PCL MS 107 Ray B. Browne Collection

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PCL MS 107 Ray B. Browne Collection

Introduction

The Ray B. Browne Collection is comprised of over 43 cubic feet of correspondence, files, literary manuscripts and printed materials dating from 1950 to 2011. Some earlier and more recent dates are scattered within the correspondence, manuscripts and printed materials. Dr. Browne's research interests within the humanities encompassed the study of English, American literature, folklore, history as well as American culture and popular culture studies. It was his broad, comprehensive view of human experience and his realization that the seemingly ordinary was a relevant area for academic inquiry that compelled Dr. Browne in 1967 to design, build and cultivate the study of popular culture at Bowling Green State University. This new approach would expand nationally and internationally via a network of Dr. Browne's academic colleagues, the Center for the Study of Popular Culture, the Popular Culture Library (the Ray and Pat Browne Library for Popular Culture Studies since 2003), the Popular Press (and its periodicals) as well as the Popular Culture and American Culture Associations. Ray Browne began donating segments of his collection to the Browne Popular Culture Library on January 12, 1988. There are no restrictions placed on the use of this collection for scholarly purposes. Researchers are responsible for securing copyright permission when using all unpublished manuscripts and published works whether authored by Ray B. Browne or by other writers whose work may be found in this collection. This finding aid was prepared by Eric Honneffer in September 2007.

Biographical Sketch

Ray B. Browne was born on January 15, 1922 in Millport, Alabama. His father, a banker, moved the family around the South until the stock market crash of 1929. They returned to Millport where Ray would graduate from high school in 1940. Browne would receive a BA in English literature from the University of Alabama in 1943. He enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II and spent two of his three years of service in Europe.

After the war, he enrolled at Columbia University and received his MA in English Literature in 1947, writing his thesis on '"H.G. Wells and the 'New Woman.'"' He taught from 1947 to 1950 at the University of Nebraska before enrolling in graduate school at UCLA in 1950. From 1951 to 1956 Browne was a graduate assistant and acting instructor. It was here that he pursued his interest in Alabama folk culture, mentored by Herman Melville scholar, Leon Howard as well as Wayland Hand, professor of German and folklore. He received his PhD in American literature, folklore and history from UCLA in 1956. He accepted a position in the English department at the University of Maryland. While at Maryland his interest in American Studies expanded after meeting Carl Bode, one of the founders of the American Studies Association. Bode was part of a growing number of scholars who believed that academia needed inter and multi-disciplinary approaches to the study of the humanities and of literature. Browne embraced this view.

After not receiving tenure at the University of Maryland, he assumed a post in the English department at Purdue in 1960. Between 1965 and 1966 he was instrumental in arranging two Purdue conferences intended to broaden the traditionally narrow approach to studying culture. Browne would remain at Purdue until Bowling Green State University offered him a folklore professorship in 1967. In 1968 research facilities began to emerge as the Center for the Study of Popular Culture and the Popular Culture Library. In 1970 the Popular Press was established. Gradually he introduced a popular culture curriculum into his folklore classes, creating much unpopularity within the English department. This in turn would lead to the establishment in 1971-1972 of a separate Department of Popular Culture at BGSU chaired by Ray Browne. After being away for a year at the University of Maryland, he returned to BGSU in 1976 and remained until his retirement in 1992. He continued to maintain an office on campus until his death on October 22, 2009.

Browne had essentially created an academic base of action for the study of popular culture at BGSU that would advocate an approach that would avoid the narrow intellectual and elitist thinking endemic to much academic inquiry.

He carried this initiative to the national level understanding the strengths and weaknesses of such organizations as the American Studies Association, the American Folklore Society and the Modern Language Association. In 1969 Browne sponsored a national meeting of the ASA in Toledo for the purpose of establishing the Popular Culture Association. The PCA would hold its first meeting in 1971 at Michigan State. In 1979 the American Culture Association would be formed and both organizations would hold joint national meetings annually. By the late 1970's an international PCA would be established.

In addition to founding the Journal of Popular Culture, Browne, working with his wife Pat, was instrumental in launching such publications as Clues, Popular Music and Society, Abstracts of Popular Culture, Journal of American Culture and the Journal of Popular Culture and Film. He has written or co-edited over fifty books of his own and published articles and reviews too numerous to mention. In 1986 the Popular Culture Library collection was named for Ray and Pat Browne.

Scope and Content

Ray B. Browne’s collection records his scholarly interests in literature, history, folklore, and cultures, but more significantly it is a window into the revolutionary development of a popular culture studies program at BGSU which in its zeal to study everyday life upset the academic apple cart late in the 1960’s. Browne, credited as a “founding father” of the popular culture movement was enticed to come to BGSU with the prospect of starting the Journal of Popular Culture and the establishment of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture consisting of a research library and a press. Like revolutionary Thomas Paine, Ray Browne admitted that to propel a cause forward one needed a press to disseminate the creedo and an army (Popular Culture Association) to promote and put it into practice. Later the development of a Department of Popular Culture offering both undergraduate and graduate degrees would legitimize the study of ordinary life.

Within the correspondence, organized into categories for better access, one detects Browne’s eagerness to have colleagues publish within the popular culture field, to read papers at conferences, to provide financial support for programs and to encourage study and generally to keep the popular culture fires burning brightly in academia. BGSU correspondence is especially rich, offering a glimpse into how Browne built the program, worked tirelessly to promote his vision and was undaunted by obstacles.

The donor/prospective donor correspondence and copies of Browne’s outgoing correspondence convey his personal philosophy of the study of popular culture and reflect the considerable energy he expended and frustration he endured in furthering this cause through collection development, overseeing the Center, the Popular Press and the publication of its many volumes and periodicals, chairing the Popular Culture Department and serving as secretary-treasurer of the Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association.

Further documentation on the development of popular culture studies at BGSU and elsewhere and Browne’s nurturing of these activities can be found within his subject files and literary manuscripts, especially among the shorter works: Articles (see published articles among the printed materials), statements, policies, pleas for assistance and the like. The subject files relevant to the Popular Culture Department and its degree programs would also be helpful for such research. His dialogue with the National Endowment for the Humanities within the subject files and in the grant proposal files are especially helpful to understand Browne’s passion for the “New Humanities,” as he called his approach to culture studies, and his longstanding concern that “new” projects with a different approach were not getting funded. His plans revealed in the subject files are vast and include proposals for a Living Archives – audio library, Popular Culture Hall of Fame, a museum and more international conferences and involvement with PCA and ACA.

Those interested in the specific research topics of Ray Browne might wish to consult the five cubic feet of research files (created to accommodate extensive materials accompanying the literary manuscripts), most of which focus upon his study of the Alabama folk song/lyric. Some files for specific publications and projects can be found in the research files as well as in the correspondence. A study of the longer literary manuscripts especially those concerning the Alabama folk song/lyric will require some effort since these are incomplete, fragmented and difficult to organize. An information sheet written by Browne has been duplicated and added to these records to assist the researcher in understanding the complicated evolution of the manuscript on its way to publication. A considerable number of his and other authors’ shorter literary manuscripts were undated and have been given circa dates. Also among the literary holdings is the manuscript for a collection of Dr. Browne’s career essays collected by him for future publishing. The essays were edited by Dr. Ben Urish and published posthumously in 2011.

Graduate student theses and dissertations from the late 1970’s until approximately 1992 within Popular Culture and American Studies programs are included under other authors’ longer literary manuscripts. These and some class files reflect Ray’s mentoring of students in the programs during his tenure and record those topics being researched at the time.

The Browne Collection contains many literary manuscripts of other authors including class papers, conference papers, articles for possible publication in one of Browne’s periodicals as well as some book manuscripts submitted to the Popular Press. All literary manuscripts have been broken into categories of longer or shorter works by either Ray Browne or by other authors.

News clippings and articles gathered into scrapbooks by the Department of Popular Culture during Browne’s tenure as chair, have been added to his collection since they provide a broad overview of department activities and faculty projects during this particularly dynamic time in the department’s history. Additional news clippings and articles (some duplicated above) were retained by Ray Browne and feature him interviewed in such publications as Newsweek, Time, Rolling Stone, People, the Nation, the National Enquirer to mention a few. A selection of obituaries and memorial tributes for Dr. Browne present an overview of his many accomplishments within the field of popular culture.

Some clippings include recognition for Browne’s wife, Pat, for her work with the journals and as editor and manager of the Popular Press. Those wishing to study her role within the development of the popular culture program and the Popular Press in particular, would find the most information within the clippings. A very small number of letters sent by her are sprinkled throughout the correspondence and a tiny travel journal possibly kept by her during the Browne’s 1980 travels in India appears in the Popular Culture Department subject files. These are the only evidence of her activities present in the collection.

Printed material files arranged in alphabetical order have been created to better organize a vast array of brochures, clippings, newsletters, small publications and the like on a myriad of different topics related to collections of popular culture items, folklore societies and others retained by Browne.

Reel to reel audio recordings probably made in the 1950’s primarily for Browne’s Alabama folk lyric research have become too brittle to be accessible. Cassette audio recordings document mostly sessions from popular culture conferences and interviews with Ray Browne and others in the field.

Series Description

Correspondence (9.0 cu.ft.)

Series:

Incoming Correspondence

1942,1951 to 2009

Arranged chronologically.

The correspondence can include letters from Ray Browne’s national and international colleagues discussing the expansion of popular culture studies via academic programs, conferences and publications. Funding for such study through various funding agencies especially the National Endowment for the Humanities is an important aspect of this discussion. Browne’s consultations, speaking engagements, travel, research inquiries and student mentoring are also pertinent subject matter.

Outgoing Correspondence

1951–2009

Arranged chronologically.

Browne’s own correspondence reflects his passion for the study of literature, folklore and popular culture and his personal involvement in the growth and furthering of his ideas and viewpoints via publications and conferences.

Bowling Green State University Correspondence

1968-2009

Arranged chronologically.

This set of documents chronicles Browne’s interaction with colleagues and the administration at BGSU from the development of the popular culture program and department, its continued growth and his role after retirement from the university.

Publication Correspondence

1958-2009 (scattered)

Arranged chronologically by project.

Letters from publishers and others regarding Browne publications.

