Title: LeRoy Graf Collection

Date/Date Range :   circa 1930s-1990s

Extent: 5.5 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection consists of newspaper and magazine articles concerning theatre from the 1930s-1980s and Dr. LeRoy Graf's papers, including documents for a 1980 history class.

Call number: MS-2899

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

Unknown

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], LeRoy Graf Collection, MS-2899. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

This collection consists of nine series:

1. Series I: Theatre in General, circa 1930s-1990s
2. Series II: Theatre Seasons, 1930s-1950s
3. Series III: Actors and Actresses, undated
4. Series IV: Reviews, circa 1930s-1990s
5. Series V: Documents, 1937-1993, undated
6. Series IV: Series VI: Merk Seminar Paper on Anti-Mormon Propaganda, 1937 May
7. Series VII: R. G. Navagation, undated
8. Series VIII: History 5240, 1980
9. Series IX: Phi Beta Kappa Posters, 1987 April 15

Dr. Leroy Graf (1915-1993) received his master's and Ph.D. from Harvard University. He taught at Harvard, Radcliffe College, Tufts College, and the Ohio State University before coming to the University of Tennessee. Long considered one of the University's most distinguished professors, Dr. Graf was instrumental in the forming of the local Phi Beta Kappa Chapter on the University of Tennessee campus. Also, Dr. Graf was very well known for his editing of the Andrew Johnson Papers, a project he began in 1956. Dr. Graf was head of the History Department at the University of Tennessee from 1965 to 1980.

This collection consists of newspaper and magazine articles from the 1930s-1980s on theatre, actors and actresses, and play reviews. Also includied in this collection are Dr. LeRoy Graf's papers, including documents for a 1980 history class.

• Theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
• Theater -- United States -- Reviews.
• Newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc. -- Reviews.
• Actors -- United States.
• University of Tennessee (Knoxville) -- History Department.
• Graf, Leroy, 1915-1993.
• University of Tennessee (Knoxville campus).