Charles Philbrick correspondence with Hilary Masters and Elmer Blistein, 1959-1971
John Hay Library , Special Collections
Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
email: hay@brown.edu
Published in 2013
Collection Overview
| Title: | Charles Philbrick correspondence with Hilary Masters and Elmer Blistein |
| Date range: | 1959-1971 |
| Creator: | Philbrick, Charles Horace, 1922-1971 |
| Extent: | 1.0 linear foot |
| Abstract: | Charles Philbrick (class of 1947, 1953 PhD) was a poet who taught English at Brown University and won the Wallace Stevens Prize from the Academy of American Poets. The papers are personal correspondence, predominantly from Philbrick to Hilary Masters (class of 1952), a novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. |
| Language of materials: | English |
| Repository: | John Hay Library
, Special Collections |
| Collection number: | Ms.Philbrick |
Scope & content
The papers are personal correspondence, predominantly from Charles Philbrick to Hilary Masters (class of 1952). There are two letters from Elmer Blistein (class of 1942, 1953 PhD; emeritus professor of English) to Philbrick. Six letters are from Deborah Philbrick to Hilary Masters.Access Points
Subject Names- Blistein, Elmer M. (Elmer Milton), 1920-1993
- Masters, Hilary Thomas 1928-
- Masters, John D. C.
- Masters, Polly
- Philbrick, Charles
- Philbrick, Deborah
Arrangement
Biographical note
Charles Horace Philbrick (1922-1971), professor of English, was born in Providence on December 12, 1922. He entered Brown in 1940, but his education was interrupted by service with the U.S. 8th Air Force stationed in England. He finished his course work at Brown in the summer of 1946, and became an assistant in the English Department in the fall, before his formal graduation in 1947. He was instructor in 1947-48 and earned his master's degree that year. He spent a year at graduate school at the University of Michigan. He received his Ph.D. degree at Brown in 1953, having been instructor in English again since 1949. He was appointed assistant professor in 1953, associate professor in 1959, and professor in 1967. He was chairman of the committee that set up the Afro-American Studies Program at Brown. He won recognition when his poem, "New England Suite", won the Wallace Stevens National Poetry contest in 1962. He published two other books of poetry, Wonderstrand Revisited in 1960, and Voyages Down in 1967, and a novel, Westaway, in 1968. He died on April 4, 1971 in Providence.Source: Encyclopedia Brunoniana
Access & Use
| Access to the collection: | There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested. |
| Use of the materials: | Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them. |
| Preferred citation: | Charles Philbrick correspondence with Hilary Masters and Elmer Blistein, Ms. Philbrick, Brown University Library. |
| Contact information: | John Hay Library
, Special Collections Box A Brown University Providence, RI 02912 Tel: 401-863-2146 email: hay@brown.edu |
Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION | |
| Acquisition: | Gift of Professor and Mrs. Charles Philbrick. |
| ABOUT THE FINDING AID | |
| Author: | Finding aid prepared by John Hay Library staff. |
| Encoding: | This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-03-26 |
Additional Information
| Related material: | RESOURCES AT BROWN UNIVERSITYCharles Philbrick papers, Ms. 78.19The Winfield Townley Scott papers contain 54 letters from Charles Philbrick to Scott, and 35 from Scott to Philbrick for the period 1948 to 1966 concerning their poetry, literature and personal affairs: Winfield Townley Scott papers, Ms. Scott |
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Inventory
| Box 1, Folder 1 | Blistein, Elmer Milton to Philbrick, Charles Horace
South Wellfleet, MA 1.0 page Genre: letters (correspondence) Blistein, Elmer M. (Elmer Milton), 1920-1993 Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1965 July 12 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 | Blistein, Elmer Milton to Philbrick, Charles Horace
South Wellfleet, MA 1.0 page Genre: letters (correspondence) Blistein, Elmer M. (Elmer Milton), 1920-1993 Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1968 July 10 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
South Wellfleet, MA 1.0 page Genre: postcard Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1959 August 18 |
| Box 1, Folder 4 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
South Wellfleet, MA 2.0 pages Genre: typed letter signed Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1959 October 26 |
| Box 1, Folder 5 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
South Wellfleet, MA 2.0 pages Genre: typed letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1959 November 12 |
| Box 1, Folder 6 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
Providence, RI 1.0 page Genre: typed letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1960 January 29 |
| Box 1, Folder 7 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
Providence, RI 4.0 pages Genre: typed letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1960 February 19 |
| Box 1, Folder 8 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
Providence, RI 1.0 page Genre: typed letter signed Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1960 March 26 |
| Box 1, Folder 9 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
Providence, RI 1.0 page Genre: typed letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1960 May 10 |
| Box 1, Folder 10 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly
South Wellfleet, MA Genre: postcard Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1960 August 20 |
| Box 1, Folder 11 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly
Providence, RI 2.0 pages Genre: typed letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1960 August 25 |
| Box 1, Folder 12 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly
Providence, RI Genre: postcard Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1960 September 18 |
| Folder 13 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly
Providence, RI 1.0 page Genre: typed letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1960 October 20 |
| Box 1, Folder 14 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly
Providence, RI 2.0 pages Genre: typed letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1960 November 29 |
| Box 1, Folder 15 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly
Providence, RI 1.0 page Genre: typed letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1960 December 20 |
| Box 1, Folder 16 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
Providence, RI 1.0 page Genre: letter Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1961 January 14 |
| Box 1, Folder 17 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
Providence, RI 2.0 pages Genre: typed letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1961 March 25 |
