Scope and Contents
The papers consist of the handwritten manuscript, the annotated typescript, and microfilm for Edmund Taite Silk's unpublished work, Exposicio Fratris Nicolai Trevethi Anglici Ordinis Predicatorum Super Boecio de Consolacione. Research materials and a small amount of personal and professional correspondence of Edmund and Eleanor Silk complete the collection.
Dates
- 1930-1986
Creator
Language of Materials
The material is in English and Latin.
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is held by John K. Silk for the unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by Edmund Taite Silk. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Eleanor S. Silk, 1991. Gift of Professor Leslie Brisman, 2013.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (5 Boxes)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The papers consist of the handwritten manuscript, the annotated typescript, and microfilm for Edmund Taite Silk's unpublished work, Exposicio Fratris Nicolai Trevethi Anglici Ordinis Predicatorum Super Boecio de Consolacione. Research materials and a small amount of personal and professional correspondence of Edmund and Eleanor Silk complete the collection.
Biographical / Historical
Edmund Taite Silk was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on August 16, 1901. He received his B.A. degree in 1924, his M.A. in 1927, and Ph.D. in 1930, all from Yale University. Silk joined the Yale faculty in 1927 as a member of the classics department. He was curator of classical and medieval manuscripts at the Yale University Library from 1944 to 1959. From 1959 until his retirement in 1970, he served as library advisor in this area. Silk died in New Haven, Connecticut, on April 12, 1981.
- Title
- Guide to the Edmund Taite Silk Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Carol King
- Date
- April 1994
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
Yale University Library
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Location
Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
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New Haven, CT 06511