Nolan, Paul T. (1919-1995). Papers, 1942-1995, n.d.
Scope and Contents
Dr. Nolan was a prolific author, especially of plays. He founded and contributed to local theater groups including The Eavesdrop Theatre and Louisiana Playwrights’ Theatre. This collection contains plays, articles, and books authored by him. There is also some personal material, including correspondence and playbills. Most items are arranged chronologically.
Dr. Nolan’s widow and son, Peggy and John Nolan respectively, donated the collections.
Dates
- 1942-1995, n.d.
Creator
Biographical / Historical
Paul Thomas Nolan was born in Rochester, New York in 1919. He received his B.A. from the Arkansas State Teachers College in 1948 [now the University of Central Arkansas] and taught there from 1948-1949. He then went to Tulane University where he received his M.A. in 1950 and his Ph.D. in English in 1953. From 1950 until 1954 he taught English at Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport. He then taught for a year at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas. In 1955 Nolan joined the English Department at Southwestern Louisiana Institute (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) where he remained for the rest of his teaching career. He retired in 1988 as the Dupré Professor of Humanities, Emeritus.
Extent
3.66667 Linear Feet (3 feet and 8 inches of materials contained in 5 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Paul T. Nolan Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Zack Stein
- Date
- 12/11/2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031
speccoll@louisiana.edu