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| Title: | Brannen, Noah S. Papers |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1953-2003 |
| Size: | 2.25 linear feet (5 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Noah Samuel Brannen (b. February 2nd, 1924, d. April 11th, 2013) was an ordained minister, missionary, translator, and professor. The collection contains correspondence, notes, drafts, manuscripts, and publications pertaining to Brannen's translations of and writings on the works of various Japanese authors, especially Rinzo Shiina (a post-WWII Japanese Christian author). Also included in the collection are essays on and critiques of Shiina's works as well as drafts of essays and translations by other writers (with Brannen's annotations). Materials date between 1953 and 2003, with the bulk of the materials dating from the 1960s and 1970s. The papers primarily document Brannen's investment in the translation and promotion of the works of Rinzo Shiina. |
The collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Brannen, Noah S. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
Noah Samuel Brannen was born February 2, 1924, to Calvin Ernest Brannen and Iva Galloway of Aspermont, TX. Brannen attended the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, the Yale University Divinity School, and the University of Michigan, where he earned a doctoral degree in Japanese linguistics. After becoming an ordained minister, he served as an American Baptist missionary in Japan from 1951 to 1997. During his time in Japan, he taught linguistics and translation at the Kanda Foreign Language University, the Bunka Women's University, and the International Christian University, where he eventually rose to the rank of Chairman of the Language Division. Brannen's published (and unpublished) works include numerous essays on and translations of works by Rinzō Shiina (a post-WWII Japanese Christian author) as well as a collaboration with poet and professor William Elliott on Songs They Sang in Ancient Japan, a 1995 anthology on ancient Japanese poetry. In 1997, Brannen returned to the United States, settled in California, and opened an American branch of Brannen Nihongo Service, a translation service he established in Tokyo in 1978 with Katuhisa Yamaguchi. Brannen died April 11, 2013. He was married to Ann Lee Pruet and had four children. He is buried in Aspermont, TX.
The Noah S. Brannen Papers are organized into 3 series:
Series I: Translations; This series contains correspondence, notes, drafts, manuscripts, offprints, and full journals in which Noah S. Brannen's articles and nonfiction works appear. Materials date from 1972 to 2002, and are arranged alphabetically by title, then chronologically.
Series II: Articles; This series contains correspondence, notes, drafts, manuscripts, offprints, and full journals in which Noah S. Brannen's articles and nonfiction works appear. Materials date from 1972 to 2002, and are arranged alphabetically by title, then chronologically.
Series III: Writings by Others; This series contains offprints, photocopies, and full journal issues in which essays on and critiques of Rinzo Shiina's works appear. This series also includes drafts of essays and translations by other writers with annotations by Noah S. Brannen. Materials date from 1969 to 1980, and are arranged chronologically.
Elliott, William I. Papers
Lowitz, Leza. Papers
Stroud, Drew McCord(Ryu Makoto). Papers
Series I: Translations |
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Ishihara – "Lying in Wait" – Draft, Undated |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Kawawa - "Modern Theater in Japan" – Offprints, 1978 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Shiina – Biography, annotated bibliography, and memos, 1998 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Shiina – Correspondence and notes, 1960s |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Shiina – Correspondence and notes, circa 1960s-1990s |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Shiina – Correspondence and notes, Undated |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | Shiina - "In the Sluggish Stream" – Notes and typescript draft, 1950s-1960s |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Shiina - "In the Sluggish Stream" – Typescript drafts, 1968-1969 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Shiina - "In the Sluggish Stream" – Typescript drafts, circa 1960s-1970s |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | Shiina - "In the Sluggish Stream" – Typescript draft and rejection letter, circa 1970s |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | Shiina - "In the Sluggish Stream" - Offprints, circa 1970s |
| Box 1 Folder 12 | Shiina - "In the Sluggish Stream" – Typescript draft, 2001 |
| Box 1 Folder 13 | Shiina - "In the Sluggish Stream" – Typescript drafts, 2003 |
