Rare Book and Manuscript Library
John Bartlet Brebner papers
Brebner, John Bartlet, 1895-1957
4079650
MS#0146
English
/repositories/2/resources/4920
13 linear feet
29 boxes
1937-1957
Arrangement
Selected items cataloged; remainder arranged.
Restrictions on Access
Box 1 of this collection is onsite. The remainder of 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.
Restrictions on Access
This collection has no restrictions.
Summary
Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, and printed materials. This collection consists of his correspondence (1937-1957) in four boxes; manuscripts, notes, and printed copies of speeches and periodical articles and the manuscripts of "North Atlantic Triangle" and "Making of Modern Canada". Included also are the notes for a number of courses given by him at Columbia University as well as three boxes of student seminar papers. Most of the materials in the collection relate to some phase of Canadian life and history
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); John Bartlet Brebner papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Brebner, Elliot J. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1958. Accession number--M-1958.
Biographical / Historical
Gouverneur Morris Professor of History at Columbia University (Ph.D. 1927).
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Elliot J. Brebner, 1958 (original accession). Gift of University of Maine, 1990 (Lester Bowles Pearson letter). Gift of Elizabeth (Betsy) Elliot-Meisel, granddaughter of John Bartlet Brebner (2016 addition).
Processing Information
Processed RL 02/--/85.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Canada -- Civilization
Canada -- History
Addresses
Articles
diplomas
Examinations (documents)
Maps (documents)
Reports
Scripts (documents)
Speeches (documents)
Syllabi
Historians
Series I: Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/55356Cataloged Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/553591Correspondence, 1937-1957 (arranged by year)/repositories/2/archival_objects/553601937-19571Correspondence, 1937-1957 (arranged by year)/repositories/2/archival_objects/553611937-19572Correspondence, 1937-1957 (arranged by year)/repositories/2/archival_objects/553621937-19573Correspondence, 1937-1957 (arranged by year)/repositories/2/archival_objects/553631937-19574Series II: Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/55357Memoranda on Upper College, Columbia College/repositories/2/archival_objects/553645Memoranda on Bard College/repositories/2/archival_objects/553655H. A. Innis: cuttings (obituaries, etc) and correspondence about him/repositories/2/archival_objects/553665Business concerning North Atlantic Triangle--mostly with Yale University Press/repositories/2/archival_objects/553675Address, "Man's Right to Knowledge," at Ottawa, 1954--copy and offprints/repositories/2/archival_objects/553685Address, "Keystone in the Arch, Centenary, University College, Toronto/repositories/2/archival_objects/5536919565Bicentennial Oration, "The Common Ground in Humility"--correspondence and clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/553705Stockholm address, "Man's Right to Knowledge,"/repositories/2/archival_objects/5537119545Essay on Elie Halevy--drafts and copy/repositories/2/archival_objects/553725Encyclopedia Americana, article on Canada since/repositories/2/archival_objects/5537318676Chapter in U.N Volume on Canada: Drafts and correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/553746"Laissez-faire and State Intervention," draft and correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/553756Draft AHA comment on L. H. Gipson's paper on "The American Revolution as an Aftermath of the Great War for Empire,"/repositories/2/archival_objects/5537619486General Staff Course, Washington, notes, address, and correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/5537719486Informal talk to English-Speaking Union, "Democratic Foundations of Government,"/repositories/2/archival_objects/5537819486CBC Talk, "The Canadian Personality," 1948--copy and correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/553796Economic History Association/repositories/2/archival_objects/5538019476Address at Winnipeg, "History and Current Social Trends,"/repositories/2/archival_objects/5538119466North Atlantic Triangle--correspondence and reviews/repositories/2/archival_objects/553822 