Guide to the Jean E. Howard papers, 1970-2022
John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts
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
Published in 2024
Collection Overview
| Title: |
Jean E. Howard papers |
| Date range: |
1970-2022 |
| Creator: |
Howard, Jean E. |
| Extent: |
3 linear feet
(2 record center boxes and 2 file boxes)
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| Abstract: |
This collection contains the professional papers of Jean E. Howard, Columbia University scholar of early modern literature, the history of drama, and former chair of Brown University's Pembroke Center Associates Council. Materials include correspondence, drafts, notes, and research material related to Howard's education, scholarly writings, and publications, as well as her work at the Pembroke Center. This collection dates from 1970-2022. |
| Language of materials: |
English |
| Repository: |
John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts
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| Collection number: |
Ms.2016.010 |
Scope & content
This collection contains the professional papers of Jean E. Howard, Columbia University scholar of early modern literature, the history of drama, and former chair of Brown University's Pembroke Center Associates Council. Materials include correspondence, drafts, notes, and research material related to Howard's education, scholarly writings, and publications, as well as her work at the Pemrboke Center. This collection dates from 1970-2022 and are arranged into 1 series, alphabetically by title of work or notebook.
Although the processor created the arrangement, where possible, original folder titles have been maintained and appear in quotation marks; the processor created the remaining folder titles.
Access Points
Subject Organizations
Subject Topics
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into 1 series alphabetically by title of work or notebook.
Biographical / Historical
Born on October 20, 1948, Jean E. Howard is a distinguished scholar, teacher, and administrator at Columbia University and a loyal alumna of Brown University where she dedicated her professional life to the study of early modern literature, the history of drama, and the advancement of diversity within higher education.
Howard received a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University in 1970; a Master of Philosophy from the University of London as a Marshall Fellow in 1972; and a Doctor of Philosophy from Yale University as a Danforth Fellow in 1975. Howard began teaching at Syracuse University in 1975, where she received the first University-wide Wasserstrom Prize for excellence as teacher and mentor of graduate students; she has also received Guggenheim, NEH, Mellon, Folger, Huntington, and Newberry Library Fellowships. Howard serves as the George Delacorte Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University where her teaching interests include Shakespeare, Tudor and Stuart drama, Early Modern poetry, modern drama, feminist and Marxist theory, and the history of feminism.
Widely recognized as an expert in the study of Shakespeare, Howard's research and writings have provided great insight into the socioeconomic and cultural conditions under which he shaped his representations of class and gender. She has published essays on Shakespeare, Pope, Ford, Heywood, Dekker, Marston, and Jonson, as well as on aspects of contemporary critical theory including new historicism, Marxism, and issues in feminism. Her books include Shakespeare's Art of Orchestration (1984); Shakespeare Reproduced: The Text in History and Ideology, edited with Marion O'Connor (1987); The Stage and Struggle in Early Modern England (1994); with Phyllis Rackin, Engendering a Nation: A Feminist Account of Shakespeare's English Histories (1997); Marxist Shakespeares, edited with Scott Shershow (2000); and four generically organized Companions to Shakespeare, edited with Richard Dutton (2001). She is a co-editor of The Norton Shakespeare (2nd ed. 2007) and General Editor of the Bedford Contextual Editions of Shakespeare. Another book, Theater of a City: The Places of London Comedy 1598-1642 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007), won the Barnard Hewitt award for Outstanding Theater History for 2008. She also published, with Crystal Bartolovich, a monograph on Shakespeare and Marx in the Great Shakespeareans series for Continuum Press (2012) and is currently completing a book entitled Staging History that uses Shakespeare's history plays as a starting point for considering Tony Kushner and Caryl Churchill's use of history in framing debates about current political issues.
Howard is also a skilled administrator. From 1996 to 1999, Howard directed the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at Columbia; in 1999-2000 she was President of the Shakespeare Association of America; from 2004-2007 she served as Columbia's first Vice Provost for Diversity Initiatives; and from 2008-2011 she was Chair of the Department of English and Comparative Literature. Howard is a Trustee Emerita of Brown University as well as she chairs the Brown University President's Diversity Advisory Council and is former chair of the Advisory Board of the Pembroke Center.
