Elmer Milton Blistein papers Blistein (Elmer Milton) papers circa 1957-1988

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Elmer Milton Blistein papers Blistein (Elmer Milton) papers circa 1957-1988

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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.

10.5 Linear feet

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John Hay Library, Special Collections

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Brown University.

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In 1917 the university established the Brown War Records Bureau, whose intention was to "collect and preserve a record of all Brown men who are serving in the present war". Brown faculty, students and alumni who were in the military were asked to fill out a small card called "Are you in the war?" and to send original letters, clippings or photographs which "have any bearing on the service of Brown men in the war." This collection is partly a result of that effort. From the guide to t...

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Blistein, Elmer M. (Elmer Milton), 1920-1993

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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...