Series XI: Printed and Published Materials, 1931-1935, inclusive

Scope and Contents

This series is comprised of printed and published materials related to Elmer Ellsworth Brown and his role as Chancellor at New York Univeristy. Materials in this series consist of pamphlets, excerpts from academic journals, newspaper clippings, event programs, and a photograph of Brown's wife, Fanny.

Arrangement

Materials in this series were not arranged by an archivist. They were kept in the order in which they were found.

New York University Daily News, November 9, 1931

Box: Shared University Archives 150, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

This special edition of the newspaper was produced to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of Brown's chancellorship.

The Only Tragedy (pamphlet), 1931

Box: 29, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

This pamphlet documents an exchange of letters between Sir Michael E. Sadler and Elmer Ellsworth Brown.

"On the Heights" (promotional pamphlet by Harold DeWolf Fuller), undated

Box: 29, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Practical but not too practical" (promotional pamphlet by Harold DeWolf Fuller), undated

Box: 29, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Fathers of the Free" (poem by Elmer Ellsworth Brown), undated

Box: 29, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York University Promotional Fact Sheet (Centennial Celebration), 1931

Box: 29, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York University Ninety-Ninth Commencement Program, 1931

Box: 29, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York University 100th Anniversary Dinner Program, 1931

Box: 29, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"A Conference of Universities" by Elmer Ellsworth Brown, 1933

Box: 29, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Offprint of article in the Journal of Higher Education, Vol IV

Journal of Higher Education, 1933

Box: 29, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

This journal contains reviews of centennial publications: The Obligation of Universities to the Social Order andJournal of the Proceedings of a Convention of Literary and Scientigic Gentlemen.

Photostat of Clipping relating to Chancellor Brown's Resignation, 1932

Box: 29, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"A Tribute to Elmer Ellsworth Brown" (Testimonial Dinner Program), May 3, 1933

Box: 29, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

This testimonial dinner took place on May 3, 1933 at the Waldorf-Astoria. It was presumably sponsored by the Alumni Federation.

Clipping from New York Herald-Tribune reporting on Chancellor Brown's Testimonial Dinner, May 4, 1933

Box: Shared University Archives 150, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Program of Memorial Service for Elmer Ellsworth Brown, 1935

Box: 29, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Legion d'Honneur, April 1935

Box: 29, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

This volume of Legion d'Honneur contains remarks made by John H. Finley about Elmer Ellsworth Brown.

Portrait of Fanny Eddy Brown, undated

Box: 29, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper Clippings Announcing Death of Fanny Eddy Brown, 1932

Box: 29, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Clippings taken from the New York Herald-Tribune, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and The Wellesley Magazine