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Records of the Board of Trustees Investments Committee

 Collection
Identifier: 1/1/3
Abstract

The minutes typically include: a meeting summary; a list of people present; charts and graphs detailing the financial holdings of Northwestern University and projecting the holdings future value; written analyses of companies and markets in which Northwestern University owns stock; records of purchases and sales of financial holdings; correspondence, and any miscellaneous material that has a bearing on the financial status of the university.

Dates: 1937-1984

Board of Trustees Minutes

 Collection
Identifier: 1/1/1
Abstract

The Board of Trustees Minutes comprise 28 boxes and 113 volumes. This is an expanding collection. For all years, 1850 to current, mimeographed or printed bound volumes exist. For the years 1850 to 1919, minutes exist in handwritten and/or typed volumes and are boxed.

Dates: 1850 - 2005

Dwight St. John Bobb (1876-1946) and Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 31/6/113
Abstract

Dwight St. John Bobb was born on July 19, 1876 in Dakota, Illinois, the son of Daniel Bobb, a physician, and his wife Arminda St. John. The Dwight St. John Bobb and Family Collection fills four boxes and contains material spanning the years 1865 to 2012. The collection is divided into two subsections, Biographical Materials and Photographs and Correspondence.

Dates: 1864 - 2012

Emily Boettcher Bogue (1907-1992) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 19/3/6
Abstract Emily Boettcher Bogue earned Bachelor and Master degrees in music from Northwestern University before returning as a music instructor from 1930 to 1939, after which she married and moved to England. The Emily Boettcher Bogue Papers fill eleven boxes and span the years 1907 through 1996, with the bulk of the material dating between 1936 and 1954. Included are biographical materials; concert programs; scrapbooks; diaries and notebooks; correspondence; and teaching and professional...
Dates: 1907-1996

Daniel Bonbright Papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 3/10
Abstract

During Daniel Bonbright’s 54-year career at Northwestern University (1856-1902), he taught Latin, served as University Librarian, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, and interim President from 1900 to 1902. He was instrumental in shaping the University’s early curriculum, establishing the Library, and getting University Hall built. This sparse collection of his papers offers an overview of his life and legacy.

Dates: 1847 - 1951; Other: Majority of material found within 1847 - 1902

Booz-Allen, Hamilton Top Organization Survey

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Identifier: 0/21/2
Abstract These surveys, by the management consultant firm of Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc., were commissioned by J. Roscoe Miller, shortly before his retirement from the office of President if Northwestern University in 1969. The surveys provided an evaluation of the Northwestern University administration and were the occasion for the implementation of several recommendations for reorganization, which included the establishment of the offices of Chancellor, Provost, and Vice President for Medical...
Dates: 1969

Benjamin Boshes papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ghsl-26
Abstract

Professional and personal papers of neurologist Benjamin Boshes, MD, MS, PhD, consisting of correspondence, professional conference and meeting materials, academic articles, autobiographical writing, photographs, ephemera, and artifacts.

Dates: 1930-1983

Louis D. Boshes papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ghsl-22
Abstract

Writings and personal correspondence of Louis D. Boshes, mainly from the 1960s and 1980s-2000s.

Dates: 1949-2003

David E. Boyce Research Papers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: TL036
Abstract

The David Boyce collection consists of 5 boxes of materials generated by Professor David Boyce while researching for his and Huw C. W. L. Williams’ book Forecasting Urban Travel : Past, Present and Future (2015). The material in the collection spans works published and/or created between 1924-2014.

Dates: 1924-2014

Gray Boyce (1899-1981) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 11/3/16/20
Abstract

Gray C. Boyce taught medieval history at Northwestern University from 1946 until his retirement in the spring of 1967. He served as Department Chair, 1948-1966. The Gray Boyce Papers are held in three and a half archival boxes and divided into three subseries: Biographical, Scholarly and Correspondence. The bulk of the materials are in the Correspondence series.

Dates: 1948-1988

Elisabeth Blossom Boyd Diary

 Collection
Identifier: 31/6/47
Abstract

Elisabeth and her sister, Litta (Zolitta), of Green Bay, Wisconsin, attended Northwestern University for one year. The diary is a 7-1/4″ x 4-1/2″ notebook containing one hundred lined pages. The diary starts with Elisabeth and Litta's departure for Chicago on September 17, 1903 and ends on April 26, 1904; the last entry is followed by the notation “Continued in Volume II.”

Dates: 1903-1904

Richard M. Brace (1915-1977) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 11/3/16/10
Abstract Richard Munthe Brace accepted an invitation to join the Northwestern University faculty as an associate professor of history in 1947. He stayed at Northwestern until 1965 when he moved to Oakland University (in Michigan). His research and teaching interests centered on French and modern European history. The Richard Brace Papers are arranged in eight subseries: biographical materials, education tiles, correspondence, teaching files, research and consulting files, professional organizations...
Dates: 1933-1986

Charles S. Braden (1887-1970) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 11/3/17/1
Abstract Charles S. Braden joined the faculty of Northwestern University as an assistant professor of history and literature of religions in 1926, becoming associate professor in 1936 and professor in 1943. His papers fill fourteen boxes and are arranged in three principal groups: biographical materials, correspondence (the bulk of the collection), and publications. Also included is a small amount of material pertaining to speeches and other addresses given by Braden. The correspondence pertains...
Dates: 1905-1982

David Bradley (1920-1997) Papers

 Collection — Box: Duplicates
Identifier: 55/16
Abstract

The David Bradley Papers, filling two boxes, span the period 1936 to 1980. The papers include newspaper and magazine clippings, posters, press material, scripts, and programs illuminating Bradley's career as a filmmaker.

Dates: 1936-1980

Sara Frances Bragdon (1886-1957) Papers

 Collection
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

Glenn Branca collection

 Collection
Identifier: Branca
Abstract

The Glenn Branca Collection consists of the professional and personal records of experimental guitarist and composer Glenn Branca (1948-2018). The collection is arranged into 16 series, spanning 85 document boxes,14 oversize boxes, and 1909.49 gigabytes of born digital material, and dates from 1918 to 2018.

Dates: 1918-2018
Found in: Music Library

James D. Breckenridge (1926-1982) Papers

 Collection
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

 Collection
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

Harvey Breit Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS1
Abstract

Harvey Breit, poet, playwright, and interviewer, was a reviewer for the New York Times Book Review from 1940-1965. This collection consists of more than 225 pages of correspondence sent to Breit during this period by more than fifty authors and public figures.

Dates: 1940 - 1965; Other: Majority of material found within 1945 - 1955

Roberto Brenes Mesen (1874-1947) Papers

 Collection
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

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