Professor Ruth Pennybacker Collection
An Inventory of Holdings at the University of Houston
Libraries
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Creator: |
Pennybacker,
Ruth |
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Title: |
Professor Ruth
Pennybacker Collection |
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Dates: |
1934-1981 |
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Abstract: |
The Ruth Pennybacker
Collection consists of the teaching aids she used in class, photocopies of
plays, news clippings, and programmes. Included in the collection is a
scrapbook crafted in 1967 by her students, colleagues, and friends as a tribute
to Miss Pennybacker. |
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Identification: |
1969-044 |
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Quantity: |
2.50 Linear Feet |
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Language of Materials |
The
papers are in English |
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Repository: |
Special Collections, University of
Houston Libraries |
Professor Ruth Pennybacker or "Miss Pennybacker", as she preferred,
joined the U.H. faculty in 1935. Her application to the university included a
letter of recommendation written by the distinguished Texas historian and
writer J. Frank Dobie. Pennybacker, a 1934 Vassar graduate, went to work in the
newly formed English Department at the University of Houston where she taught
freshman composition and creative writing. A driving force in the creation of
the U.H. creative writing program, Pennybacker also founded the Harvest, a
campus publication for students, poets, and creative writers.
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The Ruth Pennybacker Collection consists of the teaching aids she used
in class, photocopies of plays, news clippings, and programmes. Included in the
collection is a scrapbook crafted in 1967 by her students, colleagues, and
friends as a tribute to Miss Pennybacker.
Forms part of the University Archives.
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Access Restrictions
Open for research.
Use Restrictions
Special Collections owns the physical items in our collections, but
copyright normally belongs to the creator of the materials or their heirs. The
researcher has full responsibility for determining copyright status, locating
copyright holders, and abiding by current copyright laws when publishing or
displaying copies of Special Collections material in print or electronic form.
For more information, consult the appropriate librarian.
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This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access
subject terms. |
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Corporate Name: |
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University of
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University of Houston.
Creative Writing Program |
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University of Houston.
Dept. of English |
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Genre/Form of Material: |
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Clippings |
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Correspondence |
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Scrapbooks |
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Scripts |
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Theater
programs |
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Personal Name: |
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Barthelme,
Donald |
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Pennybacker,
Ruth |
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Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries
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Classroom Curriculum Material |
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This series contains 24 folders, arranged alphabetically. The
majority of these contain news clippings, correspondence and plays used as part
of the classroom curriculum. |
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Article Clippings |
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2 |
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Brochures |
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Correspondence To: Pennybacker |
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Correspondence (Personal) To: Pennybacker |
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Drama Notebook 1969 |
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Drama Notebook 1970 |
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Guest Book |
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Personal Items |
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Play: "A Separate Peace" |
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Play: "Absent Friends" |
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Play: "Betrayal - 1977" |
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12 |
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Play: "Black Cycle" |
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13 |
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Play: "Blinded by the Light" |
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Play: "Breakfast Past Noon" |
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Play: "Brontosaurus" |
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Play: "Cabin 12" |
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Play: "Evolution of People's Theatre" |
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Play: "Firebugs" |
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Play: "Freshwater" |
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Play: "Good and Faithful Servant" |
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Play: No Title |
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Play: "Reunion" |
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Play: "Three Women" |
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Play: "Three Women" |
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Play Readers Group Material |
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This series contains 25 folders, arranged alphabetically. These
folders consist of spiral notebooks and correspondence from the Play Readers
group, organized chronologically from 1978 - 1981. Also contained in this
series are poems, programmes and a copy of Pennybacker's 1934 thesis. |
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Play Readers (1of 2) 1970 - 1971 |
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26 |
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Play Readers (2 of 2) 1970 - 1971 |
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27 |
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Play Readers (1 of 2) 1972 - 1973 |
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Play Readers (2 of 2) 1972 - 1973 |
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Play Readers (1 of 2) 1973 - 1974 |
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Play Readers (2 of 2) 1973 - 1974 |
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Play Readers (1 of 2) April 1974 |
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Play Reader (2 of 2) April 1974 |
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Play Readers (1 of 2) 1974 - 1975 |
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Play Readers (2 of 2) 1974 - 1975 |
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Play Readers (1 of 2) 1975- 1976 |
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Play Readers (2 of 2) 1975 - 1976 |
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Play Readers (1 of 2) 1976 - 1977 |
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Play Readers (2 of 2) 1976 - 1977 |
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Play Readers (1 of 2) 1977 - 1978 |
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Play Readers (2 of 2) 1977 - 1978 |
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Play Readers (1 of 2) 1979 |
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Play Readers (2 of 2) 1979 |
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Play Readers 1980 |
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Play Readers 1981 |
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Play Readers No Date, Misc. |
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Poems by Gaye Doehring |
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Programmes |
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Programmes - The Austin Symphony Orchestra |
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Programmes - Royal Shakespeare Company |
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Thesis by Pennybacker |
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Scrapbook 1967 |
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This series contains a scrapbook dated 1967, that contains
letters, notes and tributes to Miss Pennybacker. Included in the scrapbook are
letters written by Joseph M. Doggett, Philip G. Hoffman, John C. Allred, John
Q. Anderson, Vassar Miller, and Kenneth Carbajal. |
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Scrapbook: "Letters, Notes and Tributes - May 4, 1967"
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