Hubert C. Heffner papers, 1919-1978, bulk 1942-1974
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Repository
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Creator
Heffner, Hubert C.
TitleHubert C. Heffner papers, 1919-1978, bulk 1942-1974
Collection No.
C296
Extent
11.4 cubic feet
(12 boxes)
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
Hubert C. Heffner was a Distinguished
Professor Emeritus of Speech, Theatre, and Dramatic Literature at Indiana
University. After teaching at several institutions across the United States and
England, he settled in Bloomington in 1955. In addition to his teaching
responsibilities within the Dept. of Speech and Theatre, Heffner was acting director
of the Indiana University Theatre from 1959-60 and 1970-71, and he was involved with
the Indiana Theatre Circle. He retired in 1971 but continued as an occasional guest
lecturer at IUB until his death in 1985. The collection consists of lecture notes,
classroom handouts and teaching aids, Heffner's correspondence and personal
writings, book reviews written by Heffner and files on various organizations to
which he belonged throughout his career. Prominent in the teaching materials are
Heffner's files on drama, especially American drama, and individual
playwrights.
Access Restrictions
One file containing recommendations is closed to researchers at this time.
Advance notice is required for access.
Biographical Note
Hubert Crouse Heffner was born in Maiden, North Carolina, on February 22, 1901,
to Sylvanus and Lillie (Crouse) Heffner. He earned his A.B. and M.S. degrees
from the University of North Carolina in 1921 and 1922, respectively, and did
graduate work at the University of Chicago from 1930-1934, and the autumn of
1942. In 1922, he married Ruth Penny.
Hubert Heffner had a boundless teaching and research career, having been a
faculty member or visiting lecturer at several universities in the United States
and England. He was an instructor in English and Director of Dramatics at the
University of Wyoming from 1922-1923, and at the University of Arizona from
1923-1926. He then returned to his alma mater, the University of North Carolina,
where he became assistant professor of English and associate director and
manager of "The Carolina Playmakers" from 1926-1930.
During most of the 1930’s, Heffner was Professor of Dramatic Literature at
Northwestern University, 1930-1939. Throughout his tenure there, he also served
as a visiting lecturer at Stanford University (1937) and the University of
California-Berkeley (1939). He was also an International Research Fellow at the
Huntington Library from 1934-1936. By the end of the decade, in 1939, Heffner
was named as the head of the Department of Speech and Drama at Stanford
University, a position he held for 15 years, from 1939-1954.
During World War II, Hubert Heffner was commissioned as a captain of the Special
Reserves in the United States Army, and served on various assignments for the
Army from 1943-1946. While serving with the Information and Education Division
of the U.S. Army at Biarritz American University, Heffner headed the theatre and
radio arts branch and was chief of the Fine Arts division of the University from
1945-1946. After the war ended, Heffner went back to Stanford to teach and serve
as a visiting lecturer at several universities, including Cornell University
(1948), University of Colorado (1950), and the University of Bristol, England
(1954-1955), where he was a Fulbright Lecturer.
In 1955, Prof. Heffner resigned from his position at Stanford University to come
to Indiana University, where he remained until his retirement in 1971. While at
IU, Heffner was Professor of Speech, Theatre and Dramatic Literature, but also
served as acting director of the University Theatre in 1959-1960 and 1970-1971.
He lectured and researched on various topics including dramatic structure,
tragedy, comedy, and melodrama. Many of his students went on to become prolific
figures in American theatre, including actor Shepperd Strudwick, critic Walter
Kerr, director Jules Irving, and Professors Sam Smiley (University of Missouri),
Horace Robinson (University of Oregon), and Oscar Brockett (Indiana
University).
Aside from teaching and lecturing, Heffner was involved in, and held several
offices and appointments within, many professional organizations. He was acting
chairman of the editorial board of
Pacific
Spectator
, 1947-1948; associate editor of
Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1947-1950; and, editor of
Educational Theatre Journal, 1954-1957. Heffner
served as vice president (1948) and president (1949) of American Educational
Theatre Association (AETA), and was also a past president of the American
Theatre Association (ATA). Heffner also served as a member of the Executive
Board of the American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA). Other professional
affiliations of Heffner included the Modern Language Association, Speech
Association of America, National Theatre Conference, Western Speech Association,
and the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast. He was also a member of
the famed Author’s Club of London and the Bohemian Club of San Francisco.