folders6Scholarship for Canada/repositories/2/archival_objects/553837Convocation Address, McMaster University--"General Education and Research,"/repositories/2/archival_objects/5538419457Canadian Universities Materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/553857Reports, Canadian Universities/repositories/2/archival_objects/5538619447Making of Modern Britain correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/553877Correspondence on G.L. Beer's MSS/repositories/2/archival_objects/553887Canadian Historical Association Presidential Address--"Canadianism"--Notes, Copy, and Correspondence,/repositories/2/archival_objects/5538919407Toronto Conference, United States and World Organization/repositories/2/archival_objects/553908"The British Social Welfare State"--OWI talk/repositories/2/archival_objects/5539119438ERPI film on Early North American discovery: script and correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/5539219428"Tadoussac, Kingdom of the Saguenay,"/repositories/2/archival_objects/5539319428"The United States, Canada's Problem," Notes and copy, PTA/repositories/2/archival_objects/5539419408"Canadian-American Relations in a Changing World"--address to U.M.C.A. at Couchiching,/repositories/2/archival_objects/5539519408Scope and Contents(contains draft, copy, and correspondence)
"The Ogdensburg Agreement between Canada and the United States"--Inter-American Quarterly/repositories/2/archival_objects/5539619408Correspondence concerining Hanson's Mingling of the Canadian and American Peoples, completed by Brebner/repositories/2/archival_objects/553978Correspondence concerning map for Neutral Yankees ./repositories/2/archival_objects/553989"Canada, the Anglo-Japanese Alliance and the Washington Conference PSQ/repositories/2/archival_objects/5539919359Scope and Contents(contains notes,draft, offprint, and correspondence)
CHR--Dr. Andrew Brown MSS: draft, copy, and correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/554009DAB--Samuel Vetch (1668-1732), first military and second colonial governor of Nova Scotia/repositories/2/archival_objects/554019Louis Delisle de la Croyere MSS--correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/554029Kingston National Defence College, 1948 1950 1953/repositories/2/archival_objects/554031948195019539Canadian Social Science Research Councils correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/554049Correspondence concerning Carnegie series on relations of Canada and the United States,/repositories/2/archival_objects/55405196810Reviews, etc., for Explorers/repositories/2/archival_objects/5540611Materials for Neutral Yankees/repositories/2/archival_objects/5540711Correspondence and Materials for New England's Outpost./repositories/2/archival_objects/5540811Mingling of Canadian and American Peoples Manuscript/repositories/2/archival_objects/5540911Criticisms of North Atlantic Triangle/repositories/2/archival_objects/5541012North Atlantic Triangle Manuscript/repositories/2/archival_objects/5541112Outlines of plan for Canadian-American series, 1933 (2 brochures)_/repositories/2/archival_objects/55412193312Notes for Canada in North American History, the Columbia course/repositories/2/archival_objects/5541313Draft Making of Modern Canada/repositories/2/archival_objects/5541414Canadian-American maps./repositories/2/archival_objects/5541515British historical materials before 1850--offprints, clippings, notes, etc./repositories/2/archival_objects/5541615"Under George III," Conference on British Studies/repositories/2/archival_objects/55417195515British Constitutional History/repositories/2/archival_objects/5541815Cambridge lectures on Anglo-American relations/repositories/2/archival_objects/5541915Fulbright seminar on migration/repositories/2/archival_objects/55420195115Britain since 1776 (Columbia course and basis of proposed book on industrial Britain)/repositories/2/archival_objects/5542116Britain since 1776 (Columbia course and basis of proposed book on industrial Britain)/repositories/2/archival_objects/182909717Britain since 1776 (Columbia course and basis of proposed book on industrial Britain)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1829098183 x 5 cards--notes on Nova Scotia (Neutral Yankees )/repositories/2/archival_objects/5542219Industrial Britain, MS, four chapters/repositories/2/archival_objects/5542319Paul Mascarene/repositories/2/archival_objects/5542420"Collectivist