Charles Horace Philbrick (1922-1971), professor of English, was born in Providence on December 12, 1922. He entered Brown in 1940, but his education was interrupted by service with the U.S. 8th Air Force stationed in England. He finished his course work at Brown in the summer of 1946, and became an assistant in the English Department in the fall, before his formal graduation in 1947. He was instructor in 1947-48 and earned his master's degree that year. He spent a year at graduate school at the University of Michigan. He received his Ph.D. degree at Brown in 1953, having been instructor in English again since 1949. He was appointed assistant professor in 1953, associate professor in 1959, and professor in 1967. He was chairman of the committee that set up the Afro-American Studies Program at Brown. He won recognition when his poem, "New England Suite", won the Wallace Stevens National Poetry contest in 1962. He published two other books of poetry,
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Charles Philbrick correspondence with Hilary Masters and Elmer Blistein, Ms. Philbrick, Brown University Library.
The papers are personal correspondence, predominantly from Charles Philbrick to Hilary Masters (class of 1952). There are two letters from Elmer Blistein (class of 1942, 1953 PhD; emeritus professor of English) to Philbrick. Six letters are from Deborah Philbrick to Hilary Masters.
The papers are arranged in one series of correspondence organized alphabetically by sender then chronologically.
Gift of Professor and Mrs. Charles Philbrick.
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The Winfield Townley Scott papers contain 54 letters from Charles Philbrick to Scott, and 35 from Scott to Philbrick for the period 1948 to 1966 concerning their poetry, literature and personal affairs:
Note is on a reprint of "Streams this year" by Philbrick
With this is an autograph note signed from Charles Philbrick.