A prolific writer on various theatre topics, Heffner has several notable
publications. These include "Dod gast ye both"
in
Carolina Folk Plays, 1922;
A Guide for the Director of Amateur Plays, 1926;
Modern Theatre Practice, with Samuel Selden
and Hunton D. Sellman, 1935, revised edition, 1946;
Davy
Crockett and Other Plays
, edited with Isaac Goldberg, 1940; and
The Nature of the Drama, 1959, which also
included a series of video cassettes for classroom instruction. Aside from these
major publications, Heffner was very active in writing articles and papers on
theatre in drama that appeared in several major scholarly publications, and were
often presented at professional functions, including AETA conferences.
Heffner’s professional accomplishments have been publicly recognized with several
distinguished honors and awards. In 1960 he was given the Distinguished Service
Award from the American Educational Theatre Association and was elected a fellow
of the American Theatre Association (ATA). He received the Theta Alpha Phi award
in 1961 for his contributions to the American theatre. He held the prestigious
Berg Professorship of English at New York University from 1968-1969, and the
Carnegie Professorship of Drama at the University of Hawaii in 1958. In 1961 he
received the title of Distinguished Professor of Indiana University; in 1964
Illinois Wesleyan University honored him with the degree of Doctorate of Humane
Letters; and, in 1969 his alma mater, the University of North Carolina conferred
on him the Doctor of Letters degree.
After retiring from Indiana University in 1971, Hubert Heffner resided in
Bloomington, Indiana, and made himself available as a guest lecturer at IU. He
died on April 17, 1985, in Bloomington, after a long illness.
Scope and Content Note
The Hubert C. Heffner papers span the years 1919-1978 and are organized into six
series: Correspondence; Associations and committees; Teaching files; Writings;
Subject files; and Audiovisual.
The first series, Correspondence, spans the period from 1920 to 1978, and includes
correspondence related to the personal and professional activities of Hubert
Heffner. The largest portion of this series consists of eight files of general
correspondence arranged chronologically. These files were received in the Archives
in this order, so it was decided that they should retain their original order. The
first general correspondence folder contains communication between Heffner and
acquaintences, including a French pen pal, from Heffner's days as an undergraduate
student. Most successive correspondence is with other theatre professors at IU and
throughout the United States, as well as editors of professional journals or
publishers. Following these are some files arranged alphabetically by correspondent
or topic. Prominent correspondents include: J. Jeffery Auer, Oscar G. Brockett,
Kalmon Burnim, Wendell Cole, Lee Devin, Earle Ernst, Winona Fletcher, Thomas
Fujimara, Patti Gillespie, Jules Irving, Monroe Lippman, R. Keith Michaels, Lee
Norvelle, Claude Shaver, Sam Smiley, Elvis Stahr, Carla Waal, Herman B Wells,
members of the "Carolina Playmakers" and some family members.
Associations and committees is the second series, and it spans the period from 1950
to 1976. This series consists of files on the various professional organizations
Heffner was involved in throughout his career. These records consist mostly of
correspondence, publications, and meeting notes. Prominent associations include:
American Education Theatre Association (AETA), Indiana Arts Commission, Rockefeller
Foundation, International Institute of Arts and Letters, and the American and
British branches of the Society of Theatre Research.
The third series, Teaching files, spans the period from 1922 to 1977 and consists
primarily of course materials and lecture notes that span Heffner’s teaching career.
