Guide to the Robert L. Patten academic papers, 1963-2006


Collection Summary
	Creator:	Robert L. Patten
	Title:	Robert L. Patten academic papers
	Dates:	1963-2006
	Abstract:	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.
	Identification:	MS 410
	Quantity:	11.27 cu. ft. (11 boxes)
	Language:	Materials are in English
	Repository:	Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX

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

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
		Theses
		Essays
		Lectures
		Reports

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.
Box	Folder
1	1	Plot in Charles Dickens' Early Novels, 1836-1841, [thesis], 1963
	2	Correspondence to Mrs. Tillotson regarding Oliver Twist, 1964-1967
	3	Dickens Fellowship Dinner, 1965, February 12
	4	Dissertation, Plot Development in Dickens' Novels, 1965
	5	Plot Development in Dickens' Novels, bibliography, notes, 1965
	6	Thesis chapter, "Point of View," 1967
	7	Dissertation, chapter one, "Plot in Prose Fiction," circa 1967
	8	Lecture illustration (text), The Old Curiosity Shop, Barnaby Rudge, circa 1967
	9	National Endowment for the Humanities, fellowships, 1967-1969
	10	Rice University, English Department Graduate Committee, 1967-1977
	11	Employment, 1968-1969
	12	American Society of Learned Societies, fellowship, 1968-1969
	13	Modern Language Association, Dickens Seminar, 1969 December
	14	Modern Language Association, Dickens Seminar, 1970
	15	English graduate brochure, 1970
	16	London Centenary Celebration, 1970 June
	17	Graduate English Committee, 1971
	18	American Institute of Banking, public speaking contest, 1971 May
	19	Richardson College, freshman advising, 1971 Fall
	20	Brown-Richardson Colleges, Cultural Awareness course, 1971 Fall
	21	SCMLA, "Pickwick's Picaresque Pilgrimage," 1971 October
	22	Dickens Society, annual meeting, 1971 December
	23	English Department, notices, 1971-1972
	24	National Endowment for the Humanities, correspondence, planning, 1971-1978
	25	American Association of University Professors, 1972
	26	Flyleaf, correspondence, 1972 February
	27	Victorian Society in America, annual meeting, 1972 March
	28	Richardson College Night, 1972 August
	29	American Philosophical Society, grant application, 1972 August
	30	English Department, 1972-1973
	31	The Dickens Society, correspondence and meeting materials, 1972-1973
	32	American Philosophical Society, grants, 1972-1976
	33	Dickens edition and concordance correspondence, 1972-1977
	34	English Department, 1973-1974
	35	Carroll Camden remarks, 1974 May 3
	36	Princeton graduate almuni in English, 1974 June
	37	National Endowment for the Humanities, Houston site visit, 1974 December
	38	The Dickens Society, meeting materials, 1974 December
	39	Rice Univeristy notices, 1974-1975
	40	Fellowhships, 1974-1976
	41	19th Century books, C.C. Kohler correspondence, 1974-1977
	42	International Association of Business Communications correspndence, 1975 May-June
	43	Public Goals and Expectations of Health Care seminar, 1975 December
	44	St. Mark's adult group, "A Dickensian Christmas," 1975 December
	45	Friends of Fondren Library, Christmas presentation, 1975
	46	English Department, 1975-1976
	47	Dickens Society correspondence, 1975-1976
	48	Ashton Villa Lecture Series, number 1, "External Form, Interior Vision: Background in Art and 19th Century Culture," 1976 February 15
	49	Ashton Villa Lecture Series, number 2, "Dear Reader," 1976
	50	"Charles Dickens as Literary Croesus," Baker Associates Night, 1976 March 9
Box	Folder
2	1	Child Care seminar, 1976 April 24
	2	English Institute, 1976 Fall
	3	"Theology and Literature for Institute of Religion," 1976 October 5
	4	Value of Life Project, Texas Conference of Churches, 1976 December
	5	"Charles Dickens and his American Publishers," Dickens Society Annual Meeting, 1976 December 29
	6	English Department, 1976-1977
	7	Society of Rice Univeristy Women, "What the Dickens?" 1977 January 10
	8	Alumni Institute, 1977 March
	9	Dickens Studies Annual, Robert L. Patten, editor, 1977
	10	Houston, 2001: A Livable City, "Reading the City," 1977 November 12 and "Interim Perspectives," 1977 November 11
	11	Rowlandson Symposium, Yale Center for British Art, 1977
	12	National Endowment for the Humanities, fellowship materials, 1977-1978
	13	Houston Center for the Humanities, reports and meeting materials, 1977-1983
	14	Alumni Institute, 1978 Fall
	15	Victorian Society in America, Dickens on the Strand, 1978 December 9
	16	Houston Post, Dickens article, 1978 December 17
		English Department, 1978-1979
	18	Baker College Associates, 1978-1980
	19	"Dickens Time and Again," circa 1978
	20	National Endowment for the Humanities, correspondence, 1979 April-May
