his collection includes plays, short stories, books, novels, pageants, poetry, and articles written by Grant Redford between 1930 and 1965.
Repository:
Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Manuscript Collection
Merrill-Cazier Library Utah State University 3000 Old Main Hill Logan, UT 84322-3000 Phone: 435 797-2663 Fax: 435 797-2880 Email: scweb@usu.edu
Languages:
Material in English
Biographical Note
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 (U.S.A.C.) 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 (U.S.A.C. 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 U.S.A.C. in the fall of 1936.
Upon graduation from U.S.A.C. 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 earned an M.S. 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 -59. 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 televison stations. When Redford died in 1965, he had established a reputation as a well known writer in the Pacific northwest.
Content Description
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 eleven through thirteen include the drafts, revisions, and notes of the novels, books, and pageants written. Poetry and articles developed by Redford are found in boxes fourteen through fifteen. 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 eighteen 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 nineteen and twenty). Boxes twenty-one through twenty-three contain Redford's lectures, notes, articles, and Turkish publications collected during his days at the University of Ankara in Turkey. Copies of the Intermountain Review are found in box twenty-four. Redford's scrapbooks and journals can be located in the next box. Finally, reel to reels and tapes are located in box twenty-six.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
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 Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections
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 Information
Arrangement :
Arranged by topic.
Processing Note :
Processed in June of 1999
Acquisition Information :
The materials in this collection were donated to USU Special Collections in 1996 by Grant's son, Myron, and in 2005 by Grant's brother Ralph.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Plays, 1949-1965
(8 boxes, 76 folders)
Container(s)
Description
Dates
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
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
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
