Collection Summary
Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX
Robert L. Patten
Robert L. Patten academic papers
1963-2006
11.27 cu. ft. (11 boxes)
Course materials, notes, correspondence and
administrative papers of Dr. Robert L. Patten,
Lynette S. Autrey Professor in Humanities at Rice University, Houston, Texas. Dr. Patten's research areas include Nineteenth-century British literature and art, and history of the book.
MS 410
Materials are in English
Biographical Sketch
Robert L. Patten, the Lynette S. Autrey Professor of Humanities at Rice University, was born on April 26, 1939 in Oklahoma City. He received his B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1960. He went on to earn an M.A. (1962) and Ph.D. (1965) from Princeton University. After college, Patten lectured in English at Bryn Mawr College, leaving there in 1969 to take a position as Assistant Professor in the English Department at Rice University, where he became a full professor in 1976. In 1991 and 1992 Patten chaired Rice’s English Department.
Robert L. Patten was a Fulbright Scholar from 1963 to 1964 and a Guggenheim Fellow in 1980. He was also chosen as a Couper Scholar in 2004, served as president of the Rice University Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa from 1991 to 1994 and 1997 to 2002, and chaired the Dickens Society in 1973 and 1974. Patten has served in numerous capacities at Rice University, including the Sallyport Award Committee (1986-87), the Advisory Committee on Parking (1992-94), and the University Review Board (1982-84). He currently is president of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing. In addition to the definitive biography,
George Cruikshank’s Life, Times, and Art (1991, 1992 ), Patten is the author of Charles Dickens and His Publishers (1978), and editor of George Cruikshank: A Revaluation (1974) and Literature in the Marketplace: Nineteenth-Century British Publishing and Reading Practices (1995). He also serves as editor of Studies in English Literature and founded and briefly edited the periodical Dickens Studies Newsletter.
Scope and Contents
Course materials, notes, correspondence and administrative papers of Dr. Robert L. Patten, Lynette S. Autrey Professor in Humanities at Rice University, Houston, Texas. Also included is material, correspondence, chapter material and notes relating to the publication, Palgrave Advances in Charles Dickens Studies (2006), edited by Robert L. Patten. Papers, correspondence and notes regarding Rice University, English Department business are part of the collection.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into the following series:
- Series I: General Academic Files, 1963-2005
- Series II: Teaching Files, 1969-2004
- Series III: Palgrave MacMillan, Palgrave Advances in Charles Dickens Studies, 2000-2006
- Series IV: Swarthmore College, 1971-1982
- Series V: Personal, other administrative papers, 1988-1993
Restrictions on Access
This material is open for research with the exception of restricted materials, Box 11, Folders 4-8. Please see Woodson Research Center Director for information on access.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish from the Robert L. Patten academic papers, 1963-2006 must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.
Index Terms
Names:
Patten, Robert L.
Organizations:
Rice University. English Dept.
Swarthmore College
Formats:
Correspondence
ThesesEssaysLecturesReports
Related Materials
See Robert L. Patten: George Cruikshank research materials, MS 493, Woodson Research Center
See George Cruikshank letters, 1845, 1868, MS 297, Woodson Research Center
Preferred Citation
Robert L. Patten academic papers, MS 410, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University
Provenance
Materials were donated in 1999 with accruals added.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series I: General Academic Files, 1963-2005
Includes files relating to Robert L. Patten's involvement in professional associations and committees (Rice University and others), correspondence, lectures, early writings, student advising and other professional and academic activities.