This series is further organized into four subseries that are arranged by topic:
General, Drama, Literature, and Playwrights. The folders within these subseries are
arranged by topic instead of course numbers, which follows the original order of the
papers. Consequently, one folder may include materials from several courses on a
similar topic. The General subseries includes faculty annual reports, general
bibliographies, course descriptions and two folders on an "Introduction to Graduate
Study," which was a general course Heffner taught to prepare graduate students for
research in theatre and drama. The Drama subseries includes course materials and
lecture notes for courses on various topics related to drama, including American
drama, Comedy, English drama, Melodrama, and Tragedy. Many of these folders include
materials from Heffner’s "Comparative Drama" series of courses. Also included in
this subseries is a notebook on Elizabethan drama dated from 1922, which does not
appear to be Heffner’s, but was kept in the collection because it could not be
determined. The Literature subseries consists of four folders on literature topics
Heffner taught, including Celtic literature and Shakespeare. The final subseries,
Playwrights, consists of files of research and lecture notes on various playwrights
arranged alphabetically by last name. Prominent playwrights include Arthur Miller,
Eugene O’Neil, William Shakespeare, and George Bernard Shaw. There also appear to be
copies of writings by Heffner as well as what appear to be his research notes within
the files in this series. This series also includes some student papers, and student
names have been blacked out to protect their privacy while still making them
available for research.
Writings is the fourth series, spanning the period from 1947 to 1974. This series is
further arranged into four subseries: Speeches and lectures, Articles and papers,
Analysis of Drama, and
William Dunlap’s History of American Theatre. Speeches and lectures
include correspondence and copies of speeches and lectures Heffner gave outside of
his teaching responsibilities. Included in this subseries are scripts and notes from
lectures Heffner gave as a Fulbright Lecturer at the University of Bristol, as well
as a lecture series Heffner gave at Louisiana State University. The Articles and
papers subseries consists mostly of notes and drafts of some of Heffner’s writings,
many of which were eventually published in scholarly journals or presented at
professional conferences. Topics of these writings range from American theatre and
melodrama to theatre education and theory. Prominent among Heffner’s articles and
papers are entries he wrote on melodrama for
Encyclopedia
Britannica
and on pageants for
Encyclopedia
Americana
, and several papers written for AETA conferences.
Correspondence with editors and reprints of some of these publications are also
included.
Analysis of Drama was a proposed textbook
Heffner wanted to write for use in university courses on drama, and the records in
this subseries include the outline, research notes, and drafts of chapters for this
book. The final subseries,
William Dunlap’s History of
American Theatre
, consists mostly of drafts and revisions of another
proposed book by Heffner, in which he was to provide an annotated edition of William
Dunlap’s
History of the American Theatre that was
written in 1832. Under each chapter, there are typically two or three folders that
include at least a rough draft and a revised draft, and occasionally an edited
version with corrections. Also included in the final folder under each chapter is a
photocopy of the corresponding chapter from
History of the
American Theatre
by William Dunlap, upon which Heffner has marked the
placement for his annotations. This subseries also includes some correspondence with
possible publishers and editors, although it appears as if neither
Analysis of Drama nor the annotated edition of
William Dunlap’s History of American Theatre were ever
published.
The fifth series, Subject files, spans the period from 1919-1974 and includes files
on various topics relevant to Heffner's activities not explicitly connected with his
professional career as it relates to Indiana University. Materials in this series
include notes, research materials, news clippings, documents from universities other
than Indiana University (including some correspondence), newsletters, playbills,
travel documents, awards, and other documents relating to Heffner's various pursuits
and interests. Also included in this section are Heffner's personal school notes and
original early scripts, most which he appears to have written as a student. Files
are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Records in the sixth and final series, Audiovisual, date circa 1977 and include
audiovisual recordings of programs from "The Nature of Drama" lecture series.
Programs one through thirteen are present in videocassette format. Programs five,
six, seven, and nine are present in film reel format. Files are arranged first by
format, and further by program number.
Arrangement
This collection is organized into six series: Correspondence; Associations and
committees; Teaching files; Writings; Subject files; and Audiovisual.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries'
online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by
searching the catalog using these terms.
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Separated Material
Publications that were not written by or annotated by Heffner were pulled and sent to
the Wells Library. Duplicates of more than three copies of any document were weeded
out.
