By Tristan Navarro
Collection Overview
Title: John Robert Moore Collection of Defoeiana, 1973
Predominant Dates:1973
ID: 01/01/MSS00112
Creator: Moore, John Robert (1890-1973)
Extent: 4.3 Cubic Feet
Arrangement: Boxes arranged by item type.
Date Acquired: 08/16/1986
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Materials relating directly and indirectly to Moore's authoritative study of Daniel Defoe and the Defoe period. Includes reprints of articles by John Robert Moore; reprints of articles presented to Moore; manuscript notes by Moore; reprints, typescripts, and facsimiles of works by Defoe.
Biographical Note
John Robert Moore was Professor of English at Indiana University. He specialized in scholarship on Daniel Defoe, in addition to other scholarly interests. One of his major works was “A Checklist of the Writings of Daniel Defoe,” first published in 1960. His work on Defoe proved controversial, attributing various items not in Defoe's name, most importantly, "A General History of the Pyrates," to the author.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions:
No restrictions on use.
Acquisition Source:
Stonehill
Acquisition Method:
Purchase
Box and Folder Listing
- Series 1: Collection Materials
- Box-Folder 1: Articles by Moore
- Boxes 1-2: Reprints of articles by John Robert Moore.
- Box-Folder 2: Articles by Moore
- Box-Folder 3: Offprints of articles given to Moore.
- Boxes 3-8: Journals, separates, offprints, reprints of articles not by Moore. Many are presentation copies to him. Some on Defoe, contemporary subjects, and miscellaneous.
- Box-Folder 4: Offprints of articles given to Moore.
- Box-Folder 5: Offprints of articles given to Moore.
- Box-Folder 6: Offprints of articles given to Moore.
- Box-Folder 7: Offprints of articles given to Moore.
- Box-Folder 8: Offprints of articles given to Moore.
- Box-Folder 9: Moore's research notes
- Boxes 9-13: Moore's alphabetical research notes, loose-leaf, Me-Q.
- Box-Folder 10: Moore's research notes
- Box-Folder 11: Moore's research notes
- Box-Folder 12: Moore's research notes
- Box-Folder 13: Moore's research notes
- Box-Folder 14: Moore's research notes
- 2 scrapbooks of manuscript and typescript notes.
- Box-Folder 15: Bibliographic drafts
- 3 copies of A Checklist of the writings of Daniel Defoe by John Robert Moore, with manuscript notes. 3 Microfilms of selected contents of collection.
- Box-Folder 16: Facsimilies and notes
- Photostatic facsimiles of Defoe materials. With manuscript notes by Moore.