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David B. Quinn

A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress

Prepared by Margaret McAleer with the assistance of Patricia Craig and Patrick Kerwin
Revised by Margaret McAleer with the assistance of Michael W. Giese

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Manuscript Division, Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

2004

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Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress
Manuscript Division, 2004



2004-07-02 converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002

Table of Contents

Collection Summary

Selected Search Terms

Names:

Subjects:

Occupation:

Administrative Information

Provenance:

Processing History:

Copyright Status:

Microfilm:

Preferred Citation:

Biographical Note

Scope and Content Note

Organization of the Papers

Description of Series

Container List

General Correspondence, 1923-1994, n.d.

Subject File, 1925-1994, n.d.

Research Files, ca. 1109-1994, n.d.

Lectures and Papers, ca. 1565-1994, n.d.

Writings, ca. 1351-1994, n.d.

Microfilm, ca. 1435-1860, n.d.

Oversize, ca. 1424-1985, n.d.

Collection Summary

Title: Papers of David B. Quinn
Span Dates: 1109-1994
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1935-1987)
ID No.: MSS76435
Creator: Quinn, David B.
Extent: 58,450 items; 167 containers plus 5 oversize; 70.6 linear feet; 60 microfilm reels
Repository: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Historian. Correspondence, minutes, reports, appointment calendars, applications, autobiographical sketches, clippings, photographs, lectures, writings, and research material consisting of notes, transcriptions, and facsimiles of charters, chronicles, colonization tracts, court records, drawings, financial accounts, land records, maps, state papers, statutes, travel literature, and other papers and documents.
Language: Collection material in English

Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.



Names:
Quinn, David B.
Andrews, Kenneth R.--Correspondence
Beckett, J. C. (James Camlin), 1912- --Correspondence
Canny, Nicholas P.--Correspondence
Cavendish, Thomas, 1560-1592
Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596
Edwards, R. Dudley (Robert Dudley), 1909- --Correspondence
Ellis, Steven G., 1950- --Correspondence
Gilbert, Humphrey, Sir, 1539?-1583
Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616
Hariot, Thomas, 1560-1621
Hill, Christopher, 1912- --Correspondence
Moody, T. W. (Theodore William), 1907- --Correspondence
Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1887-1976--Correspondence
Parmenius, Stephanus, d. 1583
Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618
Todd, J. E. (James Eadie)--Correspondence
White, John, fl. 1585-1593
Communist Party of Great Britain
Hakluyt Society
Labour Party (Great Britain)

Subjects:
Historiography--Great Britain
History--Research--Great Britain
History--Study and teaching--Great Britain
History--Societies, etc.
History publishing--Great Britain
Lectures and lecturing
Political parties--Great Britain
America--Discovery and exploration--British
Great Britain--Colonies--America
Great Britain--History--Sources
Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603
Great Britain--Politics and government--1936-
Ireland--History--16th century
Maryland--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Roanoke Colony
Roanoke Island (N.C.)--History
Saint Marys City (Md.)--History
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Occupation:
Historians

Administrative Information

Provenance:

The papers of David B. Quinn, historian, author, and educator, were given to the Library of Congress by the Nova Albion Foundation between 1986 and 1989. The Library received an autobiographical sketch from Quinn in 1989 and a large addition to the papers from him in 1995. A photograph was purchased from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in 1990.

Processing History:

The papers of David B. Quinn were arranged and described in 1996. The finding aid was revised in 2004. A description of the Quinn Papers appears in Library of Congress Acquisitions: Manuscript Division, 1988, pp. 7-9.

Copyright Status:

Copyright in the unpublished writings of David B. Quinn in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.

Microfilm:

A microfilm edition of part of these papers is available on 60 reels. Consult a reference librarian in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan.

Preferred Citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, David B. Quinn Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Biographical Note

Date Event
1909, Apr. 24 Born, Dublin, Ireland
1931 B.A., Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
1934 Ph.D., University of London, London, England
1934-1939 Lecturer, University College, Southampton, England
1937 Married Alison Moffat Robertson
1939-1944 Senior lecturer, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Secretary, Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies
1940 Published The Voyages and Colonising Enterprises of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, 2 vols. London: Hakluyt Society
1941 Elected to Royal Irish Academy
1941-1943 Edited Labour Progress
1943 Assistant editor, Czechoslovakian Section, European Division, British Broadcasting Corp.
1944-1957 Professor, University College, Swansea, Wales
1947 Published Raleigh and the British Empire. London: English Universities Press
1948 Received Leverhulme Research Fellowship to pursue research in America on sixteenth-century English exploration
1955 Published The Roanoke Voyages, 1584-1590: Documents to Illustrate the English Voyages to North America under the Patent Granted to Walter Raleigh in 1584. 2 vols. London: Hakluyt Society
1957-1976 Andrew Geddes and John Rankin Professor of Modern History, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England
1960-1982 Vice president, Hakluyt Society
1964 Published with Paul H. Hulton The American Drawings of John White. 2 vols. London: British Museum and University of North Carolina Press
1964-1968 Vice president, Royal Historical Society
1969-1970 Harrison Visiting Professor, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.
1969 Named to Editorial Committee of the New History of Ireland series published under the auspices of the Royal Irish Academy
1971 Published with W. P. Cumming and R. A. Skelton The Discovery of North America. London: Elek
Published North American Discovery, Circa 1000-1612. New York: Harper & Row
1972 Published with Neil M. Cheshire The New Found Land of Stephen Parmenius. Toronto: University of Toronto Press
1974 Published England and the Discovery of America, 1481-1620. London: Knopf
Edited The Hakluyt Handbook. 2 vols. London: Hakluyt Society
1975 Delivered Prothero Lecture entitled “Renaissance Influences in English Colonisation,” Royal Historical Society, London, England
1976-1978 Senior Visiting Professor, St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, Md.
1977 Published North America from Earliest Discovery to First Settlements: The Norse Voyages to 1612. New York: Harper & Row
1979 Published with Alison M. Quinn and Susan Hillier New American World: A Documentary History of North America from Earliest Times to 1612. 5 vols. New York: Arno Press
1980-1982 Senior Visiting Professor, St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, Md.
1982 Elected president, Hakluyt Society
1984 Elected honorary fellow, British Academy
1986-1987 Lecture tour of the United States as Fulbright Fortieth Anniversary Distinguished Fellow
2002, Mar. 19 Died, Liverpool, England

Scope and Content Note

The papers of David Beers Quinn (1909-2002) span the years 1109-1994, with the bulk of the material dating from 1935 to 1987. The major portion of the collection consists of Quinn's research and writings on sixteenth-century Ireland and on British exploration and settlement of North America from the late fifteenth century to the early seventeenth century. The earliest material consists of photoreproductions and transcriptions of manuscripts, drawings, maps, and printed material, the originals of which date from the twelfth to the nineteenth century. The papers also document Quinn's teaching career and membership on historical and editorial committees. The collection is arranged in seven series: General Correspondence, Subject File, Research Files, Lectures and Papers, Writings, Microfilm, and Oversize.

The General Correspondence series, 1923-1994, documents virtually every aspect of Quinn's career as an historian, including his teaching, research and writing, and membership in historical societies and on committees. A significant portion of Quinn's correspondence from 1939 to 1944 deals with his efforts to promote research and publications in Irish history. A large percentage of his correspondence after 1940 consists of transatlantic exchanges with historians investigating early modern exploration and colonization. The series contains correspondence from prominent British, Irish, and American historians including Kenneth R. Andrews, J. C. Beckett, Nicholas P. Canny, R. Dudley Edwards, Steven G. Ellis, Christopher Hill, T. W. Moody, Samuel Eliot Morison, and J. E. Todd. Correspondence with these and other historians can also be found in the Subject File, Research Files, and Writings series.

The Subject File, 1925-1994, largely concerns Quinn's professional and political activities. The series includes correspondence and minutes chronicling the activities of the Hakluyt Society from 1959 to 1987 when Quinn served as vice president and then president. The series also contains material from Quinn's membership on the Thomas Harriot and the New History of Ireland editorial committees. Quinn's long association with the United States is well represented and includes material from his expedition to the Outer Banks of North Carolina in 1948, his Fulbright lecture tour in 1986 and 1987, his consultation on the “Histoire Naturelle des Indes” manuscript for the Pierpont Morgan Library, and his participation in events commemorating the founding of European colonies at Roanoke Island, North Carolina, and St. Mary's City, Maryland.

Material relating to Quinn's other activities is also contained in the Subject File series. His political interests are reflected in Labour and Communist party ephemera and membership cards, largely from the 1940s. Files from Quinn's work for the Czechoslovakian Section of the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1943 include transcripts of broadcasts edited by him. Biographical information is available through autobiographical sketches and appointment calendars, although these diaries are at times sparsely entered. Other autobiographical accounts can be found in the Lectures and Papers series and in the Writings.

The Lectures and Papers series, ca. 1565-1994, includes drafts of lectures, speeches, and papers delivered at conferences, universities, exhibitions, historical societies, and civic meetings and on radio programs. Information identifying the dates and places where Quinn lectured has been supplied where possible, often by relying on Quinn's brief notes. Some lectures, however, remain unidentified. Many of Quinn's lectures and papers were later published as articles and pamphlets and can be found in the Writings series.

The Writings series, ca. 1351-1994, covers the breadth of Quinn's prolific publishing career. Quinn published in many forms, including articles, books, pamphlets, and reviews and in encyclopedias and atlases. The series also contains a large group of unpublished and unidentified manuscripts. Drafts of Quinn's poetry, written largely in the 1930s, are included among his writings.

The collection contains extensive research files. The bulk of the research material has been kept with the lectures or published works they support and can be found in the Lectures and Papers series and the Writings series. Quinn maintained other research files separate from his writings which have been organized into a Research File series. Research files in all three series include photoreproductions of original manuscript material and early printed works from European and American repositories and libraries. The files also include typed and handwritten transcriptions as well as extensive notes. Microfilm from various archives and libraries has been organized into a separate series.

