Sam Byrd Papers, . 1904-1972

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Sam Byrd Papers, . 1904-1972

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Sam Byrd was an author, actor, and producer, of Mt. Olive, N.C. The collection is chiefly correspondence, clippings, and other material, 1940-1955, relating to Byrd's activities in the United States Navy in World War II; his novel, (1945); the staging of an historical pageant in Duplin County, N.C., in 1949; and especially his proposed co-production, with Oliver Sayler, of stage adaptations of Edgar Lee Masters's and James Joyce's in New York City, 1954-1955. Volumes include a photograph album and a European travel notebook, 1953. Hurry Home to My Heart Domesday Book Ulysses

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Byrd, Sam, 1908-

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Sam Byrd (1908-1955) was an author, actor, and producer. Byrd was born in Mt. Olive, N.C., and attended the University of Florida but dropped out to go to New York City, where he started with small roles in Broadway plays. He played the original Dude Lester, 1933-1936, in Tobacco Road and received the Literary Digest Award for Best Young Actor on Broadway for the 1933-1934 season. He was Curley in Of Mice and Men, 1937-1938, and at the same time produced Caldwell's Journeyman . In 1...