Archibald Elias collection of manuscripts, 1681-2000 (bulk: 1681-1760).

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Elias, Archibald C., 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bacon, Montagu, 1688-1749.

Bacon, Montagu.

Palmerston, Henry Temple, 1673-1757.

Palmerston, Henry Temple.

Stillingfleet, Benjamin, 1702-1771.

Stillingfleet, Benjamin.

Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.

Swift, Jonathan.

Temple, William, 1628-1699.

Temple, William.

English literature--18th century.

English literature.

Irish literature--18th century.

Irish literature.

Poetry, Modern--18th century.

Poetry, Modern.

Genre:

Manuscripts, English.

Correspondence.

Epitaphs.

Poems.

Sermons.

Wills.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of the Archibald Cameron Elias, Jr. (1944-2008) estate.

Physical Description:

1 box (.4 linear foot)

Arrangement:

Organized into 2 series: I. Separate documents and letters and II. Fragments and other manuscripts.

Place of Publication:

1681-2000

Biography/History:

Archibald Cameron Elias Jr. (1944-2008) was a literary scholar who wrote extensively on the writer Jonathan Swift and his circle with a special interest in the extended family of Sir William Temple. Dr. Elias' books include Swift at Moor Park (1982) and the Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington (1997). His collection reflected his interest in 17th and 18th century Irish and English literature and in addition to the materials listed here he also owned a number of bound manuscript volumes which are cataloged separately.

Summary:

The first part "Separate documents and letters" are those manuscripts which were clearly acquired separately by Elias and which stand on their own as discrete items. These include a 1711 letter to Jonathan Swift, a copy and notes on another Swift letter, as well as notes on the various documents by Elias. The second part "Fragments and other manuscripts" are those documents found mixed together and whose original state, and to a large part, authorship, is unknown. These fragments are divided by content and genre but judging by physical evidence and similarity in handwriting may once have been part of one or several commonplace albums. These fragments consist of copied epitaphs, manuscript sermons, assorted copies of verse from prominent classical and contemporary authors, and copies of varied correspondence. Among the longer documents are a sermon on the death of Sir Thomas Gifford, a small booklet of commonplaced extracts, a copy of a 1681 address by Sir William Temple, and a bound booklet containing a poem by Benjamin Stillingfleet. At least two of the fragments are related to or in the hand of the scholar and critic Montagu Bacon.

OCLC:

948212098