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Sara Frances Bragdon (1886-1957) Papers

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Identifier: 31/6/22
Abstract Sara Frances Bragdon graduated from Northwestern University, Phi Beta Kappa, with a bachelor of arts degree in 1908. Bragdon's chief academic interests centered on classical, French, and English Literature. Her papers are contained in one half-size box and date between 1898 and 1964. Included are biographical materials relating largely to Bragdon's study at Northwestern University and an elocution journal, 1898-1912, consisting of both handwritten and typescript copies of poetry and prose...
Dates: 1898-1964

James D. Breckenridge (1926-1982) Papers

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Identifier: 11/3/4/3
Abstract

The James Breckenridge Papers, spanning the period 1924-1983, contain: biographical materials, education files, correspondence, teaching files, research and consulting files, professional organizations files, speeches and papers, and publications.

Dates: 1924-1983

Robert S. Breen (1909-1991) Papers

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Identifier: 20/42
Abstract Professor Robert S. Breen joined the faculty of the Northwestern University in 1947. Professor Breen’s distinguished academic career included his originating and refining the concept of Chamber Theatre. Chamber Theatre, now widely known and used, permitted the dramatic presentation of fiction and non-fiction without the artificial elimination of the narrator which more traditional dramatizations required. Readers' Theatre, the ensemble presentation of dramatic literature, were also a...
Dates: 1909-1992

Roberto Brenes Mesen (1874-1947) Papers

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Identifier: 11/3/12/5
Abstract

Roberto Brenes Mesen, educator, political critic, poet, and philologist, taught in Northwestern University's Department of Romance Languages from 1926-1939. His Papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, teaching materials, research materials, publications, and critical studies. The majority of the matieral is in Spanish.

Dates: 1893 - 1976

Philip Brickman (1943-1982) Papers

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Identifier: 11/3/23/6
Abstract

The Philip Brickman Papers consist of research papers, essays, stories, and other work produced during elementary and high school, 1949-1960; undergraduate materials, 1960-1964; graduate school materials 1965-1968; and a small amount of correspondence and publications from his tenure as an instructor and assistant professor in the psychology department at Northwestern University, 1970-1978.

Dates: 1949-1987

Steuart Henderson Britt (1907-1979) Papers

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Identifier: 12/1/6
Abstract Steuart Henderson Britt was born in Fulton, Missouri, on June 16, 1907. In 1957 Britt received a dual appointment at Northwestern University as Professor of Marketing in the School of Commerce and Professor of Advertising in the Medill School of Journalism. In 1971 Britt and one of his former students founded the Britt and Frerichs marketing research firm in Chicago. Throughout his career Britt was a prolific author and editor. The Steuart Henderson Britt Papers comprise ten boxes and...
Dates: 1927-1980

Brodfuehrer Family Scrapbook

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Identifier: 31/6/105
Abstract

The scrapbook, compiled by NU alumnus Oscar Brodfuehrer (1912) vividly documents student life at Northwestern University, circa 1912-17, and also includes family and travel photographs.

Dates: 1912-1917; Other: Date acquired: 11/05/2012

Baker Brownell (1887-1965) Papers

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Identifier: 12/1/3
Abstract Baker Brownell enjoyed a rich and varied career as a soldier, newspaper man, popular teacher and lecturer, prolific writer and minor power, and scholar concerned with the dynamics of both the "small community" and the larger "human community" of which it formed an important component. During his lifetime, much of which was spent as a member of the faculty at Northwestern, Brownell achieved a national reputation based upon both his recognized abilities as a lecturer and teacher and his...
Dates: 1904-1965

Willson P. Brumback (1896-1981) Football Scrapbook

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Identifier: 31/6/73
Abstract Willson Brumback's Scrapbook documents Northwestern's triumphal 1916 football season in seventeen pages of newspaper clippings. Seven pages of clippings are devoted to the October 21, 1916, game at Stagg Field, when the Northwestern Purple beat the Chicago Maroons 10-0, NU's first win over Chicago since 1901. The majority of the clippings date between October and November 1916, and include those from the Daily Northwestern, local Chicago newspapers, and the papers local to the away games....
Dates: 1916

Dennis Brutus (1924-2009) Papers

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Identifier: 35/17
Abstract

Dennis Brutus, poet and South African expatriate, was an activist, working for an end to racial segregation in sport. He joined Northwestern University's faculty in 1971, and left to joint the faculty of the University of Pittsburg in 1986. The Dennis Brutus Papers comprise correspondence, papers associated with specific organizations and events, and numerous drafts of poems, both handwritten and typed.