11Plot in Charles Dickens' Early Novels, 1836-1841, [thesis], 196312Correspondence to Mrs. Tillotson regarding Oliver Twist, 1964-196713Dickens Fellowship Dinner, 1965, February 1214Dissertation, Plot Development in Dickens' Novels, 196515Plot Development in Dickens' Novels, bibliography, notes, 196516Thesis chapter, "Point of View," 196717Dissertation, chapter one, "Plot in Prose Fiction," circa 196718Lecture illustration (text), The Old Curiosity Shop, Barnaby Rudge, circa 1967 19National Endowment for the Humanities, fellowships, 1967-1969110Rice University, English Department Graduate Committee, 1967-1977111Employment, 1968-1969112American Society of Learned Societies, fellowship, 1968-1969113Modern Language Association, Dickens Seminar, 1969 December114Modern Language Association, Dickens Seminar, 1970115English graduate brochure, 1970116London Centenary Celebration, 1970 June117Graduate English Committee, 1971118American Institute of Banking, public speaking contest, 1971 May119Richardson College, freshman advising, 1971 Fall120Brown-Richardson Colleges, Cultural Awareness course, 1971 Fall121SCMLA, "Pickwick's Picaresque Pilgrimage," 1971 October122Dickens Society, annual meeting, 1971 December123English Department, notices, 1971-1972124National Endowment for the Humanities, correspondence, planning, 1971-1978125American Association of University Professors, 1972126Flyleaf, correspondence, 1972 February127Victorian Society in America, annual meeting, 1972 March128Richardson College Night, 1972 August129American Philosophical Society, grant application, 1972 August130English Department, 1972-1973131The Dickens Society, correspondence and meeting materials, 1972-1973132American Philosophical Society, grants, 1972-1976133Dickens edition and concordance correspondence, 1972-1977134English Department, 1973-1974135Carroll Camden remarks, 1974 May 3136Princeton graduate almuni in English, 1974 June137National Endowment for the Humanities, Houston site visit, 1974 December138The Dickens Society, meeting materials, 1974 December139Rice Univeristy notices, 1974-1975140Fellowhships, 1974-197614119th Century books, C.C. Kohler correspondence, 1974-1977142International Association of Business Communications correspndence, 1975 May-June143Public Goals and Expectations of Health Care seminar, 1975 December144St. Mark's adult group, "A Dickensian Christmas," 1975 December145Friends of Fondren Library, Christmas presentation, 1975146English Department, 1975-1976147Dickens Society correspondence, 1975-1976148Ashton Villa Lecture Series, number 1, "External Form, Interior Vision: Background in Art and 19th Century Culture," 1976 February 15149Ashton Villa Lecture Series, number 2, "Dear Reader," 1976150"Charles Dickens as Literary Croesus," Baker Associates Night, 1976 March 921Child Care seminar, 1976 April 2422English Institute, 1976 Fall23"Theology and Literature for Institute of Religion," 1976 October 524Value of Life Project, Texas Conference of Churches, 1976 December25"Charles Dickens and his American Publishers," Dickens Society Annual Meeting, 1976 December 2926English Department, 1976-197727Society of Rice Univeristy Women, "What the Dickens?" 1977 January 1028Alumni Institute, 1977 March29Dickens Studies Annual, Robert L. Patten, editor, 1977210Houston, 2001: A Livable City, "Reading the City," 1977 November 12 and "Interim Perspectives," 1977 November 11211Rowlandson Symposium, Yale Center for British Art, 1977212National Endowment for the Humanities, fellowship materials, 1977-1978213Houston Center for the Humanities, reports and meeting materials, 1977-1983214Alumni Institute, 1978 Fall215Victorian Society in America, Dickens on the Strand, 1978 December 9216Houston Post, Dickens article, 1978 December 17217English Department, 1978-1979218Baker College Associates, 1978-1980219"Dickens Time and Again," circa 1978220National Endowment for the Humanities, correspondence, 1979 April-May221St. John's College, Annapolis and Santa Fe, presidency search materials, 1979 April-June222English Department, Graduate Studies, 1979-1980223Texas Committee for the Humanities, meeting materials, 1979-1980224New