Personal/Family Correspondence

1954-2009

Arranged by subject.

Letters sent to Ray Browne by his immediate family members, other relatives and high school friends.

Collection Donor/Prospective Donor Correspondence

1969-1998 (scattered)

Arranged alphabetically by individual name.

A portion of this correspondence is comprised of documents organized by the name of individuals who maintained a regular dialogue over a period of years with Ray Browne usually regarding their collection donation to the Center for the Study of Popular Culture and the Popular Culture Library. Another portion of this correspondence is comprised of form letters sent by Browne in 1969 and 1973 accompanied by replies from prospective donors. Later, copies of form letters sent in the 1980’s and 1990’s by either Browne or by Popular Culture Library Head, Brenda McCallum are included.

Files (9.0 cu.ft.)

Series:

Research Files

(c. 1950), 1957-2001 (scattered)

Arranged chronologically by writing project.

The bulk of these files focus upon Browne’s research interest in the Alabama folk song/lyric, songsters, American and popular literature and history. Files can include musical manuscripts, lyrics, notes, note cards, informant bios, correspondence bibliographies and articles.

Class Files

1949-1983

Arranged by subject then chronologically.

Older files include class notes, syllabi and handouts from literature and folklore classes taken by Browne as a student. Detailed notes, samples of student work and other miscellaneous documents suggest these were from classes he taught. Files of written exams completed by BGSU PhD candidates whom Browne may have advised are located at the end of this series.

Subject Files

1969-1992

Arranged by subject then chronologically.

The files are divided into the following categories: Popular Culture Department, BGSU popular culture degree programs, American Studies Association, Popular Culture Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Correspondence, proposals, printed materials are included. A set of 1986 Popular Culture Library fundraising contact cards are found at the end of this series.

Literary Productions (14.5 cu.ft.)

Series:

Manuscripts – Longer Works by Ray B. Browne

1955-2008

Arranged chronologically.

These can includes rough drafts, corrected drafts, miscellaneous draft pages, scattered galleys and notes for books written or edited by Browne.

Manuscripts – Shorter Works by Ray B.Browne

1951-2009

Arranged chronologically

These can include drafts, miscellaneous draft pages and some notes for articles, book reviews, short stories, poetry, conference papers, speeches and others. Class papers also appear here.

Manuscripts – Longer Works by other authors

1976-2003

Arranged chronologically.

Final drafts of theses and dissertations by BGSU students and drafts of book manuscripts possibly submitted to the Popular Press are included.

Manuscripts – Shorter Works by other authors

1955-2002

Arranged chronologically.

These include articles, class papers, conference papers and some drafts collected by Browne.

Legal Documents (1 folder)

Series:

Memoranda of Agreement

1964-2004

Legal documents for Browne’s publications appear at the end of the manuscripts for his longer works.

Scrapbooks and Scrapbook Materials (2.5 cu.ft.)

Series:

News Clippings

1969-2011

Arranged by subject then chronologically.

Topics include articles about Ray and Pat Browne, the Popular Culture Association and popular culture at BGSU. Other articles in oversized box.

BGSU Department of Popular Culture Scrapbooks

1969-1991

Arranged chronologically.

The scrapbooks are comprised of mostly news clippings, periodical articles and printed materials documenting the department’s activities during Ray Browne’s tenure as faculty member and chair.

Printed Materials (3.5 cu.ft.)

Series:

Printed Materials Files

1946-2004 (scattered)

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

These files can include publications, articles, news clippings, newsletters, brochures and some conference materials.

Published Articles by Ray B. Browne

1953-2009

Arranged chronologically.

These include copies of many of Browne’s published journal articles.

Series:

Ray B. Browne Printed Materials

1940-2005

No arrangement.

Includes miscellaneous personal documents such as certificates of recognition, reviews of his publications, publicity from his speaking engagements, resumes and the like.

Photographic Material (.5 cu.ft.)

Series:

Miscellaneous Photographs

1940-2005 (scattered)

Arranged by subject.

The earliest photograph in the collection is a copy of a 1940 image of Browne’s high school graduating class. Other photos are portraits of Browne and individuals active in the Popular Culture Association or the American Culture Association.

Audio/Video Recordings (3.0 cu.ft.)

Series:

Audio Cassette Recordings

1986-1994

No arrangement.

Includes recordings of sessions from popular culture conferences and interviews with Browne and others within the field . A set of unidentified Chinese music recordings are included.

Audio Reel to Reel Recordings

No date - c. 1950.

No arrangement.

These appear to be mostly unidentified recordings for Browne’s Alabama folk song/lyric research and include performances given by various folk musicians. Recordings of his book manuscript are found here as well. Due to the poor condition of the recordings, they are not accessible.

Video Recordings

1989, no date.

No arrangement.

These include an interview with Browne and a feature about the Department of Popular Culture at BGSU.

Computer Media (11 disks)

Series:

Computer Disks

1996, 2002, no date

No arrangement.

These miscellaneous disks contain data for Browne projects, his bibliography of works, an article sent to him about Russell Nye and other miscellaneous topics.

Artifacts (.5 cu.ft.)

1953, no date.

No arrangement.

A variety of objects include a roll of microfilm, a PCA-ACA T-shirt, a Popular Press plastic bag and the like. The framed artwork for the Journal of Popular Culture logo is in the oversized box.

Inventory

Boxes 11-20
Boxes 21-30
Boxes 31-40
Boxes 41-50
Boxes 51-60
Boxes 61-70
Boxes 71-80
Boxes 81-87

Box 1
Folder	Description	Date
1	Incoming correspondence	1942,1951-1969
2		1970
3		1971
4		1972
5	Incoming correspondence-PCA speakers	1972-1975
6	Incoming correspondence	1973
7		Jan.-May 1974
8		June-Dec. 1974
9		Jan.-June 1975
10		July-Dec. 1975

Box 2
Folder	Description	Date
1	Incoming correspondence	Jan.-June 1976
2		July-Dec. 1976
3		Jan.-April 1977
4		May-Sept. 1977
5		Oct.-Dec. 1977

Box 3
Folder	Description	Date
1	Incoming correspondence	Jan.-Mar. 1978
2		April-June 1978
3		July-Dec. 1978
4		Jan.-May 1979
5		June-July 1979
6		Aug.-Sept. 1979
7		Oct.-Dec. 1979

Box 4
Folder	Description	Date
1	Incoming correspondence	Jan.-April 1980
2		May-July 1980
3		Aug.-Oct. 1980
4		Nov.-Dec. 1980
5		Jan.-July 1981
6		Aug.-Dec. 1981
7		1982
8		Jan.-March 1983
9		April-Dec. 1983
10		Jan.-June 1984
11		July-Dec. 1984
12		Jan.-May 1985
13		June-Dec. 1985

Box 5
Folder	Description	Date
1	Incoming correspondence	Jan.-Aug. 1986
2		Sept.-Dec. 1986
3		Jan.-July 1987
4		Aug.-Dec. 1987
5		Jan.-May 1988
6		June-Aug. 1988
7		Sept.-Dec. 1988

Box 6
Folder	Description	Date
1	Incoming correspondence	Jan.-Mar. 1989
2		April-July 1989
3		Aug.-Dec. 1989

Box 7
Folder	Description	Date
1	Incoming correspondence	Jan.-April 1990
2		May-Aug. 1990
3		Sept.-Dec. 1990
4		Jan.-June 1991
5		July-Oct. 1991
6		Nov.-Dec. 1991
7		Jan.-May 1992
8		June-Oct. 1992
9		Nov.-Dec. 1992
10		Jan.-July 1993
11		Aug.-Dec. 1993
12		Jan.-July 1994
13		Aug.-Dec. 1994

Box 8
Folder	Description	Date
1	Incoming correspondence	Jan.-May 1995
2		June-Dec. 1995
3		1996
4		1997
5		1998
6		1999
7		2000
8		2001
9		2002
10		2003
11		2004
12		2005
13		2006
14		2007
15		2008
16		2009

Box 9/10
Folder	Description	Date
1	BGSU correspondence sent to Ray Browne	3-22-68 to 12-17-76
2		1-5-77 to 10-23-79
3		11-22-83 to 12-1-86
4		1-27-87 to 10-16-89
5		7-25-90 to 2009, nd
6	BGSU correspondence sent to Ray Browne – Ray and Pat Browne Endowment Fund	1993-2003
7	BGSU correspondence sent by Ray Browne	2-2-73 to 1-16-78
8		10-27-80 to 12-13-86
9		12-10-87 to 11-9-89
10		5-31-90 to 2001 scatt.
11	Correspondence sent by Ray Browne	2-11-59 to 11-5-69
12		1970-1979
13		1980-1985
14		1986-1989
15		1992-1999
16		2000-2009, nd

Box 11
Publication correspondence
Folder	Description	Date
1	Ellen Glasgow project	1958
2	The Popular Culture Explosion	1970
3	The Popular Culture Explosion	1971-1973
4	Popular Culture and the Expanding Consciousness	1970-1973
5	Today's Mass Media	1971
6	Popular Culture Reader (proposed)	1971-1972
7	Introduction to Popular Culture	1972
8	Contemporary Heroes	1988-1989
9	Encyclopedia of Popular Culture	1992-1993
10	Encyclopedia of Popular Culture	1994-1996
11	Popular Culture Reader	2001
12	Murder on the Reservation	2003

Box 12
Personal/Family correspondence
Folder	Description	Date
1	Browne’s parents	1954-1957
2	Browne’s first wife - Olwyn Orde Browne	1951
3	Family correspondence	1981-1989
4	Browne’s son – Kevin Browne	1990-2008, nd
5	Family correspondence	9-6-89,7-16-01
6	Relative - B. Moran	1977-2007
7	Misc. family	4-14-54, 9-17-59
8	Misc. family history	1981-1982
9	Misc. family history	2005-2006
10	Browne’s high school class reunion	1979-2000 scattered

Box 13
Collection Donor/Potential Donor correspondence
Folder	Description	Date
1	Form letters – A	1969,1973
2	Replies – A
3	Form letters – B
4	Replies – B
5	Form letters – C
6	Replies – C
7	Form letters – D
8	Replies – D
9	Form letters – F
10	Replies – F

