Ohio State University, Browning Dramatic Society Records
RG.44.1
Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
2.53 Cubic feet
1888-1964
The Ohio State University, Browning Dramatic Society Records contain minute books, scrapbooks, fliers, brochures, newspaper clippings, sketches, photographs, playbills and programs dated 1888-1964. The Browning Dramatic Society was a student organization at Ohio State University that formed in 1887 and dissolved in 1964. The society maintained an all-female membership.
(2) cartons; (2) oversize folders; (1) letter file folder
English
Ohio State University. Browning Dramatic Society
Ohio State University. Browning Literary Society
Arrangement of Materials
Materials are arranged in the order received.
Acquisitions Information
Accession Number UA.1970.0006; Accession Number UA.1972.0049: University Libraries, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1983.0033: Browning Dramatic Society, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2006.0128: source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2021.0114: Susan Speakman, 2021 October
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Ohio State University, Browning Dramatic Society Records, RG 44.1, Ohio State University Archives, The Ohio State University
Access to Materials
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Processing Information
Finding aid written by Karen Glenn, 2017 January
Historical Note
The Browning Dramatic Society was a student organization at Ohio State University that formed in 1887 and dissolved in 1964. When it first organized, the Browning Dramatic Society was called Browning Literary Society, a female-only membership association as opposed to other literary organizations, such as Alcyone and Horton. In 1913, the club changed its name to Browning Dramatic Society. The members would perform mostly Shakespearian plays with an all female cast. Throughout its existence, the society maintained an all-female membership.
Scope and Contents
The Ohio State University, Browning Dramatic Society Records contain minute books, scrapbooks, fliers, brochures, newspaper clippings, sketches, photographs, playbills and programs dated 1888-1964.
Ohio State University--History
Ohio State University--Students
Ohio State University. Browning Dramatic Society
Ohio State University. Browning Literary Society
College students--Ohio--Columbus--19th century
College students--Ohio--Columbus--20th century
College students--Ohio--Columbus--Societies, etc.--19th century
College students--Ohio--Columbus--Societies, etc.--20th century
College students--Social life and customs--Ohio--Columbus--19th century
College students--Social life and customs--Ohio--Columbus--20th century
College theater--Ohio--Columbus--19th century
College theater--Ohio--Columbus--20th century
Playbills
Student activities--Ohio--Columbus--19th century
Student activities--Ohio--Columbus--20th century
Processed
2.4 Cubic feet
1898-1964
(2) cartons
Acquisitions Information
Accession Number UA.1970.0006
Constitution, Minutes and Membership
UA.RG.44.1.0001
1908-1943
Correspondence, General
UA.RG.44.1.0001
1934-1950
Correspondence, General
UA.RG.44.1.0001
1950-1961
Initiation Scroll
UA.RG.44.1.0001
undated
Lighting Cue Book, A Sample from "Macbeth"
UA.RG.44.1.0001
1952
Minutes - Browning Society
UA.RG.44.1.0001
1898-1907
Minutes - Browning Society
UA.RG.44.1.0001
1921-1931
Miscellaneous
UA.RG.44.1.0001
1950-1956
Music - Used in "As You Like It:
UA.RG.44.1.0001
1954
Newspaper and Magazine Clippings
UA.RG.44.1.0001
1930-1964
President's Book - Jeanne Evans, President
UA.RG.44.1.0001
1951
Programs for Various Activities (#1 of 2 Folders)
UA.RG.44.1.0001
1873-1956
Programs for Various Activities (#2 of 2 Folders)
UA.RG.44.1.0001
1873-1956
Publicity Chairman
UA.RG.44.1.0001
1955
Reports from Previous Years
UA.RG.44.1.0001
1950-1953
Seating Plan for Browning Theatre - Dedication
UA.RG.44.1.0001
June 1926
Secretary's Book
UA.RG.44.1.0001
1943-1949
Torch Song - "Honor, Riches"
UA.RG.44.1.0001
19--
Costume Designs
UA.RG.44.1.0002
1926-1956
Photographs of Plays
UA.RG.44.1.0002
1908-1949
Photographs
UA.RG.44.1.0002
undated
Scrapbooks
UA.RG.44.1.0002
1926-1949
Accession Number UA.1983.0033
0.02 Cubic feet
1888-1948
(1) letter file folder
Scope and Contents
This series contains a photocopy of an 1888 letter from (first name illegible) Browning to Mrs. Townshend about the naming of the Browning Dramatic Society, an invitation to the annual dinner (1937) and four play programs: Cymseline: 1924; The lamp and the bell: 1928; Midsummer Nights Dream: 1947; The Tempest: 1948.
Letter (photocopy)
Small Accessions 43
1888
Invitation to annual dinner
Small Accessions 43
1937
Four play programs
Small Accessions 43
1924-1948
Accession Number UA.2006.0128
0.01 Cubic feet
1908-1946
(1) oversize folder
Browning Dramatic Society: playbills
Flat Items 34
1908-1946
Accession Number UA.2021.0114
0.1 Cubic feet
1943, 1944
(1) oversize flat folder
Playbill: "Merry Wives of Windsor"
Flat Items 18
1943
Playbill: "Twelfth Night"
Flat Items 18
1944