James Marshall Osborn correspondence
Scope and Contents
Dates
- 1928-1977
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Extent
32.25 Linear Feet (81 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
JAMES MARSHALL OSBORN (1906-1976)
In 1932 Osborn left Guaranty Trust to study for a Master's degree in English at Columbia University. Two years later, the Osborns moved to England with their two sons, and James began to work toward a B.Litt degree at Oxford University. While at Oxford, Osborn pursued his interest in eighteenth-century literary history and began to acquire the literary and historical manuscripts that would form the core of the Osborn Collection.
Osborn was appointed Research Associate in English at Yale University in 1938; he held the position until the time of his death. He was named Adviser on Seventeenth Century Manuscripts to the Yale Library in 1954, and in 1963, when he began the transfer of his collection to Yale, became the first curator of the Osborn Collection.
Osborn's publications include The Autobiography of Thomas Whythorne (1961); an edition of Joseph Spence's Observations, Anecdotes and Characters (1966); and Young Philip Sidney (1972).
In addition to his scholarly activities, Osborn was also a noted dairy cattle breeder and promoter of Holsteins from 1940 to 1960. He received the D.Litt from Oxford University in 1968, and was named Curator Emeritus of the Osborn Collection in 1972. James Marshall Osborn died in New Haven on October 17, 1976.
Processing Information
- Balderston, Katharine Canby, 1895-
- Bateson, Frederick Wilse, 1901-1978
- Bentley, Harold W., 1899-1980
- Book collecting -- United States
- Bowers, Fredson, 1905-1991
- Boys, Richard C. (Richard Charles), 1912-1975
- Brooks, Cleanth, 1906-1994
- Chapman, R. W. (Robert William), 1881-1960
- Chapple, J. A. V., 1928-
- Clifford, James L. (James Lowry), 1901-1978
- Copeland, Thomas Wellsted, 1907-
- Crane, Ronald S. (Ronald Salmon), 1886-1967
- Croft, P. J. (Peter John), 1929-1984
- Davin, Dan, 1913-1990
- De Beer, Esmond Samuel, 1895-1990
- Dobell, Percy John, 1871-1956
- Eccles, Mary Hyde, 1912-
- English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
- English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
- Gardner, Helen, 1908-1986
- Greene, Richard Leighton
- Greg, W. W. (Walter Wilson), 1875-1959
- Halsband, Robert, 1914-1989
- Hemlow, Joyce
- Hilles, Frederick W. (Frederick Whiley), 1900-1975
- Klima, Slava
- Learning and scholarship -- United States -- History -- 20th Century
- Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895-1979
- Mack, Maynard, 1909-2001
- Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Manwaring, Elizabeth Wheeler, 1879-
- McManaway, James Gilmer, 1899-1980
- Metzdorf, Robert F. (Robert Frederic), 1912-
- Parks, Stephen
- Pearson, Norman Holmes, 1909-1975
- Powell, Lawrence Fitzroy, 1881-1975
- Scholars -- United States
- Sherburn, George, 1884-1962
- Sutherland, James Runcieman, 1900-1996
- Tinker, Chauncey Brewster, 1876-1963
- Universities and colleges -- Study and teaching -- United States
- Vieth, David M.
- Waith, Eugene M., 1912-
- Wellek, René, 1903-1995
- Wimsatt, William K. (William Kurtz), 1907-1975
- Yale University -- Faculty
- Yale University -- History
- Yale University. Library
- Title
- Guide to the James Marshall Osborn Correspondence
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- by Beinecke Staff
- Date
- November 1994
- Description rules
- Beinecke Manuscript Unit Archival Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
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