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Formal title:: M. Charles Bakst papers
Extent:: 10 linear feet (8 records center boxes and 1 oversize box)
Date range:: 1927-2009 (bulk 1962-2008)
Abstract:: These papers date from 1927-2009 and include the personal papers and materials of M. Charles Bakst, Brown '66, and journalist for the Providence Journal. Includes manuscripts, correspondence, notebooks, ephemera, photographs, audiocassettes and videotapes related to his student days at Brown and his career as a reporter and columnist.
Repository:: Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS-1U-B6

Bal (Mieke) papers

Formal title:: Mieke Bal papers
Extent:: 16.25 Linear feet
Date range:: 1957-2011
Abstract:: Papers of the cultural theorist, critic, and video artist, Mieke Bal. Items include correspondence, conference material, teaching material, artworks and related material, published writings, research, and electronic records.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2016.014

Formal title:: Thomas F. Banchoff papers
Extent:: 23.5 Linear feet
Date range:: 1935-2012 (bulk 1963-1997)
Abstract:: The Thomas F. Banchoff papers (1935-2012, bulk 1963-1997) contain administrative, research, and teaching materials relating to Professor Banchoff's tenure as a professor of mathematics at Brown University. Included are correspondence, lecture and research notes, manuscripts, course syllabi and exams, and records of various faculty and university committees of which he was a member. The papers also include records from Professor Banchoff's term as acting Dean of Student Affairs at Brown (1971-1972) that reflect the racial and political campus issues of the time.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: OF.1UF.2015.003

Formal title:: Thomas Banchoff collection of materials relating to Edwin Abbott Abbott
Extent:: 0.25 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1865-2001 (1865-1927)
Abstract:: The collection is comprised primarily of photographs of Edwin Abbott Abbott, his family and associates as well as correspondence between them. It also includes some newspaper clippings and one notebook belonging to Edwin Abbott Abbott.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2011.016

Formal title:: Thomas Banchoff papers on the fourth dimension
Extent:: 13 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1843-2013 (1970-2007)
Abstract:: The Thomas Banchoff papers on the fourth dimension (1843-2013) contain his research and writing on the mathematical and philosophical theories of the fourth dimension, its visualization, and historical conceptions of it. Included are correspondence, conference proceedings, articles, manuscripts, clippings, CD's, and DVDs. The material covers mathematical, artistic, religious, and philosophical concepts of hyperspace and the higher dimensions from the mid-nineteeth century to the present, along with Banchoff's research on Edwin Abbott Abbott and his nineteenth-century novella,
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.2015.001

Formal title:: Clarence A. Barbour papers
Extent:: 0.25 Linear feet
Date range:: 1923-1937
Abstract:: The Clarence A. Barbour papers contain many letters relating to Barbour’s nomination as President of Brown University and his nine-month trip to Asia in 1931 and 1932. Also included are letters and poems written by Florence Newell Barbour about her experiences in Asia with her husband.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.1C.10

Barker (Elsa) papers

Formal title:: Elsa Barker papers
Extent:: 2.5 linear feet (2 records center boxes and 1 document-size Hollinger documents case)
Date range:: 1900-1954 (bulk 1905-1948)
Abstract:: The collection consists of approximately 1000 items and includes typescripts, shorthand notes, letters, personal and financial papers, and other material relating to her poetry, detective stories and 'automatic writing' series by The Living Dead Man. The correspondence includes three letters from the dancer, Ted Shawn, and one directed to H.L. Koopman, then director of the Brown University Library.
Repository:: John Hay Library, Special Collections
Collection call no:: Ms. 2009.007

Formal title:: Sarah Elizabeth Minchin Barker papers
Extent:: 7 linear feet (8 legal size clamshell boxes)
Date range:: 1844-1988
Abstract:: Sarah Elizabeth Minchin Barker (also known as Sally Barker) was an actress and director whose career was highlighted by the work with The Players at the Talma Theatre and the Barker Playhouse Theatre. She was active in dramatic events at Pembroke, where she taught theatre. Her husband, Henry Ames Barker, 1861-1929 (Brown class of 1893) was a guiding influence and a director of the Players. He was the son of Mayor Harry Barker of Providence and active himself in the civic and cultural affairs of the city.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.90.4

Barlow (Tani) papers

Formal title:: Tani Barlow papers
Extent:: 38.25 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1941-2017
Abstract:: Papers of Tani Barlow, the George and Nancy Rupp Professor of Humanities at Rice University. Collection consists of personal papers, including correspondence and diaries; professional and teaching files, including lectures and syllabi; research; and draft writings, among other material. Topics include East Asian women's history and gender studies, the Women's Movement in China, marriage in China, racism and sexism in mass media, and postcolonialism.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2015.003

Formal title:: Morris Abner Barr papers
Extent:: 1.0 linear foot
Date range:: 1939-1968
Abstract:: Morris Abner Barr was an author, lyricist, and poet whose poems tended towards nature, love, God, friendship, and Barr's own life. A craftsman, Barr wrote about his experience creating stools, gavels, and letter openers from the wood of the Sentry Tree in "Immortalizing the Sentry Tree of George Washington." The collection contains his writings, a scrapbook related to the George Washington Sentry Tree, and correspondence with friends and mentors.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.97.1

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