Box 14
Collection Donor/Prospective Donor correspondence
Folder	Description	Date
1	Form letters – G	1969, 1963
2	Replies – G
3	Form letters – H
4	Replies – H
5	Form letters – I
6	Replies – I
7	Form letters – J
8	Form letters - K
9	Replies – K
10	Form letters – L
11	Replies – L
12	Form letters – M
13	Replies – M

Box 15
Collection Donor/Potential Donor correspondence
Folder	Description	Date
1	Form letters – N	1969, 1973
2	Replies – N
3	Form letters – O
4	Replies – O
5	Form letters – P
6	Replies – P
7	Form letters – Q
8	Form letters - R
9	Replies – R
10	Form letters – S
11	Replies – S
12	Form letters - T
13	Replies – T
14	Form letters – U
15	Form letters – V
16	Replies – V

Box 16
Collection Donor/Potential Donor correspondence
Folder	Description	Date
1	Form letters – W	1969, 1973
2	Replies – W
3	Replies – W
4	Form letters – Y
5	Replies – Y
6	Form letters – Z
7	Replies – Z
8	Form letters – Radio stations	Feb. 1969
9	Misc. - includes S. Rolfe	1969-1973 scattered

Box 17
Collection Donor/Prospective Donor correspondence
Folder	Description	Date
1	A	1981-1990 scattered
2	B	1981-1989
3	C	1981-1989
4	D	1981-1993 scattered
5	E	1983-1987
6	F	1981-1987
7	G	1983-1993 scattered
8	H	1981-1992
9	I	1987-1991 scattered
10	J	1981-1991 scattered
11	K	1983-1993 scattered
12	L	1981-1992 scattered
13	M	1983-1993 scattered
14	N	1981,1992
15	O	1981-1986
16	P	1983-1990
17	R	1983-1989
18	S	1981-1983
19	T	1986-1987
20	W	1981-1990 scattered
21	Y	1987

Box 18
Collection Donor/Potential Donor correspondence
Folder	Description	Date
1	BPCL acquisitions/donations	1969-1998 scattered
2	J.S. Bakerman	1993
3	J. Ball	1983-1988 scattered
4	J.J. Bhatt	1983
5	J. Bickham	6-8-89, 8-28-90
6	R. Bradbury	1973-1986 scattered
7	R.D. Brown	5-9-87
8	D. Daniels	11-6-85
9	A. Greeley	1986-1989
10	W.M. Green	10-25-84
11	K. Guymon	1983-1984
12	J.L. Hensley	5-8-90
13	J. Hess	1986-1989
14	R. Irvine	8-28-89
15	J. Jakes	1979-1983 scattered
16	J. Kahn	11-3-81
17	M.H. Labus	1983-1987
18	E. Leonard	8-28-86
19	B. Lysaght	10-17-85
20	J.D. MacDonald	1982-1984
21	J.E. Martin	2-16-89
22	A. Maxwell	2-15-87
23	K. Millar (R. Macdonald)	1973-1976
24	D.M. Morgan	6-5-87, n.d.
25	M. Mueller	1989-1992 scattered
26	J. Oster	1985-1987
27	B. Pronzini	1990-1991
28	R. Ren.d.ell	9-9-83, 1-2-84, 3-3-86
29	W.J. Reynolds	c. 1980
30	L. Roberts	1987-1991 scattered
31	S. Sherman	10-10-87
32	M. Shuman	9-7-88
33	I. Wallace	1972-1986 scattered
34	M. Webb	12-26-84, 2-5-85
35	A. Wingate	1985-1987
36	Potential donors	1968-1979 scattered
37		1980-1986
38		1987-1989
39		1990-1993

Box 19
Research Files
Folder	Description	Date
1	Alabama folk song research files-folk songs	c. 1950
2
3
4
5
6
7	Alabama folk song research files – musical manuscripts and lyrics
8
9
10
11
12

Box 20
Research Files
Folder	Description	Date
1	Alabama folk song research files- musical manuscripts and lyrics	c. 1950
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Box 21
Research Files
Folder	Description	Date
1	Alabama folk song research files – notes and lyrics	c. 1950
2	Same – miscellaneous manuscripts
3
4
5	Same – notes – commonly used folk lyrics
6	Same – notes – folksongs and ballads
7	Same – informant bios
8	Same – Alabama folktales
9
10

Box 22
Research Files
Folder	Description	Date
1-25	Alabama folk song research files – note cards	c. 1950

Box 23
Research Files
Folder	Description	Date
1-7	Alabama folk song research files – note cards	c. 1950

Box 24
Research Files
Folder	Description	Date
1-37	Alabama folk song research files – note cards (unrelated topics ie. Religion, Shakespeare, language, etc. are included)	c. 1950

Box 25
Research Files
Folder	Description	Date
	Alabama folk song research files – note cards	c. 1950

Box 26
Research Files
Folder	Description	Date
	Alabama folk song research files – in.d.ex of titles used in this research	c. 1950

Box 27
Research Files
Folder	Description	Date
1-19	N. Hawthorne research files – note cards	c. 1950

Box 28
Research Files
Folder	Description	Date
1-5	N. Hawthorne research files – note cards	c. 1950

Box 29
Research Files
Folder	Description	Date
1	R. Browne projects research files –“Shakespeare in the 19^th Century Songsters”	1957
2	Same – “Shakespeare in American Vaudeville and Negro Minstrelsy”	1959
3	Same –Paine, Burke notes	1961-1962
4	Same – Burke notes	1961-1962
5	George Washington Cable	1967-1968
6	A. Upfield book	1984-1987
7	Popular Culture Reader	2001
8	Acadians – notes and excerpts	c. 1950
9	17^th and 18^th century songs and verse
10	17^th and 18^th century songs and verse
11	University songs
12	Recreation and creativity - bibliographies
13	“Classical References in Early American Songsters and Other Popular Books”
14	American literature in songsters – notes
15	Popular literature and literary figures – notes

Box 30
Research Files
Folder	Description	Date
1	R. Browne projects research files – Civil War anecdotes and notes	c. 1960
2	Same – wit and wisdom of A. Lincoln
3	Same – wit and wisdom of A. Lincoln
4	Same – M. Twain’s superstitions, notes
5	Same – American folklore miscellaneous
6	Same – Contemporary Heroes –names to include in project	c. 1980
7	Same – Contemporary Heroes – readers’ reports
8	Same – Contemporary Heroes – reader fact sheet
9	Same – post Civil War America	c. 2000
10	Same – miscellaneous notes	n.d.

Box 31
Class Files
Folder	Description	Date
1	Class files – Renaissance Literature – handouts and notes	1949-1950
2	Same – Renaissance Literature - notebook	1949-1950, n.d.
3	Same – French – notebook	1950
4	Same – American Literature – notes	1950-1956
5	Same – Reading – syllabi, etc.	1950-1961
6	Same – Literature of Middle Ages – syllabi and notes	1952
7	Same – Modern Literature in English – notes	c. 1950
8	Same – The Novel – handout
9	Same – English Poetry – notebook
10	Same – Modern English Usage, American Literature – notes, handouts
11	Same – American Literature – notes
12	Same – American Literature – notes
13	Same – American Literature - notebook
14	Same – American Literature - syllabi
15	Same – American Humor in Literature – notes
16	Class files – Literature – syllabi	1960
17	Same – Composition – syllabus	c. 1960
18	Same – Writing – syllabus
19	Same – Writing – syllabus

Box 32
Class Files
Folder	Description	Date
1	Class files – folk games – notes	1953
2
3
4
5
6	Same – American Folklore – syllabus, etc.	1955
7	Same – American Folklore – readings
8	Same – American Folklore – notebook
9	Same – American Folklore – notebook
10	Same – American Folk Song – syllabus, etc.
11	Same – American Folk Song – notebook
12	Same – American Folk Song – notebook
13	Same – American Balladry & Folk Song – handouts	1958
14	Same – American Balladry & Folk Song – handouts
15	Same – American Balladry & Folk Song notes –
16	Same – Folklore – notes and lectures

Box 33
Class Files
Folder	Description	Date
1	Class files – Folklore – notes	1968-1969
2	Same – Introduction to Popular Culture – syllabus, article drafts, articles, etc.	1971-1976
3	Same – Detective Fiction – outline, notes	1987
4	Same – Popular Culture Best Sellers – reading lists	1989
5	Same – American Folklore – lecture	c. 1950
6	Same – English Language – notes and dialects
7	Same – Songs, slang, superstitions and the like collected by R. Browne’s students
8	Same – Proverbs – notes
9	Same – Miscellaneous notes
10	PhD advisor exam files –M. Asbahi	1971-1973
11	Same – P. Ashdown	1974
12	Same – B. Bon.d.	1971-1972
13	Same – M. Campbell	1971
14	Same – R. Carnigo	1974
15	PhD advisor exam files– S. Grogg	1972
16	Same – M. Haines	1972-1973
17	Same – A. Kutrieh	1971
18	Same – J. Nachbar	1972-1974
19	Same – miscellaneous	1972-1983 scattered

Box 34
Subject Files
Folder	Description	Date
1	Subject files – Center for the Study of Popular Culture – development	1969-1973
2	Same – Center for the Study of Popular Culture - rationale	c. 1970
3	Same – Center for the Study of Popular Culture - hall of fame and museum	1973-2000 scattered
4	Same – Center for the Study of Popular Culture - Mon.d.o Americano project	1974-1975
5	Same – Center for the Study of Popular Culture - Popular Culture Resource Teaching Center	1977
6	Same – Center for the Study of Popular Culture - television Series – Popular Arts	c. 1970
7	Subject files – Popular Press	1969-1982 scattered
8	Same – Popular Culture Department	1973-1992
9	Same – Popular Culture Department - course outline for Sports in American Culture	1976
10	Same – Popular Culture Department – Browne’s trip to In.d.ia	1980
11	Same- Popular Culture Department – expansion of Popular Culture Studies	1985
12	Same – Popular Culture Department – response to proposal to create a College of Popular Media/Media Research Institute at BGSU	c. 1970
13	Same – American Studies Program at the University of Maryland	1974-1975
14	Same – Popular Culture Program at the University of Maryland	1975-1976
15		1976
16	Browne Popular Culture Library	c. 2009

