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Montgomery Hare, 1911-1998, was a playwright, theater producer, and poet. Born in New York City, Hare graduated from Groton School in 1929 and from Yale University in 1933 with honors in literature. He wrote and directed plays for the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia in the late 1940s, and was also active with the Parsons Theatre and the Penobscot Charitable Trust. His published books of poetry include Three Eagles (1954), To Beat the Air: Poems and Drawings (1964), and Say This of Me (1981). He also wrote novels and his memoirs. From 1940 on, Hare lived in Cornwall, Connecticut. He was a founder and president of the Housatonic Valley Association, which worked to protect the lands and waters of the Housatonic Watershed.

From the description of Montgomery Hare papers, 1908-1996. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702181559

Montgomery Hare, 1911-1998, was a playwright, theater producer, and poet. Born in New York City, Hare graduated from Groton School in 1929 and from Yale University in 1933 with honors in literature.

Hare wrote and directed plays for the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia in the late 1940s, and was also active with the Parsons Theatre and the Penobscot Charitable Trust. His published books of poetry include Three Eagles (1954), To Beat the Air: Poems and Drawings (1964), and Say This of Me (1981). He also wrote novels and his memoirs.

From 1940 on, Hare lived in Cornwall, Connecticut. He was a founder and president of the Housatonic Valley Association, which worked to protect the lands and waters of the Housatonic Watershed.

From the guide to the Montgomery Hare papers, 1908-1996, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Hair family. Hare family papers, 1873-1962 (bulk 1884-1930). Churchill County Museum
referencedIn Antisdale, Louis M. Political Correspondence, 1902-1922. American Periodical Series I
creatorOf Montgomery Hare papers, 1908-1996 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Hare, Montgomery. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, [between 1941 and 1963]. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn R. Buckminster Fuller Papers Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Burlingham, Charles Culp, 1858-1959. Papers, 1876-1960 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Hare Family Papers, 1873-1962 (Bulk 1884-1930) New-York Historical Society
referencedIn The Mel Powell Papers, 1942-1991, inclusive Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
referencedIn The Nation, records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk). Houghton Library
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Antisdale, Louis M. person
associatedWith Barter Theatre. corporateBody
associatedWith Barter Theatre. corporateBody
associatedWith Burlingham, Charles Culp, 1858-1959 person
associatedWith Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983 person
associatedWith Hair family. family
associatedWith Hair Family family
associatedWith Housatonic Valley Association. corporateBody
correspondedWith Mel Powell person
correspondedWith Nation (New York, N.Y. : 1865). corporateBody
associatedWith Parsons Theatre. corporateBody
associatedWith Parsons Theatre. corporateBody
associatedWith Sturges, Mary. person
associatedWith Sturges, Mary. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
Subject
American literature
Theater
Theater
Authors, American
American drama
American poetry
Poets, American
Dramatists, American
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Active 1908

Active 1996

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