Author:        Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890.
Title:         Papers, 1855-1891.
Description:   0.5 linear ft.
Notes:         British explorer of India and Africa, world
                  traveller, orientalist, author, linguist, translator of The
                  Arabian nights.  Served as British counsel in South America,
                  the Mideast, and Europe.
               Correspondence (1855-1891); contracts with
                  publishers; and essays by Burton.
               Letters by Lady Burton (Isabel Arundel),
                  including some to Algernon Charles Swinburne; letters by
                  Burton regarding Africa and the Orient.
               Gift of Frederick P. Hier, 1955; Purchase,
                  1955-1969.
               Unpublished guide.
               Surveyed 19810501 Burton, Richard Francis.
                  Papers
               Standardized cataloging 19881005 Burton, Richard
                  Francis. Papers
Subjects:      Burton family.
               Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896.
               Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890.
               Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909.
               Africa -- Discovery and exploration.
               Authors and publishers -- Contracts and
                  specifications.
               Explorers.
               Translators.
               Clippings. aat
               Contracts. aat
               Correspondence. aat
               Essays. aat
               Manuscripts for publication. aat
               Authors. aat
               Explorers. lcsh
               Translators. lcsh
Location:      George Arents Research Library for Special
                  Collections at Syracuse University, Manuscript Collections. 
                  Bird Library, Room 600, Syracuse, Nes York 13244-2010
Control No.:   NXSV415-A