York Review of Books, 1980 March225Texans for Libraries, correspondence and articles of incorporation, 1980 March226Alumni Institute, 1980 Spring227Victorian English Luncheon, planning, 1980 December228Dickens Society Dinner, 1980 December229U.S. Embassy (London) Speaker's Bureau, correspondence, 1980-1981230Dickens Society, correspondence and organizational materials, 1980-1982231Miami University, European Center, Luxembourg, 1981 March 12232University of Leicester, Victorian Studies Centre, "George Cruikshank in the '50s," 1981 April 30233Dickens conference and symposium, 1981 December234Modern Language Association, annual convention, "Dickens in his Time-Ly-Less-Ness," 1981 December235New York University, Dean of Faculty of Arts and Science search, 1981-1982236Publication advice, 1982237Dickens Society, 1982238Baylor University, Victorian Conference, 1982 March239Yale Center Symposium, 1982 April240Victorian Popular Entertainment seminar materials, 1982 April241NEH grant, 1982 July-August242Victorian Institute conference, "The Professional Author in Victorian England," 1982 October 9243Victorians Institute conference, "Professionalization of Letters in 19th Century England," 1982 October244Modern Language Association seminar correspondence, 1982245English Department, 1982-1983246Appointment related - correspondence and reports, 1982-1983247The Dickens Companions, correspondence, newsletters, 1982-1983, 198631"A Tribute to Vassar Miller," University of Houston, 1983 October32University of Southern California, publishing correspondence, 1983 October33Berry College, " 'Their Own Myths' : Charles Dickens, George Cruikshank, and Oliver Twist," 1983 Fall34Oxford University Society of Bibliophiles, 1983 Fall35Graduate status, 1983-198436English Department, Undergraduate Committee, 1983-1984, 1986-198837Graduate registration, 198438Culture of Capitalism program, "Dickens, Scrooge and Reaganonimcs," 1984 Fall39Ohio State University position, 1984 Fall310Graduate students report, 1984 November311Dickens on the Strand, costume judging, 1984 December312English Department, Graduate Committee, admissions and financial aid, 1984-1985313City University of New York, Lehman College Provost search, 1984-1985314PEN Southwest, 1984-1986315Dickens Project, Santa Cruz, 1984-1989316Modern Language Association, 1985 January317LSU Autobiography Symposium, "Etched on Glass, Writ on Water: George Cruikshank's Autobiography," 1985 March318Southern Graphics Council, "When Artists Saved the State: Graphic Satire in Georgian England," 1985 March319Rice University Symposium on "Metaphors and Symbols of Discourse about Health, Illness, and Medicine, Is There a Doctor in the House of Fiction," Spring 1985320CUNY Victorians Conference, "George's Hive and the Georgian Hinge," 1985 May321Cultural Arts Council, minutes, 1985 October322Dickens Theater, UT Austin, 1986 January - February323Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon, 1986 Spring324The Coherent Minor, 1986 December325Modern Language Association Convention, interviews, 1986 December326Brown College Associate, 1986-1987327Rhodes-Marshall scholarship interviews, 1986-1987328English Department, 1986-1987329Mellon Summer Workshops, 1987330Houston Center for the Humanities, 1987 October331Victorian Institute, 1987 October332Dickens class, Edwin S. Jenks, 5th grade, 1987 December333Research programs/NEH, 1987-1990334Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, director search, 1988 Spring335Mississippi State University, 1988 October336Center for Advanced Study in Visual Arts, "Diagrams of Drunkenness: George Cruikshank's Temperance Art," 1988 November337American Association of University Women, "Bah! Humbug! The Miser as Christmas Spirit," 1988 December338Rice University Press, 1988-1989339National Gallery of Art, fellowships, 1988-1989340Getty Foundation, 1989 February341English Department, 1989 Fall342Washington Collegium for the Humanities, "Childhood in Crisis," 1989 October343English Book Illustration in a Eruopean Context, symposium, Berlin, 1989 December 344Modern Language Association, convention, "Dickens, Cruikshank, and the Death of the