Box 35
Subject Files
Folder	Description	Date
1	Subject files – Proposal for an MA in Popular Culture at BGSU	1971
2	Same – correspondence for a PhD in American Studies at BGSU	1977
3	Same – Proposal for a PhD in American Studies at BGSU	1977
4	Same – correspondence for a PhD in Popular Culture Studies at BGSU	1986-1988
5	Same – Proposal for a PhD in Popular Culture Studies at BGSU	1986-1987
6	Same – Proposal and supporting documents for the same	1986-1987
7		1987
8
9
10		1987-1988
11	Same – Proposal miscellaneous	1986-1987

Box 36
Subject Files
Folder	Description	Date
1	Subject Files – American Studies Association	1973-2001 scattered
2	Same – Popular Culture Association	1976-2001 scattered
3	Same – Popular Culture Association – Wyoming PCA- Powell Conference on Television	c. 1970
4	Same – Popular Culture Association – Biennial Conference – possible participants	1978-1980
5	Same – Popular Culture Association – Popular Culture Award of Excellence – ballots	1974

Box 37
Subject Files
Folder	Description	Date
1	Subject files – National En.d.owment for the Humanities grant proposal – Center for the Study of Popular Culture	1971
2	Same – NEH grant proposal – Popular Culture courses	1977
3	Same – NEH grant proposal – Popular Culture Association National Faculty	1977-1978
4	Same – NEH grant proposal – Summer Seminar	1977
5	Same – NEH grant proposal – Abstracts of Popular Culture	1978-1981
6	Same – NEH grant proposal – Abstracts of Popular Culture	1978-1981
7	Same – NEH grant proposal – national workshop	c. 1980
8	Same – NEH grant proposal booklets and printed materials	1974-1977

Box 38
Browne Popular Culture Library – Contributor contact cards – 1986

Box 39
Literary Productions – Longer Works Written or Edited by Ray B. Browne
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – Alabama Folk Lyric – researcher FYI file	1978
2	Same – “The Language of the Folk Lyric of Alabama”- drafts	1955
3	Same – Alabama Folk Songs – miscellaneous draft pages – incomplete	1956
4	Same – As They Sang ‘Em – Alabama Folk Lyrics –miscellaneous draft pages – incomplete
5	Same – As They Sang ‘Em – Alabama Folk Lyrics – miscellaneous draft pages – Incomplete – bibliography
6
7	Same – As They Sang ‘Em – Alabama Folk Lyrics – miscellaneous songs and notes
8	Same – The Alabama Folk Lyric – miscellaneous draft pages with photos of informants – incomplete
9	Same – The Alabama Folk Lyric – miscellaneous draft pages – incomplete

Box 40
Literary Productions – Longer Works Written or Edited by Ray B. Browne
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – The Alabama Folk Lyric – researcher FYI file	1978
2	Same – The Alabama Folk Lyric – miscellaneous draft pages	1958
3
4
5

Box 41
Literary Productions – Longer Works Written or Edited by Ray B. Browne
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – The Alabama Folk Lyric – researcher FYI file	1978
2	Same – The Alabama Folk Lyric – draft pages 1-157	1968
3	Same – draft pages 158-313
4	Same – draft pages 314-478
5	Same – draft pages 479-595

Box 42
Literary Productions-Longer Works Written or Edited by Ray B. Browne
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – The Alabama Folk Lyric – researcher FYI file	1978
2	Same – The Alabama Folk Lyric – miscellaneous draft pages	1956, 1978
3
4
5
6

Box 43
Literary Productions – Longer Works Written or Edited by Ray B. Browne
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – A Night with the Hants – draft pages 1-145 by R.B.Browne	1960
2	Same – draft pages 146-303
3	Same – draft pages 304-468
4	Same – draft pages 469-483
5	Same – partial draft	1976

Box 44
Literary Productions – Longer Works Written or Edited by Ray B. Browne
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – The In.d.ian Doctor by John Williams - photocopy	1827
2	Same – The In.d.ian Doctor – draft - Edited by Ray B. Browne	1961
3	Same – The Celtic Cross – preface, introduction and notes - Edited by R.B. Browne and W.J. Roscelli	1964
4	Same – draft chapter by M. Beebe
5	Same – draft chapter by E. Brandabur
6	Same – draft chapter by R.B. Browne
7	Same – draft chapter by G.A. Cahill
8	Same – draft chapter by M. Harmon
9	Same – draft chapter by E. Larkin
10	Same – draft chapter by M. Leach
11	Same – draft chapter by R.J. Loftus
12	Same – draft chapter by V. Mercier
13	Same – draft chapter by W.J. Roscelli
14	Same – draft chapter by G.B. Saul
15	Literary production – New Voices in Amercan Studies – introduction – Edited by R.B. Browne, D.M. Winkelman and A. Hayman	1966
16	Same – draft chapter by R.B. Browne
17	Same – draft chapter by L.J. Budd
18	Same – draft chapter by E.H. Cady
19	Same – draft chapter by T.P. Coffin
20	Same – draft chapter by L. Filler
21	Same – draft chapter by A. Hayman
22	Same – draft chapter by C.E. Nelson
23	Same – draft chapter by B. Nettl
24	Same – draft chapter by R.B. Nye
25	Same – draft chapter by A. Paredes
26	Same – draft chapter by D. Saun.d.ers
27	Same – draft chapter by L. Stoller
28	Same – draft chapter by D.M. Winkelman
29	Same – draft chapter by D.M. Winkelman

Box 45
Literary Productions – Longer Works Written or Edited by Ray B. Browne
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – Frontiers of American Culture – draft list of contributors and Introduction - edited by R.B. Browne, R.H. Crowder, V.L. Lokke and W.T. Stafford	1968
2	Same – draft chapter by R.B. Browne
3	Same – draft chapter by R.M. Dorson
4	Same – draft chapter by L.A. Fiedler
5	Same – draft chapter by E.M. Fleming
6	Same – draft chapter by W.H. Gass
7	Same – draft chapter by F.J. Hoffman
8	Same – draft chapter by C.H. Holman
9	Same – draft chapter by V.L. Lokke
10	Same – draft chapter by W. Robert
11	Same – biography of W. Robert
12	Same – draft chapter by L.B. Rout
13	Same – draft chapter by J. Sandoe
14	Same – fragile original by J. Sandoe
15	Same – copy of original by J. Sandoe
16	Same – draft chapter by H.M. Schueller
17	Same – Themes and Directions in American Literature – correspondence, reviews and draft preface – edited by R.B. Browne and D. Pizer	1967-1968
18	Same – draft preface
19	Same – draft chapter by J. Blotner
20	Same – draft chapter by C. Bode
21	Same – draft chapter by P. Durham
22	Same – draft chapter by R. Falk
23	Same – draft chapter by W. Glick
24	Same – draft chapter by N.S. Grabo
25	Same – draft chapter by W. Holmes
26	Same – draft chapter by R. Humphrey
27	Same – draft chapter by R. Lehan
28	Same – draft chapter by J. Leyda
29	Same – draft chapter by J.E. Phillips
30	Same – draft chapter by D. Sanders
31	Same – draft chapter by M.M. Sealts, Jr.
32	Same – Themes and Directions in American Literature – draft chapterby J. Stafford
33	Same – draft chapter by A. Stanford
34	Same – draft chapter by H.P. Vincent

Box 46
Literary Productions – Longer Works Written or Edited by Ray B. Browne
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – Melville’s Drive to Humanism - draft manuscript, preface and notes - by R.B. Browne	1971
2	Same – draft chapter 1
3	Same – draft chapter 2
4	Same – draft chapter 3
5	Same – draft chapter 4
6	Same – draft chapter 5
7	Same – draft chapter 6 – part 1
8	Same – draft chapter 6 – part 2
9	Same – draft chapter 7
10	Same – draft chapter 8
11	Same – draft chapter 9
12	Same – draft chapter 10
13	Outline and draft introductions for a proposed popular culture reader – by R.B. Browne and R. Nye	1971-1972

Box 47
Literary Productions – Longer Works Written or Edited by Ray B. Browne
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – The Spirit of Australia – draft chapter 1- by R.B. Browne	1988
2	Same – draft chapter 2
3	Same – draft chapters 3 and 4
4	Same – draft chapters 5 and 6
5	Same – draft chapters 7 and 8
6	Same – draft chapters 9 and 10
7	Same – draft chapters 11 and 12
8	Same – notes

Box 48
Literary Productions – Longer Works Written or Edited by Ray B. Browne
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – Contemporary Heroes and Heroines - draft biographies A – C- edited by R.B. Browne	1989
2	Same – draft biographies D
3	Same – draft biographies E – F
4	Same – draft biographies G - H
5	Same – draft biographies I – K
6	Same – draft biographies L – R
7	Same – draft biographies S – W
8	Same – draft biographies A – B
9	Same – draft biographies C – E
10	Same – draft biographies F – I
11	Same – draft biographies J – L
12	Same – draft biographies M – R
13	Same – draft biographies S – W
14	Same – draft table of contents
15	Same – draft in.d.ex
16	Same – draft introduction

Box 49
Literary Productions – Longer Works Written or Edited by Ray B. Browne
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – unpublished novel – Death Brings Relief - rough draft- by R.B. Browne	1989
2	Same – draft chapters 1 – 7
3	Same – draft chapters 1 – 7
4	Same – draft chapters 8 – 11
5	Same – draft chapters 8 – 12
6	Same – draft chapters 15 – 21 (no 13 or 14)
7	Same – draft chapters 1 – 7
8	Same – draft chapters 8 – 14
9	Same – draft chapters 16 – 21 (no 15)
10	Same – draft chapters 1 - 7 duplicate
11	Same – draft chapters 8 - 14 duplicate
12	Same – draft chapters 16 – 21 (no 15) duplicate

