Haydn, Hiram Collins, 1907-1973

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)