Barbara D. Simison papers relating to Edward Rowland Sill
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 696
Scope and Contents
The collection contains research material and drafts for "The Selected Letters of Edward Rowland Sill," edited by Barbara D. Simison and Stanley T. Williams. Materials include the following: correspondence between Simison, Williams, and others relating chiefly to Sill's correspondence; copies (transcriptions) of Sill's correspondence, catalog cards listing correspondence, manuscript notes, and multiple drafts. The bulk of the collection dates from the editors solicitation of information about Sill's correspondence, starting in 1942, to a 1953 draft of "The Selected Letters," though correspondence relating to the work includes a brief 1965 exchange with an academic publisher.
Dates
- 1942-1965
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Barbara D. Simison Papers Relating to Edward Rowland Sill is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Barbara D. Simison, 1969. For additional information consult the appropriate curator.
Extent
2.09 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
The collection contains research material and drafts for "The Selected Letters of Edward Rowland Sill," edited by Barbara D. Simison and Stanley T. Williams; Simison and Williams collaborated on publication of Sill's account of his voyage around Cape Horn from December 1861 to March 1862, published as Around the Horn (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1944). Materials include the following: correspondence between Simison, Williams, and others relating chiefly to Sill's correspondence; copies (transcriptions) of Sill's correspondence, catalog cards listing correspondence, manuscript notes, and multiple drafts. The bulk of the collection dates from the editors solicitation of information about Sill's correspondence, starting in 1942, to a 1953 draft of "The Selected Letters," though correspondence relating to the work includes a brief 1965 exchange with an academic publisher.
Edward Rowland Sill (1841-1887)
Edward Rowland Sill, poet and teacher, was born 29 April 1841 in Windsor, Connecticut to Theodore and Elizabeth Newberry (Rowland) Sill. In 1852 Sill moved to Cleveland, Ohio with his father and, following his father's death in 1853, he went to live with his uncle, Elisha Noyes Sill, in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. He spent one year at Phillips Exeter Academy and one at the preparatory school of Western Reserve College in Hudson, Ohio before entering Yale (1861). After graduating, he travelled around Cape Horn to California and then worked various jobs before settling into education and teaching. He was superintendent of schools in Cuyahoga Falls (1869-1870), taught high school Classics and English in Oakland, California (1871-1874), and then held the chair of English at the University of California (1874-1882). Sill returned to Cuyahoga Falls in 1883 and died on 27 February 1887 following surgery. Posthumous publications include The Prose of Edward Rowland Sill (1900) and The Poems of Edward Rowland Sill (1902).
Biographical information taken from "Edward Rowland Sill." Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 29 January 2013.
Biographical information taken from "Edward Rowland Sill." Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 29 January 2013.
Processing Information
During processing of material formerly classified as Uncat Za Sill, the Barbara D. Simison's papers relating to Edward Rowland Sill were separated from material acquired from other sources.
Former call number: Uncat Za Sill.
Former call number: Uncat Za Sill.
- Title
- Guide to the Barbara D. Simison Papers Relating to Edward Rowland Sill
- Author
- by Beinecke staff
- Date
- January 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- 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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