Files related to Quinn's research on Ireland focus particularly on English colonization efforts and consist of diverse materials collected from many repositories, most particularly from the British Library, Public Record Office, Bodleian Library, and the National Library of Ireland and Trinity College Library in Dublin. In his research on early British exploration, Quinn mined original archival records and printed matter in British, Spanish, and American repositories. While the breadth of this research is extensive, his files include especially significant amounts of material on the activities of Thomas Cavendish, Sir Francis Drake, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Richard Hakluyt, Thomas Hariot, Stephanus Parmenius, Sir Walter Raleigh, and John White.

Organization of the Papers

The collection is arranged in seven series:

Description of Series

Container Series
BOX 1-47

General Correspondence, 1923-1994, n.d.

Correspondence detailing all aspects of Quinn's teaching, research, and publishing careers.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 48-69

Subject File, 1925-1994, n.d.

Correspondence, minutes, reports, appointment calendars, applications, autobiographical sketches, political ephemera, photographs, and clippings pertaining largely to Quinn's professional and political activities.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material.
BOX 70-99

Research Files, ca. 1109-1994, n.d.

Correspondence, notes, and photoreproductions and transcriptions of original manuscript and printed material including financial accounts, state papers, reports, correspondence, land records, court records, statutes, charters, colonization tracts, travel literature, chronicles, drawings, and maps.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material.
BOX 100-109

Lectures and Papers, ca. 1565-1994, n.d.

Drafts, correspondence, research material, programs, and clippings from lectures and papers presented by Quinn.
Arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically therein by title.
BOX 110-167

Writings, ca. 1351-1994, n.d.

Drafts, correspondence, and research material, pertaining to Quinn's writings.
Arranged alphabetically by type of publication. Articles, poetry, and reviews are arranged chronologically therein by date of publication. Books, contributions to encyclopedias and atlases, obituaries, and pamphlets are arranged alphabetically by title. Unpublished and unidentified manuscripts are arranged alphabetically by title or subject.
REEL 1-60

Microfilm, ca. 1435-1860, n.d.

Microfilm consisting largely of correspondence, state papers, court records, financial records, drawings, exploration accounts, and printed works copied from repositories in England, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, United States, and Wales.
Arranged alphabetically by country and therein by repository. Microfilm shelf number 21,452.
BOX OV 1-OV 5

Oversize, ca. 1424-1985, n.d.

Oversize material consisting of research material including correspondence, financial accounts, writings, deeds, drawings, illustrations, and maps.
Organized and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.

Container List

Container Contents
BOX 1-47

General Correspondence, 1923-1994, n.d.

Correspondence detailing all aspects of Quinn's teaching, research, and publishing careers.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 1 1923, Nov.-1938, Dec.
(13 folders)
BOX 2 1939, Mar.-1944, Dec.
(15 folders)
BOX 3 1945, Jan.-1946, Oct.
(11 folders)
BOX 4 1946, Nov.-1948, May
(11 folders)
BOX 5 1948, June-1949, Oct.
(10 folders)
BOX 6 1949, Nov.-1951, Sept.
(11 folders)
BOX 7 1951, Oct.-1953, June
(10 folders)
BOX 8 1953, July-1955, July
(11 folders)
BOX 9 1955, Aug.-1956, July
(10 folders)
BOX 10 1956, Aug.-1957, Mar.
(8 folders)
BOX 11 1957, Apr.-1958, Feb.
(12 folders)
BOX 12 1958, Mar.-Dec.
(11 folders)
BOX 13 1959, Jan.-Dec.
(12 folders)
BOX 14 1960, Jan.-Nov.
(11 folders)
BOX 15 1960, Dec.-1961, Oct.
(12 folders)
BOX 16 1961, Nov.-1962, May
(10 folders)
BOX 17 1962, June-1963, Mar.
(12 folders)
BOX 18 1963, Apr.-Nov.
(12 folders)
BOX 19 1963, Dec.-1964, June
(9 folders)
BOX 20 1964, July-1965, Feb.
(12 folders)
BOX 21 1965, Mar.-Nov.
(11 folders)
BOX 22 1965, Dec.-1966, Sept.
(11 folders)
BOX 23 1966, Oct.-1967, May
(10 folders)
BOX 24 1967, June-1968, Apr.
(10 folders)
BOX 25 1968, May-1969, Feb.
(11 folders)
BOX 26 1969, Mar.-Dec.
(10 folders)
BOX 27 1970, Jan.-Nov.
(11 folders)
BOX 28 1970, Dec.-1971, Oct.
(11 folders)
BOX 29 1971, Nov.-1972, July
(10 folders)
BOX 30 1972, Aug.-1973, Apr.
(10 folders)
BOX 31 1973, May-1974, Jan.
(9 folders)
BOX 32 1974, Feb.-Nov.
(8 folders)
BOX 33 1974, Dec.-1975, July
(9 folders)
BOX 34 1975, Aug.-1976, May
(11 folders)
BOX 35 1976, June-1977, Jan.
(9 folders)
BOX 36 1977, Feb.-1978, Feb.
(12 folders)
BOX 37 1978, Mar.-1979, June
(12 folders)
BOX 38 1979, Feb.-1980, May
(13 folders)
BOX 39 1980, June-1981, July
(11 folders)
BOX 40 1981, Aug.-1983, Jan.
(11 folders)
BOX 41 1983, Feb.-1984, Mar.
(11 folders)
BOX 42 1984, Apr.-1985, Nov.
(9 folders)
BOX 43 1985, Dec.-1987, June
(11 folders)
BOX 44 1987, July-1989, Mar.
(9 folders)
BOX 45 1989, Apr.-1990, Nov.
(9 folders)
BOX 46 1990, Dec.-1992, July
(10 folders)
BOX 47 1992, Aug.-1994, Apr., n.d.
(9 folders)
BOX 48-69

Subject File, 1925-1994, n.d.

Correspondence, minutes, reports, appointment calendars, applications, autobiographical sketches, political ephemera, photographs, and clippings pertaining largely to Quinn's professional and political activities.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material.
BOX 48 Adams, Randolph Greenfield, 1929, 1982
Addresses, American, n.d.
Andrews, Kenneth R., 1951-1952, 1967-1981, n.d.
(2 folders)
Anglo-American Cultural Exchange Programme, 1972, n.d.
Applications for academic positions
1934-1939
(2 folders)
BOX 49 1944-1954
(3 folders)
1928-1957
(2 folders)
BOX 50 1957-1982
(2 folders)
Autobiographical sketches, ca. 1960, 1987-1989
Barbour, Philip L.
Correspondence, 1961-1985, n.d.
(2 folders)
BOX 51 Miscellany, 1969, n.d.
Notes on Barbour's Complete Works of Captain John Smith, n.d.
Barkham, Michael M., 1990-1993, n.d.
Barkham, Selma, 1973-1993, n.d.
(2 folders)
Bermuda Maritime Museum, Somerset, Bermuda, 1988-1994, n.d.
Bibliographies of Quinn's writings, 1955, 1979, 1985, n.d.
Boulind, Richard, 1983-1986
British Academy, 1984-1994
BOX 52 British Broadcasting Corp.
Czechoslovakian Section, European Division
Miscellany, 1943
Transcripts, 1943
Writings and speeches, 1944-1948, n.d.
Documentary series on European exploration, 1968-1969
British Library, London, England, Reference Division Advisory Committee, 1975-1977
Campbell, Doris Gwynne
1930-1932
(5 folders)
BOX 53 1933-1934
(8 folders)
BOX 54 1935-1937, n.d.
(4 folders)
Canny, Nicholas P., 1971-1974
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., 1968-1969
Commonwealth University Interchange Program, New Zealand lecture tour, 1966-1967, n.d.
Communist and socialist printed ephemera, 1940-1944, n.d.
Communist Party of Great Britain, membership cards, 1935-1939, 1945
BOX 55 Edwards, R. Dudley, 1974
Ellis, Steven G., 1976-1981, n.d.
Federal Council of Teachers in Northern Ireland, Educational Reform Committee, 1941-1942
Fulbright Fortieth Anniversary Distinguished Fellow Lecture Tour, 1986-1987
Hakluyt Society
Correspondence
1959-1974
(5 folders)
BOX 56 1975-1985
(10 folders)
BOX 57 1986-1987
(5 folders)
Minutes
1959-1979
(5 folders)
BOX 58 1980-1987
(5 folders)
Miscellany, 1953, 1965-1992, n.d.
(3 folders)
News-Bulletin, 1963-1987
Speeches, 1980-1986, n.d.
BOX 59 Hoffman, Bernard G., 1951, 1984-1985 See also Oversize
Ingram's Walk, film consultant, 1978-1979
Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Va., 1967-1970
Interview with Quinn by Luca Codignola, 1988
Inventory of books owned by Quinn, 1941
Irish historical societies and committees, 1943-1949, n.d.
Irish political and civic ephemera, 1939-1944, n.d.
John Carter Brown Library, Providence, R.I., 1964-1991
BOX 60 Kupperman, Karen Ordahl, 1982-1986, n.d.
Labour Party
Association of University Labour Parties, 1937-1939
Conferences and meetings, 1940-1942
Election ephemera, 1941-1943, n.d.
Membership cards, 1941-1954
Miscellaneous pamphlets and publications, 1940, n.d.
National Council of Labour, 1936
Newsletters
Labour Progress, 1941-1943
Miscellany, 1925-1942
Notes and miscellaneous writings, 1942, 1953, n.d.
Rules, 1940-1942
BOX 61 Leverhulme Research Fellowship, 1947-1952
(2 folders)
Lists of research and writing projects, 1940-1947, n.d.
Meredith, H. O., n.d.
Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1969-1973
National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, N.C., 1982-1983
National Register of Archives, Glamorgan County Records Committee, Cardiff, Wales, 1945-1954
New History of Ireland series, Editorial Committee
Correspondence, 1968-1989
(3 folders)
BOX 62 Drafts of chapters
For unpublished volumes
Vol. 1, n.d.
Vol. 6, n.d.
(4 folders)
BOX 63 Vol. 7, n.d.
(3 folders)
Not included in published volumes, n.d.
Minutes, 1968-1984
(2 folders)
BOX 64 Notes, 1982, n.d.
Reports and memoranda, 1964-1984
North Carolina
Clippings, programs, invitations, 1960, 1978-1987, n.d.
Expedition to Outer Banks
Log and notes, 1948
Photographs, 1945-1957, 1988
General correspondence, 1978-1987, n.d.
(2 folders)
Roanoak, film consultant
Background and publicity material, 1980-1986
BOX 65 Correspondence, 1979-1985
Filming schedules and photographs, 1985
Notes by Quinn, n.d.
Script, n.d.
O'Sullivan, Mary Donovan, n.d.
Passports and identification cards, 1936-1948
Penrose, Boies, 1961
Photographs, ca. 1927-1935, 1964-1990, n.d.
(3 folders)
BOX 66 Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, N.Y., “Histoire Naturelle des Indes,” Clara S. Peck manuscript, exhibit and research project
Correspondence, 1984-1993, n.d.
(2 folders)
Exhibit pamphlet and captions, 1987-1988
Facsimile, ca. 1988
(3 folders)
BOX 67 (4 folders)
Miscellany, 1981-1988, n.d.
Notes and research material
1984-1988
BOX 68 Undated
(2 folders)
Unpublished supplement to facsimile, 1985-1991, n.d.
(2 folders)
Ruddock, Alwyn, 1992
St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, Md., 1969-1984, n.d.
(2 folders)
Thomas Harriot Seminar and Thomas Harriot Editorial Committee
1968-1983
(2 folders)
BOX 69 1984-1994, n.d.
(2 folders)
Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies, 1941-1945, 1981-1982
University Grants Committee, Subcommittee on Latin American Studies
Correspondence, 1965-1967
Meetings, 1965-1969
(2 folders)
Miscellany, 1965, n.d.
BOX 70-99