Access & Use
| Access to the collection: |
There are no restrictions on access for analog materials, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested. Advance notice is required to view any audiovisual media or born-digital records that may exist in this collection. Audiovisual media and born-digital records in this collection may not have been reformatted yet. Researchers may request access to copies by contacting the John Hay Library with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. Access to original physical audiovisual or born-digital media is restricted. |
| Use of the materials: |
All researchers seeking to publish materials from the collections of the John Hay Library are requested to complete a Notice of Intent to Publish, available on the John Hay Library website or by request, prior to reproducing, quoting, or otherwise publishing any portion or extract from this collection. Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them. |
| Preferred citation: |
Jean E. Howard Papers, MS.2016.010, Box [#], Folder [#], Pembroke Center Archives, John Hay Library, Brown University. |
| Contact information: |
John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts
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
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Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION |
| Acquisition: |
Gift of Jean E. Howard in 2015 and 2022. |
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| ABOUT THE FINDING AID |
| Author: |
Mary Murphy and Amanda Knox on behalf of the Pembroke Center for the Teaching and Research on Women and the Brown University Library. |
| Encoding: |
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-05-02. |
| Descriptive rules: |
Describing Archives: A Content Standard |
| Sponsor: |
Curatorial work and processing provided by the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women on behalf of the Brown University Library. |
Additional Information
Inventory
| Box [31236104060853] 2, Folder 1 |
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17th century: undergraduate notebook of handwritten notes and course materials (1 of 2)
English.
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circa 1970 |
| Box [31236104060853] 2, Folder 2 |
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17th century: undergraduate notebook of handwritten notes and course materials (2 of 2)
English.
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circa 1970 |
| Box [31236104060853] 2, Folder 3 |
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17th century drama: PhD course notebook of handwritten notes and course materials (1 of 2)
English.
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1971 |
| Box [31236104060853] 2, Folder 4 |
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17th century drama: PhD course notebook of handwritten notes and course materials (2 of 2)
English.
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1971 |
| Box [31236104060853] 2, Folder 5 |
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"18th century:" PhD course notebook of handwritten and typed notes (1 of 2)
English.
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circa 1975 |
| Box [31236104060853] 2, Folder 6 |
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"18th century:" PhD course notebook of handwritten and typed notes (2 of 2)
English.
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circa 1975 |
| Box [31236073964481] 1, Folder 1 |
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As You Like It: correspondence
English.
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2011-2012 |
| Box [31236073964481] 1, Folder 2 |
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As You Like It: correspondence
English.
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2012 |
| Box [31236073964481] 1, Folder 3 |
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As You Like It: correspondence; includes correspondence to and from Jean E. Howard, Pamela Brown and others.
English.
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2012 |
| Box [31236073964481] 1, Folder 4 |
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As You Like It: correspondence
English.
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2013 |
| Box [31236073964481] 1, Folder 5 |
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As You Like It: draft (1 of 5)
English.
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2013 |
| Box [31236073964481] 1, Folder 6 |
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As You Like It: draft (2 of 5)
English.
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2013 |
| Box [31236073964481] 1, Folder 7 |
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As You Like It: draft (3 of 5)
English.
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2013 |
| Box [31236073964481] 1, Folder 8 |
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As You Like It: draft (4 of 5)
English.
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2013 |
| Box [31236073964481] 1, Folder 9 |
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As You Like It: draft (5 of 5)
English.
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2013 |
| Box [31236073964481] 1, Folder 10 |
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As You Like It: ideas
English.
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circa 2012 |
| Box [31236073964481] 1, Folder 11 |
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As You Like It: "new materials"
English.
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2012 |
| Box [31236073964481] 1, Folder 12 |
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As You Like It: notes
English.
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circa 2012 |
| Box [31236073964481] 1, Folder 13 |
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As You Like It: outline
English.
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circa 2012 |
| Box [31236073964481] 1, Folder 14 |
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As You Like It: "Pam's part and image set"
English.
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2011-2012 |
| Box [31236073964481] 1, Folder 15 |
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As You Like It: "Pam's part and image set;" includes correspondence
English.
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2011-2012 |
| Box [31236073964481] 1, Folder 16 |
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As You Like It: works cited
English.