Author," 1989 December345Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, conference, 1989 December346NEH research grants, 1989-1990347Rhodes-Marshall scholarships, 1989-199041Charles Dickens and His Publishers, re-issue, 1989-199042Moody Chair search, 1989-199043English Department, 1989-199244Rhodes-Marshall scholarships, 1989-199245[Rice English Department] Symposium on Literary Criticism and Theory, "Dickens, Cruikshank, and the Death of the Author," 1990 February46Dickens Project, 1990 February47Midwest Victorian Studies Association meeting, "Cruikshank's Margins," 1990 April48Research Society for Victorian Periodicals, "The Artist as Editor: George Cruikshank's Periodicals," 1990 September49South Central Modern Language Association meeting, "Copyediting, Ethics, Asthetics, Politics," 1990 October410Dickens Project, 1990411Grunwald Center for Graphic Arts, UCLS, director search, 1990412Hamilton College [NY], exhibition, 1990413Illustrations for Sketches by by Boz, circa 1990414Friends of Fondren Library, 1990-1992415Interdisciplinary 19th Century Studies conference, 1991 April416Dickens Project, 1991 August417English Department, 1991-1992418IRC Steering Committee, circa 1992419Textual Technologies Text, Image, and History Conference, 1992 March420Council of Editors of Learned Journals, contest, 1992 December421Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, list of holdings, 19th Century women writers, 1992 February422Cruikshank exhibition at Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, 1992-1993423NEH Dissertation grants program, 1992-1993424English Department, meeting materials, 1992-1993425Dissertations directed, 1992-1993, 1996426English Graduate Committee reports, memos, 1992-1994427N.I.C.E. meeting materials, 1992-1994428Dickens Society, correspondence, 1992-1995429Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, conference, "Visual vs Verbal Literacy in the 1830's," 1993430Friends of Fondren award, 1993 October431Center for the History of the Book, inauguration, "When Is a Book Not a Book?," 1993 November432Galveston College Lecture Series, "The Mystery of Charles Dickens," 1993 December433Museum of Printing History, "Story Time" Project, 1993-1994434Dickens Project, 1993-1996435South Central Society for 19th Century Studies, meeting, 1994 February436"Visualizing Aids," panel discussion, 1994 March437Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP), annual conference, "Oliver Twist's Contexts," 1994 July438Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies seminar, "Workshop: The Early Nineteenth-Century Urban Sketch," 1994 October439Jane Austen Society of North America, "Contesting Language in Pride and Prejudice, 1994 November440The Houston Seminar, 1994-1997441Biblion: The Bulletin of the New York Public Library publication, correspondence, 1994-2000442Leave, "Development of Christmas," 1995443Southeastern American Society for 18th Century Studies, conference, "Getting Into Print," 1995 February444Bucknell University, Robbins Lecture, "The Very Dickens: Oliver's Twisted History," 1995 November445University of Pennsylvania, lecture on getting published, 1995 November446Center for Women's Studies, interviews, 1995 December447Research grant proposal, circa 1995448Museum of Fine Arts, Houston NEH Self-Study Grant Proposal, 1995-1996449Domestic Partner Benefits, 1995-200051Retirement party, Sally Hubbard, 1996 January 1852Friends of Fondren Library, authors reception remarks, 1996 January 3153ESFA lecture, "Dickens Invents Himself as Author: Plagiarism as a Capitalist Plot," 1996 March54E.D.H. Johnson tribute, 1996 March 955University of California, Irvine, Dean of School of Humanities search, 1996 April56Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, NEH report, 1996 July57Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing conference, "Rewriting Christmas in Britain, 1843-1848," 1996 July58Dickens Symposium, 1996 September59"Perception, Evolution, and Culture, " 1996 October510Luminaries: Princeton Faculty Remembered,"Faculty Legends - Edward Dudley Hume Johnson," 1996 511Rhodes-Marshall scholarships, 1996-1997512SHARP, book prize