Research Files, ca. 1109-1994, n.d.

Correspondence, notes, and photoreproductions and transcriptions of original manuscript and printed material including financial accounts, state papers, reports, correspondence, land records, court records, statutes, charters, colonization tracts, travel literature, chronicles, drawings, and maps.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material.
BOX 70 Ancient geography and views of oceans, 1154-1590, 1861, 1964-1976, n.d.
Archangelsky, Agrarian Legislation of the English Revolution, partial translation by Elizabeth Gow, 1936, n.d.
Bermuda, ca. 1515-ca. 1614, 1984-1991, n.d.
(2 folders)
Bibliographies, 1967-1983, n.d.
BOX 71 Bristol Archives Office, Bristol, England
Chronicle of Bristol by William Adams, 1625
Tolzey Court Action Book, 1476-1497, n.d.
Canada, 1710-1711, n.d.
Carleill, Christopher, “A Breef and sommarie discourse upon the extended Voyage to . . . America,” 1583
Cavendish, Thomas, ca. 1585-ca. 1698, 1972, n.d.
Colonizing plans, 1582-1602, n.d.
Columbus, Christopher
Correspondence, 1976-1994, n.d.
(2 folders)
Miscellany, ca. 1486-ca. 1493, 1962-1992, n.d.
Congregatio de Propaganda Fide, list of missions, ca. 1650
BOX 72 Cook, James, 1961-1978, n.d.
(2 folders)
Daybook of the Treasurer of the Chamber, pages containing Henry VII's signature, 1502-1505 See Oversize
Dee, John, ca. 1578, 1975-1984, n.d.
Drake, Francis
Correspondence, 1585-1586, 1949-1987, n.d.
(3 folders)
BOX 73 Notes, 1933-1989, n.d.
(2 folders)
Photoreproduced and transcribed documents, 1581-1598, n.d.
Secondary sources, 1937-1980, n.d.
Dunbar, William, “Of the Waraldis Instabilitie,” 1976, n.d.
East Indies, ca. 1620, 1986, n.d.
Elizabeth I, letters to the Sultan and emperor of Cathay, 1586, 1602, 1976, n.d.
England and South America, n.d.
BOX 74 English exploration of the St. Lawrence River, 1591-1605, 1933-1953, n.d.
(2 folders)
Ethnography, 1968-1989, n.d.
(2 folders)
Exploration and settlement, miscellaneous notes, 1961-1962, n.d.
BOX 75 Florida
Franco-Spanish diplomatic correspondence, 1565-1572, n.d.
(3 folders)
Miscellany, 1527-1639, 1957, 1973-1974, n.d.
(2 folders)
Fortification plans, 1589, 1598, n.d.
BOX 76 French exploration, 1509-1613, 1937, 1956-1988, n.d.
(10 folders)
BOX 77 Gerard, Thomas, disposal of lands to Thomas Stanley, 1582
Gilbert, Bartholomew, 1625, n.d.
Gilbert, Humphrey, 1567-1582, 1948-1986, n.d.
Glemham, Edward, 1591-1594, n.d.
Gosnold, Bartholomew, 1961, n.d.
(2 folders)
Hakluyt, Richard
“Discourse of Western Planting,” 1584 See Oversize
Miscellany, 1568-1600, 1965-1987, n.d.
Principall Navigations, 1589
Hariot, Thomas
Artis Analyticae Praxis, 1631, 1971
BOX 78 British Library, London, England, SL 2292, n.d.
British Museum, London, England, n.d.
Additional MSS 6782-6789, n.d.
(3 folders)
Harleien MSS 6001-6083, n.d.
Miscellany, 1585-1677, 1832, 1879, 1972, n.d.
(2 folders)
Notes, 1954-1972, n.d.
Petworth House Archives, ca. 1594-ca. 1620, 1820-1857, 1952, n.d. See Oversize
BOX 79 Secondary sources, 1962-1990, n.d.
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, Edward Wright Papers, n.d.
Hawley, Henry, “A brief treatise concerning trade . . .,” 1622, 1965
Heyle, John, documents from precedent book covering formal arrangements for western voyages, 1593-1595, n.d.
High Court of Admiralty Records, lists and extracts with related notes from other sources, 1949-1950, 1965-1969, n.d.
(2 folders)
Hoby, Edward
Commonplace book containing “Instructions for a voyage of reconnaissance to North America,” 1582, 1949-1961
Letter to Mr. T. H. Late Minister: Now Fugitive, 1609, n.d.
BOX 80 Holdsworth, Arthur, 1719-1727, 1967
Hudson, Henry, 1611, 1975
Iceland, 1967-1969
Illustrations, ca. 1109-1734, n.d. See also Oversize
(2 folders)
Ireland
Accounts, ca. 1472-ca. 1668, 1940, n.d.
(4 folders)
BOX 81 (4 folders)
“A Breife Relation of Ireland and the diversity of Irish in the same,” ca. 1618
Brendan, Saint, Here begynneth the lyfe of Saynt Brandon, ca. 1520
BOX 82 British Library, London, England; Bodleian Library, Oxford, England; and Dublin, Ireland, repositories, ca. 1480-ca. 1660, 1966, n.d. See also Oversize
(4 folders)
“The Chronicle of Dublin,” ca. 1540-1550, 1935
Colonization tracts, 1589-1610, n.d.
Croft, James, 1583, 1961, n.d.
BOX 83 Cusack, Christopher, “Collections concerning Meath,” commonplace book, 1511, 1932-1933, n.d.
Dineley, Thomas, “Observations in a Voyage through the Kingdom of Ireland . . . in the year 1581,” n.d.
(2 folders)
Dunlop, Robert, “History of Ireland,” 1926-1927, 1956, 1967
Fitzwilliam, William, 1567-1591, 1949-1951, n.d.
Giovio, Paolo, 1563-1578, 1971, n.d.
BOX 84 Hooker, John, ca. 1569-1575, 1942-1949
Irish parliaments, ca. 1479-ca. 1621, 1935-1942, 1965, n.d.
(2 folders)
Local history, ca. 1599-ca. 1605, 1935-1939
(2 folders)
Mints and coinage, ca. 1495-1723, 1935, 1977, n.d.
BOX 85 Miscellaneous writings and notes, 1933-1975, n.d.
(7 folders)
BOX 86 North America and Brazil, 1599-1605, 1950-1969, n.d.
Plantations
General notes, 1567-1684, 1932-1944, n.d.
(2 folders)
Munster, ca. 1586-ca. 1604, 1935-1983, n.d.
(2 folders)
Photoreproduced documents, ca. 1599-ca. 1624 See Oversize
Writings by others, 1962-1983
Printing, ca. 1545-ca. 1614, 1962, 1978, n.d.
Spain, 1934, n.d.
BOX 87 State papers, ca. 1535-ca. 1609, n.d.
(3 folders)
Sydney, Henry, 1569-1583, 1950-1967, n.d.
Japanese exploration, 1966-1973, n.d.
Jesuits in Brazil, 1593
Johnson, George, Discourse of some troubles and excommunications in the banished English Church at Amsterdam, 1603
Leigh, Charles, 1597, n.d.
Lyme Regis Cobb account book, County Record Office, Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1592-1617, 1965
(1 folder)
BOX 88 (1 folder)
Madox, Richard, diary, 1582
Maps, ca. 1424-1975, n.d. See also Oversize
(3 folders)
Maryland, 1977, n.d.
“A New Comedy Calld the Whimseys of Señor Hidalgo or the Masculine Bride,” ca. 1630
BOX 89 New England, 1578-1651, 1960-1986, n.d.
(5 folders)
Newfoundland
Documents
Examples of business documents, 1547-1602, n.d.
(2 folders)
Fishing rights, 1611-1621, n.d.
BOX 90 Miscellany, ca. 1510-ca. 1623
(3 folders)
Museum and archives, 1962-1965
Secondary sources, 1878, 1955-1991, n.d.
BOX 91 Norse exploration
L'Anse Aux Meadows settlement, Newfoundland, 1962-1971, n.d.
(2 folders)
Miscellany, n.d.
Rune stones, 1972-1973, n.d.
Vinland map, 1960-1987, n.d.
(3 folders)
BOX 92 (3 folders)
North America during the seventeenth century, old notes, 1930s
(2 folders)
North Carolina
Archeology
General, 1975-1983, n.d.
(2 folders)
BOX 93 Harrington, J. C., 1948-1992, n.d.
Miscellany, 1602, 1709, 1957-1986, n.d.
Poole Municipal Records, Poole, Dorset, England, 1583-1586, 1945, 1957, n.d.
Portuguese exploration and colonization, 1562-1574, n.d.
Purchas, Samuel, n.d.
Raleigh, Walter
Exhibitions, 1952, 1982-1985
Research, 1590-1602, n.d.
Rastell, John, Interlude of the Four Elements, 1519, 1971
Research done for Americans, 1934-1935, n.d.
BOX 94 Settlement patterns
Correspondence, 1975-1978
Notes, n.d.
(2 folders)
Research, 1970-1984, n.d.
(2 folders)
Sherley, Thomas, A true discourse of the late voyage . . ., 1602
Ships
Earl Cornwallis (ship), accounts, 1782-1785 See Oversize
Essex, Robert Devereux, fleet, 1596
James (ship), charges for outfitting for a voyage to Iceland, 1545
Richard (ship), depositions concerning capture by Spanish, 1606
Successe (ship), accounts, 1606
Susan Constant (ship), High Court of Admiralty case, 1606
BOX 95 William Constable (ship) of Dartmouth, England, certificate by the mayor of Marseilles, France, 1611
Smith, Thomas, 1571-1577, 1946-1985, n.d. See also Oversize
Smyth, Thomas, family, 1622-1641, n.d.
(2 folders)
Spain
Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain, 1566-1609, n.d.
(5 folders)
BOX 96 Archivo General de Simancas, Valladolid, Spain, 1586-1612, 1956, n.d.
(2 folders)
Correspondence, 1949-1973
England, relations with, 1585-1608, 1950-1967, n.d.
Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, 1964-1985
Library of Congress
Florida, 1567-1625, n.d.
(2 folders)
Miscellany, 1529, 1605, n.d.
Maza, Diego de la, Memorial, 1693
BOX 97 Miscellany, 1527-1608, 1971-1993, n.d.
(2 folders)
Notes, 1956, n.d.
(2 folders)
Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, N.Y., letters of Philip II, 1564-1568, n.d.
BOX 98 Treaty of London, 1603-1604, 1968, n.d.
Vásquez de Ayllón, Lucas, 1520-1526, 1976, n.d.
Velasco, Alonso de, “Discurso sobre el descubrimiento del passage por el Norueste al Mar del Sur que pretenden hallar Ingleses,” 1612
Villagrá, Gaspar Pérez de, n.d.
Virginia, 1603-1609, 1969-1973, n.d.
Tobacco, 1593-1602, 1971, n.d.
Unidentified or miscellaneous documents, ca. 1550-1776, n.d. See also Oversize
BOX 99 Verrazzano, Giovanni da, 1524, 1960, n.d.
Virginia, 1608-1611, 1956-1993, n.d.
Wales
Madog ab Owain Gwynedd, 1966-1975, n.d.
Miscellany, 1950-1954
Swansea, largely High Court of Admiralty cases, 1583-1592, 1685, n.d.
Weymouth, England, 1586-1602, n.d.
White, John, 1978-1987, n.d.
Williams, Roger, notes for the guidance of Walter Raleigh and Thomas Cavendish and “an ironicall letter” from Jack Roberts, 1584-1585, 1959-1960, n.d.
Wright, Edward, 1976, n.d.
Zeno, Niccolò and Antonio, n.d.
BOX 100-109