Box 50
Literary Productions – Longer Works Written or Edited by Ray B. Browne
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – unpublished novel – Satan’s Servants – draft chapters 1 – 5 – by R.B. Browne	1989
2	Same – draft chapters 6 – 12
3	Same – draft chapters 13 – 20
4	Same – draft chapters 1 – 5 duplicate
5	Same – draft chapters 6 – 12 duplicate
6	Same – draft chapters 13 – 20 duplicate
7	Same – Popular Culture Reader – draft introduction – edited by R.B. Browne	2001
8	Same – draft bibliography
9	Same – draft music
10	Same – draft section 1
11	Same – draft section 2
12	Same – draft section 3
13	Same – draft section 4
14	Same – draft section 5
15	Same – draft section 6
16	Same – draft section 7
17	Literary production – The Detective as Historian – draft preface and introduction –edited by R.W. Winks and R.B. Browne	2002?
18	Same –draft chapter by L.J. Holland-Toll	2002?
19	Introduction- The Superhero in America, edited by R. B. Browne	1996

Box 51
Literary Productions – Longer Works Written or Edited by Ray B. Browne
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – *Murder on the Reservation* – draft preface and introduction - Edited by R.W. Winks and R. B. Browne	2004
2	Same – draft chapter 1 (incomplete)
3	Same – galley – introduction and chapter 1
4	Same – galley – chapter 2 part 1
5	Same – galley – chapter 2 part 2
6	Same – galley – chapter 3
7	Same – galley – chapter 4
8	Same – galley – chapter 5
9	Literary production – *Profiles of Popular Culture* – draft introduction – Edited by R.B. Browne	2005
10	Same – galley – pages 1-37
11	Same – galley – pages 38-77
12	Same – galley – pages 78-126
13	Same – galley – pages 127-171
14	Same – galley – pages 172-223
15	Same – galley – pages 224-272
16	Literary production – *Profiles of Popular Culture* – galley – pages 273 -324	2005
17	Same – galley – pages 325-365
18	Same – galley – pages 366-396
19	Introduction – “Energizing the Curriculum” by R. Browne	nd
20	Introduction - The Dynamics of Interconnections in Popular Cultures, edited by R. B. Browne and Lawrence A. Dreiser Jr.	nd
21	Introduction – Values in and of Popular Culture, edited by R. Browne and Lawrence A. Dreiser Jr.	nd
22	Memoranda of agreements for R. B. Browne works	1964-2004

Box 51A
**Literary Productions – Longer Works Written or Edited by Ray B. Browne**
Folder	Description	Date
Caricaturing Shakespeare in the Civil War and Reconstruction: A Cultural-Spiritual Bond by R. B. Browne and Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr.		2008 (unpublished?)
1	Edited manuscript pp. 1-70
2	pp. 71-142
3	pp. 143-214
4	pp. 215-286
5	pp. 287-340 (missing pp.)
6	pp. 370-391
7	pp. 392-end, Cartoons as Caricature
Edge and Heart: Redefining Cultural Studies, Selected Representative Career Essays by R. B. Browne (Published posthumously as – Ray Browne on the Cultural Studies Revolution: An Anthology of His Key Writings, edited by Ben Urish)		2011
8	Manuscript pp. 1-70
9	pp. 71-141
10	pp. 142-213
11	pp. 214-284
12	pp. 285-355
13	pp. 356-427
14	pp. 428-end, book proposal by B. Urish

Box 52
Literary Productions – Shorter Works Written by Ray B. Browne
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – class paper – *“Folklore Motifs in the Twice Told Tales”*	June 1951
2	Same – draft – short story and synopsis - “They Also Serve”	December 1953
3	Same – drafts – poetry by R.B. Browne’s mother	1953
4	Same – drafts – poetry by R.B. Browne – “The Plea”	1953
5	Same – drafts – poetry – “Verses 1953-54”	1953-1954
6	Same – drafts – poetry – “To My Wife”
7	Same – drafts – poetry by the late Olwyn Browne, Mrs. Ray B. Browne
8	Same – drafts – reminiscence about prejudice in the South	1955
9	Same – drafts – article includes correspondence and notes – “The Language of the Alabama Folk Lyric”	March 1958
10	Same – draft – book review	April 1958
11	Same – draft – article includes correspondence – “Songs: Unifying Force in Garland’s Autobiographical Works”	Oct. 1958
12	Literary production – draft –article includes correspondence – “Shakespeare in American Vaudeville and Negro Minstrelsy”	Oct. 1959
13	Same – drafts – poetry – “Is This to be the Cross Where Freedom Dies?”	1950’s
14	Same – drafts – poetry – 1 page critique
15	Same – drafts – 2 songs of the McCarthy Era by unknown author
16	Same – drafts – short story – “Handkerchief”
17	Same – draft – short story – “Night Cap”
18	Same – drafts – short stories
19	Same – drafts – folktales/stories – “Kizzie Ben.d.s the Mississippi River”
20	Same – drafts – folktales/stories – “Adventures of Kizzie York”
21
22	Same – drafts – article includes correspondence – “The Paine-Burke Controversy in 18^th Century Irish Popular Songs”	1961-1962
23	Same – drafts – article and notes	1961-1962
24	Miscellaneous poetry and folktales by R. B. Browne	nd

Box 53
Literary Productions – Shorter Works Written by Ray B. Browne
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – drafts – conference paper – “19^th Century Media of Dissemination of Folk Songs and Their Impact”	1962
2	Same – drafts – article – “Billy Budd: Gospel of Democracy”	1963
3	Same – drafts – article includes notes – Same	1963
4	Same – draft – article – “Huck’s Final Triumph”	1965
5	Same – draft – article – “The Uses of Popular Culture in the Teaching of American History” - Additional articles by R. B. Browne about history and popular culture are included	1969, nd
6	Same – draft – chapter includes clippings – “Popular Literature”	1971
7	Same – drafts – article – “Popular Folk and Primitive Arts”	1971
8	Same – drafts – article – “The Historian and Popular Culture” (reworking of“The Uses of Popular Culture…”	1973
9		1973
10	Same – draft – article includes correspondence – “Folk Medicine”	1974
11	Literary production – draft – article includes correspondence – “Stuart’s American Dream and Nightmare”	1975
12	Same – draft – speech delivered at Bryan High School commencement	1978
13	Same – draft – article – “Libraries at the Crossroads: A Perspective on Libraries and Culture”	1980
14	Same – draft – article – “The Privy Humor of Chic Sale”	1980
15	Same – draft – article includes correspondence – “ Los Angeles”	1981
16	Same – drafts – article – “Sherlock Holmes as Christian Detective”	1983
17	Same – drafts – article – “The Phony Issue of T.V. Esthetics”	1983
18	Same – drafts – article – “Hugh Pentecost” (Judson Philips)	1985
19	Same – drafts – article – “The Heroic World of Judson Philips”	1985
20	Same – drafts – article – “Popular Culture and the ‘New Humanities’”	1985, 1988
21	Same – draft – article – “The Triumph of Heroism in the Detective Fiction of George C. Chesbro”	1986
22	Literary production – draft – article – “The Frontier Heroism of Arthur W. Upfield”	1986
23	Same – drafts – article – “The Affirmation of the New Humanities”	1986
24	Same – draft – article – “The Seduction of the Vulnerable”	1987

Box 54
Literary Productions – Shorter Works Written by Ray B. Browne
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – class paper – “The Folklore in the Witchcraft of Hawthorne’s Novels”	c. 1950
2	Same – “Broadside Ballad Treatment of the Puritans in the 1640’s”
3	Same – “A Study of Some Euphemisms in American Slang…”
4	Same – “Introduction to Ballads of the Popish Plot Years”
5	Same – “Prose Analysis of Three17^th Century Characters”
6	Same – “The Song in the 17^th Century”
7	Same – “ Vaughan’s ‘The Night’”
8	Same – “The Satire in ‘Raynard the Fox’”
9	Same – “The Literary Attitudes and Interests of the 18^th Century…”
10	Same – “Study of the Occurrence of Alabama Folksongs in Other Collections”
11	Same – “’Walden’, Backgroun.d. and Foregroun.d.”
12	Same – draft – article – “Classical References in Early American Songsters and Other Popular Books”	c. 1960
13	Literary production – writing fragments and notes – folk ballads	c. 1960
14	Same – draft – article and notes –“The Civil War Hoosier Soldier in Anecdote”
15	Same – essays on various authors’ work
16	Same – essays on various authors’ work
17	Same – drafts – article – “ Lincoln in the Contemporary Popular Min.d.”
18	Same – misc. articles	c. 1970
19	Same – drafts – article – “Misreading the Masters”
20	Same – draft – article - “The New Journalism and the Old”
21	Same – “The Study of Popular Culture Today”
22	Same – “Popular Culture”
23	Same – “Escaping Summer Boredom and National Purposelessness”
24	Same – drafts – article – “Nostalgia- Miss-remembrance of Things Past”
25	Literary production – draft – tribute to Russel B. Nye	c. 1970
26	Same – drafts – article – “ America ’s Popular Culture – Growth and Expansion”	c. 1970

Box 55
Literary Productions – Shorter Works Written by Ray B. Browne
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – drafts – article –“ America ’s Popular Culture – Growth and Expansion”	c. 1980
2	Same – draft – article -no title – (popular culture in 1920’sand 1930’s)
3
4	Same – “Trying to See the Emperor’s or Empress’s New Clothes”
5	Same – “Learning to Read and Use the Popular Arts and Humanities”
6	Same – “Crossroads in Academia”
7	Same – “The Many Faces of American Culture”
8	Same – “Bestsellers and Popular Culture”
9	Same – “Folklore and Popular Culture”
10	Same – drafts – article – “The Chicago Talk of Thomas B. Dewey”
11	Same – draft – abstract – “The Suspense Process”
12	Same – drafts – article – “Ed Lacy: Passage Through Darkness”
13	Same – “Ed Lacy” (Leonard S. Zinberg)
14	Literary production – draft – article – “Heroes: Anathema to a Democracy”	c. 1980
15	Same – “Preview”
16	Same – “The Concept of Regional Studies”
17	Same – “Breaking the Stereotype of the Stereotype”
18	Same – drafts – speech – “A New Look at the four Principles of the National Honor Society”
19	Same – draft – article – “Up from Elitism”
20	Same – fragment – misc.
21	Same – draft – article – “Valuing Popular Culture Studies”
22	Same – “Ralph McInerny: Religious Detective Fiction in Chicago”
23	Same – draft – review – Jonathan Valin
24	Same – “The Ohio Valley of Jonathan Valin”
25	Same – draft – article – “The Border Through Canadian Detective Field Glasses”
26	Literary production – drafts – article – “Christie Tea and Chandler Beer”
27	Literary production– draft – article –“Two Decades of Popular Culture Studies” (PCA)	c. 1980
28	Same – drafts – article – “Humanistic Eggs – Fiction of Michael Z. Lewin”
29	Same – “John Ball’s Humanism”
30	Same – “Martha G. Webb – ‘Somebody’s Sweet Little Aunt’”
31	Same – draft – article – “Stand Tall But not in Wet Cement” (PCA, ACA)
32	Same – “Peter Corris: Sydney, Australia Private Eye”
33	Same – draft – reviews –“E.V. Cunningham: The Case of the Poisoned Society”
34	Same – draft – article – “Backgroun.d. and Development of an Idea”
35	Same – “Expanding Parameters of Crime Fiction”
36	Same – “’Soft-Hearted’ ‘Soft-Boiled’ Heroes and the Humanities”