correspondence, lists, 1996-1997513Renovations, 1996-1999514Texas A&M, Lewis Lecture, "Birthing the Author: Charles Dickens Fathers Oliver Twist," 1997 April515TIAE evaluation, 1997 May-June516European Comics Seminar materials, 1997 September517Job application seminar, 1997 October 9518South Central Modern Language Association, meeting, "Titular Identity and the Construction of the Author," 1997 October - November519Univeristy of Houston, English Chair search, 1997-1998520Art historian/chair search, 1997-1998521Terence Hoagwood, Kathryn Ledbetter correspondence, 1997-1999522School of Humanities, Outreach Committee, 1997-2000523"Publishable Papers," 1998 January 30524Committee on Committees, correspondence, reports, 1998 Spring52519th Century Geographies Conference, "From House to Square to Street: Narrative Traversals," 1998 March526Research Society for Victorian Periodicals, 1998 July527Dickens Project lecture, 1998 August528Texas Council for the Humanities, Outstanding Teaching the Humanities award to Mrs. Naomi Fanettm, Klein Forest High School, 1998 September529Museum of Fine Arts Houston, "Evenings for Educators," 1998 October 19530SAMLA Convention, 1998 November531Curriculum, 1998532Faculty Council, spousal hires, 1998-1999533Sarofim pegagogy seminar correspondence, 1998-1999534Scholarships and Awards Committee, applications, correspondence, 1998-1999535Victorian Studies Review, 1998-1999536Center for Study of Cultures, correspondence, reports, announcements, grants, 1998-2000537The Letters of Charles Dickens, Pilgrim edition, 1998-2000538Alumni College, 1999539Commencement, correspondence, memos, Marshalls information, 1999540Scottish Centre for the Book, "Dickens as Serial Author: A Case of Multiple Identities, " 1999541'The History of Sex," History Channel, 1999542Houston Seminar, 1999543Museum of Fine Arts Houston, book club, 199961Scholar's Forum Lecture Series, 199962Outreach, correspondence, reports, 199963The South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA), 19996418th Century faculty search, 1999-200065Ad-Hoc Health Committee, 1999-200066Scholarships and awards, 1999-200067Wagoner Scholarship, applications, 1999-200068Texas (U.T.) Humanities Regional Center, proposal information, 1999-200069AEB Review, 2000 March610Houston Seminar, 2000 Spring611Marshall's notebook, commencement, 2000612MacArthur Foundation, 2000613Council of Editors of Learned Jounrals (CELJ) Special Issue competition, 2000614Dickens Quarterly, regarding Bill Axton, 2000615Visual Culture position search, 2001 January616Houston Seminar, 2001 April617Victorian Marriage Plot, mini-conference, 2001 May618Dickens Society, 2001 Fall619MLA, 2001620Victorian Geographics, 2001-2002621Teaching Awards, Continuting Studies, 2001-2002622Dickens Project, Winter conference, 2001-2002623Renaissance literature candidates, 2002 January624Joel Bratten, correspondence, 2002 January - February625RUSP , 2002 January - February626Fathom course, 2002 February - June627RUSP, Spring 20026289/11 memorial, 2002 May-September629New York Public Library, 2002 June630Free Library of Philadelphia, Dickens exhibition, 2002 June - August631John Glavin visit, 2002 September - December63219th Century Geographies, contract, 2002 October633Free Library of Philadelphia, 2002634MLA, Dickens Panel, 2002 November - 2003 February635Gregory Kaplan course, 2002-2003636Philip Gossett, 2002-2003637Dickens Winter conference, 2003638Dave Kopay visit, 2003639New CELJ award, 2003-2004640Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2001 April - May641Lew Eatherton talk, "NetBook Agreement," 2004 December 10642John Glavin visit, 2004643Years work in Victorian Studies, 2004644-45Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature, "Nineteenth Century Book Illustration," 2004-200571Studies in the Novel, review, 2004-200572Society of Rice University Women, "Happy Birthday Charles Dickens," 2005 February 7
