Description
Papers and bound manuscripts of poet and
scholar George Francis Savage-Armstrong and his family, including
commonplace books, notebooks, military papers, photograph albums, watercolors, and other items.
Background
Poet and scholar George Francis Armstrong was born in Dublin in 1845
to Edmund John Armstrong and Jane Savage. He was educated at
Trinity College, Dublin and later became a professor of history and
English literature at Queen's College, Cork. His older brother, Edmund John (1841-1865) was a promising poet before his early
death, and George compiled and published his brother's work in 1877. George's own first published poetical work
appeared in 1869, beginning a long and very fertile career in print that
continued up until his death in 1906. Though generally well-regarded at
the time, he came under harsh criticism from Irish literary revivalists,
particularly W.B. Yeats, and is now seen as a mostly marginal figure in Irish literature.
Extent
11 bound volumes and 1 box
Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the William Andrews Clark Memorial
Library, UCLA. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Librarian. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the William Andrews Clark Memorial
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to
include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be
obtained.
Availability
Collection is open for research.