Thomas Clarkson Trueblood papers, 1886-1946

Summary

Creator:

Trueblood, Thomas C. (Thomas Clarkson), 1856-1951 and Trueblood, Thomas C. (Thomas Clarkson), 1856-1951

Abstract:

Professor of Speech at the University of Michigan. Correspondence, diaries, an autobiography, photographs.

Extent:

2.3 linear feet

Language:

English

Call Number:

86204 Aa 2

Authors:

Finding aid created by Bentley Historical Library staff and Special Collections Research Center staff.

Background

Scope and Content:

Correspondence, travel diaries, an autobiography, and other papers relating to his activities at University of Michigan and his travels around the world; also speeches, lecture notes, articles, essays, reviews, mostly relating to oratory and debate; one volume of congratulatory letters, 1942, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Department of Speech; and photographs. Correspondents include: Jane Addams, Clinton P. Anderson, James Burrill Angell, Albert J. Beveridge, Ekaterina Breshko-Breshkovskaia, Wilber M. Brucker, Princess Cantacuzene, Edgar A. Guest, Chase S. Osborn, Lieutenant Governor Sir Robert Stout (New Zealand), William Howard Taft, among others. Photographs include portraits and photos of Trueblood in South Africa and as passenger aboard ship. Also included a recording of selective readings from William Shakespeare.

Biographical / Historical:

Professor of Oratory, Head of Speech Department at the University of Michigan, 1889-1926.

Acquisition Information:

Donated by Gail E. Densmore (donor no. 2797 ). Alphabetized Correspondence was originally acquired by the Univeristy of Michigan Special Collections Research Center from T. C. Trueblood in 1925 and 1927; the materials were then transferred from the SCRC (donor no. 9776 ) to the Bentley Historical Library in November 2024.

Processing information:

The Alphabetized Correspondence was originally acquired by the University of Michigan Special Collections Research Center from T. C. Trueblood in 1925 and 1927. The materials were processed and curated by SCRC staff until November 2024, when they were transferred to the Bentley Historical Library. BHL has preserved the arrangement and description of the files as prepared by SCRC staff.

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Subjects

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Subjects:

Debates and debating.
Passengers.
Rickshaws.
Ships.
Recitations.
Voyages and travels.

Formats:

Diaries.
Photographs.
Sound recordings.

Names:

University of Michigan. Department of Speech.
University of Michigan -- Faculty.
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935.
Anderson, Clinton Presba, 1895-1975.
Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927.
Breshko-Breshkovskaia, Ekaterina Konstantinovna, 1844-1934.
Brucker, Wilber Marion, 1894-1968.
Cantacuzene, Princess.
Guest, Edgar A. (Edgar Albert), 1881-1959.
Osborn, Chase S. (Chase Salmon), 1860-1949.
Stout, Robert, Sir, 1844-1930.
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930.

Places:

South Africa.