Box 56
Literary Production – Shorter Works Written by Ray B. Browne
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – draft – remarks – McDonalds	c. 1990
2	Same – draft – article – “Rethinking the Canon” (incomplete copy)
3	Same – draft – bibliography – unidentified volume
4	Same – draft – article – “The Dynamics of Popular Culture Studies”
5	Same – drafts – article – “Tourism and Popular Culture Studies”
6	Same – draft – article - “A Lion’s Share of Tourism in the 21^st Century”	c. 2000
7	Same – “The Arts and Culture”	c. 2000
8	Detective and crime fiction articles by R. B. Browne	nd
9	American studies and popular culture studies articles by R.B. Browne	nd
10	Other articles by R. B. Browne	nd
11	Speech by R. B. Browne – Dr. David Anderson	2005

Box 57
Literary Productions – Longer Works Written by Other Authors
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – *The Apocalyptic Vision of Mickey Spillane* – thesis – by M.S. Barson	Aug. 1976
2	Same – *Philo Farnsworth…* – dissertation - by S.F. Hofer - pp. 1-57	March 1977
3	Same – pp. 58-104	March 1977
4	Same – *Policy, Planning and Practice of the Popular Press, BGSU* –A Profile- thesis - by G.J. Slagle	June 1978
5	Same – *The Tarzan Series of Edgar Rice Burroughs…* – thesis - by J.R. Nesteby - pp. 1-98	Aug. 1978
6	Same – pp. 99-170
7	Same – pp. 171-254
8	Same – *Source Credibility: A Reporter’s Eye View* – dissertation - By E. Dansker	Dec. 1978

Box 58
Literary Productions – Longer Works Written by Other Authors
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – *Magazines in American Culture: An Anthology* - thesis - by D. Schmidt - pp. 1-64	Aug. 1979
2	Same – pp. 65-141
3	Same – pp. 142-197
4	Same – pp. 198-262
5	Same – pp. 263-304
6	Same – pp. 305-339
7	Same – pp. 340-402
8	Same – pp. 403-435
9	Same – pp. 436-571
10	Same – fragment, various pp.

Box 59
Literary Productions – Longer Works Written by Other Authors
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – *Community Symbiosis: A Case Study* - Dissertation - by J. Estes	Dec. 1981
2	Same – *The Broadcast as Entertainment Process 1971-1981* – dissertation – Opening pp. - by R.H. Byler Jr.	Mar. 1982
3	Same – pp. 1-99
4	Same – pp. 100-201
5	Same – pp. 202-332
6	Same – pp. 333-409
7	Same – appen.d.ices

Box 60
Literary Productions – Longer Works Written by Other Authors
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – *The Many Faces of Dick Tracy* – thesis – by G.G. Roberts	May 1983
2	Same – *A Nation Tuned into Itself: A Study of Television…* – dissertation – pp. 1-50 – by G.R. Lealand	June 1983
3	Same – pp. 51-149	June 1983
4	Same – *Images of Children in American Films* – dissertation – pp. 1-45 – by K.M. Jackson	Aug. 1984
5	Same – pp. 46-136
6	Same – pp. 137-216
7	Same – pp. 217-291
8	Same – pp. 292-324
9	Same – *Carl McIntire: The Early Radio Years 1932-1955* – Dissertation – by R.J. Mulholland

Box 61
Literary Productions – Longer Works Written by Other Authors
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – *Zora* - dissertation – pp. 1-63 – By M.H. Byers	Dec. 1985
2	Same – pp. 64-152
3	Same – pp. 153-193
4	Same – *Pavao Pavlicic: Yugoslav Crime Fiction Writer* – thesis – pp. 1-54 – By V. Penezic	May 1988
5	Same – pp. 55-117	May 1988
6	Same – *Authenticity in the Cultural Hybrid…* – dissertation – pp. 1-78 – By D.F. Ward	May 1990
7	Same – 79-141
8	Same – 142-236
9	Same – *Naturalism in American Hard-Boiled Fiction…* – dissertation – By M.J. Pettengell	Aug. 1990
10	Same – *Belgrade Center* – dissertation – pp. 1-77 – by V. Penezic	Dec. 1992
11	Same – pp. 78-158
12	Same – pp. 159-251

Box 62
Literary Productions – Longer Works Written by Other Authors
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary Productions – *Folklore and History in Wyandot County, Ohio* – Dissertation – by E.H. Logsdon	c. 1970
2	Same – *The Black Church* – possibly a dissertation – chapters 1-2 – no author	c. 1975
3	Same – chapters 3-5
4	Same – chapters 6-7
5	Same – no title (academic discourse) – pp. 1-80 – possibly by S. Hesske	c. 2000
6	Same – pp. 81-162
7	Same – pp. 163-245

Box 63
Literary Productions – Longer Works Written by Other Authors
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – *Potluck: Adventures of a Hollywood Hyphenate* – draft memoir – pp. 1-69 – by W. Froug	May 2003
2	Same – pp. 70-164
3	Same – pp. 165-233
4	Same – pp. 234-293
5	Same – pp. 294-349
6	Same – *The Performance of Ascent and Other Tower ( ing) Narratives* – draft – by J.C. Jaffe
7	Same – *The Making of Saints: Sacred, Folk, Secular* – draft introduction – By J.F. Hopgood	Aug. 2003
8	Same – chapter 1
9	Same – chapters 2-3
10	Same – chapters 4-5
11	Same – chapter 6
12	Same – chapters 7-8
13	Same – chapters 9-10
14	Same – chapter 11

Box 64
Literary Productions – Longer Works by Other Authors
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – *Keepers of Monkey Hill* – draft – by J.J. Mason	Aug. 2003
2	Same – *Pop Practices/Subculture Articulations: andy Warhol’s…* - draft – pp. 1-66 - by V. Cagle	c. 1980
3	Same – pp. 67-156
4	Same – pp. 157-225
5	Same – pp. 226-316
6	Same – pp. 317-375
7	Same – pp. 376-434

Box 65
Literary Productions – Shorter Works Written by Other Authors
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – drafts – in.d.ividuals sharing stories, folklore, etc.	1955-1978 scattered
2	Same – class paper – “Past Time Activities Across the Frontier” – by S.J. Howard	May 1963
3	Same – “An Evening with the Esoteric” – by B.P. Lamb
4	Same – “Folklore in Veterinary Medicine” – by R. Bessmer
5	Same – conference paper – “The Politics of the Electronic Revolution” – by J.W. Carey	1968
6	Same – poetry – “An American Sequence”- by J. Chester	1969
7	Same – essays – “ America's Leisure Revolution…” – by D.Q. Voigt	1971
8	Same – bibliography (proposed) – “Nature Essay as a Literary Genre” – by R.J. Harper	Spring 1972
9	Same – draft chapter – “Down Home with the Band…” – revisions –“A Dialogue of Energy…” – no author	1973
10	Same – class paper – “The Radio Giveaway Craze” – by B. Crane	Dec. 1975
11	Literary production – draft – “The Monsters Awake” – no author	1976
12	Same – proof
13	Same – class paper – subject is John Fairchild – by K. Schwan
14	Same – best sellers, reviews – by M.S. Dorn
15	Same – conference paper – “A Cultural Hermeneutics of Popular Film Criticism” – By M. Marsden	1977
16	Same – conference paper and survey documents - “Expanding Popular Culture Beyon.d. the University…Senior Citizen Community” – by G.S. Gadus	1977

Box 66
Literary Productions – Shorter Works Written by Other Authors
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – draft – article –“Parades of Meaning: The Moomba Festival…” – by S. Alomes	1987
2	Same – “A Post-Modern View of Mass Culture” – by G. de Meyer	1987
3	Same – “An Austerican Culture?” – by S. Alomes	1988
4	Same – “The Image of the Basque Country and Basque Culture in the American Press” – by E. Lopez-Aranguren
5	Same – “Using Popular Culture to Study the Viet Nam War” – by P.C. Rollins
6	Same – “A Walk Through Westminster Abbey with Washington Irving” – By D. Herder	1989
7	Same – “An ‘ Amerikan’ Invasion” – by D. Zerkel
8	Same – “The Methodology of a ‘Literature and the Sea’ Course” – by R. Cockcroft
9	Same – “That Nothing Be Lost: American Women and Their Quilts” – By S. Battershell
10	Same – “’Old Ru’ and ‘The Gaff’…” – by G.E. Christianson
11	Literary production – draft – article –“The National Music of Cuba ” – by J.A. Gemeil
12	Same – “Negotiating the Viet Nam War Through Permeable Genre Borders: ‘Aliens’…’Platoon’…” – by R. Chrostopher	1990
13	Same – “Regional Speech in the Screenplays of Horton Foote” – By S. Finley
14	Same – “Sex, Sin and Swaggart…” – by C.L. Arnold and D. Fadely
15	Same – “The ‘Post-Modern Purview’ in William Gibson’s ‘Winter Market’” – by P. Bjork
16	Same – interview (part 1) with Louis J. Budd by J.J. Arpad	1991
17	Same – (part 2)
18	Same – edited draft interview
19	Same – final draft – article – “Louis J. Budd: A Personal narrative” – by J.J. Arpad	1993
20	Same – draft – article – “Making a Career Out of Curiosity: Russel Nye…” – By M. Hungiville	1996
21	Literary production – draft – article - “The American Culture Association…” – by A. Gulliford	1996
22	Same – “Abusing Images: Domestic Violence in Thai Cartoon Books” – By L.M. Costa and A. Matzner	2001
23	Same – book chapter – comments by R.B. Browne – “Cannibal Fictions” – By J.D. Berglun.d.	2002
24	Same – draft – article – includes misc. M. Fishwick correspondence - “An Academic Desert No Longer…” – by J.A. Lent	2002

