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Guide to the Phyllis Rose Collection,
1977 - 1984
Processed by: Patricia Stark; machine-readable finding aid created by: Valerie Gillispie
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Date of source: October 2007
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Guide to the Phyllis Rose Collection, 1977 - 1984
Special Collections & Archives
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT, USA
© 2007 Wesleyan University. All Rights Reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University
Rose, Phyllis, 1942-
Phyllis Rose Collection, 1977 - 1984
2004-75
Material in English
0.25
1
For current information on the location of
these materials, please consult Special Collections & Archives staff.
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.
Administrative Information
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.
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
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.
Collection Overview
The collection consists of ten pieces of correspondence related to the Wesleyan English Department or other professional business.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
Rose, Phyllis, 1942-
Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979.
Dillard, Annie.
Horgan, Paul, 1903-1995.
Mallon, Thomas, 1951-
Miller, William Ian, 1946-
Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-
Paglia, Camille, 1947-
Roth, Philip.
Related Material
More information about Phyllis Rose can be found in the Vertical Files Collection, Wesleyan University, Special Collections & Archives.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Bishop, Elizabeth, December 12, 1978
Dillard, Annie, March 12, 1979
Horgan, Paul, undated
Mallon, Thomas, June 6, 1984
Miller, William Ian, February 16, 1981
Naipaul, V. S., August 6, 1979
Paglia, Camille, May 14, 1979 and June 21, 1979
Roth, Philip, November 18, 1977 and June 1, [circa 1978]