Series II: Teaching Files, 1969-200473English 355a: Early Victorian Literarture, 1969 Fall74English 566: Victorian Seminar, 1969 Fall75English 340b: 19th Century Novel, 1970 Spring76English Honors Seminars, 197077English 565a: The Long Victorian Poem, 1970 Fall78English 355a: Early Victorian Literature, 1970 Fall79English 340b: The Victorian Novel, 1971 Spring710English 355b: The Later Victorian Period, 1971 Spring711English 515b: Victorian Pro-Seminar, 1971 Spring712English 355a: Early Victorian Literature, 1971 Fall713English Honors Seminar, 1971 Fall714English 340b: The Victorian Novel, 1972 Spring715English 355b: Middle and Late Victorians, 1972 Spring716English 100a: Critical Reading and Writing, 1973 Fall717English 566a: Dickens Graduate Seminar, 1973 Fall718English 250b: Masters of English Literature, 1974 Spring719English 340b: 1974 Spring720English 454b: Balzac and Dickens, 1974 Spring721English 101a: Critical Reading and Writing, 1974 Fall722English 515a: Victorian Pro-Seminar, 1974 Fall723English 252b: Masters of English Literature, 1975 Spring724English 342b: The English Novel in the 19th Century, 1975 Spring725English 101a: Freshman Seminar, 1975 Fall726English 565a: The Long Victorian Poem, 1975 Fall727English 581a: Directed Reading in the English 18th Century Novel, 1975 Fall728English 306b: Studies in a Major Writer - Charles Dickens, 1976 Spring729English 342b: English Novel in the 19th Century, 1976 Spring730English 515b: Victorian Pro-Seminar, 1977 Spring731English 342b: English Novel in 19th Century, 1977 Spring732English - Intrusive Narrator in Victorian Fiction, circa 1977733English, "Evolution and Entropy in 19th Century Literature," circa 1978734English 503: Introduction to Graduate Study, 1978 Fall735English 566a: Charles Dickens in Context, 1978 Fall736English 342b: English Novel in the 19th Century, 1979 Spring737English 361a: 18th Century British Fiction, 1979 Fall738English 362b: 19th Century British Fiction, 1980 Spring739English 562b: 19th Century British Fiction, 1980 Spring740English 622b: Directed Reading in 18th Century British Fiction, 1980 Spring741English 403a: Studies in a Major British Author - Charles Dickens, 1982 Fall742English 357b: Victorian Literature, 1983 Spring743Continuing Studies, "Oliver with a Twist," 1983 Spring744English 362a: 19th Century British Fiction, 1983 Fall745English 562a: 19th Century Novel, 1983 Fall746English 252b: Major British Writers, 1984 Spring747English 401b: Crime and Punishment in Victorian England, 1984 Spring748English 357: Victorian Literature, 1984 Fall749English 357: British Literature of the Victorian Period, 1984 Fall750English 102: Critical Reading and Writing/Poetry, 1985 Spring751English 562: 19th Century British Fiction, 1985 Spring752English 362: 19th Century British Fiction, 1985 Spring753English 369: The Novel, Cervantes to 1900, 1985 Fall754English 404: Charles Dickens, 1985 Fall755English 252b: Major British Writers - 1800 to Present, 1986 Spring756English 362: 19th Century British Fiction, 1986 Spring757English 562: 19th Century British Fiction, 1986 Spring758English 357: British Literature of the Victorian Period, 1986 Fall759English 369: The Novel - Cervantes to 1900, 1986 Fall760English 557: British Literature of the Victorian Period, 1986 Fall761English 252: Major British Writers - 1800 to present, 1987 Spring762English 362: 19th Century British Fiction, 1987 Spring763English 562: 19th Century British Fiction, 1987 Spring764English 369: The Novel - Cervantes to 1900, 1989 Fall765English 511: The Long Victorian Poem, 1989 Fall766English 403: Studies in Major British Authors - Dickens, 1990 Fall767English 252: Major British Writers, 1800 - Present, 1990 Spring768English 252: Major British Writers, 1800 to Present, 1981 Spring769English 515: Pedagogy class materials, 1991 Fall770English 501: Directed Reading, 1991 Fall771English 622: Directed Reading, 1992 Spring772English 362: Nineteenth-Century British Fiction, class materials, 1992 Fall773English 252.1: Major British Writers, 1800 - Present, class materials, 1993 Spring774English 252.2: Major British Writers, 1800-Present, class materials, 1993 Spring81Continuing Studies, "What Makes Great Fiction Great," 1993 Spring82Continuing Studies, "Art Politics: The Cruikshank Mix," 1993 March83Continuing Studies: Master Teachers Course, 1993 April84English 517: Textual Embodiments in 19th Century