Ben W. Brown papers (MS.1UF.B5)

Brown University Archives

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
email: hay@brown.edu

Series 1. Writings
14.0 folders

Box 1

Container	Description	Date
Box 1, Folder 1	James A. Herne: Manuscript of Article Printed in Brown Alumni Monthly	1941 February
Box 1, Folder 2	A Little Ode to F.W.L.	1917 May
Box 1, Folder 3	The Marble Stairs: A Fancy in One Act Contents Note: 2 typed manuscripts
Box 1, Folder 4	Over Night: A Melo-dramatic Farce in Three Short Acts
Box 1, Folder 5	The Pyramid: A Play
Box 1, Folder 6	To R.B.W. (A Poem)	1916 November 26
Box 1, Folder 8	Untitled Theatre Article Printed in the Providence Journal	1936 March 24
Box 1, Folder 9	Untitled Two-Act Play: Handwritten Manuscript
Box 1, Folder 10	Upstage-Downstage: First Draft	1946 May
Box 1, Folder 11	Upstage-Downstage: Second Draft	1946
Box 1, Folder 12	Upstage-Downstage: Third Draft	1946
Box 1, Folder 13	The Voice: A Play in One Act
Box 1, Folder 14	When Violet Came: A Short Comedy in Three Acts

Series 2. Teaching Files
9.0 folders

Box 1-2

Container	Description	Date
Box 1, Folder 15	Syllabi for English 186	1948-1950
Box 1, Folder 16	Notebook: Le Théatre Français
Box 1, Folder 17	Notebook: Shakespeare
Box 2, Folder 1	Notebook: Notes on Early American Theatre
Box 2, Folder 2	Notebook: Introduction to Nineteenth Century Drama
Box 2, Folder 3	Notebook: Play Synopses of Plays, 1893-1931
Box 2, Folder 4	Notebook: Russian Drama Old and New; The Theatre of the U.S.S.R.	1936-1937
Box 2, Folder 5	Notebook: Notes on Public Speaking
Box 2, Folder 6	Notebook: Notes on Theatre Journalism and Suggestion to Technicians

Series 3. Speeches, 1929-1947
15.0 folders

Box 3

Container	Description	Date
Box 3, Folder 1	About Plays and About: Lecture for Westerly	1929 January 9
Box 3, Folder 2	Stagecraft and Playwrights: Lecture for the Westerly Players	1929 March 6
Box 3, Folder 3	Notebook: Two Speeches	circa 1932
Box 3, Folder 4	Dion Boucicault - Realist: Lecture for Sock and Buskin	1934 November 11
Box 3, Folder 5	Three Actresses of 1935: Lecture for Peacedale and Attleboro	1935 March 3
Box 3, Folder 6	Notebook: Commencement Speech (Pawtucket Memorial) and Chapel Talk	1935 June, 1936 March 10
Box 3, Folder 7	Notebook: Special Lectures - 4 Lectures	1935-1936
Box 3, Folder 8	Toward a New Theatre: Lecture for Providence Rotarians and Brown Liberal Club	1938 April 12
Box 3, Folder 9	Speech of Tribute to Edward M. Fay	1947 April 21
Box 3, Folder 10	Religious Drama Today: Lecture Outline
Box 3, Folder 11	Teachers Who Would Not Teach: Morning Address, Burlington, VT
Box 3, Folder 12	[Speech on American Theatre
Box 3, Folder 13	[Speech about Friendship]
Box 3, Folder 14	Talk for Hope Street
Box 3, Folder 15	Envelope with List of Speeches

Series 4. Correspondence, 1925-1954
2.0 folders

Box 3

Container	Description	Date
Box 3, Folder 16	Letters to Brown Contents Note: Includes letters from: Samuel Tomlinson Arnold, Lionel Atwill, Clarence A. Barbour, Roger Tillinghast Clapp, Quentin Rice Cowman (photocopy), Arthur Hyman Cooper (photocopy), Thomas Crosby, Charles Edward Farrow, Clarence Mason Gallup, Will Geer, Harry Houdini, Lloyd Minturn Mayer, Robert McBurney Mitchell, Ada Rehan, Samuel Watson Smith, Clinton Nickerson Williams, and John Burgess Young	1925 May 15 - 1954 October 7
Box 3, Folder 17	Letters from Brown Contents Note: Includes two letters to James P. Adams, former Vice President of Brown University.	1941 February 21

Series 5. Personal papers, 1919, 1929
2.0 folders

Box 3