Archery Papers of Robert P. Elmer

Elmer, Robert P. (Robert Potter) (1877-1951)

A graduate of Princeton University (1899), Robert P. Elmer was an American archery champion who authored a number of books on the sport. In 1973 he was inducted into the Archery Hall of Fame in Springfield, Missouri.

The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, and printed matter of Elmer (Princeton Class of 1899). The collection contains manuscripts of two books, Archery (1939) and Arab Archery (1945)--the latter of which was translated from a 1500 A.D. manuscript by Nabih Amin Faris and edited by Elmer--and various articles about archery. The correspondence includes letters about the United Bowmen of Philadelphia, an archery club, as well as general correspondence with friends and associates relating to archery. In addition, there is a bound, typed manuscript of an "Account of the Annual Shooting for the Antient Shooting Arrow, Commonly called the Scorton Arrow from 1673-1906" sent to Elmer by Capet Pownall, a fellow archer in England.

Publications: Archery (Philadelphia, Pa.: The Pennsylvania Publishing Co., 1926); Nabih Amin Faris' translation and Elmer's edition of Arab Archery (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1945)

Gift of Mrs. Robert P. Elmer.

AM 14817

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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Archery Papers of Robert P. Elmer, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Publisher

Manuscripts Division

Date

2009

Creator

Elmer, Robert P. (Robert Potter) (1877-1951)

Subject

Archery -- Arabian Peninsula -- 16th century

Archery -- Great Britain

Archery -- United States -- 20th century

Bow and arrow

Bowhunting

Occupation

Archers -- United States

Language

English

Form

Manuscripts -- 20th century

photographs -- 20th century

Scrapbooks -- 20th century