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Arts and Sciences
English
Cecil C. Seronsy Papers, 1926-1981
Biography
He was born in 1908 in Ohio. He earned his BA in English at the University of Virginia
and his Masters and PhD from Harvard University. He published one book, Samuel
Daniel in 1967. He also published many articles in journals that included Modern
Language Notes, Shakespeare Quarterly and Harvard Library Bulletin. His wife, Louise,
was a professor of Psychology at Bloomsburg State College. He and his wife both retired
in 1973. He taught at Bloomsburg State College for 21 years and a Renaissance
collection of rare books was contributed to Andruss Library following his retirement.
Seronsy died in October, 1981.
Scope and Content
Dr. Cecil C. Seronsy's papers span five boxes. The first box is comprised primarily of
notes from his university years as a student. The second box is mostly devoted to his
years as a professor at Bloomsburg State College. The third box is devoted to his
dissertation on Samuel Daniel. The fourth box contains listings of publications while the
final box is devoted to mostly personal affairs.
Box 1:
University of Chicago
Notebooks containing his class notes from his time at the University of Chicago are in this
section.
University of Virginia
This section contains class notes from his studies at the University of Virginia.
Harvard University
Included here are six notebooks of his class notes from Harvard University; essay exams from
classes and examination books; an essay on Fielding; Seronsy’s thesis on Studies in Samuel
Daniel; and correspondence and information regarding his dissertation.
All oversize items located in RG-9 Arts and Sciences Oversize Box.
Lowellville High School Diploma, 1926 (oversize)
University of Chicago
Class notes
University of Virginia
Class notes, 1928
B.A. Diploma, 1930 (oversize)
Certificates, 1927-1980 (oversize)
Certificate of Immediate Honors, 1929
Dean's List, 1927-1930
Thomas Jefferson Society of Alumni, 1980
Harvard University
Class notes (6 notebooks)
Fielding
Literary Criticism-F.W. Chandler
Course Outlines, exams, 1947-1950
Harvard Tutorial Biography, 1945-1948
Class Material-Humanities 4 and Petrarch, 1950-1951
Course Papers, 1938-1939 (4 folders)
Coleridge notes
Narrative Poetry, 1954
Harvard Doctoral Dissertation
Thesis: Studies in Samuel Daniel, 1951
Notes (3 folders)
Samuel Daniel-Life and Contemporary Reputation
Samuel Daniel-Life, correspondence
Notes and papers
M.A. Diploma, 1939 (oversize)
PhD Diploma, 1952 (oversize)
Box 2:
Bloomsburg University
The documents include course outlines from the various classes that Cecil Seronsy taught while
at Bloomsburg State College, note cards from his lectures, and annotated books.
Bloomsburg University (teaching)
Class Outlines, 1955-1973
Lecture notes (index cards)
Books annotated by Cecil Seronsy (Added to Special Collections)
American Poetry and Prose
Anthology of Romanticism
Antony and Cleopatra
The Complete Works of Shakespeare
The Development of Modern English
The Elizabethan World Picture
The Golden Hind
Poetry of the English Renaissance
The Province of Prose
Musophilus
Seventeenth Century Prose & Poetry (1st ed.)
Seventeenth Century Prose & Poetry (2nd ed.)
Transmigration
World Masterpieces, vol. 1 & 2 (1st ed.)
World Masterpieces, vol. 1 & 2 (2nd ed.)
Writers of the Western World
A Chaucer Reader (annotated by Seronsy, included in box)
Bloomsburg Publications, 1957-1972
Olympian
Alumni Quarterly
English Department retirement testimonial, 1973
Certificate (oversize)
Signed Guest Sheet (oversize)
Photograph with students, 20x17 (oversize)
Box 3:
Samuel Daniel
This box contains the book that was published in 1967 called Samuel Daniel. There are also
many notes on the book; royalty statements and proofs; book contracts and correspondence with
Twayne Publishers; sabbatical requests to do research on Samuel Daniel; a copy of Daniel's
Funeral Poem; and notes for every section of the poem. Dr. Seronsy also saved several books by
other authors on Samuel Daniel.
Samuel Daniel, by Cecil Seronsy, published 1967
Research notes (index cards)
Books used:
Musophilus
Samuel Daniel
Samuel Daniel: a Critical and Biographical Study
Samuel Daniel: a Concise Bibliography
Draft of book
Carbon Copy and some royalty statements
Proofs
Correspondence with Twayne Publishers, 1962-1967
Research at Henry Huntingdon Library, 1961-1964 (2 folders)
Notes on each chapter
Daniel's Funeral Poem (2 folders)
1. The Beginnings
2. Early Poetry: Sonnet and Narrative
3. Senecan and Closet-Drama
4. Historian in Verse
5. Poet Philosophical
6. New Associations and Changing Fortune
7. Another Kind of Drama
8. The Prose History and Last Days
9. Poet and Thinker
Microfilm copy of Hymen's Triumph
Box 4:
Seronsy Biography
This box contains a list of publications for Seronsy. A letter of acceptance to the archives from
Roger W. Fromm to Louis Seronsy is also in this box. Journals contained here include: Notes
and Queries, Poetical Works, Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Philological
Quarterly, Shakespeare Quarterly, Torch, Keats-Shelley Journal, Modern Language Review,
Explicator, Educational Forum, American Speech, The Lock Haven Bulletin, English Language
Notes, and The Huntington Library Quarterly.