Lectures and Papers, ca. 1565-1994, n.d.

Drafts, correspondence, research material, programs, and clippings from lectures and papers presented by Quinn.
Arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically therein by title.
BOX 100 1930
“The Iron Age Settlement Recently Discovered at Malone,” Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Lecture on Spenser's “A View of the State of Ireland,” Students' History Society, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland
1931, “Sir James Montgomery of Rosemount,” Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1931-1933, n.d.
1946, “The English Approach to America,” inaugural lecture, University College of Swansea, Swansea, Wales
1948, untitled lecture on America, University College of Swansea, Swansea, Wales
1949
“The National Register of Archives,” British Broadcasting Corp.
“The National Register of Archives: Its Work and Aims,” Cardiff, Wales
1951
“Guides to Historical Study”
“Why Study History?” Rotary Club, Swansea, Wales
1951-1954, “Beginnings of English Colonisation,” series of lectures, 1951-1954, n.d.
(3 folders)
1952, “Some Suggestions for the Study of Local History in Carmarthenshire,” Carmarthenshire Community Council, Carmarthenshire, Wales
1953
“New Light on the Roanoke Voyages,” Anglo-American Conference of Historians, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, London, England
BOX 101 “Thomas Hariot and John White”
1954
“The Literature of Travel,” Association of Bookmen of Swansea and West Wales, Swansea, Wales
(2 folders)
“Tudor Rule in Sixteenth-Century Ireland,” Thomas David Lecture series, Radio Éireann
“The Value and Interest of Local History,” Monmouthshire Rural Community Council, Newport, Wales
1956, remarks on A. L. Rowse's The Expansion of Elizabethan England
1959
“European Travellers before Columbus,” Liverpool, England
“Henry VIII and Ireland, 1509-1534,” Irish Historical Society, Dublin, Ireland
“The Lost Colony,” Roanoke Island Historical Association, Roanoke Island, N.C.
Mundus alter et idem and North America,” ca. 1959, n.d.
1960, “Henry the Navigator and the Overseas Discoveries,” British Broadcasting Corp.
1961
“The Elizabethans in Ireland - A Northern View,” Historical Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, Winsford, Cheshire, England
“Jacques Le Moyne: A Reassessment,” Huguenot Society of London, London, England
Correspondence, 1948-1962
Research and drafts, ca. 1565-1603, 1952-1961, n.d.
BOX 102 1962, lecture on Clio
1963
“Scientists in Tudor England”
“Some Aspects of the History of Relations between the English and the New England Indians, 1580-1607,” American Indian Ethnohistoric Conference and Society for the History of Discoveries meeting, Chicago, Ill.
1964, lecture on early exploration and settlement of Newfoundland, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland
1965
“Cornish Society”
“Richard Hakluyt and the Voyages,” University College, Nottingham, England, 1965-1966
1966
Reflections on Quinn's career and research, Queen Mary College, University of London, London, England
Satirical lecture on early exploration of America
1967, lecture on University College of Swansea, University College of Swansea, Swansea, Wales
1968
“English Catholics and America, 1581-1633,” North West Catholic History Society, Liverpool, England, 1967-1970, n.d.
“Is British History Necessary?” Historical Association Annual Conference, Liverpool, England, 1968-1971
“Thomas Hariot: His Non-Scientific Connections,” Thomas Harriot Seminar, All Souls College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England
1969
“Cooks Circumnavigation of New Zealand,” Leeds, England, 1969-1971
“Elizabethan Literature of the Sea,” College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.
“Elizabethan Seamen,” Symposium on the Merchant Seamen in British History, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England, 1956, 1969
“The Preliminaries to the Jamestown Settlement, 1590-1607: Some Problems,” Society for the History of Discovery, Minneapolis, Minn.
“Some Early English Visitors to New England, before 1608,” Colonial Society of Massachusetts dinner
“Tudor Colonisation: Theory and Practice,” University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England
BOX 103 1970
“The English Contribution to the Discovery of North America in the Fifteenth Century,” Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
“The Source Materials in the Period of Discovery and Early Exploration”
“The Value of Some Early Relations for the Ethnography of the New England Indians,” Congress Internacional de Americanistas, Lima, Peru
1971
“Harriot's Voyages,” Fifth Thomas Harriot Seminar, All Souls College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, 1971, n.d.
“A Modern View of Sir Walter Ralegh,” Sherborne, Dorset, England, 1585, 1971, n.d.
Opening remarks, meeting of the British Society for the History of Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England
“Some Reflections on American Universities”
1972
“Alnwick Castle: Notes and Extracts”
“Discovery of America,” Budapest, Hungary, 1967-1976, n.d.
1973
“Bristol and the Atlantic, circa 1420-1520"
Comments on A. L. Rowse, History Society, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England
“Law and Religion in North America and Ireland, 1600-1640,” Atlantic Society, 1600-1800 conference, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
(2 folders)
Lecture on the history of the College of William and Mary, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.
“War as State Policy,” War as State Policy conference, Attingham Park, Shropshire, England
BOX 104 1974
“English Contributions to Early Overseas Discovery,” The New Worlds and the Old conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
“Exploration in the Age of Shakespeare,” Age of Shakespeare lecture series, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England
1975
“New Geographical Horizons: Literature,” First Images of America conference, Renaissance Society of America, Los Angeles, Calif., 1973-1976, n.d.
(2 folders)
Opening remarks, members' exhibition, Liverpool Bibliographical Society, Liverpool, England
“Privateering: The North American Dimension (to 1625),” Commission Internationale d'Histoire Maritime, San Francisco, Calif., 1974-1975, n.d.
1976
“Drake's Landing Place”
“Early Printing for and in Ireland,” Botetourt Bibliographical Society, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.
“Ireland and America: Early Associations,” 1964-1976
Paper on sixteenth-century European migration, Scottish Universities' American Bicentennial conference, Edinburgh, Scotland
Remarks at retirement, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England
1977
Lecture on Maryland before 1634, Smithsonian Associates, St. Mary's City, Md.
“The Roanoke Colonies Revisited,” Roanoke Island Historical Association, Raleigh, N.C., 1977-1978
1978, “A Historian's America,” St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, Md.
1979
“The Illustrator and the Map in Sixteenth-Century North America,” Michigan Map Society meeting, Chicago, Ill.
BOX 105 “Newfoundland in the Consciousness of Europe at the Beginning of the Early Modern Period,” International Symposium on Early European Settlement and Exploration in Atlantic Canada, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
(2 folders)
“Why Did the English Fail to Colonize Canada Ahead of the French?” Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
1980, Maryland Day lecture
1981
“Renaissance Geography,” Gallaudet College, Washington, D.C.
“Treatment of Native Americans in Europe,” Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Va.
1982
“The Carryover from Earlier Experience and Knowledge to the Virginia Settlements under the Virginia Company,” Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Va.
“Northern Ireland, 1921-1945,” St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, Md.
“The Roanoke Colonies After 400 Years,” North Carolina Maritime Heritage Conference, Wilmington, N.C., 1981-1982
“Sir Francis Drake and Some Contemporary Views of Him,” University of Lancaster, Lancaster, England
1983
“The Elizabethans in Ireland,” Aspects of Imperialism seminar, University College Historical Society, Cork, Ireland
“Roanoke Colonies After 400 Years,” University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.
“What Happened in St. Helena Sound in March 1605?” Beaufort County Historical Association, Beaufort, S.C.
1984
“Archaeology and History in Early American Settlement,” Maryland, A Product of Two Worlds conference, St. Mary's City, Md., 1983-1984 For additional material see Container 130,Early Maryland in a Wider World
“The Land and the People,” Dare County Library, Manteo, N.C., 1983-1984
“Richard Hakluyt,” Leominster, England
“Settlement Patterns in Early Modern Colonisation,” Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
“Why Maryland?” Maryland and the Shaping of the American Heritage lecture series, St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's, Md.
1985
“Atlantic Islands: Fantasy and Reality in Early Maps,” First International Brendan Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 1984-1985
(2 folders)
BOX 106 “Culture Contacts between Indians and Europeans in Eastern North America in the Sixteenth Century,” Anthropological Society of Washington, Washington, D.C.
“History of Salisbury,” Washington and Lee University Alumni College, Salisbury, England, 1984-1985
“The Lost Colony,” Raleigh in Exeter conference, University of Exeter, Exeter, England, 1984-1985
“Religion in North America in the Sixteenth Century,” Sixth International Conference on Canadian Studies, Selva di Fasano, Italy, 1984-1986, n.d.
1986
“Gosnold and the Discovery of New England,” Hakluyt Society and the Society for the History of Discoveries meeting, New Bedford, Mass.
“Ireland and America, 1500-1640,” America and Ireland, 1500-1800 conference, Society of St. Brendan, Ennis, Ireland, 1986-1989 See also Container 158, same heading
(2 folders)
Opening remarks, Conference on Captain John Smith, Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Va.
“Quinn on Quinn,” American Historical Association meeting, Chicago, Ill.
(2 folders)
1987
“America in the Elizabethan Imagination and in Reality,” Fulbright lecture tour, Boston University, Boston, Mass., and University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn.
“Bermuda in the Columbian Era,” Bermuda Maritime Museum banquet, Southampton, Bermuda, 1987-1988
BOX 107 “England, Spain, and America under Elizabeth I and Philip II,” Fulbright lecture tour, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla.
“Publicists and Explorers: Influences of Hakluyt and Purchas on Geographical Exploration in the Seventeenth Century,” Fulbright lecture tour, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif.
“Richard Hakluyt's America: A Northeastern View,” Connecticut Historical Society and University of Connecticut, Hartford, Conn.
1988
“Bermuda in the Columbian Era,” John Carter Brown Library, Providence, R.I.
“North America--A Last Resort?” Europe and the Settlement of the Americas: From Columbus to the Puritans, Advanced Seminar in North American History, Sestri Levante, Italy, 1987-1988, n.d.
1989
“Columbus and the North,” Myth and Reality symposium, 1992 Quincentenary Programs, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif.
“The English Claim to North America”
1990
After dinner address, Seventh Conference of Irish Historians in Britain, York, England, 1989-1990
Comments as chair of session on Early English Colonization: The Lessons of Failure, American Historical Association conference, New York, N.Y.
“Thomas Harriot: The Making of the Scientist,” Liverpool Society for the History of Science and Technology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England, 1989-1990
“Thomas Harriot and the Problem of America,” Oriel College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, 1990-1991
BOX 108 1991
“The Atlantic World in 1492,” Crosscurrents of Culture symposium, New York University, New York, N.Y., 1990-1991
“European Impressions of America: Late Fifteenth Century to Early Sixteenth Century,” New York University, New York, N.Y.
“Richard Hakluyt and The Ideology of Elizabethan Imperialism,” Seminar in Comparative Social and Cultural History, Cambridge, England
1992
“Columbus: An Assessment,” Toronto, Canada
“Editing Hakluyt's ’Discourse of Western Planting,'” Editing Exploration Texts, Twenty-eighth Annual Conference on Editorial Problems, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 1991-1993
“Who Did Discover America Then? Columbus in Perspective,” Society for Nautical Research, London, England, 1992-1993
1993, “Investors in the Roanoke Colonies,” Roanoke Decoded symposium, Fort Raleigh, N.C., 1991-1993
(3 folders)
Undated
“America in World History”
“Colonies”
“The English Contribution to the Discovery of America”
“The Future of Irish History”
BOX 109 Historical study, several lectures on
“Irish and Amerindians: Some Indications of English Attitudes”
Roanoke colonies, N.C.
“Sir Walter Raleigh and the British Empire”
BOX 110-167