The following were pulled from the collection and transferred to the Archives'
photograph collection: approximately forty photographs of Professor Heffner, circa
1940 1955; twelve photographs to be published in
Modern
Theatre Practice,
5th edition, as received by Heffner through
correspondence with Peggy Laves, Samuel Selden, and Hunton D. Sellman; one case and
four boxes of lantern slides depicting such subjects as Elizabethan drama and
Classic theatre and stage; one box of nitrate film showing theatre and stage scenes:
one roll of 35mm microfilm sent to Heffner while at Stanford University; and, eleven
wood printing blocks, possibly depicting IU theatre scenes and people, possibly used
for publishing in the
Indiana Daily Student.
Photographs Pulled: Seven (7) photographs have been
removed and transferred to the Archives Photograph Collection. These seven (7)
photographs were removed from Box 5, Series: Writings, Sub-series: Articles and
papers, Folder: Untitled.
1.) 7 x 9.25", b/w, horizontal, "STUDIO-FOTO VAJENTI-VICENZA" on back, 10 men and
women, photo still of a play?
2.) 7 x 9.25", b/w, vertical, "STUDIO-FOTO VAJENTI-VICENZA" on back, 14 men and
women, photo still of a play?
3.) 7 x 9.25", b/w, horizontal, "L. 300" on back, "STUDIO-FOTO VAJENTI-VICENZA" on
back, photo of an elaborate state, orchestral pit, and audience seats
4.) 7 x 9.25", b/w, horizontal, [Conférence Internationale des Universités / NICE /
Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen / (4-10 Décembre 1950 / PHOTO "ERPÉ" NICE] on
front, "12" on back, photo shows a large group of seated men and women.
5.) 7 x 9.25", b/w, horizontal, [Conférence Internationale des Universités / NICE /
Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen / (4-10 Décembre 1950 / PHOTO "ERPÉ" NICE] on
front, "53" on back, photo shows a large group of seated men and women seated at a
food-related event.
6.) 7 x 9.25", b/w, vertical, [Conférence Internationale des Universités / NICE /
Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen / (4-10 Décembre 1950 / PHOTO "ERPÉ" NICE] on
front, [Stanford-Heffner, U. of Cal.-Pourel, Pomona-Lyons / California at Monte
Carlo Dec 1950] on back, photo shows three suited men in foreground posing in front
of a statue, a hatted and suited man is seen walking in background.
7.) [Reprint of Photograph 6]: 7 x 9.25", b/w, vertical, [Conférence Internationale
des Universités/ NICE / Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen / (4-10 Décembre 1950 /
PHOTO "ERPÉ" NICE] on front, [Stanford - Heffner, U. of Cal. - Pourel, Pomona -
Lyons / California at Monte Carlo Dec 1950] on back, photo shows three suited men in
foreground posing in front of a statue, a hatted and suited man is seen walking in
background.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Accession 99/043, 9333
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Preferred Citation
[Item], Hubert C. Heffner papers, Collection C296, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Provenance
Transferred from the Indiana University Theatre and Drama Department, 1999.
Appraisal
It was decided that some of the publications that were initially included in the
collection did not need to be retained in the Archives, as they were written by
people other than Heffner. Duplicates of syllabi, handouts, and other course
materials were weeded along with the carbon sheets, which tended to bleed onto
other records.
Processing InformationProcessed by Erika N. Qualls; Anna M. Walter; Ryan K. Lee.
Completed in 2007 and
revised by Amy L. Jankowski in 2010.
Accn. 9333 added by Anthony Barger in 2012.
Accn. 2013/110 added by Amanda Ferrara in 2015.
Series:
Correspondence, 1920-1978,
bulk
1948-1978
Box 1
General (chronological),
1920-1922,
undated
Some materials in French.
