Papers, 1938-1969.

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Papers, 1938-1969.

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Work includes annotated typescript of Rosten's long narrative poem "The Big Road" plus related notes, drafts, clippings, maps, photos, correspondence and reviews, 1943-1946; early sketches and drafts of poems from THE PLANE AND THE SHADOW, 1943-1953; typescript of an essay "A Reminiscence and some Nostalgia," (about Brooklyn College) with photos of Rosten receiving the Distinguished Service Award at Brooklyn College, 1969; draft of play "Mister Johnson," 1954, and script for its London production, 1960; photos, ads, press releases for the film "A View From the Bridge" for which Rosten wrote the screenplay; an early, ca.1938, radio play "Death of a King;" and a letter to Norman Kiell, 1938, editor of the MICHIGAN DAILY (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), about Rosten's literary progress.

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Kiell, Norman

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Brooklyn College. Theatre Research Data Center

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Curator's Office was renamed Bursar's Office. From the description of Curator's reports, 1934-1943. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155451274 The Ditmas House was a Dutch style wooden frame house built in 1827 and occupied by the Ditmas family. A century later, Charles Ditmas, the founder of Kings County Historical Society, helped to make way for Brooklyn's Ditmas farmhouse to become the site for part of the Brooklyn College campus. In 1935, the Ditmas House passed into the c...

Rosten, Norman, 1914-1995

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Norman Rosten (1914-1995), poet, playwright and novellist, was born in New York City. He published many works including books on poetry, fiction and non-fiction novels, screenplays, newspapers and magazine articles, and early in his career, even wrote radio shows. Although Norman Rosten was born in New York City, his family moved upstate soon afterwards and he grew up on a farm in Hurleyville, New York. As a teenager, Rosten attended the Agricultural College of Cornell University in Ithaca with ...