| Box 1, Folder 18 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
Providence, RI 1.0 page Genre: typed letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1961 April 4 |
| Box 1, Folder 19 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
Providence, RI 2.0 pages Genre: typed letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1962 May 24 |
| Box 1, Folder 20 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly
South Wellfleet, MA 2.0 pages Genre: typed letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1962 August 20 |
| Box 1, Folder 21 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
South Wellfleet, MA 2.0 pages Genre: typed letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1962 September 3 |
| Box 1, Folder 22 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly
Providence, RI 2.0 pages Genre: typed letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1962 September 11 |
| Box 1, Folder 23 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly
Providence, RI 2.0 pages Genre: typed letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1963 April 1 |
| Box 1, Folder 24 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
Providence, RI 1.0 page Genre: typed letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1963 May 25 |
| Box 1, Folder 25 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly
South Wellfleet, MA Genre: postcard Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1963 July 18 |
| Box 1, Folder 26 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
Providence, RI 2.0 pages Genre: typed letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1963 October 4 |
| Box 1, Folder 27 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
Providence, RI 2.0 pages Genre: autograph letter signed Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1963 December 13 |
| Box 1, Folder 28 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
Providence, RI 2.0 pages Genre: typed letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1964 February 6 |
| Box 1, Folder 29 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
Providence, RI 2.0 pages Genre: autograph letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1964 May 5 |
| Box 1, Folder 30 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
Providence, RI Genre: postcard Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1964 June 4 |
| Box 1, Folder 31 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
Providence, RI 4.0 pages Genre: autograph letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1965 February 12 |
| Box 1, Folder 32 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
South Wellfleet, MA 2.0 pages Genre: autograph letter signed Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1965 July 14 |
| Box 1, Folder 33 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
Providence, RI 2.0 pages Genre: autograph letter signed Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1966 April 5 |
| Box 1, Folder 34 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
South Wellfleet, MA 2.0 pages Genre: autograph letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1966 June 14 |
| Box 1, Folder 35 | Philbrick Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly
Providence, RI 2.0 pages Genre: autograph letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly Philbrick Charles Horace |
1966 December 12 |
| Box 1, Folder 36 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly
Providence, RI 4.0 pages Genre: autograph letter with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1967 May 5 |
| Box 1, Folder 37 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
Providence, RI 4.0 pages Genre: autograph letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1967 May 28 |
| Box 1, Folder 38 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Blistein, Elmer Milton
South Wellfleet, MA 2.0 pages Genre: autograph letter signed Blistein, Elmer M. (Elmer Milton), 1920-1993 Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1967 July 8 |
| Box 1, Folder 39 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
South Wellfleet, MA 2.0 pages Genre: autograph letter with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1967 July 11 |
| Box 1, Folder 40 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly
Providence, RI 2.0 pages Genre: autograph letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1968 April 19 |
| Box 1, Folder 41 | Philbrick, Chalres Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly
Providence, RI 2.0 pages Genre: autograph letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly Philbrick, Chalres Horace |
1968 April 29 |
| Box 1, Folder 42 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Blistein, Elmer Milton
South Wellfleet, MA 2.0 pages Genre: autograph letter signed Blistein, Elmer M. (Elmer Milton), 1920-1993 Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1968 July 8 |
| Box 1, Folder 43 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly Contents Note: Note is on a reprint of "Streams this year" by Philbrick Genre: autograph note signed Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1968 August |
| Box 1, Folder 44 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
Providence, RI 2.0 pages Genre: autograph letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1969 January 3 |
| Box 1, Folder 45 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Masters, Hilary Thomas
Providence, RI 1.0 page Genre: autograph letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1969 April 19 |
| Box 1, Folder 46 | Philbrick, Charles Horace to Blistein, Elmer Milton
Providence, RI 2.0 pages Genre: autograph letter signed with envelope Blistein, Elmer M. (Elmer Milton), 1920-1993 Philbrick, Charles Horace |
1971 January 1 |
| Box 1, Folder 47 | Philbrick, Deborah Hunt to Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly
Providence, RI Genre: postcard Masters, Hilary Thomas and Polly Philbrick, Deborah Hunt |
1961 May 2 |
| Box 1, Folder 48 | Philbrick, Deborah Hunt to Masters, Polly
Providence, RI 2.0 pages Genre: autograph note signed with envelope Masters, Polly Philbrick, Deborah Hunt |
1963 April 8 |
| Box 1, Folder 49 | Philbrick, Deborah Hunt to Masters, John D. C.
Providence, RI 1.0 page Genre: note signed with envelope Masters, John D. C. Philbrick, Deborah Hunt |
1965 |
| Box 1, Folder 50 | Philbrick, Deborah Hunt to Masters, Hilary Thomas
Providence, RI 4.0 pages Contents Note: With this is an autograph note signed from Charles Philbrick. Genre: autograph letter signed with envelope Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Deborah Hung |
1965 October 15 |
| Box 1, Folder 51 | Philbrick, Deborah Hunt to Masters, Hilary Thomas
South Wellfleet, MA Genre: postcard Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Deborah, Hunt |
1967 June 29 |
| Box 1, Folder 52 | Philbrick, Deborah Hunt to Masters, Hilary Thomas
Providence, RI 4.0 pages Genre: autograph letter signed Masters, Hilary Thomas Philbrick, Deborah Hunt |
1968 May 7 |