Dates: 1960-1984

Budget and Resources Advisory Committee Records

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Identifier: 4/5/5
Abstract

The BRAC records document the budget making process, especially during the years 1978/79 through 1980/81. Records include correspondence, reports, supporting documentation and general materials.

Dates: 1970-1984

Virginia Buettner (1917-2004) Collection

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Identifier: 31/6/185
Abstract

The collection consists materials reflecting Virginia Buettner’s social activities while a student at Northwestern University (1937-1942): pages from a scrapbook, and loose artifacts.

Dates: 1935 - 1939

C. M. Clay Buntain (1876-1927) Scrapbook

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Identifier: 31/6/71
Abstract

The C. M. Clay Buntain Scrapbook documents Buntain's activities at Northwestern between 1894 and 1902. It includes newspaper clippings (from Chicago newspapers such as the Tribune and Herald as well as from student publications), programs, and announcements, arranged in rough chronological order. A few items from the 1890s were added at the end of the scrapbook.

Dates: 1894-1902

Russell D. Burge (1892-1980) Papers

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Identifier: 55/11
Abstract

The papers of Russell D. Burge (a member of Northwestern University's accounting department, and an writer of fiction) consist mainly of drafts of Burge's five novels and thirty-three short stories, plus biographical material and correspondence.

Dates: 1918-1982

Records of the "Bursar's Office Takeover", May 1968

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Identifier: 31/6/155
Abstract On May 3, 1968 more than 100 undergraduate and graduate students occupied the Bursar's Office, in the first major sit-in experienced at Northwestern University. After the students' April 22nd list of demands were not met, they declared their intention to keep the office occupied until these demands were met. This peaceful 38-hour occupation ended with University leaders negotiating with students, and committing to enhance services and support for Black students related to admissions,...
Dates: 1968 - 2008; Other: Majority of material found within 1968

Robert L. Burwell, Jr. (1912-2003) Papers

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Identifier: 11/3/8/3
Abstract

The papers of Robert L. Burwell, Jr. (instructor in chemistry) fill twenty-nine boxes and are arranged into: biographical materials (general materials, education, administrative duties), correspondence, teaching, research and consulting, professional organizations, speeches, and publications.

Dates: 1931-1986

Ali Bulent Cambel (1923-2014) Papers

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Identifier: 22/4/13
Abstract

Ali Bulent Cambel joined the Northwestern University faculty as Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering in 1953. His research involved mechanical engineering, gas dynamics, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and propulsion systems. He holds the patent on flame stabilization in jet engines. The Ali Bulent Cambel Papers fill two and one half archival boxes and include biographical materials, publication drafts and correspondence, and a teaching file.

Dates: 1954-1964

Donald T. Campbell (1919-1996) Papers, 1928-2006

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Identifier: 11/3/23/8
Abstract In 1953 Donald Campbell becamse associate professor of psychology at Northwestern University, advancing to full professor in 1958. He left Northwestern in 1979 to take up a position at Syracuse University. His papers document the principal activities of Campbell's life and his career as a professor of psychology whose research focused on scientific inquiry, which he explored in methodological treatises on field research and research design. The bulk of the collection dates between 1947 and...
Dates: 1928 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1996

Records of the Campus Commission

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Identifier: 0/2/1
Abstract

In the first decade of the twentieth century, Northwestern University became concerned with developing a coherent architectural and landscape plan for its Evanston campus. This series documents the efforts of the Campus Commission to solicit and select a comprehensive design. While most of the records date from the period 1909-1910, the series also includes two 1905 letters from Daniel Burnham and George Maher's 1907 study.

Dates: 1905-1910

Campus Religious Counselors Records, 1956-1974

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Identifier: 31/6/230
Abstract Collection contains meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, statements, and printed materials relating to the Campus Religious Counselors (CRC) of Northwestern University, spanning primarily through the 1960’s and 1970’s. The pamphlet titled “A Religious Happening” in the Brochures and Flyers folder (box 1, folder 7) describes the CRC as “trained religious counselors who direct the program of activities for their several religious groups.” The CRC was made up primarily of Christian faith...
Dates: 1956 - 1974

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