1956-1966
1967
1968
1970-1972
1973
1974-1976
1977-1978
Acting and Directing, 1945,
undated
Appleton‑Century‑Crofts, Inc., circa
1955-1960
Brockett, Oscar G., 1956,
1958
Burnim, Kalmon, 1973-1975
Cartier, Jacqueline, circa
1948‑1958
Downer, Alan, 1964
Faison, Walter C. (Estate Executor), 1974
Farm,1959-circa 1973
Illinois Wesleyan University,1963
Laves, Peggy,1972
Re: Photographs for
Modern Theatre
Practice
, 5th ed.
Letters of recommendation,1973
RESTRICTED
Louisiana State University,1972-1973
"Modern Teaching Practice", 1945-1946,
undated
Requests for recommendations and expertise,1965-1968
Selden, Samuel,1972
Re: Photographs for
Modern Theatre
Practice
, 5th ed.
Sellman, Hunton D.,1972
Re: Photographs for
Modern Theatre
Practice
, 5th ed.
State Department, circa 1950
Tucker, Lawrence E., (Illinois Wesleyan University),circa 1959
Wall Street Journal,1966
West, Edward J.,1948‑1950
Wessner, Theodore M.,1959-1960
Re: photographs of actor Joe Jefferson
Series:
Associations and committees, 1950-1976
Box 1
American Education Theatre Association (AETA), 1951
American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), 1951
Author’s Club, 1955-1960
Committee on Medieval Studies, 1960
Community Theatre Bulletin (Cornell University), 1954
Faculty Discussion Club (Indiana University), 1971-1972
Indiana Alliance for Arts Education, 1973-1976
Indiana Arts Commission, 1973-1976
General, 1975-1976
Theatre advisory panel, 1974-1975
International Institute of Arts and Letters, 1959-1961
National Theatre Conference, 1973
New Harmony Theatre, circa 1965
New York Historical Society, circa 1961
Rockefeller Foundation, 1950-1952
Shakespeare Anniversary Committee, 1964
Society for Theatre Research,
American, 1969-1974
British, 1974
Speech Communication Association, 1974
Series:
Teaching files, 1922-1977,
undated
General, 1937-1973,
undated
Acting and actors,
Suggestions for a text on acting, 1957,
undated
Student paper, undated
Anthology materials for Crofts, 1948-1950
Bibliography of Western theatre history, 1962
Brockett bibliographies, undated
Course descriptions, 1972,
undated
Examinations, 1945,
undated
Box 2
Faculty reports, 1962-1973
(2 folders)
Graduate reading lists, undated
Introduction to graduate study, 1937-1942
undated
(2 folders)
Subseries:
Drama, 1922-1977
undated
American drama,
English/Speech and Drama 191, 1945,
undated
General, 1927-1936,
undated
General, 1942-1944,
undated
Early, undated
18th and 19th century, 1935-1937
Seminar, 1956,
undated
Seminar proposals, undated
Student papers, 1937-1966
Comedy,
Course materials, undated
Examination, undated
American modern, undated
Greek, 1959-1971,
undated
Roman, undated
Shakespearean, undated
Development of dramatic art, 1958,
undated
Elizabethan drama notes, 1922,
undated
English drama,
Restoration and 18th century, undated
Modern, 1959
Student papers, 1936,
undated
Forms and styles of modern drama,
Course materials, undated
Expressionism, undated
Naturalism, undated
Neo-Classicism, undated
Realism, 1948-1950,
undated
French drama,
17th century, 1967,
undated
18th century, 1946,
undated
Modern, 1959,
undated
Pantomime, 1950
Box 3
German drama, 18th cent.-modern, circa 1937
Greek drama, undated
Melodrama, Course materials, 1962,
undated
"The Nature of Drama," video lecture series, inventory,
1977
See the "Audiovisual" series (Box 10-11) for corresponding video
cassettes and reels.