Britain" ms. notes/repositories/2/archival_objects/5542520"Some aspects of Great Britain between wars" ms. notes/repositories/2/archival_objects/5542620Canada-2 course outlines/repositories/2/archival_objects/5542720Rockefeller grant: correspondence Etc./repositories/2/archival_objects/5542820Recommendations for scholarship & fellowship awards: correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/5542920Seminar information/repositories/2/archival_objects/5543020Examination questions in history/repositories/2/archival_objects/5543120Candidacies/repositories/2/archival_objects/554321938-194621Student Papers/repositories/2/archival_objects/5543322Student Papers/repositories/2/archival_objects/5543423Student Papers/repositories/2/archival_objects/5543524Diplomas of John Bartlet Brebner/repositories/2/archival_objects/5543622Diplomas of John Bartlet Brebner/repositories/2/archival_objects/5543723Diplomas of John Bartlet Brebner/repositories/2/archival_objects/5543824Periodicals with articles by John Bartlet Brebner/repositories/2/archival_objects/5543925Periodicals with articles by John Bartlet Brebner/repositories/2/archival_objects/5544026Periodicals with articles by John Bartlet Brebner/repositories/2/archival_objects/182909527Series III: 2016 Addition/repositories/2/archival_objects/55358John Bartlet Brebner's Russia letters/repositories/2/archival_objects/554411927287John Bartlet Brebner and James Brebner letters/repositories/2/archival_objects/55442192528Letters from Pascal Poirier and Rene Baudry (copies, in French)/repositories/2/archival_objects/5544319 December 1932 & 19 March 19482826Bibliographies & articles/repositories/2/archival_objects/554441921285Canadian Maritines/repositories/2/archival_objects/554451-22 Feb. 1944283Across Canada diary. Part 2/repositories/2/archival_objects/5544610-30 July 194428Interview with Trotsky (T.ms.)/repositories/2/archival_objects/5544719 August 1927288John Bartlet Brebner's diary/repositories/2/archival_objects/554481923, 1936, 1937282John Bartlet Brebner's diary/repositories/2/archival_objects/55449April-May 19512813John Bartlet Brebner's diary/repositories/2/archival_objects/5545025 June - 22 October 19542818John Bartlet Brebner's diary/repositories/2/archival_objects/554513 May-15 September 19552814John Bartlet Brebner's travel diary. Book I/repositories/2/archival_objects/5545225 June 1954 - 22 October 19542816John Bartlet Brebner's travel diary/repositories/2/archival_objects/554537 November 1954 - 25 April 19552817John Bartlet Brebner's Trip, Part 1/repositories/2/archival_objects/554541952281John Bartlet Brebner's Trip, Part II/repositories/2/archival_objects/5545519522812St. John's College. Oxford. Notice of meeting regarding the granting of degrees/repositories/2/archival_objects/5545618 June 19252825Columbia University Convocation speech./repositories/2/archival_objects/554572821Personal Oddments (letters, notes, clippings, etc., including copy of will (1954)/repositories/2/archival_objects/554582822John Bartlet Brebner's honorary doctorate from Brown University/repositories/2/archival_objects/5545919442810John Bartlet Brebner's certificate of vaccination from the W.H.O./repositories/2/archival_objects/5546019572811John Bartlet Brebner's Auxiliary Police ID/repositories/2/archival_objects/55461194228Obituaries and condolences/repositories/2/archival_objects/5546219572823Royalties, rights, etc./repositories/2/archival_objects/554631948-19692824John Bartlet Brebner's passports (2)/repositories/2/archival_objects/55464289Photographs and cards/repositories/2/archival_objects/55465284Ping-ti Ho letters,etc./repositories/2/archival_objects/554662820New England's Outpost by John Bartlet Brebner, 1927/repositories/2/archival_objects/5546728Columbia University. Brebner Papers Fund./repositories/2/archival_objects/554682819Miscellaneous: note, small notebook, clipping, photographs./repositories/2/archival_objects/554692815Questions & Answers from Stalin to American Trade Unionists, 1927 Published by Workers Library Publishers, NY/repositories/2/archival_objects/55470286The Oxford Society. Oxford. February 1937/repositories/2/archival_objects/5547128Portfolio of pamphlets, notes, clippings, cards relation to Brebner's 1955 trip to Moscow to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the establishment of Moscow University./repositories/2/archival_objects/5547229