Writings, ca. 1351-1994, n.d.

Drafts, correspondence, and research material, pertaining to Quinn's writings.
Arranged alphabetically by type of publication. Articles, poetry, and reviews are arranged chronologically therein by date of publication. Books, contributions to encyclopedias and atlases, obituaries, and pamphlets are arranged alphabetically by title. Unpublished and unidentified manuscripts are arranged alphabetically by title or subject.
BOX 110 Articles
1932, “Descriptions of Ards Peninsula by William Montgomery of Rosemount in 1683 and 1701,” Irish Booklover (reprinted in 1972 in Irish Booklore), ca. 1600-1694, 1931-1932, 1945-1946, 1970-1972, n.d.
(6 folders)
1935
“Anglo-Irish Ulster in the Early Sixteenth Century,” Proceedings and Reports of the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, 1933-1934, ca. 1351-1550, 1934-1935
BOX 111 “Edward IV and Exploration,” Mariner's Mirror, 1452-1483, 1934, n.d.
1937, “Ormond Papers, 1480-1535,” in Calendar of Ormond Deeds, edited by E. Curtis, 1480-1671, 1934, n.d.
(4 folders)
BOX 112 1941
“Bills and Statutes of the Irish Parliaments of Henry VII and Henry VIII,” Analecta Hibernica, 1498-1543, 1934-1941, n.d.
(4 folders)
“The Early Interpretation of Poyning's Law, 1494-1534,” Irish Historical Studies
“Guide to English Financial Records for Irish History, 1461-1558,” Analecta Hibernica, 1936-1941
(2 folders)
“The Irish Pipe Roll of 14 John, 1211-1212,” with Oliver Davies, Ulster Journal of Archaeology, 1941-1942
1942
“Information about Dublin Printers, 1556-1573, in English Financial Records,” Irish Booklover
BOX 113 “Parliaments and Great Councils in Ireland, 1461-1586,” Irish Historical Studies, 1941-1942
1943, “Government Printing and the Publication of the Irish Statutes in the Sixteenth Century,” Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 1942-1943
1945
“Agenda for Irish History: Ireland from 1461 to 1603,” Irish Historical Studies
“Sir Thomas Smith (1513-1577) and the Beginnings of English Colonial Theory,” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 1555-1585, 1940-1945
(4 folders)
1947, “Edward Walshe's ’Conjectures' Concerning the State of Ireland, [1522],” Irish Historical Studies, 1946-1947
1949, “Preparations for the 1585 Virginia Voyage,” William and Mary Quarterly
1951, “Some Spanish Reactions to Elizabethan Colonial Enterprises,” Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 1950
BOX 114 1952, “Christopher Newport in 1590,” North Carolina Historical Review, 1590-1591, 1951-1952
1954, preface to Black Gown and Redskins: Adventures and Travels of the Early Jesuit Missionaries in North America, 1610-1791, by Edna Kenton, 1955-1956
1956
“Exciting Old Records May Come to Light in New Survey,” South Wales Evening Post
“The Library as the Arts Faculty's Laboratory,” Twenty-third Conference of Library Authorities in Wales and Monmouthshire, Newport, 1956
“A Merchant's Long Memory,” Gower
1958
“Ireland and Sixteenth-Century European Expansion,” in Historical Studies I: Papers Read before the Second Irish Conference of Historians, edited by T. Desmond Williams, ca. 1558-1630, 1955-1956
(3 folders)
“Local History in Perspective,” Morgannwg
1959
“Die Anfänge des Britischen Weltreiches bis zum Ende der Napoleonischen Kriege,” Historia Mundi: Eine Handbuch der Weltgeschichte, 1938-1939, 1954-1959
(2 folders)
“Notes by a Pious Colonial Investor, 1608-1610,” William and Mary Quarterly, 1958-1959
BOX 115 1960, “Edward Hayes, Liverpool Colonial Pioneer,” Transactions of the Historical Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1557-1613, 1958-1961, n.d.
(2 folders)
1961
“The Argument for the English Discovery of America between 1480 and 1494" Geographical Journal, 1480-1536, 1942-1962
(6 folders)
BOX 116 “Henry VIII and Ireland, 1509-1534,” Irish Historical Studies, 1507-1633, 1961-1962
“Simão Fernandes, a Portuguese Pilot in the English Service, circa 1573-1588,” Actas, Congresso Internacional de História Descobrimentos, 1575-1583, 1960, 1969
(2 folders)
1962, “The Voyage of Étienne Bellenger to the Maritimes in 1584: A New Document,” Canadian Historical Review
1963, “John White and the English Naturalists,” History Today
BOX 117 1964, “Sailors and the Sea,” in Shakespeare Survey, edited by Allardyce Nicoll, ca. 1569-1607, 1958-1964
(2 folders)
1965
“England and the St. Lawrence, 1577 to 1602,” in Merchants and Scholars, edited by John Parker, 1961-1965
“Exploration and the Expansion of Europe,” Rapports, 1, Comité International des Sciences Historiques, XIIe Congrès International des Sciences Historiques, 1964-1965
“A Map of the Norse World,” New Statesman
1966
“Advice for Investors in Virginia, Bermuda, and Newfoundland, 1611,” William and Mary Quarterly, 1611, 1964-1966
“État Présent des Études sur la Découverte de l'Amérique au XVe Siècle,” Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 1965-1966
(3 folders)
BOX 118 “The First Pilgrims,” William and Mary Quarterly, ca. 1584-1598, 1954-1966
(2 folders)
“The Munster Plantation: Problems and Opportunities,” Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society
“The Road to Jamestown,” in Shakespeare Celebrated, edited by Louis B. Wright, 1964, n.d.
“Les Toponymes Amérindiens du Canada Chez les Anciens Voyageurs Anglais, 1591-1602,” with Jacques Rousseau, Cahiers de Géographie de Québec, 1962-1966
1967
“Calendar of the Irish Council Book, 1 March 1581 to 1 July 1586,” Analecta Hibernica, 1586, 1964-1969, n.d.
(2 folders)
“John Cabot's Matthew,” Times Literary Supplement
“John Day and Columbus,” Geographical Journal
“Martin Pring at Provincetown in 1603?” with Warner F. Gookin, New England Quarterly, 1626, 1965-1967
1968
“La Contribution des Anglais à la Découverte de l'Amérique du Nord au XVIe Siècle,” in La Découverte de l'Amérique: Esquisse d'une Synthèse: Conditions Historiques et Conséquences Culturelles, edited by Manuel Ballesteros-Gaibrois, 1966
BOX 119 Foreword to Kinsale: The Spanish Intervention in Ireland at the End of the Elizabethan Wars, by John J. Silke, 1968, n.d.
1969
“A Contemporary List of Hariot References,” Renaissance Quarterly, ca. 1587-1602, 1948-1968, 1975, n.d.
(3 folders)
“A List of Books Purchased for the Virginia Company,” Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 1623, 1968-1969, n.d.
“Thomas Hariot (1560-1621): An Original Practitioner in the Scientific Art,” Times Literary Supplement
1970
“Additional Sidney State Papers, 1566-1570,” Analecta Hibernica, 1566-1570, 1967-1970
“Thomas Hariot and the Virginia Voyages of 1602,” William and Mary Quarterly, 1602, 1963-1970, n.d.
“’Virginians' on the Thames in 1603,” Terrae Incognitae, 1966-1970
1971
“Raleigh Ashlin Skelton: His Contributions to the History of Discovery,” Imago Mundi, 1961-1972
(2 folders)
BOX 120 “Sixteenth-century Ireland, 1485-1603,” with R. Dudley Edwards, in Irish Historiography, edited by T. W. Moody, 1967-1971
“Voyage of Triall, 1606-1607: An Abortive Virginia Venture,” American Neptune, 1603-1610, 1969-1971
1972, “Richard Hakluyt and His Successors,” Annual Report of the Hakluyt Society, 1972-1973
1974
“James I and the Beginnings of Empire in America,” Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 1973
“Stephen Parmenius of Buda: The First Hungarian in North America,” New Hungarian Quarterly, 1974-1976
