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University of North Carolina at Asheville
D. Hiden Ramsey Library
Special Collections
Kermit Hunter
(1910-2001)
Southern Appalachian Writers Collection
M2005.05.02-08
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| Title |
Kermit Hunter |
| Creator |
Southern Highlands Research
Center |
| Alt. Creator |
D. H. Ramsey Library |
| Identifier |
http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/southern_appalachian_writers/hunter_kermit/hunter_kermit.htm |
| Subject Keyword |
Kermit Hunter ; Southern Appalachian Writers ; Appalachia |
| Subject LCSH |
Hunter, Kermit, 1910 - 2001
American
literature -- Appalachian
Region, Southern -- History
and criticism
American
literature -- Appalachian
Mountains -- History and criticism
Appalachians (People) in
literature
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Description and travel |
| Description |
The collection contains letters of correspondence and anecdotal information on the writer. These
materials were gathered as part of an exhibition of Southern
Appalachian Writers held at UNCA in the early 1980's and sponsored by
D. H. Ramsey Library and the Southern Highlands Research Center. |
| Publisher |
D. H. Ramsey Library, Special
Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804 |
| Contributor |
Annette Hatley |
| Date |
2005-08-23 |
| Type |
Collection ; text |
| Format |
1 folder ; text |
| Source |
M2005.05.02-8 |
| Language |
English |
| Relation |
The
Heritage of Western North Carolina, D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of
North Carolina at Asheville |
| Coverage |
1900's - present ;
North Carolina ; |
| Rights |
Any display,
publication, or public use must credit the D. H. Ramsey Library, Special
Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection,
or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Some
materials in collections are electronic rights only. Please ask for
assistance from Special Collections staff. |
| Donor |
240 |
| Acquisition |
2004-03- |
| Citation |
Kermit Hunter in Southern Appalachian Writers
Collection,
D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina
at Asheville 28804 |
| Processed by |
Special Collections staff,
2005 |
| Last update |
2008-09-22 |
| Statement on writing |
The artist "cannot
afford to sacrifice art for morality, but by the same token, he must not
think purely in terms of art, because he needs to keep contact with life
and human realities. Therefore, it seems logical to me that the
artist must have a point of view which embraces the personality of man,
the position of man in the universe, a sense of order and design in the
world.... To me it is more important to keep the ideals and never
publish or stage a single written word, because it is more important o
keep art on a plane of idealism and integrity than to get a check from a
publisher or a producer." |
| Biography |
Kermit Hunter, born 1910 in West Virginia, had
already earned his undergraduate degree from Ohio State University and
moved between several career paths before joining the Army in 1940.
After serving in World War II, he entered graduate studies in the
Department of Dramatic Art at UNC-Chapel Hill in 1947. Beginning with
“Unto These Hills” in 1949 (which also served as his M.A. thesis),
Hunter authored more than 40 historical dramas, most of which were
written for outdoor performance (and of those, Hunter wrote the majority
for specific locations). During his writing career, Hunter also
complete his Ph.D. at Chapel Hill in 1955 and went on to teach at the
university level—first at Hollins College in Virginia, then at Southern
Methodist University in Dallas, and finally at the University of Texas
at Arlington. He passed away in 2001 in Dallas. Of his outdoor
dramas, two are still in production: “Horn in the West” is still
performed in Boone, North Carolina and “Honey in the Rock” is still
performed in Beckley, West Virginia. “Unto These Hills,” though it
underwent an extensive re-write in 2006, remains the most
widely-attended of Hunter’s productions. |
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Bibliography |
OUTDOOR PERFORMANCES BY |
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1950 |
"Unto These Hills",
Cherokee, North Carolina. |
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1951 |
"Forever This Land",
New Salem, Illinois. |
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1952 |
"Horn in the West",
Boone, North Carolina. |
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1954 |
"The Bell and the
Plow", Tucson, Arizona. |
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1955 |
"Voice in the Wind",
Ruskin, Florida. |
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1956 |
"The Eleventh Hour",
Staunton, Virginia. "Chucky Jack", Gatlinburg, Tennessee. |
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1957 |
"Thy Kingdom Come",
Salem, Virginia. |
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1958 |
"Heart of a City",
Roanoke, Virginia. |
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1959 |
"Dawn of Promise",
Roanoke, Virginia. "The Home Road", Bethania, North Carolina.
"Mistress of the Inn", Roanoke, Virginia.
"Homecoming in Magdala", Hollins, Virginia.
"The Golden Crucible", Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
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1960 |
"The Third Frontier",
New Bern, North Carolina. "The Golden Prairie", Decatur, Illinois.
"The Golden Land", Dillon, South Carolina.
"This Burning Hour", Louisville, Kentucky. |
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1961 |
"Honey in the Rock",
Beckley, West Virginia. "Thunder on the River", Peoria, Illinois.
"Bound for Kentucky", Louisville, Kentucky. |
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1962 |
"Next Day in the
Morning", Jacksonville, Florida. |
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1963 |
"Stars in My Crown",
Murray, Kentucky. |
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1965 |
"That Untraveled
World", Charleston, West Virginia. |
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1968 |
"The Liberty Tree",
Columbia, South Carolina. |
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1969 |
"Walk Toward the
Sunset", Sneadville, Tennessee. "The Trail of Tears", Tahlequah,
Oklahoma. |
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1974 |
"Wings of the
Morning", St. Mary's, Maryland. |
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1975 |
"Beyond the Sundown",
Livingston, Texas. |
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1976 |
"Daniel Shay's
Rebellion", Northampton, Massachusetts. "The Maintosh Trail",
Peachtree City, Georgia.
"Philander", Peoria, Illinois.
"Come Sing Tomorrow", Fulton, Missouri.
"Dust On Her Petticoats", Tulsa, Oklahoma. |
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1978 |
"Bright Hope",
Briarfield, Alabama. |
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1979 |
"Hernando De Soto",
Hot Springs, Arkansas. |
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1983 |
"Pocahontas No. 3",
Bluefield, West Virginia. |
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