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Paul Green

Paul Green studied at UNC under Frederick Koch, whose Carolina Playmakers staged many of his folk plays, graduated in 1921, and taught philosophy there from 1923 and dramatic art from 1939 until 1944. He won the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for In Abraham's Bosom and wrote The Lost Colony, first produced in 1937.

Source: NCpedia: Green, Paul Eliot

1894–1981 as the Library of Congress records it · On the Friends’ Local Authors roster → · Library of Congress authority record ↗

29 indexed works are connected with this person, and the index includes 6 works by Paul Green. 1 held at OCPL →

Paul Green, 1941
Paul Green, 1941

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By Paul Green

A Southern Life: Letters of Paul Green, 1916-1981

Green, Paul · 1994

Letters of the playwright Paul Green (1894-1981) spanning 1916 to 1981, published by UNC Press in 1994 in a volume of 735 pages with illustrations, forty-nine pages of front matter and a bibliography of Green's works. Green spent most of his life in Chapel Hill and taught at the university, and the letters describe Southern social life and customs. A primary source for the university and the town across six decades.

Reviewed in Choice Reviews Online (1994), The Journal of Southern History (1995).

Paul Green's War Songs: A Southern Poet's History of the Great War, 1917-1920

Green, Paul · 1993 · North Carolina Wesleyan College Press

Paul Green's war poems from 1917 to 1920, presented as a poet's history of the First World War and published by North Carolina Wesleyan College Press in 1993 with a foreword by Sam Ragan and an introduction and notes by John Herbert Roper. Green, the Chapel Hill playwright who lived from 1894 to 1981, wrote them as a soldier; sections include 'Songs of the Metro' and 'Ain't Gone Study War No More', with appendices on sources and alternative versions. 184 pages with illustrations.

Dog on the Sun

Green, Paul · 1949 · University of North Carolina Press

Twelve short stories by playwright Paul Green, published in 1949. Settings range from the Cape Fear valley and Harnett County, where Green grew up, to Chapel Hill, where he taught at the university; several concern the rural poor of eastern North Carolina. Titles include 'The Girl the King Loved', 'Education South' and 'Such Stuff as Dreams'.

The University in a nuclear age: address University Day, October 12, 1963

Green, Paul · 1963 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Paul Green's University Day address, delivered at the University of North Carolina on October 12, 1963, and printed by the university the same year as a 28-page pamphlet. University Day marks the laying of the Old East cornerstone in 1793. One copy carries the playwright's autograph presentation inscription.

Chapel Hill speaks on the Bicentennial

Green, Paul · 1976

Fifteen leaves gathering short pieces written for the United States Bicentennial by people connected with Chapel Hill, among them Paul Green, William C. Friday, Albert Coates, Guion Griffis Johnson and Howard N. Lee. Published in 1976 with illustrations and no named publisher. Topics include the American Revolution Bicentennial in Chapel Hill and the town's history.

Contemporary American literature : a study of fourteen outstanding American writers

Green, Paul, 1894-1981 · 1927

Paul Green's study course on contemporary American literature, built around fourteen American writers and issued in 1927 for university extension work at Chapel Hill. It concerns outlines and syllabi for the continuing education study of American literature. Extension courses of this sort served readers working at a distance from the campus.

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About Paul Green

Paul Green of Chapel Hill

Adams, Agatha Boyd ; Walser, Richard Gaither · 1951 · University of North Carolina Library

Biographical study of the playwright Paul Green by Agatha Boyd Adams, edited by Richard Walser and issued by the university library in 1951 in its Library Extension Publication series. Topics include his drama at Chapel Hill and his writing on slavery. A slim book of 116 pages with a portrait.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Green, Paul, 1894-1981.

Reviewed in American Literature (1952).

Carolina Folk Plays

Koch, Frederick H. · 1922

The second series of one-act plays from the Carolina Playmakers, the UNC theater company Frederick Koch founded in 1918, published in 1922. Includes Thomas Wolfe's 'The Return of Buck Gavin', 'Fixin's' by Paul and Erma Green, and plays by Elizabeth Lay, Lucy Cobb and Frances Gray, with appendices listing Playmakers productions.

Why this is here: Their name appears in the record.

Chapel Hill Museum

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Photograph taken on 30 May 2002 at the Chapel Hill Museum for the North Carolina ECHO project, showing the opening section of the museum's exhibit on the playwright Paul Green.

Why this is here: Their name appears in the record.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Chapel Hill Museum

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Paul Green's academic robe and collar at the Chapel Hill Museum, in a photograph made on 30 May 2002 for the North Carolina ECHO project.

Why this is here: Their name appears in the record.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Chapel Hill Museum

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Close view of a program from the 1952 season of 'The Lost Colony', Paul Green's outdoor drama staged every summer on the Outer Banks, as shown at the Chapel Hill Museum. Photographed for the North Carolina ECHO project on 30 May 2002.

Why this is here: Their name appears in the record.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Chapel Hill Museum

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Artifacts and memorabilia of Paul Green on display at the Chapel Hill Museum, photographed on 30 May 2002 for the North Carolina ECHO project. Green was a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright.

Why this is here: Their name appears in the record.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Obelisk standing near the Paul Green Cabin in the North Carolina Botanical Garden at UNC-Chapel Hill. North Carolina ECHO photograph, 6 March 2002.