Box 67
Literary Productions – Shorter Works Written by Other Authors
Folder	Description	Date
1	Literary production – poems by O. Rice	c. 1950
2	Same – draft – a writing - “Christmas Folklore” – by Mrs. R. Van Iderstine
3	Same – draft – short story – “Who Done Away with Dunaway?” – no author
4	Same – class paper – “The Romanesque Lyric” – by P.S. Allen	c. 1960
5	Same – “Lake Spring Constellations and Their Myths” – by A. Scott
6	Same – “On Economics and Race in Jazz”- by L.B. Rout
7	Same – draft – article – “Today’s Romantic” by H. Glassie
8	Same – “Generations and American Society” by J.W. Carey	c. 1970
9	Same – “Folk Humor in ‘Sui Lovingood’s Yarns’” – by J. Penrod
10	Same – “The Salinger Story or Have it Your Way” – by L.J. Dessner
11	Same – “The 18^th Century British Ballad Opera…” – by E. Scheurer
12	Literary production– class paper - interviews with international students regarding pop culture – by M. Poupard	c. 1970
13	Same – Pop Culture 160 class assignment about atten.d.ing a rock concert – by S. Carroll	c. 1980
14	Same – poetry – “ Tippecanoe” – by N. Myers
15	Same – draft – article – “A Cultural Analysis of the Soviet Detective Novel” – By Pogacar
16	Same – “’Hairspray’ the Revolutionary Way to Restructure and Hold Your History” - By R. Curry
17	Same – “When the South Rose Again…” – by C. Springer
18	Same – “Structural Filmmaking in the 1960’s…andy Warhol” – by V.M. Cagle
19	Same – “Trudging Through the Glitter Trenches… New York Dolls” – By V.M. Cagle
20	Same – “Music Preference and Taste… Among Adolescents” – by E.A. Hakanen and A. Wells	c. 1990
21	Literary production – draft - article – “The Hypervision Standard of American Popular Culture” – by W.E.H. Meyer Jr.	c. 1990
22	Same – “’The Post-Modern Purview’ in William Gibson’s ‘Winter Market’” – By P. Bjork	c. 1990
23	Same – article fragment ? – subject of internationalizing popular culture studies – no author	c. 2000

Box 68
News Clippings
Folder	Description	Date
1	News clippings – R.B. Browne featured	1970-1977
2		1978-1979
3		1980-1982
4		1985-1989
5		1990-1998
6		2001-2005
7	Clippings (obituaries) - R.B. Browne	2003, 2009-2010
8	Obituaries	2010
9	Remembering Ray Browne - Tribute	2010-2011
10	Same – Browne Family	1983-2005
11	Same – Popular Culture Association	1972-1976
12		1978
13		1980-1983
14		1984-1988
15		1992-1998
16		2001
17	Same – R.B. Browne’s colleagues	1993

Box 69
News Clippings
Folder	Description	Date
1	News clippings – Popular Culture at BGSU	1969
2		1970
3		1971
4		1972
5		1973
6		1974
7		1975
8		1976-1979
9		n.d. – c. 1970’s
10		1984-1989
11		1990-1999 scattered
12		2001-1005
13	Same – Collections donated	1974-1976
14	Same – Women’s History Library	1971-1972

Box 70
Scrapbooks
Folder	Description	Date
1	Department of Popular Culture scrapbook 1	1969
2		1970-1971
3		1972-1973
4		1974-1975
5		1976
6		1977
7		1977
8	Department of Popular Culture scrapbook 2	1978
9	1979	1978

Box 71
Scrapbooks
Folder	Description	Date
1	Department of Popular Culture scrapbook 3	1980
2			1981
3			1982
4			1983
5			1984
6			1985
7			1986
8			1987
9			1988
10			1989

Box 72
Scrapbooks
Folder	Description	Date
1	Department of Popular Culture scrapbook 3	1990
2	Same – Jeff Tennyson	April 1990
3	Same – Jeff Tennyson	1991

Box 73
Printed Materials – Alphabetical by Subject
Folder	Description	Date
1	Almanac (fragment)	c. 1933
2	American Culture Association	1984, 1994
3	American Enterprise Institute – packet	March 1992
4	Same – conference papers
5
6
7	“American Protest Songs of War and Race” – bibliography and discography By S. Denisoff	1970
8	American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers listing	June 1969
9	American Studies Association	1959-1993 scattered
10	andrews Resource Guides – Literature and Language	n.d.
11	Associations and Institutes – misc.	1976-1977
12	“The Atomic Generation: Coming of Age in the Post-War Era 1945-1955”	c. 1970
13	Buffalo Bill – photocopy of program	1896
14	Cemeteries	1977, 2003
15	Center for Advanced Communication Study and Research	1977
16	Collections (popular culture) – Boston U.- 20^th Century Archives	1968
17	Same – Curtis Theater Collection	Oct. 1973
18	Same – Bill Douglas Center	Nov. 2000
19	Same – sheet music - Driscoll Collection and Washington University	1971
20	Same – Krazy Kat Archives	n.d.

Box 74
Printed Materials – Alphabetical by Subject
Folder	Description	Date
1	Collections (popular culture) – Alex Shear	1995-2002
2	Same – University of St. Andrews	March 1973
3
4
5	Same – misc.	March 1988, n.d.
6	Comics	1970-1980
7	Committee on Film and Television Resources and Services	1975
8	Consortium of Popular Culture Collections in the Midwest	July 1990
9	Detective Fiction	1960-1989 scattered
10	Disney – Education	1971-1972
11	Same – Recreation	Oct. 1971
12	Same – “…Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid as a Male Construction of an Electral Fantasy” – by Lauren and Alan Dun.d.es	2000
13	Education – (see Religion)	1976-1977
14	Exxon Education foun.d.ation	c. 1970
15	Fantasy – Tolkien	1963
16	Farrah Fawcett	1976-1977
17	Fashion	c. 1970, n.d.
18	Film	1967-1972
19	Marshall W. Fishwick – misc. writings	1965, 1968
20	Same – photocopy of Tom Wolfe letter	c. 1980
21	Folk Heroes	c. 1950
22	Folklore – R.D. Abrahams articles	1966-1968

Box 75
Printed Materials – Alphabetical by Subject
Folder	Description	Date
1	Folklore – California Folklore Society	1950
2	Same – “Foxfire” – review – by C.C. Drake	Oct. 1976
3	Same – Food and Remedies	1954, 1955, n.d.
4	Same – Hoosier Folkore Society	April 1946
5	Same – Israel Folklore Society	Nov. 1955
6	Folk Medicine	Dec. 1960
7	Folk Music – Arizona Frien.d.s of Folklore	n.d.
8	Same – “Down Home Ballads” – by C. Furgeson	1973
9	Folk Ways – Alabama	1953, n.d.
10	Food	1978, 1984, n.d.
11	Gothic Novels – “Flight from Reality” – read at first national PCA meeting	1971
12	Howard Gotlieb	Dec. 1976
13	“The Great Odor of Summer” – Kent State shootings – film publicity	1972
14	Hair	c. 1980
15	Hero and Villain Roles – chart	c. 1950
16	The Humanities	1971-1987 scattered
17	Humor	c. 1970
18	In.d.iana Teacher – Civil War bibliography	Feb. 1961
19	Inter-University Centre for European Studies	1975-1976
20	Juvenile Literature	1971
21	Language	n.d., c. 2000
22	“Lizzie Labels – An Anthology” – by B.A. Botkin	March 1970
23	“Love Story”	1970-1971
24	“McLuhan and the Future of Literature”- by K. West	Fall 1969
25	Magazines on Microfilm	1971
26	“Magazines…Books…Mass Moneymakers…” – by B. Adkins	March 1974
27	Medicine – Acupuncture	1972
28	Melville Society Newsletter – Extracts	Jan.-May 1977
29		1981-1984 scattered
30		1985-1988 scattered
31	Same – includes in.d.ex - 1982-1988	1989-1991 scattered
32	Melville Soc. booklets about H. Mellville	1974-1990
33	Melville Soc. misc. documents	1981-1992 scattered

Box 76
Printed Materials – Alphabetical by Subject
Folder	Description	Date
1	Music	1966-1973
2	National En.d.owment for the Humanities	1977, 1989
3	National Humanities Institute	1976
4	“The Negro Free Movement” – by A.P. Randolph	n.d.
5	“ Pennsylvania Riverboat Tales 2” – by D. Walton	1967
6	The Plain Dealer – Living Textbook Prog.	May 1970
7	Poetry – R. McKuen	1968
8	“The Politics of Style”	Nov. 1970
9	Popular Culture Association	1971-2004 scattered
10	P.C.A. Biennial Conference	1978, 1980
11	Popular Culture - Bibliographies	n.d.
12	Same – Courses – Non-BGSU	1975, n.d.
13	Same – Study of	1968-2000 scattered
14	Same – Television	April 18, 1990
15	Popular Culture Library – BGSU – Series Fiction	June 1975
16	Same – Soun.d. Recordings Archives	March 1987
17	Popular Literature	1976, 1984
18	Popular Music – American	1975, n.d.
19	Same – Film – V.M. Cagle articles	1980-1992

Box 77
Printed Materials – Alphabetical by Subject
Folder	Description	Date
1	Radio	1966,1967, n.d.
2	Religion (and Education) in American Culture	n.d.
3	Religious Broadcasting	1988, 2003
4	Science – “Science and Evil”	Feb. 1972
5	Science Fiction – In.d.ex for newsletter Extrapolation – 1959-1968	1959-1973
6	Sex and Pornography	July 1969, n.d.
7	Mrs. E.P.E.N. Southworth Novels – Checklist	1969
8	Sports	1966-1971
9	Spy Novel	Summer 1970
10	Super Heroes	1972, 2002
11	F.M. Szasz Articles	March 1977
12	Television – (soaps included)	1962-1972
13	Same – Commercials	Jan. 1977, n.d.
14	Toys – source title pages	1990-1999
15	UCLA – playbill	July 1951
16	I. Wallace	1973-1974
17	White House Commission on the Humanities	Dec. 1977
18	Work and Jobs	n.d.

