ms065 Fagin (Nathan Bryllion) 1892-1971Papers 1925-1951MS 65 Carroll Beecheno Special CollectionsThe Milton S. Eisenhower LibraryThe Johns Hopkins University
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May 12, 2008 Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Finding aid written in English Fagin (Nathan Bryllion) 1892-1971Papers 1925-1951MS 65 Special CollectionsThe Milton S. Eisenhower LibraryThe Johns Hopkins University Contact Information Special Collections The Milton S. Eisenhower Library The Johns Hopkins University 3400 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218 (410) 516-8348 Email: archives@listproc.jhu.edu Carroll Beecheno February 1993

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 Descriptive Summary ms065 Fagin (Nathan Bryllion) 1892-1971 Papers 1925-1951 Fagin, Nathan Bryllion, 1892-1971 Johns Hopkins University. Special Collections. 2 linear feet English. The collection consists of correspondence with Fagin's literary friends and colleagues; materials relating to the Moscow Theatre Festival of 1932; papers and course outlines from his teaching career at JHU; newspaper and magazine clippings; an annotated copy of Edwin Greenlaw's "Syllabus of English Literature," (1928); and itesm related to his work as director of the Johns Hopkins Workshop. Administrative Information Provenance

The collection was donated to the library of the Department of English around 1973.

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Access to the collection is unrestricted.

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N. Bryllion Fagin Papers, MS 65

Special Collections,

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Biographical Note

Nathan Bryllion Fagin was born in Russis in 1892, and came to the US as young man. He attended Michigan State Collection, obtained his B.A. from George Washington University in 1923, and his M.A. from there the following year. He received his Ph.D. from Hopkins in 1931. While completing his studies, he worked as a law clerk for the US Department of Agriculture.

After he received his Ph.D., he taught at JHU until he retired. From 1930 to 1957, he was Director of the Johns Hopkins Playshop. He also served as visiting professor at the University of Rochester, and a visiting lecturer in American Studies in Salzburg, Austria.

A specialist in the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Anton Chekhov and Eugene O'Neill, Dr. Fagin wrote numerous books and scholarly articles. Perhaps his best known was "The histrionic Mr. Poe," published in 1949. Among his other books were "Of Love and Other Trifles, (1925), The Phenomenon of Sherwood Anderson (1927), America through the Short story (1936). He died in 1972.

 Series I: Correspondence Series I: Correspondence, 2 document boxes

Arranged alphabetically.

 Box Contents 1 A-B (Various) 1 Bowman, Isaiah 1 Bried, Hedi 1 Burger, Isabel B. 1 C-D (Various) 1 Elderdice, Dorothy 1 Everts, Miriam 1 French, John C. 1 E-F (Various) 1 G-H (Various) 1 Hinrichs, Paul 1 I-K (Various) 1 L (Various) 1 Lawlor, Margretta Scott 1 Loeffler, Andrew J. 1 M (Various) 1 Madden, Richard J. 1 Malone, Kemp 1 Marburg, Theodore 1 Mize, Aeleen 1 Montefiori, Elizabeth Eager 1 Morrow, Chester F. 1 Moritz, Al Box Contents 2 N-P (Various) 2 Pemberton, Thomas 2 Phillips, Miriam 2 Quinn, Arthur Hobson 2 R-S (Various) 2 Ruark, Betty 2 Sauerwein, E. Maxwell 2 Seldon, Samuel 2 Sergel, R. L. 2 Sifton, Claire E. 2 Smith, S. Stephenson 2 Solem, Delmar 2 Sollers, John F. 2 Swann, Don 2 T (Various) 2 Terry, Warren Lee 2 Tippett, Irene Cowan 2 U-V (Various) 2 W-Z (Various) 2 Walters, Anne 2 Waston, Warner 2 Weilbacher, F. W. 2 Weiser, Jacob A. 2 Weller, Cedric 2 Wright, Frank L., Jr. 2 Wright, Louis B. 2 Zavits, Edwin Cornell 2 Unidentified Series II: Moscow Theatre Festival Series II: Moscow Theatre Festival, 1932 4 folders

Clippings and pamphlets related to the Moscow Theatre Festival

Box Contents 3 Moscow Daily News, clippings, 3 folders, 1932-1933 3 Moscow Theatre Festival pamphlets, 1932 Series III: Student Papers Series III: Student Papers, 1948-1951 2 items

Two Master's theses of Fagin's students.

Box Contents 3 "The Moral Element in Ibsen's Dramatic Works up to 1882," John A. Pentz, 1951 3 "The Front Street Theatre (from its beginning to 1838), Mitchell Fold, 1948 Series IV: JHU Playshop Series IV: JHU Playshop, 1 folder

Box Contents 4 JHU Playshop: memoranda, n.d. Series V: Research and Writing Series V: Research and Writing, 1925-1933 6 folders

Box Contents 4 William Bartram, Interpreter of the American Landscape, manuscript, notes and press releases, 1933 4 American Studies Association, minutes and memoranda, n.d. 4 Miscellaneous magazine articles and newspaper clippings, various dates 4 A Syllabus of English Literature, Edwin Greenlaw; N. Bryllion Fagin's copy, inscribed to him and with his marginal notes, 1928 4 JHU Examination papers, n.d. 4 American Studies Association: minutes and memoranda, n.d. 4 Photographs, n.d. 4 Mencken. H.L. "American Profanity," from American Speech, inscripbe to Fagin from Mencken, December 1944