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Burke E. Casari Papers

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This collection consists of one manuscript by Richard F. Burton, and letters and documents, by, among others, Isabel Burton, Richard Burton, Verney Lovett Cameron, William Marcus Coghlan, J. A. Froude, Charles George Gordon, J. A. Grant, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Quentin Keynes, Alexander William Kinglake, David Livingstone, Mary Lovell, Victoria L. Maylor, Edwards H. Metcalf, Edward Henry Palmer, Bernadette Rivett, Stephen Tabachnick, John Hanning Speke, Henry M. Stanley, and William H. Wood. The collection also includes artwork, lithographs, maps, photographs, printed material and Burton related research material gathered by Burke Casari.

The papers consist of the following series:

1. Manuscript, Correspondence, Documents & Photographs (Boxes 1-2) are arranged alphabetically by author and subject. This series includes one manuscript by Richard Burton and letters and documents by, among others, Isabel Burton, Richard Burton, Verney Lovett Cameron, J. A. Froude, Charles George Gordon, J. A. Grant, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Alexander William Kinglake, David Livingstone, Victoria L. Maylor, Edward Henry Palmer, John Hanning Speke and Henry M. Stanley. This series also includes photographs of Isabel Burton, Emin Pasha, Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton) and David Livingstone.

2. Oversize Correspondence, Etching, Lithographs, Maps & Printed Material (Box 3) is arranged alphabetically by author and subject. This series includes correspondence between William Marcus Coghlan and Peter M. Melvill, Frederick Leighton's portrait of Burton, Vanity Fair lithographs, as well as maps of Africa, India and Sierra Leone dating from 1748-1880. This series also includes various Burton-related pages from the Illustrated London News.

3. Research Material (Box 4 - Red Slip Case). This series includes original published pages from The Athenæum, with articles by and about Richard Burton; including reviews of his publications and contributions by Burton, (1852-1906), 362 pages.

4. Research Material (Boxes 5-7) is arranged by subject and format. This material was collected by Burke Casari during his Burton research; it includes correspondence, printed material, photocopies of Burton articles and manuscripts, prints of Burton images, modern photos, research notes and clippings. The correspondence includes, among others, Quentin Keynes, Mary S. Lovell, Edward H. Metcalf, Bernadette Rivett and Stephen E. Tabachnick.

5. Kama Sutra (Box 8). Bound volume of a manuscript copy by an unknown author.

6. Correspondence and Research Material (Box 9) is arranged alphabetically by author. This series includes letters from Isabel Burton and Richard Burton to William Martin Wood and his wife, Mrs. William Martin Wood. This correspondence was removed from the Album now cataloged as Box 10. This series also includes research material collected by Burke Casari in support of his acquisition of the Kama Sutra and the album of correspondence; it includes email, photocopies and autograph notes.

7. Album (Box 10). Leather album and box; originally contained Burton and Wood correspondence.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1748-2013
Call number
mssHM 78795-78885, 80305-80324
Creator
Casari, Burke E (1935-)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gifts of Burke E. Casari, Dec. 2011 and Apr. 2013.
Associated people
Burton, Isabel, (1831-1896.)
Burton, Richard Francis, (1821-1890.)
Cameron, Verney Lovett, (1844-1894.)
Coghlan, William Marcus, (1803-1885.)
Froude, James Anthony, (1818-1894.)
Gordon, Charles George, (1833-1885.)
Grant, James Augustus, (1827-1892.)
Hooker, Joseph Dalton, (1817-1911.)
Keynes, Quentin. (1809-1891.)
Kinglake, Alexander William, (1822-1898,)
Linton, E. Lynn (1813-1873.)
Livingstone, David, (1803-1895.)
Lovell, Mary S. (1840-1882.)
Maylor, Victoria L. (1853-1918,)
Melvill, P. M., (1861-1907,)
Metcalf, Edwards H. (1827-1864.)
Palmer, Edward Henry, (1841-1904.)
Rideing, William H. (1829-1907,)
Rivett, Bernadette.
Smithers, Leonard C.
Speke, John Hanning,
Stanley, Henry M.
Tabachnick, Stephen Ely.
Wood, William Martin,
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