A Guide to the Brother Rat Collection, 1934-1939 Brother Rat (play and feature film) mss 00005

A Guide to the Brother Rat Collection, 1934-1939

A Collection in
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Collection Number mss 00005

Virginia Military Institute Archives

Virginia Military Institute Archives
Preston Library
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington, Virginia 24450-0304
USA
Phone: (540) 464-7566
Fax: (540) 464-7279
Email: archives@vmi.edu
URL: http://www.vmi.edu/archives

Funding: Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Processed by: Virginia Military Institute Archives Staff

Repository

Archives, Preston Library, Virginia Military Institute

Collection number

mss 00005

Title

Brother Rat Collection 1934-1939

Physical Characteristics

The collection is filed in two manuscript boxes.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Brother Rat Collection, mss 00005, Virginia Military Institute Archives, Lexington, Virginia.

Scope and Content Information

The Brother Rat collection contains photographs, playbills, clippings, correspondence, scripts, and other items documenting the stage and film versions of Brother Rat by Fred F. Finklehoffe and John Monks, Jr. Set at the Virginia Military Institute, from which the authors graduated in 1932, the play was a Broadway hit in 1936 and was subsequently produced by many regional theaters. The film was produced by Hal B. Wallis for Warner Brothers Studios in 1938. Its stars included Ronald Reagan, Eddie Albert, and Jane Wyman.