Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers, 1935-1980, of historian and scholar Philip Lemont Barbour (1898-1980), including research notes for his historical writings on the settlement of North America. Most articles, clippings and notes concern those people associated with Captain John Smith, a leader of the Jamestown settlement in Virginia. Notes were also used in the audio production, "The Jamestown Saga; the Founding of the American Colony in the Words of the Colonists," written by Philip L. Barbour and Nigel...

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Publication, "A Short History of English Printing 1498-1898" (1900) by Henry R. Plomer, used by Barbour to research the early colonists of Jamestown Island. Copy of printed material. Including typewritten manuscript and copy of printed material, 1962, Franklin Burleigh Williams' "Index of Dedications and Commendary Verses in English Books Before 1641" with notes by Barbour for his research.

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Research material on early colonists of Jamestown Island.  Includes manuscripts, typewritten manuscripts and printed material.  40 items.

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Transcription of "The Registers of the Company of Stationers of London:  1554-1640 A.D." Volume IV; "A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers...from 1641 to 1667" (1907)by Henry Plomer; and Licensers for the Press & c. to 1640" (1962) by W.W. Greg.  All are copies of printed material used as source material by Barbour to research the early colonists of Jamestown Island.

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Copies of "The Staples of News" by Ben Johnson, "Elizabethan Stage" by E.K. Chambers and "The Jacobean and Caroline Stage" by Gerald Bentley. Research material on playwrights and actors.

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Copy of "Engraving in England in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries" by Arthur M. Hind. Research on engravers. 2 items.

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Research material on planters and specific individuals of English history.  Typed manuscripts, manuscripts and copies of printed material.  4 items.

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Biographical sketches and genealogical research on specific individuals in English history and others who were associated with John Smith and colonization of North America.  Manuscript, typed manuscripts and copies of printed material.  78 items.