Haydn, Hiram Collins, 1907-1973

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Birth 1907
Death 1973

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Author, editor, and publisher.

From the description of Papers, 1942-1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 31605120

Between 1970 and 1972 Dr. Hiram Haydn of the University of Pennsylvania conducted a class on the creative writing process, i.e. the needs of the individual writer, the specific writing environment, and the problems encountered during the writing process. In order to obtain information Dr. Haydn sent questionnaires to various writers, some well-known, and others University of Pennsylvania graduate students.

From the description of Creative writing questionnaires for writing class at University of Pennsylvania, 1970-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122585898

Author, editor, educator, and publisher.

From the description of Hiram Collins Haydn papers, 1874-1978 (bulk 1945-1973). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132182

Biographical Note

1907, Nov. 3 Born, Cleveland, Ohio 1928 A.B., Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. 1928 1941 Lecturer, Hawken School, Cleveland, Ohio 1935 Married Rachel Hutchinson Norris (divorced) 1938 M.A., Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 1939 1941 Lecturer in English, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 1942 Ph.D., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1942 1944 Professor of English, Women's College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, N.C. 1943 Published By Nature Free. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1944 1973 Editor, American Scholar 1944 1945 Executive secretary, United Chapters, Phi Beta Kappa 1945 Married Mary Westcott Tuttle Published Manhattan Furlough. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1945 1950 Editor, Crown Publishers; editor-in-chief, 1948-1950 1947 1960 Lecturer, New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y. 1948 Published The Time Is Noon. New York: Crown 1950 Published The Counter-Renaissance. New York: Scribner 1950 1954 Editor, Bobbs-Merrill Co. 1955 1959 Senior editor, Random House; editor-in-chief, 1956-1959 1959 1964 Member, executive council, Atheneum 1962 Published The Hands of Esau. New York: Harper 1964 Fellow, Center for Advanced Studies, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. 1964 1973 Copublisher, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1965 1966 Professor of communications, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 1966 Professor of communications, Annenberg School of Communications, Philadelphia, Pa. 1967 Published Report from the Red Windmill. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World 1973, Dec. 2 Died, Philadelphia, Pa. 1974 Published posthumously Words & Faces. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

From the guide to the Hiram Collins Haydn Papers, 1874-1978, (bulk 1945-1973), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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