This collection consists of 44 individual notebooks which collectively comprise a good representative sample of Dr. Bruce's work over the period of approximately three decades from 1888-1920. Among the topics included in the notebooks are the following: research and class notes, including preliminary doctoral material; notes on German language; notes on English language and phonology (including origins); notes on original literary works from Anglo-Saxon period through the 18th century and notes on various scholarly articles pertaining to such works; miscellaneous scholarly material; notes on English and German prosody, inflections, syntax, dialects, diphthongs, alliteration, and parts of speech; literary references and quotations (including citations from original works); and notes on literary characters. A good portion of the material is related to the following works: Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales and other works of Chaucer; works of Spenser; and Arthurian romantic literature. The material includes notebooks from the following periods: Strassburg, 1888; Baltimore, 1889-1890; Bryn Mawr, 1891-1900; London, 1892, 1911; Cambridge, Mass. (Colonial Club), 1918, 1920; University of Tennessee, 1916, 1917; and Harvard University, 1917, 1918, and 1920. Approximately 50% of the material is from the Bryn Mawr period.