| Box 1 Folder 14 | Shiina - "Beyond Freedom" – Typescript drafts and notes, 1953-1967 |
| Box 1 Folder 15 | Shiina - "People, Like Trees Walking" – Typescript draft, circa 1960s-1970s |
| Box 1 Folder 16 | Shiina - "People, Like Trees Walking" – Rejection letter, Shiina Biography, and typescript draft, circa 1973 |
| Box 1 Folder 17 | Shiina - "People, Like Trees Walking" – Typescript draft, Undated |
| Box 1 Folder 18 | Shiina - "The Go-Between and Other Stories" – Correspondence, notes, and typescript draft, circa 1969 |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | Shiina - "Midnight Banquet" - Offprints, 1969 |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | Shiina – "Midnight Banquet" – Full issues of TransPacific, 1970 |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | Shiina - "The Mix-Up" – Typescript drafts, circa 1972 |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | Shiina - "The Mix-Up" – Full issue of the Japan Christian Quarterly (JCQ), 1972 |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | Shiina – "The Mix-Up" – Offprints, 1972 |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | Shiina - "A Third Witness" – Typescript draft, 1972 |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | Shiina - "A Third Witness" – Notes and typescript drafts, circa 1973 |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | Shiina - "A Third Witness" – Offprints, circa 1973 |
| Box 2 Folder 9 | Shiina - "My Pin-Up" – Typescript draft, circa 1973 |
| Box 2 Folder 10 | Shiina – "My Pin-Up" – Offprint, 1973 |
| Box 2 Folder 11 | Shiina – 2 Plays - Full issue of JCQ, 1978 |
| Box 2 Folder 12 | Shiina – 2 Plays – Photocopies, 1978 |
| Box 2 Folder 13 | Shiina - "Woman Beautiful" – Correspondence and typescript drafts, circa 1991 |
| Box 2 Folder 14 | Shiina - "Woman Beautiful" – Typescript draft, circa 1991 |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | Shiina, "The Attendant Nurse" – Typescript drafts, 2001 |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | Shiina, "The Attendant Nurse" – Typescript draft, circa 2000s |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | Shiina - "The Eternal Prelude" – Typescript drafts, 2001 |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | Shiina - "The Eternal Prelude" – Typescript draft, 2003 |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | Songs They Sang – Correspondence, notes, and typescript drafts, 1980 |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | Songs They Sang – Correspondence, holograph draft, and typescript draft, 1980 |
| Box 3 Folder 7 | Songs They Sang – Typescript drafts, Undated |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | Tomioka - "The Realism of the Resurrection" – Correspondence and typescript draft, circa 1984 |
| Box 3 Folder 9 | Tomioka - "The Realism of the Resurrection" – Full issue of JCQ, 1984 |
Series II: Articles |
| Box 3 Folder 10 | "God's Fool" – Holograph and typescript notes and drafts, circa 1970s-1990s |
| Box 3 Folder 11 | "God's Fool" - Typescript drafts, circa 1970s-1990s |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | "God's Fool" – Typescript draft, 2000 |
| Box 4 Folder 2 | "God's Fool" – Typescript draft, 2001 |
| Box 4 Folder 3 | "God's Fool" – Typescript draft, 2001 |
| Box 4 Folder 4 | From "God's Fool" – Correspondence, photocopy, and offprint, 2001-2002 |
| Box 4 Folder 5 | Chapter 3 from "God's Fool" – Typescript draft, 2002 |
| Box 4 Folder 6 | "The Man, Shiina" – Offprints, 1972 |
| Box 4 Folder 7 | "Monumenta Nipponica" – Correspondence, notes, published article, Undated |
| Box 4 Folder 8 | "On Rinzo Shiina" – Offprints, 1975 |
| Box 4 Folder 9 | "Three Japanese Authors Look at Jesus" – Full issues of JCQ, 1988 |
| Box 4 Folder 10 | "A Wreath of Flowers" – Full issue of JCQ, 1977 |
| Box 4 Folder 11 | "A Wreath of Flowers" – Offprints, 1977 |
Series III: Writings by Others |
| Box 4 Folder 12 | Shiina – Interviewed by Stanley Hopper – Full issue of ARC Directions, 1969 |
| Box 4 Folder 13 | Travers – "An Interpretation of Shina Rinzo" – Correspondence and typescript draft, 1969 |
| Box 4 Folder 14 | Critiques of Shiina's works (in Japanese) - Offprints and photocopies, 1960s-1990s |
| Box 4 Folder 15 | Critiques of Shiina's works (in Japanese) - Offprints and photocopies, 1960s-1990s |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | Student essays, circa 1970s |
| Box 5 Folder 2 | Hibbard, Barkdale, Hemphill – Critiques of "People, Like Trees Walking," 1973 |
| Box 5 Folder 3 | Japanese journals with articles on "People, Like Trees Walking," 1973-1975 |
| Box 5 Folder 4 | Elliott – "An Introduction to Jodai Kayo" – Correspondence and typescript draft, 1980 |
| Box 5 Folder 5 | Elliott – "Wind and Pines" – Typescript draft, Undated |
| Box 5 Folder 6 | Tsuchihoshi – Annotated photocopy of Japanese text, Undated |
| Box 5 Folder 7 | Weatherhill – Typescript draft of introduction to Festive Wine, Undated |