“Thomas Harriot and the New World,” in Thomas Harriot, Renaissance Scientist, 1971-1974
“The Vinland Map and the Historian,” Geographical Journal, 1973-1974
1975
“An Anglo-French ’Voyage of Discovery' to North America in 1604-1605, and Its Sequel,” in Miscellanea Offerts à Charles Verlinden, ca. 1604-1605, 1973-1975
“The First Approaches to America,” Observer Magazine
“Privateering: The North American Dimension to 1625,” with Selma Barkham, in Course et Piraterie, edited by M. Mollat
BOX 121 1976
“The Attempted Colonization of Florida by the French, 1562-1565,” in The Works of Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, A Huguenot Artist in France, Florida and England
Correspondence, 1962-1976, n.d.
(2 folders)
Drafts, n.d.
“The Attempted Colonization of Florida by the French, 1562-1565,” in The Works of Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, A Huguenot Artist in France, Florida and England
Research, ca. 1564-ca. 1606, 1951-1971, n.d.
(4 folders)
“Did Bristol Sailors Discover America?” The Times
“Edward Walshe's The Office and Duety in Fightying for Our Country (1545),” Irish Booklore
“Ireland in 1534,” with Kenneth W. Nicholls, in A New History of Ireland, edited by T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, and F. J. Byrne, 1969-1976
(2 folders)
BOX 122 “Renaissance Influences in English Colonisation,” Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 1975
(2 folders)
1977, “John Denton Desires William Kearney to Print Books for Use in Down, circa 1588: A Sidelight on Printing in Ireland,” Irish Booklore, ca. 1588, 1976-1977
1978
“An Archival Approach to Early American History,” Library Journal, 1977-1978
“Documenting Canada's White History,” Archivaria
“The Preliminaries to New France: Site Selection for the Fur Trade by the French, 1604-1608,” in Festschrift für Hermann Kellenbenz, edited by Jürgen Schneider, 1977-1978
“Where Was the Lost Colony Lost?” souvenir program, Paul Green's The Lost Colony pageant, Manteo, N.C.
1979, “England and the Azores, 1581-1583: Three Letters,” Centro de Estuduos de Cartografia Antigo, Seccþo de Lisboa, Série Separatas, 1580-1583, 1978, n.d.
1980, “Frobisher's Eskimos in England,” Archivaria, 1979
1981
“La Femme et l'Enfant Inuit de Nuremberg, 1566,” Récherches-Amérindiennes de Québec, 1980-1985
“Jean Rotz and the Americas,” in The Boke of Idrography, edited by Helen Willis, ca. 1600, 1977-1981, n.d. See also Oversize
(2 folders)
1982, “Turks, Moors, Blacks and Others in Drake's West Indian Voyage,” Terrae Incognitae, 1586, 1981, n.d.
BOX 123 1983, foreword to Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus, by Samuel Eliot Morison, 1982
1984
“American Students and British Students,” Precinct
“Early Accounts of the Famous Voyage,” in Sir Francis Drake and the Famous Voyage, 1577-1580
Correspondence, 1977-1982
Drafts, n.d.
Research, 1974-1979
“John Horace Parry (1914-1982),” American Philosophical Society Yearbook, 1983, 1983
“Spanish Armada Prisoners' Escape from Ireland,” Mariner's Mirror, 1588-1592, 1983-1984
“Wales and the West,” in Welsh Society and Nationhood: Essays Presented to Glanmor Williams, edited by R. R. Davies, R. A. Griffths, I. G. Jones, and K. O. Morgan, 1981-1984
1985, “Travel by Sea and Land,” in William Shakespeare: His World, His Work, His Influence, edited by John F. Andrews, 1578-1631, 1983-1985
1986, “Artists and Illustrators in the Early Mapping of North America,” Mariner's Mirror, ca. 1551-ca. 1620, 1982, n.d.
(2 folders)
1987
“David Beers Quinn,” William and Mary Quarterly
BOX 124 “Ireland, 1460-1534,”in A New History of Ireland, edited by T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, and F. J. Byrne, ca. 1430-1613, 1962-1982, n.d.
(7 folders)
“The New Prey: Eskimos in Europe in 1567, 1576, and 1577,” with William C. Sturtevant, in Indians and Europe, edited by Christian Feest, 1984-1988
“North Carolina: My First Contacts, 1948-1959,” in Raleigh and Quinn: The Explorer and His Boswell, edited by H. G. Jones, 1948, 1986-1987
BOX 125 1988, “Colonies in Their Beginning: Some Examples from North America,” in Essays on the History of North American Discovery and Exploration, edited by Stanley H. Palmer and Dennis Reinhartz, 1984-1988, n.d.
1989, “Stephanus Parmenius Budaeus: A Hungarian Pioneer in North America”
1990
“Amis and Politics at Swansea,” in Kinglsey Amis: In Life and Letters, edited by Dale Salwak, 1988
“Henri Quatre et la Nouvelle France,” Henri IV, le Roi et la Reconstruction du Royaume: Volumes des Actes du Colloque Pau-Nérac, 14-17 Septembre 1989, 1990
“Maps of the Age of European Exploration,” in From Sea Charts to Satellite Images, edited by David Buisseret, 1985-1990
1992
“Columbus and the North: England, Iceland, and Ireland,” William and Mary Quarterly
Correspondence, 1989-1991
Drafts, 1989-1992
Research, n.d.
(2 folders)
Foreword to The Buccanneers' Atlas: Basil Ringrose's South Sea Waggoner, edited by Derek Howse and Norman J. W. Thrower, 1982, n.d.
“The Italian Renaissance and Columbus,” Renaissance Quarterly, 1991-1992
BOX 126 1994
“The Early Cartography of Maine in the Setting of Early European Exploration of New England and the Maritimes,” in American Beginnings: Exploration, Culture and Cartography in the Land of Norumbega, edited by Emerson W. Baker, 1987-1994, n.d.
(2 folders)
“European Perceptions of American Ecology, 1497-1612,” in Visions of America: The European Impact Since 1492, edited by Deborah L. Madsen, 1991, n.d.
Undated
“La Connaissance des Peuples et Sociétés Exotiques,” in “Histoire Comparée des Litératures en Langues Européennes, L'Epoque de la Renaissance,” 1984-1991, n.d.
“Discovery and Exploration,” in “The History of Cartography,” volume III, edited by J. B. Harley and David Woodward
Correspondence, 1979-1991
Drafts, ca. 1986, n.d.
General, 1981-1984, n.d.
BOX 127 Outlines, 1980-1983, n.d.
Research, 1981-1986, n.d.
(2 folders)
“North America, the Circumnavigations,” in “The Purchas Handbook,” 1982-1984
“The Northwest Passage in Theory and Practice,” in “North American Exploration,” edited by John L. Allen, 1988-1994, n.d.
(2 folders)
Books
The American Drawings of John White
Correspondence
1945-1961
(3 folders)
BOX 128 1962-1966, 1988, n.d.
(2 folders)
Drafts, 1962-1964 See also Oversize
History of project, 1934-1964 See Oversize
Meetings, 1956-1964
Research, ca. 1550-ca. 1614, 1954-1964, n.d.
(5 folders)
BOX 129 (3 folders)
Reviews, 1964
Discourse of Western Planting
Correspondence, 1974-1993, n.d.
Draft, n.d.
(2 folders)
BOX 130 (3 folders)
Research, ca. 1550-ca. 1654, 1985, n.d.
(3 folders)
The Discovery of North America, with W. P. Cumming and R. A. Skelton See Container 136,The Exploration of North America, 1630-1776, Correspondence
Early Maryland in a Wider World, editor
Abridgment, 1982-1983
Correspondence, 1978-1981, n.d.
BOX 131 Draft, 1981
(3 folders)
General, 1979, n.d.
The Elizabethans and the Irish
Correspondence, 1963-1969
Drafts, n.d.
(2 folders)
Illustrations, n.d.
Research, ca. 1550-ca. 1645, 1961-1962, n.d.
BOX 132 England and the Discovery of America, 1481-1620
Correspondence, 1966-1973, n.d.
(2 folders)
Draft, 1972
(3 folders)
BOX 133 (3 folders)
Research and notes, ca. 1504-ca. 1608, 1966-1972, n.d.
(3 folders)
BOX 134 England's Sea Empire, 1550-1640, with A. N. Ryan
