "Birthdays- Everybody Has 'Em!" "Dearest Sister, Beloved Brother" "Dig Deep, Fellas-- I Need a New Pair of Shoes!" "Dog Days" "The Forgotten Gardens of Byzantium" "Hoi Polloi" "Hydra" "Introduction to Adagio"- 1977 "The Mountain" "Niko Stavroulakis: Extravaganzas and Juxtapositions" "An Otherwise Mundane Affair" "PK Draft" "Recycled Retreat for All Seasons" "Remarkable Weather" "Scotland's Burning: And the Holy Family" "The Statue's Blood" or " Museum Pieces" "Tales from Behind the Lace Curtain" "Viking Names in Ireland" "Voyages: The Sea- A Literary-Photographic Collection of the Sea" "Ward Corley" loose pages title in Greek

6/37-6/42/7/1 Notes undated 7/2 Photographs by Dimitri Papdimou forThe Gardens of the Virgin 1950-1970 7/3 Poems undated 7/4-7/9 Proposals undated

Proposals include: The Gardens of Greece: Known and Unknown The Gardens of Greece: Known and Unknownwith addendum The Gardens of Greece: Known and Unknownwith visuals The Nordic Garden

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 7/13-7/15 Manuscripts 1995-1996

Titles include: "Brother of My Heart, Keeper of My Breath" "Ice Horses" "The Winds of Soroca"

7/16 Poems undated 7/17-7/18 Poems and correspondence 1982-2003 10/9 Posters, awards 1996 7/19 Screenplay- "Panom: A Story of Elephants and Humans" 2001 Writings by Elias Tsexos 7/20 Publications and Poems 1980-1982 Writings by Others 7/21 Publications of writings by St. Francis Assisi undated

Titles include: "The Song of Brother Son" "St. Francis's Paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer" "St. Francis's Blessing Given to Brother Leo"

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 Papers 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 10/4 Photograph undated 8/38 Recipe undated Miscellaneous 9/1-9/8 Artwork- unknown artists undated 10/1/10/8 Artwork undated 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 10/2 Magazine 1963 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 10/6 PublicationPacific Northwest 1997