Bruce Elliot Donovan, born March 8, 1937, died July 11, 2011; U.S. academic, university administrator and leading authority on Greek papyrology; held titles of Professor of Classics and Associate Dean of the College at Brown University; graduated Brown University in 1959 and received Ph.D. in Classics from Yale in 1965; served as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, a Fulbright Scholar, and a Fellow of the Center for Hellenic Studies, named Brown University’s first Dean of Chemical Dependency in 1977)
This collection contains material generated by a committee called "Administrators Concerned with Alcohol and Other Drugs", including meeting minutes (and ancillary material), and correspondence. The meeting minutes and correspondence examine ways in which alcohol and drug abuse and dependency could be controlled on campus, including ways to limit alcohol consumption at student gatherings.
Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.
There are no restrictions on access, except for the folder titled Police and Security Incident Reports, and 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.
Bruce Donovan papers, OF-1CA-D2, Brown University Library
The arrangement was kept in the original alphabetical order.