US-RPB-of1UF.B2 Elmer Milton Blistein papers circa 1957-1988 Finding aid prepared by Brown University Library staff. Processing funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Brown University Archives
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English 10.5 Linear feet circa 1957-1988 The Elmer Milton Blistein papers document Professor Blistein's research, teaching, and service to Brown University. The collection includes correspondence, research and teaching materials, manuscripts, and administrative records. Materials date from circa 1957 to 1988. Blistein, Elmer M. (Elmer Milton), 1920-1993 Blistein (Elmer Milton) papers Biographical note

Elmer Milton Blistein (1920-1993) graduated from Brown in 1942 and received a doctorate from the university in 1953. Starting as an instructor in 1946, he taught English at Brown until his retirement in 1985. Professor Blistein taught, researched, and wrote books about comedy, Shakespeare and Elizabethan drama. He was a member of a cabal that created Professor Josiah Carberry, a fictitious Brown faculty member who traveled widely to attend scholarly functions without ever managing to show up for them.

 General files Series I circa 1957-1966 G. K. Anderson dinner 1 Bronson committee 1 Brown Alumni Monthly 1 to 1966 Brown Alumni Monthly - A-K 1 1967-1968 Brown Alumni Monthly - L-Z 1 1967-1969 Brown Alumni Monthly - Books 1 Brown Alumni Monthly - Outstanding 1 Committee on faculty nominations 1 Delta Upsilon Foundation for Far Eastern Relations (DUFFER) 1 Duke University Press 2 SG exhibit - JCB library 2 Comedy Notes 2 Lyrics for show 2 Orlando Ferrari 2 Fred Friendly 2 Foundations 2 Hypertext - poetry 2 IJ Kapstein's fund 2 Kappy's retirement dinner 2 Library committee 2 Library committee 3 Friends of the Library Publications - lectureship committee 3 Summer college 3 Carberry 3 Curriculum review committee 3 National endowment for the humanities 3 University of Vermont and NH 3 Senior fellowships - NEH 3 National Humanities faculty 3 BBC - Shakespeare plan 3 C.A. Jones 4 Festschrift 4 K. Muir 4 Festschrift - "No" 4 Festschrift - Comments 4 Festschrift - Yes 4 English Honors - Shakespeare 4 1957-1960 18th century 4 Epistle - Horace 4 Juvenal 4 Horace's Epistle 4 Dryden 4 Swift 4 Shakespeare 4 Marlowe 4 Middle English 4 Fate 5 Shakespeare on TV 5 English Kings 5 Marlowe - a summary 5 More's Life of Richard III 5 Tragedies 5 Quartos and folios 5 Babbitt - Romantic Movement in the XIX century 5 Hilary Masters 5 Odyssey Press 5 Permissions - The order of poetry 6 Permissions - The variety 6 Testimony 6 PBIS 6 Phi Beta Kappa 6 Reviews - The Providence Journal 6 Summer school 6 1965 Talks 6 Talks, etc. 6 Warren 6 1959 November 9 Yale University Press 6 Correspondence Series II 1962-1986 Correspondence 7 1962-1970 Correspondence 7a 1971-1980 Correspondence 7b 1982-1986 Recommendations Series III 1962-1988 Recommendations 8 1962 Recommendations 8 1963 Recommendations 8 1964 Recommendations 8 1965 Recommendations 8 1965-1966 Recommendations 8 1966-1967 Recommendations 8 1967-1968 Recommendations 8 1969-1970 Recommendations 8 1970-1971 Recommendations 8 1971-1972 Recommendations 8 1972-1973 Recommendations 8 1973-1974 Recommendations 8 1974-1975 Recommendations 8 1975-1976 Recommendations 8 1976-1977 Recommendations 8 1977-1978 Recommendations, 9 1978-1979 Recommendations 9 1979-1980 Recommendations 9 1980-1981 Recommendations 9 1981-1982 Recommendations 9 1982-1983 Recommendations 9 1984-1985 Recommendations 9 1985-1988 Courses taught Series IV English D15 10 English H1 10 English IC1-2 10 English IC7-8 10 English IC7-8 11 English S71 11 English S72 11 English S74 11 English S75 11 English 16 11 English 42 11 English 53-54 11 English 73-74 11 English 125-126 11 English 149 11 English 160 11 English 163 11 English 173-174 11 English 174 11 English 249-250 11 English 249-250 12 English 273-274 12 Ph.D. prelims 12 circa 1981 English 273-274 essays 13 Undergraduate and Graduate work: Notes and essays Series V Arden of Feversham 13 Conceptions of Fate in pre-Shaksperian tragedy 13 The development of English comedy 13 The first part of King Henry the Sixth 13 George A Greene - the pinner of Wakefield 13 King Richard the Third 13 Mucedorus 13 The relation of Shakespeare's King John to the historical evidence 13 Tamburlaine the Great 13 Alphonsus King of Aragon 13 18th century novel 13 17th century 13 19th century criticism 13 Contemporary criticism 13 Cambridge History of English Literature 13 Elizabethan stage 13 Elizabethan world picture 14 Goethe 14 Jacobean masque 14 Romanticism 14 Stage quarrel - Poetaster 14 Tractatus Coislinianus 14 Victorian 14 Beaumont and Fletcher 14 Thomas Dekker 14 John Ford 14 Thomas Heywood 14 Ben Jonson 14 Ben Jonson - notes 14 Philip Massinger 14 Thomas Middleton 15 Philaster 15 James Shirley 15 Cyril Tourneau 15 John Webster 15 Shakespeare - Criticism 15 Shakespeare - Legend 15 Shakespeare - Portraits 15 Novel 15 Thesis, carbon copy 15 Brown University Committees Series VI circa 1970-1979 Arnold, Baker, Emery, 16 1979 Lectureships 16 Prizes and premiums 16 1974-1975 Prizes and premiums 16 1973-1974 Prizes and premiums 16 1970-1973 Comedy in Action Series VII Comedy in Action 17 David and Bathseba Series VIII David and Bathseba 18 The order of poetry Series IX The order of poetry 19 Sherlock Holmes Series X Sherlock Holmes 20 Collection information

The collection is organized in ten series: I. General files, circa 1957-1966 II. Correspondence, 1962-1986 III. Recommendations, 1962-1988 IV. Courses taught V. Undergraduate and Graduate work: Notes and essays VI. Brown University Committees, circa 1970-1979 VII. Comedy in Action VIII. David and Bathsaba IX. The order of poetry X. Sherlock Holmes

The Elmer Milton Blistein papers document Professor Blistein's research, teaching, and service to Brown University. The collection includes subject files covering a range of professional interests and associations, correspondence, recommendations, the records of English courses taught at Brown, as well as research and administrative records.

There are no restrictions on access, 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.

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.

Elmer Milton Blistein Papers, OF-1UF-B2, Brown University Archives.

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Names Brown University Brown University. English Dept. Subjects Brown University--Faculty. Literature--Study and teaching--United States English literature--Study and teaching (Higher) Occupations College teachers Types of Materials Correspondence Letters of recommendation Syllabi RIAMCO Browsing Term Education