Local figure
Hatcher Hughes
Hatcher Hughes entered the University of North Carolina in 1901, edited the student annual, and while a senior became an instructor in English, holding the post until he took his M.A. in 1909. He then went to Columbia University. His play Hell-Bent fer Heaven won the Pulitzer Prize in 1924.
Source: NCpedia: Hughes, (Harvey) Hatcher
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- Hatcher Hughes wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama Hatcher Hughes, a UNC graduate and former instructor in English there, won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Hell-Bent fer Heaven, a play about a mountain preacher. He was then teaching at Columbia University in New York.Search the index · The Pulitzer Prizes: Hatcher Hughes
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- Chapel Hill Public Library (opens in a new tab) Public library in Chapel Hill
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- Background context: Hughes, (Harvey) Hatcher NCpedia
- Read contemporary evidence: DigitalNC newspapers: 62 Orange County pages naming Hatcher Hughes DigitalNC Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
- Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for Hatcher Hughes NC LIVE An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
- Ask locally: Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
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Picture: Hatcher Hughes, Yackety Yack, 1907. Public domain. Yackety Yack, 1907 (University of North Carolina yearbook); via the Internet Archive
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