Correspondence, 1974-1984, n.d.
Drafts, 1980-1981, n.d.
(2 folders)
Outlines, synopses, and notes, n.d.
Research, 1979-1980, n.d.
The English New England Voyages, 1602-1608
Correspondence, 1980-1983
Draft of introduction, 1981
Early writings by Quinn, 1961-1967, n.d.
BOX 135 Research, ca. 1535-ca. 1645, 1964-1980, n.d.
(7 folders)
BOX 136 Essays in British and Irish History in Honour of J. E. Todd, edited with H. A. Cronne and T. W. Moody
Autobiographical sketch by Todd, 1954, n.d.
Correspondence, 1941-1952, n.d.
(3 folders)
Miscellany, n.d.
The Exploration of North America, 1630-1776
Correspondence, 1967-1974, n.d.
(2 folders)
BOX 137 Drafts, 1974, n.d.
(2 folders)
Miscellany, 1972-1973, n.d.
Explorers and Colonies: America, 1500-1625
Correspondence, 1988-1991, n.d.
Miscellany, 1988, n.d.
Hakluyt Handbook
Correspondence
1960, Oct.-1971, July
(5 folders)
BOX 138 1971, Aug.-1976, May, n.d.
(10 folders)
BOX 139 Drafts, 1973
(8 folders)
BOX 140 (5 folders)
Research, ca. 1578-ca. 1625, 1962-1978, n.d.
(3 folders)
BOX 141 (3 folders)
Speech, n.d.
John Derricke, The Image of Irelande with a Discoverie of Woodkarne
Correspondence, 1971-1972, 1983-1990, n.d.
Drafts, 1972, n.d.
Notes, n.d.
Photoreproduction of 1581 edition, n.d.
BOX 142 The Last Voyage of Thomas Cavendish, 1591-1592
Correspondence, 1956-1975, n.d.
(3 folders)
Drafts, 1957, 1971-1975
(2 folders)
Research, ca. 1582-ca. 1620, 1956-1976, n.d.
(2 folders)
BOX 143 New American World: A Documentary History of North America to 1612, edited with Alison M. Quinn and Susan Hillier
Contract and expenses, 1974-1978
Correspondence, 1973-1982, n.d.
(4 folders)
Proposals, reports, and drafts, 1968-1976, n.d.
(2 folders)
The New Found Land of Stephen Parmenius
Bibliographies, 1969, n.d.
Correspondence
1962-1965
BOX 144 1966-1972, n.d.
(2 folders)
Draft, ca. 1970
(3 folders)
Illustrations, ca. 1970
Notes and research material, 1962-1972, n.d
Miscellany
BOX 145 Note card file
BOX 146 North America from Earliest Discovery to First Settlements: The Norse Voyages to 1612, 1965-1978, n.d.
(2 folders)
North American Discovery, Circa 1000-1612
Correspondence, 1965-1971 See same container,North America from Earliest Discovery to First Settlements: The Norse Voyages to 1612
Draft, 1970
(4 folders)
BOX 147 Port Books or Local Customs Accounts of Southampton, 1468-1481, ca. 1421-1485, 1935-1939, n.d.
(8 folders)
BOX 148 Raleigh and the British Empire
Correspondence, 1943-1972, n.d.
(2 folders)
Drafts, 1945-1947, 1962
(5 folders)
BOX 149 Research, 1962, n.d.
Richard Hakluyt, Editor
Correspondence 1965-1968, n.d.
Draft, 1967
(2 folders)
Research, 1966, n.d.
Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations
Correspondence, 1960-1968
Drafts, 1963
(2 folders)
BOX 150 Research, 1966, n.d.
Roanoke Voyages, 1584-1590
Correspondence, 1946-1956, 1966, n.d.
Research and drafts, ca. 1584-ca. 1615, 1948-1953, n.d.
(6 folders)
BOX 151 (5 folders)
Set Fair for Roanoke: Voyages and Colonies, 1584-1606
Correspondence, 1980-1988, n.d.
BOX 152 Draft, 1984
(5 folders)
Illustrations, 1939-1985
Notes, 1984, n.d.
BOX 153 Sources for the Ethnological Northeastern North America to 1611
Bibliographies, n.d.
Correspondence, 1966-1977
Draft, ca. 1970
Research and notes, ca. 1497-1614, n.d.
(2 folders)
Virginia Voyages From Hakluyt
Correspondence, 1969-1973, 1982
Draft, 1972
(3 folders)
BOX 154 (2 folders)
Research, 1973-1974, n.d.
The Voyages and Colonising Enterprises of Sir Humphrey Gilbert
Correspondence, 1936-1940
Research and drafts, ca. 1558-1615, 1935-1942, n.d.
(3 folders)
BOX 155 (1 folder)
Encyclopedia and atlas entries
American National Biography, 1992-1993
American Oxford Encyclopedia, 1960-1961
Chambers's Encyclopedia
Correspondence, 1945-1961
Drafts
Biographical essays, n.d.
(4 folders)
Introductions and bibliographic essay, 1944-1948, n.d.
Lists of contributors, 1946-1961, n.d.
Christopher Columbus Encyclopedia, 1990-1991
Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Contracts and lists of contributors, 1960-1967, n.d.
Correspondence, 1960-1973
(2 folders)
BOX 156 Drafts and research, 1961-1967
(8 folders)
BOX 157 Dictionary of National Biography, 1971-1972, 1990
Dictionary of Virginia Biography, 1989
Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies, 1991-1993
Explorers' Atlas of North America, 1988-1992
Guinness Book of Records 1492, 1990-1991
Oxford Junior Encyclopedia, 1952
Royal Geographical Society History of World Exploration, 1990
Spenser Encyclopedia, 1982-1986
Times Atlas of Exploration, 1990
Times Atlas of World History, 1969-1975
BOX 158 Obituaries, 1971-1991
Pamphlets
Drakes Circumnavigation of the Globe: A Review, 1979-1981
Ireland and America, 1500-1640, ca. 1503-1605, 1976-1991, n.d. See also Container 106, same heading
Jamestown Day Address, Jamestown, Va., 1969
The Lost Colonists: Their Fortune and Probable Fate, 1982-1983
Observations Gathered out of ’A Discourse of the Plantation of the Southern Colony in Virginia by the English, 1606.' Written by That Honourable Gentleman, Master George Percy, 1967-1968
Sebastian Cabot and Bristol Exploration
Addition for 1993 reprint, 1985, 1992-1993
Correspondence and drafts, 1966-1968
Research, 1967, n.d.
BOX 159 Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Newfoundland
Correspondence, 1978-1983, n.d.
Drafts, 1979-1983
Research, ca. 1571-ca. 1625, 1979, n.d.
Theory and Practice: Roanoke and Jamestown, 1984-1986
Poetry and prose
By others
Meredith, Ralph, 1931, n.d.
(3 folders)
Miscellany, 1933-1935, n.d.
BOX 160 By Quinn, 1929-1934, 1948-1961, n.d.
(4 folders)
Reviews
By Quinn
Drafts
1936-1959
(2 folders)
BOX 161 1960-1973
(5 folders)
BOX 162 1974-1994, n.d.
(5 folders)
Lists of, 1940-1967, n.d.
BOX 163 Of works by Quinn, 1940-1993, n.d.
(7 folders)
Thesis, “Tudor Rule in Ireland, 1485-1547,” n.d.
BOX 164 Unpublished or unidentified
“Anglo-Spanish Relations over Virginia, 1603-1609,” 1956, n.d.
“Artist and Explorer,” 1955-1982, n.d.
(4 folders)
“Brasil,” 1992
“A Bristol Overseas Miscellany, 1497-1640"
Correspondence, 1953, 1965-1968, 1976, n.d.
BOX 165 Drafts, 1966, n.d.
Research
Notes and documents, ca. 1493-ca. 1619, 1953-1956, n.d. See also Oversize
Whitson, John, account book for 1599-1600, 1968
British exploration and colonization, n.d.
Cabot, Sebastian, n.d.
“Copper in Southern New England, 1602,” 1963-1987, n.d.
Drake, Francis, 1987, n.d.
Hakluyt, Richard, 1983-1989, n.d.
“Henry VII and the Western Atlantic Voyages: Some Additional Information,” 1981-1990, n.d.
BOX 166 Introduction to “The Story of a French Privateer Wrecked on Bermuda in 1556,” 1988, n.d.
“Ireland in History,” book contract, 1946
“Irish Statutes of 1572,” facsimile edition
Correspondence, 1957, 1971-1973, 1981
Draft of introduction, n.d.
Research and notes, ca. 1565-1592, 1943-1972, n.d.
(3 folders)
“The Lost Colonists in Myth and Reality, 1586-1625,” ca. 1600-1620, 1960-1970, n.d.
(2 folders)
“Newfoundland as a Focus of European Activity, 1510-1590,” n.d.
BOX 167 “Relics of Acadia, 1604-1605,” 1642, 1961-1964
“Settlement Patterns in Early Modern Colonisation,” 1973-1975
“Simon Forman's 'Of the Country of Virginia' (1610) and Virginia's Natural History, the First Phase”
Correspondence, 1969-1970, 1986-1987
Drafts, 1970, 1986
(3 folders)
Research, ca. 1568-1626, 1955-1987, n.d.
(2 folders)
REEL 1-60

