Papers, 1934-1996.

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Papers, 1934-1996.

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The Robert Hartung collection contains detailed scrapbooks of his years with NBC's Hallmark Hall of Fame series (1955-1976); family records (personal diaries, family photo albums, published family tree); scrapbooks (detailed accounts of years as a professional actor in New York City, his years at Cornell, Yale, and Simpson Universities, and his personal life in Iowa); and Cornell and Simpson yearbooks. The collection also includes photographs, legal documents, resumes, personal correspondence between Hartung and his family, friends, and colleagues; various awards; scripts for plays he produced and/or directed; unautographed published scripts; and posters from the Hallmark Hall of Fame. Among the University of New Mexico papers are his class notes (1979-1990), departmental memos, Rodey view (1987-1994); season by season scrapbooks of UNM productions and Hartung's work with them (1972-1988); programs from both UNM and local theaters (including the Vortex, ACLOA, and the Albuquerque Little Theater); extensive files that may include a script with notations, programs, promotional material, newspaper articles, cast and crew lists, scene breakdowns, and other materials.

22 boxes (16.5 cu. ft.)

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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Hartung, Robert.

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Charles Robert Hartung was born in Mount Vernon, Iowa on March 6, 1917. He was involved with theater from an early age as writer, performer, and director. In 1955 he became a producer for the NBC's Hallmark Hall of Fame series. In 1972 he became the chairman of the University of New Mexico Theater Arts Department. In 1978 he stepped down from this position to concentrate on directing and teaching. In 1990 he retired from UNM. On March 9, 1999 Charles Hartung died. From the descriptio...

Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, Inc.

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University of New Mexico. Theatre Arts Dept.

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Albuquerque Little Theatre.

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University of New Mexico. College of fine arts

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Theater at the University of New Mexico began in 1900 with the production of the play "Old Maids Convention" at the Opera House in downtown Albuquerque. The University owes much of its early theatrical success to Professor George St. Clair and Coach Roy Johnson. Together, they produced, directed, wrote, and acted in a great many plays during the 1920's and 1930's. UNM had no formal theater at the time, and productions were staged wherever an empty space could be found. In the late 1930's Profess...