Why this is here: Their name appears in the record.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Sign at the Paul Green Cabin in the North Carolina Botanical Garden. The playwright's cabin was moved to the garden in 1991 from his former home in Chapel Hill, to be kept safe and interpreted for visitors. North Carolina ECHO photograph, 6 March 2002.

Why this is here: Their name appears in the record.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Paul Green's cabin in the North Carolina Botanical Garden, relocated in 1991 from the writer's Chapel Hill residence so it could be preserved and interpreted. Photographed 6 March 2002 for North Carolina ECHO.

Why this is here: Their name appears in the record.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Small display on the relocation and restoration of the Paul Green Cabin at the North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill. Photographed 6 March 2002 for the North Carolina ECHO project.

Why this is here: Their name appears in the record.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

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Start at OCPL

Books in OCPL’s Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection whose titles, catalog subjects, or descriptions match this person. The Friends’ recommended starting points are labelled.

  • Start here · NC BIO GREEN ADA Paul Green of Chapel Hill Adams, Agatha Boyd · 1951

    Biographical study of the playwright Paul Green by Agatha Boyd Adams, edited by Richard Walser and issued by the university library in 1951 in its Library Extension Publication series. Topics include his drama at Chapel Hill and his writing on slavery. A slim book of 116 pages with a portrait.

  • Rebecca Wall Collection · F GREEN Land of Nod: And Other Stories Green, Paul · 1976

    Thirteen short stories by Paul Green, among them 'Fine Wagon', 'Love at the Hanging' and 'Supper for the Dead', published by the University of North Carolina Press in 1976; 153 pages. Green, born in Harnett County in 1894, won the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for drama and studied, then taught for more than twenty years, at the university in Chapel Hill, where he is buried.

Life and Orange County connections

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  1. Paul Green, playwright of The Lost Colony and an outspoken opponent of segregation, was born Paul Green was born in Harnett County and entered UNC in 1916.Search the index · NCpedia
  2. Paul Green wins the Pulitzer Prize for In Abraham’s Bosom Paul Green received the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for In Abraham’s Bosom. People: Paul GreenThe Pulitzer Prizes
  3. Press governors object to Paul Green's introduction to Congaree Sketches Called before Chase and the press's board, assistant editor William T. Couch heard Royster and the others condemn Green's introduction, which said neither race could leave the ditch until whites gave Blacks a hand. Couch pointed out that some 150 advance copies were already out, and the book went out as printed. Six months later, at Chase's order, unsold copies went to a commercial publisher, which reprinted it without Green's introduction. People: William T. Couch, Paul Green, Harry Woodburn Chase, James Finch RoysterHoward E. Covington Jr., Fire and Stone: The Making of the University of North Carolina under Presidents Edward Kidder Graham and Harry Woodburn Chase (2018), pp. 366-367
  4. Howard Mumford Jones leaves Chapel Hill for the University of Michigan Howard Mumford Jones, a member of the university's English faculty since coming from the University of Texas in 1925, left for the University of Michigan in 1930 and handed his syndicated book-review column, The Literary Lantern, to Paul Green and his wife. People: Paul GreenIn the index: University of Michigan · DigitalNC: The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 23, 1930, page 1
  5. Paul Green finishes a small writing retreat on his land east of Chapel Hill Playwright Paul Green finishes a small building for study and writing on the tract he had bought about two years earlier beyond the Strowd farm, between the Durham and Raleigh roads. He meant to build a family house near it later.Search the index · DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, April 5, 1935, p. 5
  6. Paul and Elizabeth Green sell their village home and lay out a new house east of town Paul and Elizabeth Green sell their home in the Glen to Mr. and Mrs. J. Manson Valentine and, with advice from a landscape architect, site a family house, gardens and outbuildings on their tract east of the village, hoping to move in by September. People: Elizabeth Lay GreenSearch the index · DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, May 1, 1936, p. 1
  7. The Lost Colony premieres Paul Green's pageant-drama The Lost Colony opened on Roanoke Island on Sunday evening, July 4, 1937, and the Chapel Hill Weekly reported that it scored a hit. The production had Chapel Hill roots: Frederick Koch's Carolina Playmakers were involved, and at least one actor came to Chapel Hill in June to rehearse. People: Paul GreenDigitalNC: The Chapel Hill Weekly, July 9, 1937, p. 1 (Green Play Makes Hit)
  8. Playwright Paul Green is buried in the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery Paul Green (1894-1981), the dramatist who wrote the outdoor drama The Lost Colony, was buried in the cemetery.Search the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Old Chapel Hill Cemetery, National Register nomination (OR0496), p. 24
  9. Paul Green's writing cabin is moved to the North Carolina Botanical Garden The 16-by-18-foot log cabin where the playwright wrote was moved to the Botanical Garden and restored when its old lot was to be sold. A Paul Green Cabin Task Force pressed for the move, citing Green's study of native plants.Search the index · DigitalNC: Daily Tar Heel, June 27, 1996, p. 15

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Picture: Paul Green, 1941. Public domain. Photograph by Fred Palumbo, World Telegram staff photographer; Library of Congress. New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection. hdl.loc.gov; via Wikimedia Commons

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