Oakland University Archives and Special Collections
OU.SC.RILEY
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Summary Information
- Repository
- Oakland University Archives and Special Collections
- Title
- Riley-Smith Crusades collection
- ID
- OU.SC.RILEY
- Date
- 1990s-2000s
- Extent
- 8.0 Linear feet estimated extent, based on number of shippping boxes upon arrival = 45 lin. ft (including books). 8 lin. ft for manuscript portion.
- Language
- English
Preferred Citation
Item, folder title, box no., Riley-Smith Crusades Collection, Oakland University Special Collections
Biographical note
Jonathan Riley-Smith (1938-2016) was the foremost scholar of the Crusades.
He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College Cambridge. He received a BA (1960), MA (1964), PhD (1964) and LittD (2001) from Cambridge. His first lecturing post was at the University of St Andrews (1964-72). He was then director of studies in history at Queens’ College, Cambridge (1972-78), professor of history at Royal Holloway, University of London (1978-94) before returning to Cambridge as the Dixie professor of ecclesiastical history, at Emmanuel College (1994-2005).
His research focused especially on the definition of the crusade, the crusaders’ motives, and the establishment and rule of Europeans in the Holy Land. He was an authority on the history of the Military Orders, especially the Knights of Saint John. He published many books, both academic monographs and works of general interest. His 1977 book, 'What were the Crusades?' has proved very influential and has been through four editions. He was also the editor of 'The Atlas of the Crusades' (1991) and 'The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades' (1995).
He was a co-founder (1980), and later president (1987-1995), of the Society for the History of the Crusades and the Latin East and supervised over 30 doctoral students.
He was married to Louise Field and had three children.
Scope and Contents note
The Riley-Smith Crusades Collection consists of miscellaneous documents, photographs, and recordings acquired along with Jonathan Riley-Smith's personal library of thousands of monographs, periodicals, and other publications. It documents a small fraction of Riley-Smith's work as a researcher and professor. There are also a few items regarding his personal life. Of particular interest are the nearly 1000 slides documenting crusades history Riley-Smith took during tours of the Middle East.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Oakland University Archives and Special Collections
Kresge Library100 Library Drive
Rochester, MI, 48309
Access and Use note
The Riley-Smith Crusades collection is open for research.
Copyright
Copyrights owned by Jonathan Riley-Smith were transferred to Oakland University. The collection includes occasional materials produced by outside parties. Copyright to these items may be held by the original creators.
Acquisition
The Riley-Smith Crusades collection was acquired by Oakland University from the executor of the will of Jonathan Riley-Smith in April 2017.
Processing
Processed by Dominique Daniel, March 2018.
Collection Inventory
Personal & Professional files |
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Emmanuel College - Statutes, 1983 & Guides |
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Queens' College - Statutes, 1955 |
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Orders of St. John - Medal of Merit Award |
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Notes - misc. subjects |
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Jochen Burgtorf notes |
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The Crusades: a history - Draft |
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Riley-Smith - Offprints |
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Royal Armouries Museum - Exhibit (Advisors hand-out) |
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Correspondence 1990s-2016 |
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Family photograph |
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Event - Magdalene College History Society, Dinner 1997 |
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Events - Orbis2fest, Yale University - 2002 Scope and Contents noteIncludes photos. |
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Ralph & Winifred Heatoin - Birmingham mint (photograph) |
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Misc. documents |
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St. John Historical Society - misc. publications |
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Programs - misc. events |
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Offprints - misc. authors |
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Student materials 3 folders. Scope and contents noteIncludes material from Peter Edbury and Ronnie Ellenblum. |
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The Search for The Defensive System of the Knights in Southern Rhodes - slides and notes - presentation by Michael Heslop, 4th International Conference of the London Centre for the Study of the Crusades 2005 |
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Photographs |
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Personal & Travel - misc. 2 folders. |
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Elisabeth De Ranitz-Labouchere |
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Research documentation - misc. photocopies 8 folders. |
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Mixed media |
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Microfilm 9 boxed reels. |
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Film 7 canisters. |
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Cassette tapes 12 cases. Scope and Contents noteIncludes audio titles: Glastonbury Abbey -- What if...? -- The English, pts.1,5-6 -- The Cross and the Crescent, pts. 1,3,5,7-8. |
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Slides |
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Pictorial Archive - Near Eastern History: The Crusades Boxed set [5]. Scope and Contents noteIncludes key with captions and appendix. |
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History of the Order of St. John - [set] 1 folder. Scope and Contents noteIncludes key and notes. |
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Miscellaneous locations 3 boxes. |
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A - D (misc. locations)
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E - F (misc. locations) |
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Digital media |
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BN: NAL 8 (Arles II, Tarascon, Fos): 918p; NAL 28 (Roussillon): 418p; NAL 29 (Roussillon): 436p 1 CD |
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Crusader Church - Tyre Lebanon 1 CD |
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Knights Hospitallers Tour 1 DVD |
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Hospitallers Tours, 2006 (A) 1 CD |
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Hospitallers Tour, 2006 (B) 1 CD |
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Hospitallers Tour (C) 1 CD |
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Ettore Rossi Storia Della Marina (1926); Museum Order of St John, Clerkenwell 1 CD |
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Second Crusade 1 CD |
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Al Wu'Ayra Castle |
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Acco 1 CD |
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Hill Museum and Library project nos 2191 to 2196. National Library of Malta, Archives of the Knights, Section 14: Langues: Deliberations of the Venerable Langue of England 1 CD |
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GMT Photographs for JR-S - Israel/Palestine, Syrian/Lebanon, Turkey, Malta, Rhodes |
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Merle Letters |
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The Knights Hospitallers of the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Knights of Malta 1 DVD Scope and Contents noteDocumentary |
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Riley-Smith, What Were the Crusades? 12/7/2000 1 floppy disk |
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[PAL] 1 CD |
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Holy Land, 3D Animation CD-ROM, Terra Explorer 2000 1 CD CopyrightCopyright Rohr Production |
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Misc. commercial CDs 1 CD CopyrightFor personal use only |
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6 unlabelled CDs |
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