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Guide to the Phyllis Rose Collection, 1977 - 1984
Descriptive Summary |
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| Repository | Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University |
| Creator | Rose, Phyllis, 1942- |
| Title | Phyllis Rose Collection, |
| Dates | 1977 - 1984 |
| Linear Feet | 0.25 |
| Archival Boxes | 1 |
| Abstract | Phyllis Rose (born 1942) was a professor of English at Wesleyan University from 1969 until her retirement in 2005. |
| The collection consists of ten pieces of correspondence related to the Wesleyan English Department or other professional business. | |
| Call Number | 2004-75 |
| Location | For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Special Collections & Archives staff. |
| Language of Material | Material in English |
Biographical Note
Phyllis Rose (born 1942) was a professor of English at Wesleyan University from 1969 until her retirement in 2005. She received a BA from Radcliff College, MA from Yale, PhD from Harvard, and an MAAE from Wesleyan University. She is the author of three biographical works: Woman of Letters: A Life of Virginia Woolf (1978), Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages (1983), and Jazz Cleopatra: Josephine Baker in Her Time (1989). She has also authored two collections of essays and reviews and her memoirs entitled The Year of Reading Proust (1997), and edited the Norton Book of Women's Lives (1993). She is a contributing writer to many publications including the New York Times Book Review,The Sophisticated Traveler, and Civilization Magazine, and is on the editorial board of The American Scholar.
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Collection Overview
The collection consists of ten pieces of correspondence related to the Wesleyan English Department or other professional business.
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Restrictions
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright for Official University records is held by Wesleyan University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Related Material
More information about Phyllis Rose can be found in the Vertical Files Collection, Wesleyan University, Special Collections & Archives.
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Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Phyllis Rose Collection, Collection #2004-75, Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Gift of Phyllis Rose, 2004, in honor of Joseph W. Reed.
Processing Information
Processed by Patricia Stark, May 2005
Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, October 2007
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