The structure of drama, course materials, 1968,
undated
Tragedy,
Course materials, 1961,
undated
British tragedy, 1936,
undated
Christian tragedy, undated
Elizabethan tragedy, undated
Greek tragedy, undated
Subseries:
Literature, undated
Celtic literature,
Lecture notes, undated
Note cards, undated
Literary criticism, Foerster notes, undated
Shakespeare, undated
Subseries:
Playwrights, 1936-1967,
undated
Albee, Edward, 1966
Anderson, Maxwell, 1937-1959,
undated
Anouilh, Jean, 1967
Belasco, David, undated
Behrman, S.N., undated
Berry, Philip, undated
Boaden, James, undated
Boker, George Henry, undated
Boucicault, Dion, undated
Brougham, John, 1952,
undated
Dunlap, William, undated
Favart, Charles Simon, undated
Fitch, William Clyde, undated
Green, Paul, 1940,
undated
Hellman, Lillian, 1942
Herne, James A., undated
Howard, Sidney Coe, undated
Ibsen, Henrick Johan, undated
Ionesco, Eugene, 1961
Johnson, Ben, 1951,
undated
Kaufman, George S., 1937,
undated
Kelly, George, undated
Kotzebue, August Friedrich Ferdinand von, circa
1949
Maeterlinck, Maurice, undated
Miller, Arthur, 1962,
undated
Moliere, undated
Moody, William Vaughn, undated
O’Casey, Sean, undated
Odets, Clifford, undated
O’Neil, Eugene, 1936-1957,
undated
Patrick, John, 1954
Payne, John Howard, 1960,
undated
Pirandello, Luigi, 1960,
undated
Pixerécourt, René-Charles Guilbert de, undated
Rice, Elmer, 1938,
undated
Scribe, Eugene, undated
Shakespeare, William, 1950,
undated
Shaw, George Bernard, circa 1948,
undated
Sherwood, Robert Emmet, 1955,
undated
Strindberg, August, 1937,
undated
Thomas, August, undated
Tyler, Royall, undated
Williams, Tennessee, 1948-1959,
undated
Series:
Writings, 1947-1974,
undated
Subseries:
Speeches and lectures, 1951-1964,
undated
Bristol Lectures: "Modern American theatre and its drama,"
1954
(2 folders)
"The contemporary American theatre," address and lecture
given at Stanford University, undated
"Development of the academic theatre in the United States,"
1951
"Meanings in drama," address given to NADSA convocation,
Tennessee A&I University, 1962
"The modern American drama," 1955
Of unidentified authorship
Box 4
"The place of research in the academic theatre," lecture at
University of Michigan, 1959
"Resources for graduate study outside the department,"
undated
"Structure and meaning in drama": Lectures series, Louisiana
State University,
Correspondence, programs, and clippings, 1964
Lecture scripts, 1964
(2 folders)
Subseries:
Articles and papers, 1947-1974,
undated
"The American theatre today and tomorrow," undated
"American theatrical heritage," undated
"Approaches to the study of drama and theatre,"
The Quarterly Journal of Speech,
1960
"Approaches to the teaching of appreciation of drama and
theatre," undated
"Aristotle’s psychology of action," undated
Book Reviews, 1953-1970
(2 folders)
"Character in drama," 1947-1973
"Paper on the "Chestnut Street Company," undated
"College dramatics," 1949
For
Encyclopedia Americana
"Comedie Francaise," 1958
For
Encyclopedia Britannica
"Contemporary French theatre," 1949-1961
"The decline of professional American theatre," undated
"The decline of the professional theatre in America and its
significance to the American academic theatre," 1947
Paper presented at Annual Convention of the American Educational
Theatre Association, Salt Lake City, 1947
"Doctoral studies in theatre and drama," undated
"Dramatic arts education," 1966
(2 folders)
For
Encyclopedia of Educational
Research
"Dramatic theory from Aristotle to Brecht," undated
"The Dunlap papers and opportunities for research in the
early American theatres," circa 1961
"Fear, pity and catharsis reexamined," 1974
(2 folders)
Foreword for Arnott’s
Plays without
People
, undated
Foreword for Dr. James Bost’s
Monarchs
of the Mimic Stage
, undated
"Form and meaning in Chekov’s
The Three
Sisters
," undated
"Frederick Henry Koch," undated
"The growth of academic theatre in the United States,
1973
For
Carolina Play-Book
"The Haymarket Theatrer under Colman the Younger, 1789 to
1805," Reprinted from
Speech
Monographs
, Vol. X, 1943
"History of the theatre: an outline," undated
"Kinship in comedy: a note of the interpretation of
Shakespeare comedy," undated
"The literature of the theatre," undated
