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Omar Khayyam:

An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center

Creator: Omar Khayyam, 1048-1122
Title: Omar Khayyam Collection
Dates: 1810-2009 (bulk 1892-1930), undated
Extent: 5 document boxes, 1 oversize box (osb) (2.10 linear feet), 1 oversize folder (osf)
Abstract: The Omar Khayyam Collection documents the British and American craze for Omar, the Rubaiyat, and all things Persian following the 1859 publication of Edward FitzGerald's translation of the quatrains. Included are articles; correspondence; illuminated manuscripts; printed ephemera such as calendars, a card game, clippings, menus, and programs; and translations by other authors. The archive is complemented by a collection of over 1,000 printed books in the Ransom Center's Library; a plaque from the Omar Khayyam Club of America in the Personal Effects Collection; 52 lantern slides created by Elihu Vedder to illustrate the Rubaiyat in the Photography Collection; and related materials in the Eastern Manuscripts Collection.
Call Number: Manuscript Collection MS-03103
Language: English, Esperanto, French, Manx, Persian
Access: Open for research. Researchers must create an online Research Account and agree to the Materials Use Policy before using archival materials.
Use Policies: Ransom Center collections may contain material with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in the collections without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Ransom Center and The University of Texas at Austin assume no responsibility.


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Preferred Citation Omar Khayyam Collection (Manuscript Collection MS-03103). Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin.
Processed by: Joan Sibley and Richard Workman, 2019 Note: This finding aid replicates and replaces information previously available only in a card catalog. Please see the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the abbreviations commonly used in descriptions.
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Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin

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