Personal Series, 1912-2002 and undated

Extent:

5 boxes

Scope and content:

Consists of correspondence, clippings, fiction and nonfiction writings, notes, student papers, brochures, pamphlets, ephemera, drawings, yearbooks, scrapbooks, awards, military documents, photographs, and memorabilia that document Bogart's personal life. Series is divided into two categories: Student materials and Other materials.

Student materials consists of materials accumulated by Bogart over his student career at P.S. 99 Junior High School; Erasmus Hall High School; Brooklyn College; and the University of Chicago. Materials include student assignments and papers and materials relating to Bogart's work as editor-in-chief of Vanguard, a student paper of Brooklyn College.

Other materials includes clippings on topics of personal interest to Bogart; fiction writings; and materials documenting Bogart's military service as a voice interceptor in the U.S. Army Signal Corps from 1942-1946. Lengthy fiction writings include The Temple of Janus, an unfinished sociological novel that Bogart developed for a writing competition, and The Argument. Several of Bogart's published writings were based in part on his experiences in the U.S. Army, including the article "Soldier Thinking" (1943) and the books Social Research and the Desegregation of the U.S. Army (1969) and How I Earned the Ruptured Duck: Behind the Lines in WWII (2003), which may be found in the Writings & Speeches Subseries. Arranged alphabetically.

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