Microfilm, ca. 1435-1860, n.d.

Microfilm consisting largely of correspondence, state papers, court records, financial records, drawings, exploration accounts, and printed works copied from repositories in England, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, United States, and Wales.
Arranged alphabetically by country and therein by repository. Microfilm shelf number 21,452.
REEL 1 England
Bodleian Library, Oxford, England
Eton College Library, MS 48, n.d.
REEL 2 Strachey, William
“The Firste Booke of the Firste decade contayning the Historie of Travaile into Virginia-Britania,” MS Ashmole, 1750
“The Second Booke of the Firste decade contayning the Historie of Travaile into Virginia-Britania,” MS Ashmole, 1750
REEL 3 Tanner, Robert, A briefe Treatise for the ready use of the Sphere, 1592
REEL 4 British Library, London, England
Burghley Papers
Lansdowne MS 115, 1579-1597
REEL 5 Lansdowne MS 37, MS 100, 1582-1583
J. M., New Metamor, Additional MS 14824, 1600
REEL 6 Clarendon Manuscripts, Additional MS 4792, ca. 1555-1589
REEL 7 Daniell, William, drawings of South Wales, 1812
REEL 8 Drawings from James Cook's first voyage, Additional MS 15507, 1768-1770
REEL 9 Hawkesworth, John, An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere (vols. 2-3), 1773
REEL 10 Ireland
Additional MS 48015, 1575-1576
Additional MS 48017, 1573-1581, n.d.
Titus B. XII, XIII, ca. 1435, 1574-1598
REEL 11 Le Moyne de Morgues, Jacques, La Clef des Champs, 1586
REEL 12 Moryson, Fynes, “Itinerary in Ireland,” Additional MS 36706, 1617
REEL 13 El Viaie que Hizo Antonio de Espeio en el anno de . . . , 1586
REEL 14 Essex County Record Office, 1573-1576
REEL 15 John Rylands Library, Manchester, England
Bry, Theodor de, Illustrissimo Principia Ac Domino Dn. Christiano, Duci Saxoniae, 1591
REEL 16 Raleigh, Walter, MS 1457-1474, ca. 1576-1587
REEL 17 A Summarie and True Discourse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian Voyage, 1596
REEL 18 Lambeth Palace Library, London, England
MS 597, 600, 601, 607, 611, 614, 616, 621, 632, 635, ca. 1575-1613
REEL 19 MS 602, n.d.
REEL 20 MS 802 (2), no. 14, n.d.
REEL 21 Public Record Office, London, England
High Court of Admiralty
HCA 13-29, 1591-1592
HCA 13-31, 1594
HCA 13-35, 1601-1602
REEL 22 HCA 24-66, n.d.
HCA 13-2, 1536-1537
REEL 23 House of Lords, Walter Raleigh bill, 1584
REEL 24 Mixed reel
Colonial Office, CO 1/1, 1585
High Court of Admiralty, HCA 14-22, 1583
State Papers, SP 12/169, SP 12/179, SP 12/183, SP 63/114, 1583-1585
REEL 25 State Papers
SP 61/3-4, SP 62/1, 1550-1555
REEL 26 SP 63/2, SP 63/5, SP 63/9, SP 63/20-23, SP 63/26-28, SP 63/30-31, SP 63/34, ca. 1562-ca. 1571
REEL 27 SP 63/40, SP 63/118, SP 63/201, SP 63/202, 1573-1585, n.d.
REEL 28 SP 63/48-60, SP 63/62-63, SP 63/65-67, SP 63/69-70, SP 63/72, SP 63/74, SP 63/76, SP 63/79-82, SP 63/85, SP 63/87-88, SP 63/95-97, SP 63/99, SP 63/104, SP 63/106, SP 63/107-109, SP 63/111-14, SP 63/116-19, SP 63/121, SP 12/45, ca. 1573-1585
REEL 29 SP 70/146/390, 1571-1572
REEL 30 University College, Nottingham, England, Francis Willughby and John Ray Illustrations of Birds, Middleton MS, MiLM24, n.d.
REEL 31 University Library, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
Inquisition in Mexico, documents relating to Thomas Cavendish, Additional MS 7282, 1587
REEL 32 Jones, Philip, Certaine Sermons preached of late at Ciceter, in the countie of Glocester, 1588
REEL 33 Ireland
National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Dineley, Thomas, “Observations in a Voyage through the Kingdom of Ireland,” MSS 392, ca. 1680
REEL 34 “A Treatise of Irelande,” MSS 669, n.d.
REEL 35 Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
The Chronicle of Dublin, MS E.3.28, ca. 1540-1550
Collections concerning Ireland and especially Meath, MS E.3.33, n.d.
Sidney, Henry, Papers, letters of Queen Elizabeth, MS N.1.1, 1565-1570
REEL 36 MS 1739, n.d.
REEL 37 Wright, Edward
MS D.2.6, 1584-1634
MS D.2.15, Observations, 1594-1608
MS D.2.24, 1595-1607
REEL 38 Netherlands, Algemeen Rijksarchief, Hague, 1972 E205, 1594-1595
REEL 39 Spain
Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain
Patronato 19, Ramo 31, 29, Patronato 261, Ramo 11, concerning voyage from St. Augustine, Florida, to the Chesapeake Bay, ca. 1609
REEL 40 Indifferente General 541, 1586
Indifferente General 743, “Sobre las Cosas de la Florida,” 1595
Patronato 19, Ramo 29, St. Augustine to Ais, n.d.
Patronato 179, no. 5, Ramo 7, 1587
Patronato 265
Ramo 40, Humphrey Gilbert, 1583
Ramo 48, 1587-1588
Ramo 50, 1587-1588
Ramo 60, relacio de Gomez de Avila, n.d.
Patronato 266, Ramo 52-53, 1587
Santo Domingo 224, 1580-1608
Santo Domingo 229, 1591-1602
Santo Domingo 232, 1603-1606
REEL 41 Carrete 2, 1573
Contaduria 2, 1541
Indifferente General 423, n.d.
Indifferente General 1963, n.d.
Indifferente General 3257, n.d.
Patronato 267, 1541-1542
REEL 42 Justicia 3, Juan Ortiz de Matienzov. Lucas Vásquez de Ayllón, 1526
REEL 43 Patronato 265
Santo Domingo 224
Santo Domingo 2528, 1586-1600
REEL 44 Archivo General de Simancas, Valladolid, Spain
Sección Estado
Butler, Richard
E 839, 1598-1606
REEL 45 E 839, n.d.
REEL 46 Castilla, concerning John Day, E 2, n.d.
Francia, E 1564, n.d.
Inglaterra
E 839, n.d.
E 2589, 1612
REEL 47 E 841-42, 1604, n.d.
REEL 48 Mendoza, Bernardino de, correspondence, B 53, B 56-57, 1584-1586
REEL 49 United States
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
Alley, Hugh, “A Caveatt for the Citty of London,” MS 2058.1, 1598
Drake, Francis, 1585 voyage, Loseley MS Lb 344, n.d.
Relations of a Venetian Traveller, MS 1317.1, 1557-1565
Sidney, Henry, signet warrant from Queen Elizabeth, MS 1645, 1568
Voyage to Iceland, Loseley MS Lb 340, 1545
REEL 50 Hall, Joseph, Mundus alter de idem and The Discovery of a New World, 1605-1609
REEL 51 Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., Rosier's Narrative of Waymouth's Voyage to the Coast of Maine in 1605, 1860
REEL 52 Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, Calif.
Cabot, Sebastian, Declaratio Chartae Novae Navigatomie domini xx almirantis, 1578
Lok, Michael, Martin Frobisher's Third Voyage, 1544
REEL 53 Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, drawings, n.d.
REEL 54 John Carter Brown Library, Providence, R.I.
Advertissement certain contenant les pertes aduenues en l'armée d'Espagne, 1588
REEL 55 Bartolomé de Flores, Obra Nuevamente Compuesta, 1571
REEL 56 La Popelinière, Lancelot Voisin, Les Trois Mondes, 1582
REEL 57 Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, N.Y., “Histoire Naturelle Des Indes,” Clara S. Peck manuscript, n.d.
REEL 58 University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., Cedulario de la Florida, original in Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain, 1570-1604
REEL 59 Wales, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales
Chirk Castle 12540, account book of Sir Thomas Myddleton, 1583-1644
REEL 60 Chirk Castle F12629, documents containing Walter Raleigh references, 1592-1598
Castell Gorford I, p 13r-16v, 1607
BOX OV 1-OV 5

Oversize, ca. 1424-1985, n.d.

Oversize material consisting of research material including correspondence, financial accounts, writings, deeds, drawings, illustrations, and maps.
Organized and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.
BOX OV 1 Subject File
Hoffman, Bernard G., 1985 (Container 59)
Research Files
Daybook of the Treasurer of the Chamber, pages containing Henry VII's signature, 1502-1505 (Container 72)
Hakluyt, Richard
“Discourse of Western Planting,” 1584 (Container 77)
Hariot, Thomas
Petworth House Archives, ca. 1594-ca. 1620, 1820-1857, 1952, n.d. (Container 78)
BOX OV 2 Petworth House Archives, ca. 1594-ca. 1620, 1820-1857, 1952, n.d. (Container 78)
BOX OV 3 Petworth House Archives, ca. 1594-ca. 1620, 1820-1857, 1952, n.d. (Container 78)
BOX OV 4 Illustrations, 1582-1642, n.d. (Container 80)
Ireland
British Library, London, England; Bodleian Library, Oxford, England; and Dublin, Ireland, repositories, ca. 1543-ca. 1588, n.d. (Container 82)
Plantations
Photoreproduced documents, ca. 1599-ca. 1624 (Container 86)
Maps, 1424-1673, 1938-1975, n.d. (Container 88)
BOX OV 5 Ships
Earl Cornwallis, accounts, 1782-1785 (Container 94)
Smith, Thomas, 1572-1577, n.d. (Container 95)
Unidentified or miscellaneous documents, 1565, n.d. (Container 98)
Writings
Articles
1981
“Jean Rotz and the Americas,” in The Boke of Idrography, edited by Helen Willis, n.d. (Container 122)
Books
The American Drawings of John White
Drafts, 1962-1964 (Container 128)
History of project, 1934-1964 (Container 128)
Unpublished or unidentified
“A Bristol Overseas Miscellany, 1497-1640”
Research
Notes and documents, ca. 1496-ca. 1619, n.d. (Container 165)
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