Box 78
Printed Materials – Published Articles by Ray B. Browne
Folder	Description	Date
1	Printed materials – article – “Two Alabama Nonsense Orations”	1953
2	Same – “Circular Tales”	April 1954
3	Same – “ Southern California Jump Rope Rhymes…”	Jan. 1955
4	Same – “The Oft-Told Twice-Told Tales”	June 1958
5	Same – “The Satiric Use of ‘Popular’ Music in ‘Love’s Labours Lost’”	1959
6	Same – “Shakespeare in American Vaudeville and Negro Minstrelsy”	Fall 1960
7	Same – “Wellerisms in Negro Minstrelsy and Vaudeville”	July 1961
8	Same – “Popular and Folk Songs: Unifying Force in Garland’s Autobiographical Works”	Sept. 1961
9	Same – “Superstitions Used as Propaganda in the American Revolution”	Autumn 1961
10	Same – “Mark Twain and Captain Wakeman	Nov. 1961
11	Same – “Billy Budd: Gospel of Democracy”	March 1963
12	Same – “The In.d.ian Doctor” Parts 1 and 2	March-April 1964
13	Printed materials – article - “The Uses of Popular Culture in the Teaching of American History”	Jan. 1972
14	Same – “Black Popular Culture on the Stage”	July 1976
15	Same – “Popular Culture and the ‘New Humanities’”	Jan. 1978
16	Same – “Popular Culture – Mirror of American Life”	Feb. 1978
17	Same – “Popular Culture and the ‘New Humanities’”	May/June 1979
18	Same – “Directions and Dimensions in American Cultural Studies in the 1980’s” - Co-author – Ralph H. Wolfe	1979
19	Same – “The ASA and its Frien.d.s”	1979
20	Same – “Democracy and the Novel: Two Points of View”	Summer 1980
21	Same – “Up from Elitism: The Aesthetics of Popular Fiction”	1981
22	Same – book review	May 1983
23	Same – article – “The Heroic World of Judson Philips”	1985
24	Printed material – article – “Elite vs. Vernacular Commemorations”	Oct. 1987
25	Same – “Ross Macdonald: Revolutionary Author and Critic…”	Winter 1990
26	Same – “The Voice of Popular Culture in History”	May/June 1997
27	Same – “The Arts and Cultures” - Proceedings of the Third Cultural Studies Seminar	1999
28	Same – obituary for Marshall Fishwick and Russel B. Nye	1993, 2006
29	Other articles	1975-

Box 79
Printed Materials – Ray B. Browne Misc.
Folder	Description	Date
1	Printed material –teaching certification misc., honorary discharge, business cards of R.B. Browne	1946-1953 scattered
2	Same – recognition awards	1985-1992
3	Same – bibliography of works and resumes	1967-2005
4	Same – reviews of Browne books	1972-2009 scattered
5	Same – interview with R. B. Browne and notes (videotape of 1-10-89 in Box 84-1)	Feb. 1986, 1-10-89
6	Same – Browne speaking engagement programs and publicity	1967-2007 scattered
7	Same – flier for *Directory of Popular Culture Collections*	Jan. 1989
8	Same – caricature of R. B. Browne	1992
9	Same – hand made birthday card for R.B. Browne	c. 1970
10	Same – mailing lists and contacts	c. 1980
11	Same – class review of R.B. Browne by Scott Korpowski	c. 1990
12	Business cards of colleagues of R.B. Browne	nd

Box 80
Photographs
Folder	Description	Date
1	Photo- R.B. Browne’s high school graduating class	1940
2	Photos – R.B. Browne	1970-1988 scattered
3	Same – R.B. Browne with others	1970-2005 scattered
4	Same – PCA and ACA conventions	1987, 1997
5	Same – PCA and ACA presidents both past and present(can include misc. correspondence)	May 1993
6	Same – for *Pioneers in Popular Culture* (can include misc. correspondence)	1998
7	Same – PCA and ACA conventions – misc. performers’ publicity images?	1974, 1985
8	Same – images possibly for a publication?	c. 1960
9	Same – images possibly for a publication?	c. 1980
10	Same – Albert Cornelis Baantjer	c. 1990
11	Miscellaneous photos sent to R.B. Browne	nd

Box 81
Audio Recordings
Number	Description	Date
1	Cassette – “Artistic License” – popular culture discussion – WBEZ 91.5 FM	5-29-97
2	Same – R.B. Browne childhood memories	Oct. 1992, Feb. 1994
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10	Same – Conversation with R.B. Browne on theoretic figures in America – USIS Office- M. Hillock, B. Harding, E. Holstein (sp?)	7-7-86
11	Same – M. andreasen “Is This the ‘Light Decade?’” – with R.B. Browne – WI Public Radio	8-21-86
12	Same – Ralph McInerny – Crime	1987
13	Same – NPR program on Bill Randle	n.d.
14	Same – Harrison	n.d.
15	Cassette – PCA at MLA – Chicago – papers in honor of Ross Macdonald – J.G. Cawelti, G. Grell, S. Grogg, S. Sacs, R. Macdonald Tape 1	12-28- 73
16	Same – Tape 2	12-28- 73
17	Same – Diane Golero (sp?)	n.d.
18	Same – Translation of Bakkenhoven’s study of Baantjer by Dutch Smittenaar #1	Jan. 1994
19	Same – John on Baantjer	n.d.
20	Same – Interview – John Bakkenhoven	n.d.
21	Same – PCA bibliography session – Toronto	3-9-90
22	Same – Interview – Paul S. Newman	March 1994
23	Same – Tribute to Russ Nye – PCA convention – Chicago	1994
24	Same – The Five Dimensions – E.S.P.	May 1993
25	Same – Detecting Their Needs – E.S.P.	April 1993
26	Same – Holland	11-22-93
27	Same – Songs, Chic Sale	n.d.
28	Cassette – Chinese music – text is partially English and Chinese	n.d.
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38	Cassette – unidentified	n.d.
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47

Box 82
Audio Recordings
Number	Description	Date
1	Reel to reel – Alabama folk songs sung by Rosa Jenkins	n.d.
2	Same - #2 recorded
3	Same - #7 recorded – old fashioned fiddle tunes of the South performed by Charles Stripling
4	Same - #14 recorded
5	Same - #15 recorded
6	Same - #16 recorded
7	Same - #17 recorded
8	Same - #19? Recorded
9	Same – songster material – Brigham
10	Same – songster bibliography
11	Same – hants
12	Same – history in song
13	Same – American history in songs

Box 83
Audio Recordings
Number	Description	Date
1	Reel to reel – book manuscript - #1	n.d.
2	Same - #2
3	Same – recorded from Leoch
4	Same – recorded from Leoch
5	Same – unidentified
6
7
8
9

Box 84
Video Recordings
Number	Description	Date
1	Video – The University Forum – WBGU TV Channel 27 – host Michael Marsden with guest Dr. andrew Kerek interviewing Ray B. Browne – 30 minutes	1-10-89
2	Same – Department of Popular Culture - CBS local news from WTOL TV – Channel 11	n.d.

Box 85
Computer Disks
Number	Description	Date
1	Disk - Hungiville article on Russ Nye	1996
2	Same – “Barbara Hambly” by D. B. Smith	Sept. 2002
3	Same – R.B. Browne bibliography	n.d.
4	Same – popular culture theory and methodology
5	Same – Paying Back revised
6	Same – American Civil War
7	Same – American Civil War
8	Same – American Civil War and Reconstruction
9	Same – American Civil War and Reconstruction
10	Same – unidentified
11	Same – unidentified

Box 86
Objects
Number	Description	Date
1	Microfilm – 1 roll – collection of 17^th century pamphlets from the Huntington Library	April 1953
2	Medallion – Phi Beta Delta International Scholars	n.d.
3	Plastic document holder – Popular Culture - Mirror of American Life
4	Office name plate – R.B. Browne
5	T- shirt – PCA and ACA – R. Browne Jr.
6	Plastic shopping bag – Popular Press

Box 87
Oversized
Folder	Description	Date
1	Original artwork – logo for the *Journal of Popular Culture* and the Popular Press	1967
2	Newspaper article – “Getting it Together at B.G.’s Pop Culture Storehouse” - *The Blade*	3-3-74
3	Article – “Roller Coaster 101” – Sun.d.ay Magazine – *Enquirer*	10-22-78
4	Article – “Ray Browne” – *USA Today*	12-22-86
	Article - “In Search of Popular Culture” – *N.Y. Times*	1-8-89
5	Article – “That Tuition Check *The Wall Street Journal* …” –	6-8-88
6	Same – “Pop Goes to College” – *Rolling Stone*	10-6-88

PCL MS 107 Ray B. Browne Collection

Browne Popular Culture Library Manuscripts

MLA Citation

Tags

Series Description

Correspondence (9.0 cu.ft.)

Incoming Correspondence

Outgoing Correspondence

Bowling Green State University Correspondence

Publication Correspondence

Personal/Family Correspondence

Collection Donor/Prospective Donor Correspondence

Files (9.0 cu.ft.)

Research Files

Class Files

Subject Files

Literary Productions (14.5 cu.ft.)

Manuscripts – Longer Works by Ray B. Browne

Manuscripts – Shorter Works by Ray B.Browne

Manuscripts – Longer Works by other authors

Manuscripts – Shorter Works by other authors

Legal Documents (1 folder)

Memoranda of Agreement

Scrapbooks and Scrapbook Materials (2.5 cu.ft.)

News Clippings

BGSU Department of Popular Culture Scrapbooks

Printed Materials (3.5 cu.ft.)

Printed Materials Files

Published Articles by Ray B. Browne

Ray B. Browne Printed Materials

Photographic Material (.5 cu.ft.)

Miscellaneous Photographs

Audio/Video Recordings (3.0 cu.ft.)

Audio Cassette Recordings

Audio Reel to Reel Recordings

Video Recordings

Computer Media (11 disks)

Computer Disks

Artifacts (.5 cu.ft.)