A Seronsy Bibliography (list provided inside)
Includes 37 publications from 1952 to 1967
Box 5:
Personal Items
This section contains Dr. Seronsy's personal employment documents; birth records; college
transcripts from Harvard, the University of Virginia, Youngstown College and his provisional
high school certificate; and personal correspondence. Also includes photographs, portrait photos,
his obituary, and newspaper clippings on the retirement of both Seronsy and his wife, Louise.
Writings
This section contains his Torch paper and the draft for Much Multiplying of books. Notes taken
on the essays are also in the folder. Reviews from Shakespeare Quarterly are also in the
collection. His essay entitled Sir Politic Would-be in Laputa along with its rejection letter for
publication is also in the section. An essay on the Taming of the Shrew that he wrote along with
its rejection letter for publication exists in the file as well. Also includes additional articles that
were submitted for publication but rejected, professional letters and correspondence, and
employment listings and data sheets.
Sent to Seronsy
This category contains a copy of Jim Kelley written to Cecil Seronsy by Hiram K. Baird. There
are also letters from students to Dr. Seronsy asking for letters of recommendation to graduate
school, letters of recommendation, and letters of gratitude from students.
Personal Items
Personal data, 1953-1968
Employment documents, 1959-1972
Transcript and records, 1927-1963
College business and correspondence, 1963-1971
Photographs
Retirement, 1973
Local Publicity, 1959-1976
Death Notices, 1981
Re: Cecil Seronsy after death, 1982
Columbia-Montour Torch Club, 1962-1970
Print, "Modern Tourists" (oversize)
Writings
Torch Paper, 1965
Shakespeare Quarterly, 1963-1965
"Sir Politic Would-be in Laputa"
Shrew, 1958-1963
Articles submitted and correspondence, 1963-1964
Research and professional correspondence, 1951-1979 (2 folders)
Correspondence re: publications, 1964-1965
The Lane, MS
Biography
Ideas on English Composition, 1961-1962
Sent to Seronsy
Jim Kelley, by Hiram K. Baird
Centaurian Flight and other poems, by Percival R. Roberts, III
Articles of others, 1937-1967
Graduate Fellowships, recommendation, letters, 1955-1977
Letters of Recommendation, 1961-1981 (2 folders)
Arts and Sciences
English
Cecil C. Seronsy Papers, 1926-1981
Biography
He was born in 1908 in Ohio. He earned his BA in English at the University of Virginia
and his Masters and PhD from Harvard University. He published one book, Samuel
Daniel in 1967. He also published many articles in journals that included Modern
Language Notes, Shakespeare Quarterly and Harvard Library Bulletin. His wife, Louise,
was a professor of Psychology at Bloomsburg State College. He and his wife both retired
in 1973. He taught at Bloomsburg State College for 21 years and a Renaissance
collection of rare books was contributed to Andruss Library following his retirement.
Seronsy died in October, 1981.
Scope and Content
Dr. Cecil C. Seronsy's papers span five boxes. The first box is comprised primarily of
notes from his university years as a student. The second box is mostly devoted to his
years as a professor at Bloomsburg State College. The third box is devoted to his
dissertation on Samuel Daniel. The fourth box contains listings of publications while the
final box is devoted to mostly personal affairs.
Box 1:
University of Chicago
Notebooks containing his class notes from his time at the University of Chicago are in this
section.
University of Virginia
This section contains class notes from his studies at the University of Virginia.
Harvard University
Included here are six notebooks of his class notes from Harvard University; essay exams from
classes and examination books; an essay on Fielding; Seronsy’s thesis on Studies in Samuel
Daniel; and correspondence and information regarding his dissertation.
All oversize items located in RG-9 Arts and Sciences Oversize Box.
Lowellville High School Diploma, 1926 (oversize)
University of Chicago
Class notes
University of Virginia
Class notes, 1928
B.A. Diploma, 1930 (oversize)
Certificates, 1927-1980 (oversize)
Certificate of Immediate Honors, 1929
Dean's List, 1927-1930
Thomas Jefferson Society of Alumni, 1980
Harvard University
Class notes (6 notebooks)
Fielding
Literary Criticism-F.W. Chandler
Course Outlines, exams, 1947-1950
Harvard Tutorial Biography, 1945-1948
Class Material-Humanities 4 and Petrarch, 1950-1951
Course Papers, 1938-1939 (4 folders)
Coleridge notes
Narrative Poetry, 1954
Harvard Doctoral Dissertation
Thesis: Studies in Samuel Daniel, 1951
Notes (3 folders)
Samuel Daniel-Life and Contemporary Reputation
Samuel Daniel-Life, correspondence
Notes and papers
M.A. Diploma, 1939 (oversize)
PhD Diploma, 1952 (oversize)
Box 2:
Bloomsburg University
The documents include course outlines from the various classes that Cecil Seronsy taught while
at Bloomsburg State College, note cards from his lectures, and annotated books.
