Oscar James Campbell papers, 1914-1964

Oscar James Campbell papers, 1914-1964

Summary Information

Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, and lecture notes relating to Oscar James Campbell, professor of English Literature at Columbia University.

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0184
Bib ID:
4078576 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Campbell, Oscar James, 1879-1970
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
11.43 linear feet (25 document boxes and 1 record carton)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection has no restrictions.

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.

Description

Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts, and lecture notes.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in two series.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection has no restrictions.

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.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies 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.

Preferred Citation

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

Accruals

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

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Oscar J. Campbell, 1964.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

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

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 04/17/1989.

Revision Description

2012-03-26 xml document instance created by Alison Rhonemus.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

2019-08-15 Added Series II transferred from the University Archives.

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.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Galley proofs
Lectures
Name
Columbia University -- Faculty
Columbia University. Arts Center Program
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Subject
College administrators
College teachers
Drama
English literature -- Study and teaching

Series I: Oscar James Campbell Papers, circa 1914-1964


Box 1

Arts Center at Columbia


Box 2

The Comedies of Holberg - page proofs


Box 3

National Council on the Arts and Government


Box 4

Correspondence, typescripts, misc.


Box 5

Bantam Shakespeare Series - galleys and typescripts


Lecture notes


Box 5

Shakespeare (general)


Box 6

Shakespeare's Tragedies


Box 7

Shakespeare's Histories and Comedies


Box 8

Greek, Roman, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature


Box 9

Italian comedy


Box 10

Tudor, Stuart, 17th century, and Restoration


Box 11

Romantic period


Box 12

Victorian period


Box 13

miscellaneous


Box 14

Printed material (not by Prof. Campbell)


Box 15

Printed material (not by Prof. Campbell)


Box 16

Student papers and material on curriculum


Box 17

Shakespeare - speeches, papers, etc. (Printed and manuscript)


Box 18

Speeches, papers, etc. (Printed and manuscript)


Box 19

ANTA material


Box 20

ANTA and A. A. U. N.


Box 21

A. A. U. N.


Box 22

Correspondence and personal papers


Box 23

Correspondence and personal papers


Box 24

Correspondence and personal papers


Box 25

Correspondence and personal papers

Series II. 2019 Addition


Box 26 Folder 1

Aretino Article

(Pietro Aretino in England)


Box 26 Folder 2

Baldwin's Book


Commedia dell'arte


Box 26 Folder 3

Bibliography


Box 26 Folder 4

English Louts and Clowns


Box 26 Folder 5

General


Box 26 Folder 6

History


Box 26 Folder 7

Locatelli Scenarii

(Basilio Locatelli)


Box 26 Folder 8

Selected Scenarios - some translated

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


Box 26 Folder 9

Elizabethan Staging


Box 26 Folder 10

History of the Campbell Family by Henry Lee, 1920


Box 26 Folder 11

Ibsen's Use of Comic Characters for a Serious Dramatic Effect

(Draft; not by Campbell; includes his comments)


Box 26 Folder 12

Jacobean Shakespeare


Box 26 Folder 13

Last Lecture

(Re: The Tempest)


Box 26 Folder 14

Late Comedies, 1929

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


Box 26 Folder 15-16

Life and Problems, 2 folders


Box 26 Folder 17

Moliere and Commedia dell'arte


Box 26 Folder 18

Notes


Box 26 Folder 19

Of Witches and Witchcraft


Box 26 Folder 20

Ruzzante

(Angelo Beolco)


Box 26 Folder 21-23

Scala, Flaminio - Scenarii, 3 folders


Box 26 Folder 24

Shakespeare Apocrypha and Summary


Box 26 Folder 25

Shakespeare's Comedies - First Lectures


Box 26 Folder 26

Shakespeare's Handwriting


Box 26 Folder 27

Shakespeare and Italian Comedy


Box 26 Folder 28

Shakespeare's Satire - Review


Box 26 Folder 29

Shakespeare's Theatre


Shakespeare's Works


Box 26 Folder 30

All's Well That Ends Well


Box 26 Folder 31

Anthony and Cleopatra


Box 26 Folder 32-33

As You Like It, 2 folders


Box 26 Folder 34-35

Love's Labour's Lost, 2 folders


Box 26 Folder 36

The Taming of the Shrew


Box 26 Folder 37

Two Gentlemen of Verona


Box 26 Folder 38

Stoicism in Elizabethan Literature


Box 26 Folder 39

The Two Italian Gentlemen


Box 26 Folder 40

Vagaries of Shakespeare Criticism