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Edward J. Byrne Collection

An inventory of the collection at Syracuse University


Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 17 Nov 2011



Biographical History

The Rt. Rev. Monsignor Edward J. Byrne was an American theologian, teacher and amateur historian. Ordained in 1905, he received his Ph.D. in Sacred Theology in 1908 from St. Bernard's Seminary in Rochester, New York and a second Ph.D. in philosophy from the Biblical Institute in Rome. He was Professor of Scripture at St. Bernard's for more than fifty years. He amassed a substantial collection of books printed in 19th century New York State, particularly in Auburn.


Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Edward J. Byrne Collection consists of photographs and written material relating to Monsignor Edward J. Byrne and his collection of imprints from Auburn, New York.

The Photographs are of Byrne and of title pages of some of the books in the collection. The latter have accompanying negatives.

Written material consists of a bound inventory of the original collection of New York State imprints, compiled by Nazareth College, and an essay on the collection entitled "Some publishers I have never known." The essay is a photocopy of a typescript with handwritten corrections; it is unsigned and the author unknown.


Arrangement of the Collection

Photographs and written material are foldered separately.


Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

Use Restrictions:

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.


Related Material

The book collection itself has been transferred to Rare Books for cataloging. Please refer to Libraries Search and search for "Edward J. Byrne (former owner)" to locate these items.


Subject Headings

Persons

Byrne, Edward J, 1880-1952.

Subjects

Printing -- History -- New York (State)
Printing -- New York (State) -- Auburn.

Places

New York (State) -- Imprints.
Rochester (N.Y.) -- History.

Genres and Forms

Bibliographies.
Essays.
Negatives (photographs)
Photographs.

Occupations

Book collectors.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Edward J. Byrne Collection,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift of Nazareth College, 2006.


Table of Contents

Photographs

Written material


Inventory