"Melodrama," 1953
For
Encyclopedia Britannica
"Melodrama," undated
Paper read at the University of South Dakota
"Modern drama and modern man,"
The
Review
(Indiana University Bulletin), Vol. II, No. 2,
February, 1960
"Modern man in modern drama," circa 1955
Paper for celebration for Claude L. Shaver, Louisiana State
University
Box 5
"Modern theater practice," undated
(4 folders)
"On defining melodrama, AETA paper," undated
"On producing the classics,"
The
Central States Speech Journal
, Vol. 7, No. 2, Spring
1956
"The origin and uses of the term ‘melodrama’," circa
1961
"Pageant," 1963
For
Encyclopedia Americana
"Pirandello and the nature of man," undated
"Problems faced by American drama," 1961
"The professional theatre in the United States," circa
1952
(folders 1-2 of 4)
"The professional theatre in the United States," circa
1952
(folder 3-4 of 4)
Reference/Index Cards, undated
See boxes in Box 9
"A report on the national theatre in France," 1951-1952
Includes paper for AETA Convention in Chicago and published
reprint from
Educational Theatre Journal
, Vol. 4, No. 3, October 1952
"Review of Bryant's
Papers in in
Rhetoric…
and Kitto's
Poiesis:
Structure…,
1966
"Review of Else's
The Origin and
Early…,"
1965
"Review of Kerr's
Tragedy and
Comedy…,"
1967
"Review of Macredy's
King John
and
As You Like It,"
1964
"Review of Sattler's
Discussion and
Conference…,
Ellingsworth's
Speech
and Social Action…,
and Lomas'
The
Agitator…,"
1968
"Rhetoric and poetic in mimetic drama," 1969-1970
(2 folders)
For
Essays in honor of Claude M.
Wise
"Some values in modern drama," undated
"Theatre and drama in the academic curriculum," undated
Ohio Wesleyan paper
"Theatre and drama in liberal arts," undated
"Theatre and drama in liberal education," 1963-1965
(3 folders)
For AETA meeting
Includes correspondence with editors at
Teachers College Record and Educational Theatre
Journal
were this paper was reprinted.
"Towards a definition of form in drama," circa
1956
"Tragedy and the nature of man," circa 1956
Paper presented at "Week of Work" for the National Council on
Religion in Higher Education, New Haven, Connecticut
"Two European theatre conferences,"
Educational Theatre Journal, Vol. 3, No. 3, October
1951
Untitled rough draft of preface and conclusion sections for a
study on the history of theatre in Charleston, South Carolina in the
eighteenth century, undated
Untitled and titled drafts of papers by Heffner and others,
undated
Subseries:
Analysis of Drama, 1952-1965,
undated
Outline, 1964-1965
Includes correspondence with editors and reviewers about the
outline
"Definitions," undated
"'English Drama' pp. 1-209," undated
"'English Drama' pp. 210-368," undated
"Birth of a Nation," undated
"Melodrama," 1952,
undated
"General opera," undated
"Comic opera in the theatres of the Foire," undated
"English comic opera," undated
"French opera – 17th century," 1952,
undated
"Tragicomedy," undated
Subseries:
Box 6
William Dunlap’s History of the American
Theatre
, 1961-1967
Correspondence with publishers and editors, 1961-1967
Preface
Introduction,
Rough draft
Revised
Chapter 1,
Corrected copy
(2 folders)
Revised Draft
Chapter 2,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 3,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 4,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 5,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 6,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 7,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 8,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 9,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 10,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 11,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 12,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 13,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 14,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 15,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 16,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 17,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 18,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Box 7
Chapter 19,
