Harmer (Alfred Douglas) Collection

Collection — Box: AR-2021-129

Identifier: AR-2021-001

Staff Only

Alfred Samuel (Douglas) Harmer 1907-1993, (Alexander Harmer's son) in Fiesta costume, outside the Harmer Adobe, doorway located on left side facing the City Hall in De La Guerra Plaza. Edson Smith Photo Collection no. 1761

Content Description

The Alfred Douglas Harmer Collection contains letters that the playwright, son of artist Alexander Francis Harmer, received and wrote over the years 1920-1965. The collection also includes a mix of personal and professional items such as: photos, contracts, event invitations, telegrams, his personal bank book, postcards, and scripts and programs for plays Harmer directed.

The collection contains two (2) folders of correspondence, one (1) folder of scripts, one (1) folder of theater programs, one (1) folder of postcards, and one (1) folder of miscellaneous items such as photos, contracts, and a bank book.

Dates

1920 - 1965

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Property rights reside with the Santa Barbara Historical Museum. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head Archivist of the Gledhill Library.

Biographical / Historical

Alfred Douglas Harmer was the youngest son of artist Alexander Francis Harmer. He started his career as a playwright at the age of eleven and by the time he was eighteen years old, he had written and produced eight plays portraying the life of early California. He later went on to marry Florence J. Weston and edit a Santa Barbara bilingual magazine titled Don Quijote.

Extent

.4 Linear Feet (one (1) document box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Alfred Douglas Harmer Collection contains letters from Alfred Douglas Harmer's family and romanitic interests while he was a young man, as well as letters written by Harmer to his wife in later years. Also included is an array of scripts and programs documenting his professional career as a playwright.