Chapman, Robert Harris, 1919-2000

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Robert Harris Chapman was born in Highland Park, Ill., in 1919 and died in 2000. He graduated from Princeton University in 1941 and began his professional career at Harvard University in 1950. He became a professor of English literature and was an accomplished playwright, a theatrical consultant, and Director of the Loeb Drama Center at Harvard. He was a colleague and long-time friend of Robert Penn Warren.
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referencedIn David O. Selznick papers concerning the motion picture, Tender is the night, 1956. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Chapman, Robert Harris. Robert Harris Chapman papers, 1951-1986 (2006MT-14): Guide Houghton Library
creatorOf Selznick, David O., 1902-1965. Letters to Robert Harris Chapman, 1956. Houghton Library
referencedIn Harry Levin papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Selznick, David O., 1902-1965. Papers concerning the motion picture Tender is the night, 1956. Houghton Library
creatorOf Papers of Robert H. Chapman Harvard University Archives.
creatorOf Selznick, David O., 1902-1965. Papers : concerning the motion picture adaptation of Vanity fair, 1956. Houghton Library
referencedIn Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996. Lincoln Kirstein papers, 1951-1999. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Miscellaneous theatrical papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Autograph File, P, 1554-2005. Houghton Library
creatorOf Gilroy, Frank Daniel, 1925-. Frank D. Gilroy and Oliver Hailey correspondence with Stanley Weintraub, 1970. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967. Houghton Library
referencedIn Letters to Robert Harris Chapman, 1956. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Chapman, Robert Harris. Robert Harris Chapman Collection, 1958-1975. Vanderbilt University Library, Jean and Alexander Heard Library
referencedIn David O. Selznick papers concerning the motion picture, Vanity fair, 1956. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Chapman, Robert Harris. Notes concerning F. Scott Fitzgerald's papers : manuscript, ca. 1948. Princeton University Library
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associatedWith Ballet, Arthur H. person
associatedWith Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. person
correspondedWith Brown, John Mason, 1900-1969 person
associatedWith Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 person
associatedWith Fugitives (Group) corporateBody
associatedWith Gilroy, Frank Daniel, 1925- person
associatedWith Harvard University corporateBody
associatedWith Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996. person
correspondedWith Levin, Harry, 1912-1994 person
associatedWith Macgowan, Kenneth, 1888-1963. person
associatedWith Selznick, David O., 1902-1965 person
associatedWith Selznick, David O., 1902-1965. person
correspondedWith Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989 person
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Princeton NJ US
Cambridge MA US
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English literature
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Birth 1919-04-14

Death 2000-09-27

English

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