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circa 2012 |
| Box [31236073964481] 1, Folder 17 |
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"'Cattle of this Colour:' Boying the Diva in As You Like It:" draft essay by Pamela Allen Brown
English.
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circa 2013 |
| Box [31236104064822] 3, Folder 1 |
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"Center for the Study of Social Difference:" annual reports and celebration program
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2015-2018 |
| Box [31236104064822] 3, Folder 2 |
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"Center for the Study of Social Difference, Founding;" includes project descriptions, director's report, and correspondence
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2008-2010 |
| Box [31236104064822] 3, Folder 3 |
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Columbia Center for the Critical Analysis of Social Difference: working group annual reports
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2014-2015 |
| Box [31236104064822] 3, Folder 4 |
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"Columbia Center for the Critical Analysis of Social Difference, early days;" includes background paper, correspondence, and annual report
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2011-2014 |
| Box [31236104064822] 3, Folder 5 |
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"Diversity Advisory Council at Brown;" includes correspondence, meeting materials, and reports
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2013-2015 |
| Box [31236104064822] 3, Folder 6 |
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"Engendering the Archive project for Center for the Study of Social Difference;" includes correspondence, planning materials, project reports, and poster
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2008-2009 |
| Box [31236104064822] 3, Folder 7 |
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"History of Women's Studies at Columbia;" includes proposals and reports
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1985-1995 |
| Box [31236073964481] 1, Folder 18 |
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"Interrupting the Lucrece Effect? The Performance of Early Modern Rape Stories on the Modern Stage:" draft
English.
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n.d. |
| Box [31236073964481] 1, Folder 19 |
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"Interrupting the Lucrece Effect? The Performance of Early Modern Rape Stories on the Modern Stage:" final draft
English.
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n.d. |
| Box [31236073964481] 1, Folder 25 |
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"Men Who Weep: The Politics of Weeping in the English History Play:" draft, outline, and notes
English.
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n.d. |
| Box [31236104060853] 2, Folder 7 |
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"Milton 1:" PhD course notebook of handwritten notes (1 of 2)
English.
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circa 1975 |
| Box [31236104060853] 2, Folder 8 |
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"Milton 1:" PhD course notebook of handwritten notes (2 of 2)
English.
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circa 1975 |
| Box [31236104060853] 2, Folder 9 |
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"Milton 2:" PhD course notebook of handwritten notes (1 of 2)
English.
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circa 1975 |
| Box [31236104060853] 2, Folder 10 |
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"Milton 2:" PhD course notebook of handwritten notes (2 of 2)
English.
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circa 1975 |
| Box [31236104064822] 3, Folder 8 |
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"My term as Diversity Chair at Brown;" includes correspondence and reports
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2011-2015 |
| Box [31236104060853] 2, Folder 11 |
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Old English literature: PhD notebook of handwritten notes and course materials (1 of 2)
English.
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circa 1975 |
| Box [31236104060853] 2, Folder 12 |
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Old English literature: PhD notebook of handwritten notes and course materials (2 of 2)
English.
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circa 1975 |
| Box [31236104060853] 2, Item 1 |
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"Orchestration: One Aspect of Shakespearean Dramaturgy:" bound PhD dissertation
English.
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1975 |
| Box [31236104064822] 3, Folder 9 |
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"Pembroke Center Archives Endowment Celebration:" flyer and correspondence
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2016-2017 |
| Box [31236104064822] 3, Folder 10 |
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Pembroke Center Archives 'Christine Dunlap Farnham Archive;" includes memos and policies
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circa 1987-2016 |
| Box [31236104064822] 3, Folder 11 |
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"Pembroke Center History:" printout of "Notes on Pembroke Center's History: 1981-2011"
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circa 2011 |
| Box [31236104064822] 3, Folder 12 |
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Pembroke Center 'Lamphere conference:" correspondence
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2014-2015 |
| Box [31236104064822] 3, Folder 13 |
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Pembroke Center "Lamphere exhibit:" annotated typed notes
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circa 2014 |
| Box [31236104064814] 4, Folder 1 |
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Pembroke Center "Lamphere exhibit:" photocopied archival materials
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circa 2014 |
| Box [31236104064814] 4, Folder 2 |
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Pembroke Center "Lamphere exhibit planning;" includes correspondence, photocopied archival materials, and postcards (1 of 2)
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2014-2015 |
| Box [31236104064814] 4, Folder 3 |
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Pembroke Center "Lamphere exhibit planning;" includes correspondence, photocopied archival materials, and postcards (2 of 2)
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2014-2015 |
| Box [31236104064814] 4, Folder 4 |
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Pembroke Center "oral histories for Lamphere;" includes correspondence and handwritten notes
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2014 |
| Box [31236104060853] 2, Folder 13 |
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Plays: PhD notebook of handwritten notes and course materials (1 of 2)
English.
