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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
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
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
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
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 largely...
Dates:
1905-1982
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
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
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
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 works...
Dates:
1898-1964
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
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
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
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 research...
Dates:
1909-1992
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
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
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
André Breton Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS160
Abstract
The André Breton Collection contains material pertaining to Breton and related Surrealist artists, writers, and thinkers. Breton (February 19, 1896 – September 28, 1966) was a French writer, poet, theorist, and a founder of the Surrealist movement. Vítězslav Nezval (May 26, 1900– April 6, 1958) was a leading Czech avant-garde writer in the first part of the 20th century. Nezval began the Surrealist Group of Czechoslovakia in 1934, along with Karel Teige, (Marie Cerminova) Toyen, Jindrich...
Dates:
1938 - 1960; Other: Majority of material found within 1938
Dorothy Brett Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS27
Abstract
Artist Dorothy Brett, a member of the Bloomsbury group, was a friend of Katherine Mansfield, John Middleton Murry, and Frieda and D.H. Lawrence. This collection includes typescripts for her autobiography, a continuation of her memoirs on D.H. Lawrence, and some of her correspondence to John Middleton Murry about the Lawrences. Brett's diaries recounting her visits to Taos, New Mexico (1924), and Capri (1926); a copy of her manuscript on her friendship with Katherine Mansfield; and an interview...
Dates:
1922 - 1969; Majority of material found within 1965 - 1969
Philip Brickman (1943-1982) Papers
Collection
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
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Steuart Henderson Britt (1907-1979) Papers
Collection
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
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Brodfuehrer Family Scrapbook
Collection
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
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Baker Brownell (1887-1965) Papers
Collection
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
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Willson P. Brumback (1896-1981) Football Scrapbook
Collection
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. Two...
Dates:
1916
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Dennis Brutus (1924-2009) Papers
Collection
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
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Dennis Brutus Defense Committee, Records of the
Collection
Identifier: 026
Abstract
Dennis Brutus was a South African anti-apartheid activist, poet, and educator. The Dennis Brutus Defense Committee was formed in response to efforts by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service to deport him following the invalidation of his Rhodesian passport. When British Rhodesia became independent Zimbabwe, Brutus' passport was revoked. As a result, Brutus was technically rendered an illegal alien. The United States government began deportation proceedings against Brutus in...
Dates:
1963 - 1983; Other: Majority of material found within 1982 - 1983
Buddha Statues
Collection
Identifier: AS13
Abstract
This collection of wooden statues, found in the McCormick Library of Special Collections, consists of eight figures of the Buddha in various poses.
Dates:
undated
Budget and Resources Advisory Committee Records
Collection
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
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
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