4078576Oscar James Campbell papers 4078576Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-10-22 20:23:53 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard2012-03-26xml document instance created by Alison Rhonemus.2019-05-20EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.2019-08-15Added Series II transferred from the University Archives. Rare Book and Manuscript Library Oscar James Campbell papers Campbell, Oscar James, 1879-1970 4078576 MS#0184 English /repositories/2/resources/6061 11.43 linear feet 25 document boxes and 1 record carton 1914-1964 This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, and lecture notes relating to Oscar James Campbell, professor of English Literature at Columbia University. Restrictions on Access

This collection has no restrictions.

 Restrictions on Access

This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Campbell, Oscar J. Date of acquisition--1964. Accession number--M-64.

 Arrangement

This collection is arranged in two series.

 Biographical / Historical

Professor Campbell taught English literature at Columbia University, 1936-1950, and was administrator of the Columbia Arts Center Program. He is the author of THE COMEDIES OF HOLBERG, SHAKESPEARE'S SATIRE, THE LIVING SHAKESPEARE, and TROILUS AND CRESSIDA.

 Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Oscar J. Campbell, 1964.

 Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Oscar James Campbell papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

 Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 04/17/1989.

 Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts, and lecture notes.

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Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

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Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

 English literature -- Study and teaching Drama Galley proofs Lectures College teachers College administrators Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Columbia University -- Faculty Columbia University. Arts Center Program Series I: Oscar James Campbell Papers/repositories/2/archival_objects/817810circa 1914-1964Arts Center at Columbia/repositories/2/archival_objects/8178111The Comedies of Holberg - page proofs/repositories/2/archival_objects/8178122National Council on the Arts and Government/repositories/2/archival_objects/8178133Correspondence, typescripts, misc./repositories/2/archival_objects/8178144Bantam Shakespeare Series - galleys and typescripts/repositories/2/archival_objects/8178155Lecture notes/repositories/2/archival_objects/817816Shakespeare (general)/repositories/2/archival_objects/8178295Shakespeare's Tragedies/repositories/2/archival_objects/8178306Shakespeare's Histories and Comedies/repositories/2/archival_objects/8178317Greek, Roman, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature/repositories/2/archival_objects/8178328Italian comedy/repositories/2/archival_objects/8178339Tudor, Stuart, 17th century, and Restoration/repositories/2/archival_objects/81783410Romantic period/repositories/2/archival_objects/81783511Victorian period/repositories/2/archival_objects/81783612miscellaneous/repositories/2/archival_objects/81783713Printed material (not by Prof. Campbell)/repositories/2/archival_objects/81781714Printed material (not by Prof. Campbell)/repositories/2/archival_objects/81781815Student papers and material on curriculum/repositories/2/archival_objects/81781916Shakespeare - speeches, papers, etc. (Printed and manuscript)/repositories/2/archival_objects/81782017Speeches, papers, etc. (Printed and manuscript)/repositories/2/archival_objects/81782118ANTA material/repositories/2/archival_objects/81782219ANTA and A. A. U. N./repositories/2/archival_objects/81782320A. A. U. N./repositories/2/archival_objects/81782421Correspondence and personal papers/repositories/2/archival_objects/81782522Correspondence and personal papers/repositories/2/archival_objects/81782623Correspondence and personal papers/repositories/2/archival_objects/81782724Correspondence and personal papers/repositories/2/archival_objects/81782825Series II. 2019 Addition/repositories/2/archival_objects/941302Aretino Article/repositories/2/archival_objects/941303261Scope and Contents

(Pietro Aretino in England)

Baldwin's Book/repositories/2/archival_objects/941304262Commedia dell'arte/repositories/2/archival_objects/941305Bibliography/repositories/2/archival_objects/941306263English Louts and Clowns/repositories/2/archival_objects/941307264General/repositories/2/archival_objects/941308265History/repositories/2/archival_objects/941309266Locatelli Scenarii/repositories/2/archival_objects/941310267Scope and Contents

(Basilio Locatelli)

Selected Scenarios - some translated/repositories/2/archival_objects/941311268Scope and Contents

(Il Finto Marito - Flaminio Scala; La Fantesca, G.B. della Porta; scenario of play given at the Court of Bavari in 1568)

Elizabethan Staging/repositories/2/archival_objects/941312269History of the Campbell Family by Henry Lee/repositories/2/archival_objects/94131319202610Ibsen's Use of Comic Characters for a Serious Dramatic Effect/repositories/2/archival_objects/9413142611Scope and Contents

(Draft; not by Campbell; includes his comments)

Jacobean Shakespeare/repositories/2/archival_objects/9413152612Last Lecture/repositories/2/archival_objects/9413162613Scope and Contents

(Re: The Tempest)

Late Comedies/repositories/2/archival_objects/94131719292614Scope and Contents

(The Nature of Shakespeare's Late Comedies, submitted for English 14. April 20, 1929. By William J. Paff)

Life and Problems/repositories/2/archival_objects/9413182 folders2615-16Moliere and Commedia dell'arte/repositories/2/archival_objects/9413192617Notes/repositories/2/archival_objects/9413202618Of Witches and Witchcraft/repositories/2/archival_objects/9413212619Ruzzante/repositories/2/archival_objects/9413222620Scope and Contents

(Angelo Beolco)

Scala, Flaminio - Scenarii/repositories/2/archival_objects/9413233 folders2621-23Shakespeare Apocrypha and Summary/repositories/2/archival_objects/9413242624Shakespeare's Comedies - First Lectures/repositories/2/archival_objects/9413252625Shakespeare's Handwriting/repositories/2/archival_objects/9413262626Shakespeare and Italian Comedy/repositories/2/archival_objects/9413272627Shakespeare's Satire - Review/repositories/2/archival_objects/9413282628Shakespeare's Theatre/repositories/2/archival_objects/9413292629Shakespeare's Works/repositories/2/archival_objects/941330All's Well That Ends Well/repositories/2/archival_objects/9413312630Anthony and Cleopatra/repositories/2/archival_objects/9413322631As You Like It/repositories/2/archival_objects/9413332 folders2632-33Love's Labour's Lost/repositories/2/archival_objects/9413342 folders2634-35The Taming of the Shrew/repositories/2/archival_objects/9413352636Two Gentlemen of Verona/repositories/2/archival_objects/9413362637Stoicism in Elizabethan Literature/repositories/2/archival_objects/9413372638The Two Italian Gentlemen/repositories/2/archival_objects/9413382639Vagaries of Shakespeare Criticism/repositories/2/archival_objects/9413392640