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Teresa Brennan papers (Ms.2009.014)

Brown University Library

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Inventory

Series 1. Professional Materials
5 boxes

Sub-Series 1. Teaching
1 box

Container Description Date
Box 1 Teaching Materials
Contents Note: Correspondence, syllabi and course development materials from the New School for Social Research, Brandeis University, and Harvard University. Also includes a box of media materials such as disks, tapes, and CDs. Please see the attached item for the inventory of this material.
1994-1998

Sub-Series 2. Florida Atlantic University
3 boxes

Container Description Date
Box 2 Florida Atlantic University Correspondence
Contents Note: Includes materials about building the Public Intellectual program, course development, events at FAU, travel, and other related materials
1994-2000
Box 3 Florida Atlantic University Correspondence
Contents Note: Includes materials about status the Public Intellectual program, course development, events at FAU, travel, and other related materials
2000-2002
Box 4 Florida Atlantic University Materials
Contents Note: Materials related to the connection of the FAU program with UNESCO and the Schmidt Foundation, the controversy around the Chair of the program, and issues around Brennan's employment. Also included are minutes from Executive Committee meetings for the Public Intellectuals program, travel itineraries, and events at FAU.
1998-2002

Sub-Series 3. Diaries and Dossiers

Container Description Date
Box 5 Diaries and Dossiers
Contents Note: The diaries are schedules and address books for Brennan's activities. The dossiers outline Brennan's career and involvement in organizations and professional associations.
1976-2001
Box 23, Folder 1 Notebook of Tanya Solomon, Brennan's research assistant; topics include research notes for "Transmission of Affect," dictations for various essays by Brennan, and general notes
1997-1998

Series 2. Correspondence
5 boxes

Sub-Series 1. Personal
2 boxes

Container Description Date
Box 6 Personal Correspondence
Contents Note: Includes letters to and from family members, friends, colleagues, and acquaintances.
1972-1993
Box 7 Personal Correspondence
Contents Note: Includes letters to and from family members, friends, colleagues, and acquaintances.
1989-2002

Sub-Series 2. Academic
2 boxes

Container Description Date
Box 8 Academic Correspondence
Contents Note: Includes letters and emails about Brennan's post-doctoral fellowship, job inquiries, speaking engagements, publication negotiations, and other professional topics.
1975-1996
Box 9 Academic Correspondence
Contents Note: Includes letters and emails about job inquiries, speaking engagements, publication negotiations, and other professional topics.
1996-2001

Sub-Series 3. Readings on Feminism
1 box

Container Description Date
Box 10 Oxford University Press Correspondence
Contents Note: Includes letters about the development of the Oxford UP Readings on Feminism Series, of which Brennan was an executive editor. Also included are drafts of chapters, and outlines of possible book themes.
1992-2001

Series 3. Writings and Research
5 boxes

Container Description Date
Box 11 Writings
Contents Note: Drafts of and notes on History After Lacan, Interpretation of the Flesh, Age of Paranoia, Transmission of Affect, Exhausting Modernity, and "The Other Third Way"
1979-2002
Box 12 Writings
Contents Note: Includes drafts of and notes on theses, dissertations, articles, chapters, introductions, and other materials written by Brennan.
1974-2000
Box 13 Writings
Contents Note: Includes drafts of and notes on undated materials written by Brennan. Also includes correspondence about Brennan publlcations.
Box 14 Writings and Research on Globalization
Contents Note: Includes research, research notes, and drafts of chapters for book Globalization and Its Terrors.
1999-2000
Box 15 Writings and Research on Globalization
Contents Note: Includes research, research notes, and drafts of chapters for book Globalization and Its Terrors.
1999-2000

Series 4. Writings by Others
1 box

This series includes two subseries: Articles and Journals.

Container Description Date
Box 16 Writings by Others
Contents Note: Contains writings by other scholars including Drucilla Cornell and the MacCannells. Many of the included materials have notes written on them by Brennan
1988-2000

Series 5. Conferences and Organizations
1 box

Container Description Date
Box 17 Conferences and Organizations
Contents Note: Includes materials from conferences attended by Brennan, as well as materials for speaking at the conference or preparing to attend the conference. Also included are materials from Brennan's involvement in different feminist organizations including the International Women's Resource Agency in the early 1980s.
1980-2000

Series 6. Books and Media

Container Description Date
Box 18 Books
Contents Note: See attached list for titles. All books contain marginalia by Brennan.
Box 19 Books
Contents Note: See attached list for titles. All books contain marginalia by Brennan.

Series 7. Personal Affairs
2 boxes

Sub-Series 1. Early Academics and Writings
1 box

Container Description Date
Box 20 Personal Materials
Contents Note: Includes early academic writing from undergraduate studies, writings from Brennan's stint as a theatre reviewer for an Australian newspaper, newsclippings primarily centered around the squatting issue and about the disappearance of the activist, Juanita.
1968-2002

Sub-Series 2-4. Flora Brennan, Photographs, Newsclippings
1 box

Container Description Date
Box 21 Personal Materials
Contents Note: Includes journals, notebooks, and a Bible of Flora Brennan, Brennan's aunt. Also includes personal photos of Brennan - mostly of friends, colleagues, and family.
c.1945-c.2000
Box 23, Folder 2 Photos of Teresa Brennan from Tanya Solomon, Brennan's research assistant
1997-1999

Series 8. RESTRICTED, 1965-1998
Box 22
Contains recommendation letters and personal letters