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circa 1975 |
| Box [31236104060853] 2, Folder 14 |
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Plays: PhD notebook of handwritten notes and course materials (2 of 2)
English.
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circa 1975 |
| Box [31236073964481] 1, Folder 20 |
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"Rape essay:" correspondence and reviewer comments (1 of 2)
English.
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2012 |
| Box [31236073964481] 1, Folder 21 |
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"Rape essay:" correspondence and reviewer comments (2 of 2)
English.
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2012 |
| Box [31236073964481] 1, Folder 22 |
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"Rape essay:" correspondence and reviewer comments
English.
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2013 |
| Box [31236073964481] 1, Folder 23 |
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"Rape essay:" research material and notes; includes correspondence
English.
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1977-2012 |
| Box [31236073964481] 1, Folder 24 |
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"Rape essay:" research material and notes; includes correspondence
English.
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1977-2012 |
| Box [31236104060853] 2, Folder 15 |
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Shakespeare criticism: PhD notebook of handwritten notes (1 of 2)
English.
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circa 1975 |
| Box [31236104060853] 2, Folder 16 |
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Shakespeare criticism: PhD notebook of handwritten notes (2 of 2)
English.
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circa 1975 |
| Box [31236104060853] 2, Item 2 |
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"Studies in the Language and Style of Milton's "Samson Agonistes:" bound master's thesis
English.
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1972 |
| Box [31236104060853] 2, Folder 17 |
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"Studies in the Language and Style of Milton's "Samson Agonistes:" handwritten notes re: master's thesis
English.
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circa 1972 |
| Box [31236104060853] 2, Folder 18 |
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"Sylvesta course:" PhD course notebook of handwritten notes and correspondence
English.
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circa 1975 |
| Box [31236104060853] 2, Folder 19 |
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"Theory:" handwritten notes, clipping, reading, and correspondence
English.
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circa 1985 |
| Box [31236104060853] 2, Item 3 |
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"Women Trustees and Educational Equity:" bound paper in conference book, "Towards Equitable Education for Women and Men"
English.
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1983 |
| Box [31236104064814] 4, Folder 5 |
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"Reframing Gendered Violence project for Center for the Study of Social Difference;" includes project proposal, working group materials, and correspondence
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2015-2016 |
| Box [31236104064814] 4, Folder 6 |
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Saidiya Hartman recommendation letter:" letter with several signatures and related correspondence
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2019 |
| Box [31236104064814] 4, Folder 7 |
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Shakespeare Association of America" 50th annual meeting; includes correspondence and typed paper by Howard, "'Bear Your Body More Seeming:' Performance and Feminist Futures"
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2022 |
| Box [31236104064814] 4, Folder 8 |
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"Women Mobilizing Memory: Collaboration and Co-Resistance;" includes manuscript review questions, correspondence, booklets, and handwritten notes (1 of 2)
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2015-2018 |
| Box [31236104064814] 4, Folder 9 |
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"Women Mobilizing Memory: Collaboration and Co-Resistance;" includes manuscript review questions, correspondence, booklets, and handwritten notes (2 of 2)
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2015-2018 |
| Box [31236104064814] 4, Folder 10 |
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"Women Mobilizing Memory: Collaboration and Co-Resistance, Istanbul:" correspondence, schedule, and meeting materials
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2014 |
| Box [31236104064814] 4, Folder 11 |
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"Women Mobilizing Memory: Collaboration and Co-Resistance, Montreal:" correspondence and annotated programs
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2014 |
| Box [31236104064814] 4, Folder 12 |
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"Women Mobilizing Memory: Collaboration and Co-Resistance, New York;" includes draft schedules, correspondence, and presentations by others
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2015 |