Guide to the Simon Kerl Manuscripts MS.M053

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Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries

The UCI Libraries

P.O. Box 19557

University of California, Irvine

Irvine, California, 92623-9557

949-824-7227

spcoll@uci.edu

Title: Simon Kerl manuscripts

Collection number: MS-M053

Repository: University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.

Irvine, California 92623-9557

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 0.1 Linear feet (1 folder)

Date (inclusive): circa 1859-1876

Abstract: The collection includes 10 manuscript pages by Simon Kerl, who wrote several books on English grammar between approximately 1859 and 1871. Some of the pages are draft-manuscript for a revised edition of one of Kerl's school texts. Also included in the collection are four photographs (color photocopies) of Simon Kerl and his wife, Mary Sommerer Kerl.

General Physical Description note: (1 oversized folder)

creator: Kerl, Simon

Access

The collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

These materials are in the public domain.

Preferred Citation

Simon Kerl Manuscripts. MS-M053. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Ellen Lee, granddaughter of Simon Kerl, and William Lee, 2004.

Processing History

Processed by Dawn Schmitz, 2009.

Historical Background

Simon Kerl (1829-1876) authored several books on English grammar, including Treatise on the English Language, Primary Grammar of the English Language, Elementary Grammar, Common School Grammar, Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language, Elements of Composition and Rhetoric, and Shorter Course in English Grammar. Kern's books were used in schools in New York, Ohio, Delaware, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin between approximately 1870 and 1880.

Collection Scope and Content Summary

The collection includes10 manuscript pages by Simon Kerl, who wrote several books on English grammar between approximately 1859 and 1871. Some of the pages are draft-manuscript for a revised edition of one of Kerl's school texts. Also included in the collection are four photographs (color photocopies) of Simon Kerl and his wife, Mary Sommerer Kerl.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Kerl, Simon.

English language--Grammar--Archival resources.

Box-folder FB-068: 9

Draft pages from school text on English grammar circa 1859-1862

Box-folder FB-068 :9

Portraits of Simon Kerl and Mary Sommerer Kerl: color photocopies of photographs circa 1850-1876

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