Bloomsburg University (teaching)
Class Outlines, 1955-1973
Lecture notes (index cards)
Books annotated by Cecil Seronsy (Added to Special Collections)
American Poetry and Prose
Anthology of Romanticism
Antony and Cleopatra
The Complete Works of Shakespeare
The Development of Modern English
The Elizabethan World Picture
The Golden Hind
Poetry of the English Renaissance
The Province of Prose
Musophilus
Seventeenth Century Prose & Poetry (1st ed.)
Seventeenth Century Prose & Poetry (2nd ed.)
Transmigration
World Masterpieces, vol. 1 & 2 (1st ed.)
World Masterpieces, vol. 1 & 2 (2nd ed.)
Writers of the Western World
A Chaucer Reader (annotated by Seronsy, included in box)
Bloomsburg Publications, 1957-1972
Olympian
Alumni Quarterly
English Department retirement testimonial, 1973
Certificate (oversize)
Signed Guest Sheet (oversize)
Photograph with students, 20x17 (oversize)
Box 3:
Samuel Daniel
This box contains the book that was published in 1967 called Samuel Daniel. There are also
many notes on the book; royalty statements and proofs; book contracts and correspondence with
Twayne Publishers; sabbatical requests to do research on Samuel Daniel; a copy of Daniel's
Funeral Poem; and notes for every section of the poem. Dr. Seronsy also saved several books by
other authors on Samuel Daniel.
Samuel Daniel, by Cecil Seronsy, published 1967
Research notes (index cards)
Books used:
Musophilus
Samuel Daniel
Samuel Daniel: a Critical and Biographical Study
Samuel Daniel: a Concise Bibliography
Draft of book
Carbon Copy and some royalty statements
Proofs
Correspondence with Twayne Publishers, 1962-1967
Research at Henry Huntingdon Library, 1961-1964 (2 folders)
Notes on each chapter
Daniel's Funeral Poem (2 folders)
1. The Beginnings
2. Early Poetry: Sonnet and Narrative
3. Senecan and Closet-Drama
4. Historian in Verse
5. Poet Philosophical
6. New Associations and Changing Fortune
7. Another Kind of Drama
8. The Prose History and Last Days
9. Poet and Thinker
Microfilm copy of Hymen's Triumph
Box 4:
Seronsy Biography
This box contains a list of publications for Seronsy. A letter of acceptance to the archives from
Roger W. Fromm to Louis Seronsy is also in this box. Journals contained here include: Notes
and Queries, Poetical Works, Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Philological
Quarterly, Shakespeare Quarterly, Torch, Keats-Shelley Journal, Modern Language Review,
Explicator, Educational Forum, American Speech, The Lock Haven Bulletin, English Language
Notes, and The Huntington Library Quarterly.
A Seronsy Bibliography (list provided inside)
Includes 37 publications from 1952 to 1967
Box 5:
Personal Items
This section contains Dr. Seronsy's personal employment documents; birth records; college
transcripts from Harvard, the University of Virginia, Youngstown College and his provisional
high school certificate; and personal correspondence. Also includes photographs, portrait photos,
his obituary, and newspaper clippings on the retirement of both Seronsy and his wife, Louise.
Writings
This section contains his Torch paper and the draft for Much Multiplying of books. Notes taken
on the essays are also in the folder. Reviews from Shakespeare Quarterly are also in the
collection. His essay entitled Sir Politic Would-be in Laputa along with its rejection letter for
publication is also in the section. An essay on the Taming of the Shrew that he wrote along with
its rejection letter for publication exists in the file as well. Also includes additional articles that
were submitted for publication but rejected, professional letters and correspondence, and
employment listings and data sheets.
Sent to Seronsy
This category contains a copy of Jim Kelley written to Cecil Seronsy by Hiram K. Baird. There
are also letters from students to Dr. Seronsy asking for letters of recommendation to graduate
school, letters of recommendation, and letters of gratitude from students.
Personal Items
Personal data, 1953-1968
Employment documents, 1959-1972
Transcript and records, 1927-1963
College business and correspondence, 1963-1971
Photographs
Retirement, 1973
Local Publicity, 1959-1976
Death Notices, 1981
Re: Cecil Seronsy after death, 1982
Columbia-Montour Torch Club, 1962-1970
Print, "Modern Tourists" (oversize)
Writings
Torch Paper, 1965
Shakespeare Quarterly, 1963-1965
"Sir Politic Would-be in Laputa"
Shrew, 1958-1963
Articles submitted and correspondence, 1963-1964
Research and professional correspondence, 1951-1979 (2 folders)
Correspondence re: publications, 1964-1965
The Lane, MS
Biography
Ideas on English Composition, 1961-1962
Sent to Seronsy
Jim Kelley, by Hiram K. Baird
Centaurian Flight and other poems, by Percival R. Roberts, III
Articles of others, 1937-1967
Graduate Fellowships, recommendation, letters, 1955-1977
Letters of Recommendation, 1961-1981 (2 folders)