Finding Aid for the Charles Bell Burke Papers, 1889-1962
MS-0328 University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, September 11, 2006.
Summary Information
Charles Bell Burke Papers
Date/Date Range : 1889-1962
1.5 linear feet
Abstract: The papers of Dr. Charles Bell Burke consist of poems, manuscripts, book reviews, and correspondence from 1889-1915 and 1931-1935.
MS-0328
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Access and Use
The papers of Charles Bell Burke, former University professor of English, were received by the University of Tennessee Library in 1952 as bequest of Dr. Burke with additions made in 1953 and 1962. The l962 addition (carbons of previously obtained originals) was made by Dr. Burke's sister-in-law, Mrs. Gordon L. Burke.
Collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
[Identification of Item], Charles Bell Burke Papers, MS-0328. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of one box divided into four series: Original copies of poems, articles, manuscripts of Whitman, and book reviews; Correspondence; Manuscripts; and Articles.
Biography / History
Charles Bell Burke was born in Tennessee in approximately 1868. He taught at the University of Tennessee from 1910 until 1942.
Collection Scope and Content Note
The papers of Dr. Charles Bell Burke consist of poems, manuscripts, book reviews, and correspondence from 1889-1915 and 1931-1935.
Subject Terms
- Burke, Charles Bell.
- University of Tennessee (Knoxville campus).
- English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
- English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Contents List
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Series I: Original copies of poems, articles, manuscripts of Whitman, and book reviews
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1
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Folder
A
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Note: Letter to GB Shaw, poems to Jas. McNeill Whistler
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1
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Folder
B
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Note: Poem written at ages 81, 82, 83
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1
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Folder
C
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Poems and articles
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1
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Folder
D
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Mainly early English poets
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1
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Folder
E
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Mainly early English poets
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1
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Folder
F
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Book Reviews
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Series II: Correspondence, 1889-1935
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1
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Folder
G
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Correspondence, 1889-1899
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1
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Folder
H
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Correspondence, 1900-1915
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1
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Folder
I
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Correspondence, 1931-1935
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Series III: Manuscripts
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1
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Folder
J
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Manuscript for "The Comic Element in Spenser"
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1
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Folder
K
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Manuscripts for "Milton and Spenser"
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1
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Other Manuscripts Scope Note: "The Humorous Spenser"
"Saintsbury and Spenserian Humor"
"The Quality of Humor in Spenser"
"The Humor in Spenser Exemplified"
"The Nine Lost Comedies Again"
"The Relative Humor of Spenser and His Critics"
"The Humor of The Shepheard's Calendar"
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Series IV: Articles
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1
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Articles Scope Note: "Amy Lowell, Poe, and Sandburg"
"Blake and Millay"
"Brooke and Browne"
"Milton and Wordsworth"
"Browning and Rousseau"
"A Browning Echo"
"A Browning-Keats Parallel"
Browning's "Robustious Optimism"
"Dryden and The Flower and the Leaf"
"Dryden and Wordsworth"
"The Humorous Spenser"
"Is Humor Associable with Spenser?"
"Israfel and To a Skylark"
Keats and Spenser Again -- An Addendum
"Milton and Spenser"
"Observations Upon the Late Competition -- And Another List"
"Rice and Shelley"
"The Quality of Humor in Spenser"
"Some Scholarship Shortcomings"
"To a Skylark -- Another View"
"Usage and the New Webster"
"Winterstund"
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