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 20,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 21,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 22,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 23,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 24,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 25,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 26,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 27,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 28,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 29,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 30,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 31,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 32,
Rough Draft
Revised Draft
Chapter 33,
Rough Draft
Revised Draft
Chapter 34,
Rough Draft
Revised Draft
Chapter 35,
Rough Draft
Revised Draft
Chapter 36,
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Chapter 37,
Rough Draft
Revised Draft
Conclusions – Appendix
Rough Draft
Corrections
Revised Draft
Additions and revisions
Series:
Box 8
Subject files, 1919-1974
undated
American folk heroes, 1960
American literature – Proposal to MLA for editions, circa 1961
American theatre conditions, New York Times articles, 1961
American theatre desiderata list, undated
American theatre, history of: Statistics, facts, production
process, circa 1938‑1967
Biarritz American University
The BAU Banner,
1945-1946
1946
Bulletins, 1945
General Information, 1945
Yearbook and Program Information, 1945
Clippings file on various theatre topics, 1940-1947,
Clippings
Theatre and miscellaneous topics, 1919-1924,
undated
Theatre topics, 1940-1947
Colorado, University of, 1950
"Critical Digest," London theatre newsletter, 1976-1978
The Daily Tarheel 75th anniversary,
1968
Distinguished professorship, nominations for Brockett and Moody,
1972
"Fluto" [Notes],undated
Honorary degree, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1964
Memorial Service, Lillian Welch Voorhees, 1973
Michigan, University of,
"Pericles", 1974
Professional Theatre Program, 1972
Nathan Report for the study of American theatre, 1948
New York University,
General, Feb.-Oct. 1968
General, Nov. 1968-Apr. 1969
Memos and leaflets, 1968-1969
(folder 1 of 2)
Memos and leaflets, 1968-1969
(folder 2 of 2)
Papers, notes, and coursework from Heffner's tenure as student,
1918-1924,
undated
Some materials in German.
Plastics school, 1971
Playbills, 1919-1969
Box 9
Play scripts,
Various original scripts, by Hubert C. Heffner, 1920,
undated
"The love of three oranges," by Sergei Prokofiev, undated
"The thwarting of Baron Bolligrew," by Robert Bolt, circa
1964
Plays Miscellaneous, 1945-1963
(2 folders)
Renton collection, undated
Reprints of articles sent to Heffner, 1924-1974
(2 folders)
Sherman Theatre, 1973
Stanford University theatre program, undated
Swarthmore College theatre program, undated
Theatre trust/Actor’s equity, 1956-1962
Travel, circa 1935-1945
Tufts University,
Department of Drama, 1973
Faculty of Liberal Arts and Jackson, 1973
Bobby Vee, 1971
Watercolor by Reid Heffner, undated
Who’s who in America, biographical record
of Heffner, 1949-1961
Williamsburg, America’s first theatre, 1960
Series:
Audiovisual, circa 1977
Box 10
"The Nature of Drama" lecture series, videocassettes, circa 1977
"Program 1: The Nature of Drama," Length: 29:00
"Program 2: Forms and Styles of Drama," Length:
29:19
"Program 4: The Form of Tragedy I: Agamemnon and Oedipus,"
Length: 28:41
"Program 5: The Form of Tragedy II: Hamlet," Length:
28:57
"Program 6: The Form of Comedy: Lysistrate and Twelfth
Night," Length: 29:25
"Program 7: The Form of Melodrama," Length: 28:55
"Program 8: The Form of Melodrama II," Length:
29:00
"Program 9: The Nature of Man: Greek Conceptions," Length:
29:01
"Program 10: The Nature of Man: Shakespearean Conceptions,"
Length: 29:27
"Program 11: The Nature of Man: Revolution in the 17th
Century," Length: 29:00
"Program 12: The Nature of Man: Modern Drama," Length:
29:00
"Program 13: The Future of Drama," Length: 29:05
Box 11
"The Nature of Drama" lecture series, film reels, 1977
"Program 5: The Form of Tragedy II: Hamlet"
"Program 7: The Form of Melodrama"
"Program 9: The Nature of Man: Greek Conceptions"
Box 12 (Oversized)
"Program 6: The Form of Comedy: Lysistrate and Twelfth
Night"