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| Creator: | Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. |
| Title: | Richard Francis Burton Papers |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1855-1891 |
| Quantity: | 0.5 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | British explorer of India and Africa, world traveler, orientalist, author, linguist, translator of The Arabian nights. Collection includes correspondence (1855-1891); contracts with publishers; and essays by Burton. Correspondence includes letters from Lady Burton (Isabel Arundell), including some to Algernon Charles Swinburne, and letters by Burton regarding Africa and the Orient. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) was a 19th century British explorer, translator, Orientalist, author, linguist, poet and translator of The Arabian nights.
Born in Devon, England, Burton's early education was largely from tutors due to his family's habit of extensive and frequent travel. He went to Trinity College, Oxford in 1840; upon his expulsion in 1842 he traveled to India, where he began his lifelong study of Eastern languages, societies and customs. The following years were filled with travel and adventure, including a pilgrimage to Mecca for which Burton disguised himself as a native, an exploit which made him famous. In the 1850s he explored the interior of Somali land and made an expedition to the sources of the Nile. In 1861 he married Isabel Arundell (1831-1896) and shortly thereafter entered the British foreign service and was consul in Fernando Po, Brazil, Damascus and Trieste. In his later years Burton produced many travel books as well as translations of The Arabian Nights and an edition of the Kama Sutra in English.
The Richard Francis Burton Papers are arranged in four series: correspondence, legal records, writings, and miscellany. A small portion of the papers relate to Burton's wife, Lady Isabel Burton.
Correspondence, approximately 70 items, deal with Oriental languages, translation problems, theories about Africa, mining on the Gold Coast, foreign service and the like. There are also 17 letters from Lady Isabel, three of which are to the British poet Algernon Swinburne.
Legal records consists of two agreements between publishing houses and Lady Isabel.
Writings consist of two articles and two book reviews by Burton, in both published and draft formats.
Miscellany contains a copy of a contemporary review of Burton's translation of The Lusiads and a few other items of ephemera.
Correspondence is arranged chronologically; an index to correspondents appears at the end of this inventory. Other material is arranged alphabetically by type or title.
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Richard Francis Burton Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Gift of Frederick P. Hier, 1955.
Purchase, 1955-1969.
Created by: FED
Date: Apr 1971
Revision history: 25 Apr 2010 - converted to EAD (MRC)
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1855, 1865, 1868-1891, undated (21 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Baddeley, St. Clair 1883-1889 - album of letters from Burton | ||||||||||
| Legal records | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Agreement, I. Burton with H. King & Co. 1875 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Agreement, I. Burton with W. Tinsley 1868 | ||||||||||
| Writings | |||||||||||
| Articles | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Jose Basilio de Gama, the Man and the Poet circa 1878 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | This is How the War Began 1882 | ||||||||||
| Book reviews | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | The Life of Stratford Canning by S, Lane-Poole 1888 - reproduction from The Academy | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Travels in Tunisia by A. Graham and H. S. Ashbee 1888 - drafts and reproduction | ||||||||||
| Miscellaneous | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Review of The Lusiads, other items 1861-1881 | ||||||||||
| Index to Correspondence | |||||||||||
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Isabel Burton
Dec 1881
12 Jan [no year]
to Edwin de Leon, 14 Sep 1890, Trieste
to I. A. S., Dec [no year]
to Miss Smith, 27 Aug 1875
to Euphemia Mackay Smith, 27 Nov [no year], London
to Euphemia Mackay Smith, 28 Sep 1884, Trieste
to Mrs. Suverkopf, 9 Mar 1885, Trieste
to Mrs. Suverkopf, 20 Apr 1885, Trieste
to Mrs. Suverkopf, 2 Jun 1890, London
to Mrs. Suverkopf, 7 Apr 1891, London
to Algernon Swinburne, 3 Aug [no year], London?
to Algernon Swinburne, 7 Jul 1874, Trieste
to Algernon Swinburne, 3 Dec 1879
to Mr. Tinsley, 1869
to Mr. Watts, circa 1875
to Mr. Watts, 24 Sep 1875, Trieste
Richard Burton
[no date], 3 items
24 Mar [no year], Trieste
30 Jun [no year], Trieste
23 Nov [no year], at sea
13 Dec [no year], Lisbon
25 May 1877, Trieste
3 Jun 1877, Trieste
5 Dec 1884, Trieste
to E. Allen, 29 Sep 1865, London
to E. Allen, 26 Mar 1886, Trieste
to J. B. Andrew, 18 Jan 1884, Trieste
to St Clair Baddeley, 26 Jun 1883, Trieste
to St Clair Baddeley, 25 Jul 1883, Trieste
to St Clair Baddeley, 23 Dec 1883, Trieste
to St Clair Baddeley, 1 Apr 1884, Trieste
to St Clair Baddeley, 30 Apr 1884, Trieste
to St Clair Baddeley, 18 Sep 1884, Trieste
to St Clair Baddeley, 3 Dec 1884, Trieste
to St Clair Baddeley, 4 Mar 1884, Trieste
to St Clair Baddeley, 15 Oct 1887 [?], Trieste
to St Clair Baddeley, 11 Apr 1889, Trieste
to St Clair Baddeley, 18 Sep 1889, Trieste
to William Beke, Athenaeum Club London, 27 May 1875
to Lord Broughton, London
to Andrew Chatto, 5 Jun 1882, London
to Cotton, 7 Nov [no year], Geneva
to Cotton, 12 Dec 1885, Tangier
to James S. Cotton, 12 Aug 1865, London
to James S. Cotton, 24 Oct 1869, Trieste
to James S. Cotton, 11 Sep 1885, London
to James S. Cotton, 30 Jan 1886, London
to James S. Cotton, 13 Jul 1886, London
to James S. Cotton, 22 Sep 1886, London
to James S. Cotton, 20 Nov 1888, Geneva
to James S. Cotton, 10 Jan 1889, Territet, Switzerland
to James S. Cotton, 23 Jun 1889, London
to the editor of The Academy, 18 Jun 1888, Switzerland
to W. F. Kirby, 16 Aug 1888
to Mr. Irvine, 27 Sep, [no year], Pall Mall
to Mr. Mon [?], 22 Mar 1870
to Mr. Monson, 27 Apr 1873, Trieste
to Mr. Ravenstein [?], [no date]
to Stratford Redcliff, 22 Jul 1855
to Mr. Saunders, 2 Mar 1874, Trieste
to Mr. Saunders, 19 Mar 1874, Trieste
to Smith, Elder & Co., 28 Oct 1875 [?]
to Lady Stangford [?], 30 Sep [no year]
to Mr. Suerth [?], 17 May 1877, Trieste
to Reginald Talbot, Athenaeum Club London, 1878 [?]
to Mr. Trikley, 1 Jun [no year], Trieste
to Wilson, 21 Mar 1865
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