Fiction, class materials, 1994 Spring85English 363: 19th Century British Fiction, 1995 Spring86Continuing Studies, "From Mayhem to Murder: Mystery Fiction at Its Best," 1995 Spring87English 211.2: Major British Writers, 1800 - Present, 1997 Spring88English 491: Studies in Major British Authors - Dickens, 1997 Fall89HONS 470, 1997 Fall810English 543" Victorian Poetry and Prose, 1998 Spring811English 511: Pedagogy, class materials, 1998 Spring812English 603: Pedagogy, class materials, 1998 Fall813English 211, Major British Writers, 1800-Present, 1999 Spring814English 437: History of the Book in 19th Century Britain, 1999 Fall815English 494: Autobiographies, Letters, and Journals: A Student Led Seminar, 2000 Spring816English 211: Major British Writers, 1800 - Present, 2000 Spring817English 491: Studies in Major British Authors - Dickens, 2000 Fall818Continuing Studies, "Re-Imagining Copyright: The Victorian Dilemma," 2000 November819English 341/622: Victorian Literature, Excluding Fiction, 2001 Spring820Continuing Studies, "Victoria and the Victorians," 2001 Fall821Continuing Studies, "Introduction to the English Country House," 2003 March822English 490.1: Major British Authors - Charles Dickens and the Birth of the Industrial Strength Author, 2003 Fall823English 605, Caroline Levander class, 2003 Fall824English 543: Victorian Poetry and Prose, 2004 Spring825Caroline Levander, Writing Workshop and Frances Ferguson visit, 2004 FallSeries III: Palgrave Advances in Charels Dickens Studies, 2000-2006Correspondence, proofs, contracts and other materials relating to the publication of Palgrave Advances in Charles Dickens Studies, 2006, edited by Robert L. Patten and published by Palgrave Macmillan.826John Bowen, Eleanor Birne, 2000-2001827Eleanor Birne, 2000-2002828Palgrave/MacMillan, general correspondence, 2000-2005829John Bowen, 2001-2003830Palgrave, sytle protocols, 2002, 200483Rosemarie Bodenheimer, 2002-2005832Joseph Childers, 2002-2005833Helena Michie, 2002-2005834Robert L. Patten, 2002-2005835 John Sutherland, 2002-200591David Vincent, 2002-200592Palgrave, contracts, contacts, 2002-200693 Carolyn Deaver, 2002-200694 Emily Rosser, Paula Kennedy, 2002-200695 Steven Connor, 2003-200496Palgrave, chapter material, 2003-200497 Catherine M. Robson, 2003-200598Hilary M. Schor, 2003-200599Catherine Waters, 2003-2005910John Bowen, 2003-2006911Palgrave, tracking chart, 2004-2005912John Bowen, essay, correspondence, 2004-2005913Paula Kennedy, 2004-2006914Malcolm Andrews, 2004-2006915Palgrave, Introduction, 2005916Essay, "Performing Character," Malcolm Andrews, [2005]917Essay, "Dickens and the Writing of a Life," Rosemarie Bodenheimer, [2005]918Essay, "Dickens and the Force of Writing," John Bowen, [2005]919Essay, "Psychoanalyzing Dickens," Carolyn Deaver, [2005]920Essay, "From Blood to Law: The Embarrassments of Family in Dickens," Helena Michie, [2005]921Essay, "Publishing in Parts," Robert L. Patten, [2005]922Robert L. Patten, 2005923Essay, "Historicizing Dickens," Catherine Robson, [2005]924Essay, "Dickens and Plot," Hilary Schor, [2005]925Essay, "Visualizing Dickens," John Sutherland, [2005]926Essay, "Politicized Dickens: The Journalism of the 1850s," Joseph W. Childers, [2005]927Essay, "Dickens Reading Public," David Vincent, [2005]928Essay, "Reforming Culture," Catherine Waters, [2005]929Palgrace Advances in Charles Dickens Studies, proof, 2005930Proof, front matter - Chapter 9, 2005931Chapter 10 - Acknowledgments, 2005932Palgrave, Index, [2005]933Bibliography, [2005]934Correspondence, 2005935Literature Online, search results, "Abell," 2005936Helene Craine, Oliver Howard, 2005-2006937Reviews, 2006Series IV: Swarthmore College, 1971-1982101Recruiting, 1971-1975102 Alumni Council, 1976103Alumni Council, 1977104Committee on course/honors curriculum, 1977105Admissions, 1977-1980106Extern Program, 1978107Alumni Council/Association, 1978-1979111Recruiting, 1982-1985Series V: Personal , other administrative papers, 1988-1993112Robert L. Patten, administrative correspondence, biographical materials, 1988-1997113Theresa Munisteri, 2003-2006114-8Professor Jane Chance, correpondence, memoranda, clippings, 1987-1993