Finding Aid for the Robert Ignatius Burns papers, 1960-1976
Processed by Saundra Taylor; Additions processed by Anne Caiger and Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid
created by Caroline Cubé
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Robert Ignatius Burns Papers, 1960-1976
Collection number: 1094
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
- Processed by:
- Saundra Taylor, March 1971
- Additions processed by:
- Saundra Taylor, September 1974; Manuscripts Division staff, October 1977; Octavio Olvera, June 2010
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, May 2004
© 2004 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Robert Ignatius Burns papers,
Date (inclusive): 1960-1976
Collection number: 1094
Creator:
Burns, Robert Ignatius
Extent: 16 boxes (8 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Robert Ignatius Burns (b.1921) entered the Society of Jesus (1940), became a Roman Catholic priest (1952), and was a professor
of history at UCLA (1958- ). He wrote many books on Islamic Spain and the medieval Mediterranean region, including
Islam under the Crusaders: colonial survival in the thirteenth-century kingdom of Valencia (1974) and
Moors and crusaders in Mediterranean Spain (1978). The collection consists of manuscripts, typescripts, galley sheets, and miscellaneous materials related to Burns'
writings on thirteenth century Islam and the Crusades.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Robert Ignatius Burns, 1971-77.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Robert Ignatius Burns papers (Collection 1094). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Biography
Burns was born August 16, 1921 in San Francisco, California; BA and MA, Gonzaga University, 1945 and 1947; MA, History, Fordham
University, 1949; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1958; entered the Society of Jesus (1940) and became a Roman Catholic priest
in 1952; professor of history, UCLA, beginning in 1958; author of many books on Islamic Spain and the medieval Mediterranean
region, including
Islam under the Crusaders: colonial survival in the thirteenth-century kingdom of Valencia (1974) and
Moors and crusaders in Mediterranean Spain (1978).
Scope and Content
Collection consists of manuscripts, typescripts, galley sheets, and miscellaneous materials related to the writings of Robert
Ignatius Burns. Most of Burns's publications focused on thirteenth century Islam and the Crusades.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Materials relating to Crusader kingdom of Valencia, reconstruction on a thirteenth-century frontier (Boxes 1-8).
- Christian-Islamic confrontation in the west (Box 9).
- Islam under the Crusades (Boxes 7-8, 10-13).
- Spanish Islam in transition (Box 14).
- Medieval colonialism and post-Crusades exploitation of Islamic Valencia (Boxes 14-16).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Burns, Robert Ignatius--Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles--Faculty--Archival resources.
Historians--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Spain--History, 711-1516--Research.
Islamic Empire--History, 750-1258--Research.
Genres and Forms of Material
Manuscripts for publication.
Crusader Kingdom of Valencia, Reconstruction on a Thirteenth-Century Frontier
1967
Physical Description: (2 volumes)
Scope and Content Note
Materials
re writing and publication of
Crusader Kingdom of Valencia, Reconstruction on a Thirteenth-Century Frontier. Harvard University Press.
Box 1
Various articles written and published as pre-studies to book.
Box 2
Beginning stages of writing and a rewrite version.
Box 3
Manuscript.
Physical Description: (Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Parts 2 and 3 with notes to text and bibliography.
Box 5
Notes to text.
Scope and Content Note
1st and 2nd stages of footnotes.
Box 6
typescript of book; typescript of Notes to text.
1964
Box 7
Manuscript of text and notes.
Physical Description: Photocopy.
Scope and Content Note
Final copy.
Box 8
Bibliography and index (photocopy); Galley sheets of book.
Scope and Content Note
Final copy.
Christian-Islamic Confrontation in the West: The thirteenth century dream of conversion.
December 1971
Scope and Content Note
Typescript and correspondence
re publication of article in
American Historical Review.
Box 9, Folder 1
Correspondence with
AHR editor,
July 1970-November 1971.
Box 9, Folder 2
Typescript of article.
Physical Description: Photocopy.
Box 9, Folder 3
Typescript with index.
Physical Description: Photocopy.
Scope and Content Note
1st draft.
Box 9, Folder 4
Typescript with index.
Physical Description: Photocopy.
Scope and Content Note
2nd draft of index.
Box 9, Folder 5
The “Cantigas” section of article.
Physical Description: (Typescript-photocopy) 2 copies.
Box 9, Folder 6
Author's uncorrected proof of article.
Scope and Content Note
Includes holograph corrections made by author.
Islam Under the Crusaders. Princeton University Press,
1974
Scope and Contents note
Materials
re
Islam Under the Crusaders.
Boxes 9-10
Manuscript: final draft, corrected and edited.
Physical Description: (Typescript)
Box 10, Folder 3
Leaves 791-855 (Bibliography).
Boxes 10-11
Manuscript.
Scope and Content Note
Used in altering and improving text.
Box 10, Folder 5
vol.1, Chapters 1-9.
Physical Description: Photocopy draft. In red binder. 224 leaves.
Box 11, Folder 1
vol.2, Chapters 10-end.
Physical Description: Photocopy draft. In blue binder. Leaves 225-440.
Box 11, Folder 2
Notes to chapters.
Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy). 317 leaves.
Box 11, Folder 3
Illustrations for book.
Physical Description: (39 photographs)
Additional Note
See also Oversize box 17.
Box 12
Final page proof corrected for printing.
Physical Description: 4 folders.
Box 13
First galley sheets.
Physical Description: 2 folders.
Box 13
Film strips from which illustrations were produced.
Physical Description: (Microfilm)
Box 17, oversize.
Original (author's) maps and historical maps adapted, used as illustrations in book.
Spanish Islam in Transition
Additional Note
Addition to collection made December 1976.
Box 1
Acculturative survival and its price in the Christian kingdom of Valencia, 1240-1280.
Scope and Content Note
Typescript, corrected galleys and correspondence.
re publication of article in
Islam and cultural change in the Middle Ages, edited by Speros Vryonis, Jr. Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz,
1975.
Box 14, Folder 1
Papers of the 4th Giorgio Levi Della Vida biennial conference held at the Near Eastern Center, UCLA.
May 11-13, 1973.
Physical Description: 1 folder.
Medieval Colonialism, Post-Crusade Exploitation of Islamic Valencia,
1976
Scope and Contents note
Materials relating to the publication of
Medieval Colonialism, Post-Crusade Exploitation of Islamic Valencia. Princeton University Press.
Additional Note
Addition to collection made October 1977.
Box 14, Folder 7
Copies of specifications and style sheets; page proofs.
Boxes 15-16
Corrected page proofs of text and bibliography.
Box 16, Folder 3
Original Medieval Coin --Diner of Jaime I (1213-76) of realms of Aragon (= penny, 1/12 of a Catalan sou.) Effige of the king
(no. 1).
Box 16, Folder 3
Original Medieval Coin--James I of Aragon (1213-1276),Diner. (no. 2).
Box 16, Folder 3
Original Medieval Coin--Hispano-Roman , (nicked at edge) (no. 3)
Box 16, Folder 3
Original Medieval Coin--Hispano-Roman (no. 4).
Box 16, Folder 3
Original Medieval Coin--Hispano-Roman (no. 5).
Box 16, Folder 3
Original Medieval Coin--Pre-Roman Iberian (no. 6).
Box 16, Folder 3
Original Medieval Coin--Diner of Jaime I (1213-76) of the realms of Aragon catalog # 1.329, Jaime I, dinero- Valencia, C=F,L(16-2-80)
S. Circulo (no. 7).