		St. John's College, Annapolis and Santa Fe, presidency search materials, 1979 April-June
	22	English Department, Graduate Studies, 1979-1980
	23	Texas Committee for the Humanities, meeting materials, 1979-1980
	24	New York Review of Books, 1980 March
	25	Texans for Libraries, correspondence and articles of incorporation, 1980 March
	26	Alumni Institute, 1980 Spring
	27	Victorian English Luncheon, planning, 1980 December
	28	Dickens Society Dinner, 1980 December
	29	U.S. Embassy (London) Speaker's Bureau, correspondence, 1980-1981
	30	Dickens Society, correspondence and organizational materials, 1980-1982
	31	Miami University, European Center, Luxembourg, 1981 March 12
	32	University of Leicester, Victorian Studies Centre, "George Cruikshank in the '50s," 1981 April 30
	33	Dickens conference and symposium, 1981 December
	34	Modern Language Association, annual convention, "Dickens in his Time-Ly-Less-Ness," 1981 December
	35	New York University, Dean of Faculty of Arts and Science search, 1981-1982
	36	Publication advice, 1982
	37	Dickens Society, 1982
	38	Baylor University, Victorian Conference, 1982 March
	39	Yale Center Symposium, 1982 April
	40	Victorian Popular Entertainment seminar materials, 1982 April
	41	NEH grant, 1982 July-August
	42	Victorian Institute conference, "The Professional Author in Victorian England," 1982 October 9
	43	Victorians Institute conference, "Professionalization of Letters in 19th Century England," 1982 October
	44	Modern Language Association seminar correspondence, 1982
	45	English Department, 1982-1983
	46	Appointment related - correspondence and reports, 1982-1983
	47	The Dickens Companions, correspondence, newsletters, 1982-1983, 1986
Box	Folder
3	1	"A Tribute to Vassar Miller," University of Houston, 1983 October
	2	University of Southern California, publishing correspondence, 1983 October
	3	Berry College, " 'Their Own Myths' : Charles Dickens, George Cruikshank, and Oliver Twist," 1983 Fall
	4	Oxford University Society of Bibliophiles, 1983 Fall
	5	Graduate status, 1983-1984
	6	English Department, Undergraduate Committee, 1983-1984, 1986-1988
	7	Graduate registration, 1984
	8	Culture of Capitalism program, "Dickens, Scrooge and Reaganonimcs," 1984 Fall
	9	Ohio State University position, 1984 Fall
	10	Graduate students report, 1984 November
	11	Dickens on the Strand, costume judging, 1984 December
	12	English Department, Graduate Committee, admissions and financial aid, 1984-1985
	13	City University of New York, Lehman College Provost search, 1984-1985
	14	PEN Southwest, 1984-1986
	15	Dickens Project, Santa Cruz, 1984-1989
	16	Modern Language Association, 1985 January
	17	LSU Autobiography Symposium, "Etched on Glass, Writ on Water: George Cruikshank's Autobiography," 1985 March
	18	Southern Graphics Council, "When Artists Saved the State: Graphic Satire in Georgian England," 1985 March
	19	Rice University Symposium on "Metaphors and Symbols of Discourse about Health, Illness, and Medicine, Is There a Doctor in the House of Fiction," Spring 1985
	20	CUNY Victorians Conference, "George's Hive and the Georgian Hinge," 1985 May
	21	Cultural Arts Council, minutes, 1985 October
	22	Dickens Theater, UT Austin, 1986 January - February
	23	Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon, 1986 Spring
	24	The Coherent Minor, 1986 December
	25	Modern Language Association Convention, interviews, 1986 December
	26	Brown College Associate, 1986-1987
	27	Rhodes-Marshall scholarship interviews, 1986-1987
	28	English Department, 1986-1987
	29	Mellon Summer Workshops, 1987
	30	Houston Center for the Humanities, 1987 October
	31	Victorian Institute, 1987 October
	32	Dickens class, Edwin S. Jenks, 5th grade, 1987 December
	33	Research programs/NEH, 1987-1990
	34	Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, director search, 1988 Spring
	35	Mississippi State University, 1988 October
	36	Center for Advanced Study in Visual Arts, "Diagrams of Drunkenness: George Cruikshank's Temperance Art," 1988 November
	37	American Association of University Women, "Bah! Humbug! The Miser as Christmas Spirit," 1988 December
	38	Rice University Press, 1988-1989
	39	National Gallery of Art, fellowships, 1988-1989
	40	Getty Foundation, 1989 February
	41	English Department, 1989 Fall
	42	Washington Collegium for the Humanities, "Childhood in Crisis," 1989 October
	43	English Book Illustration in a Eruopean Context, symposium, Berlin, 1989 December
	44	Modern Language Association, convention, "Dickens, Cruikshank, and the Death of the Author," 1989 December
	45	Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, conference, 1989 December
	46	NEH research grants, 1989-1990
	47	Rhodes-Marshall scholarships, 1989-1990
Box	Folder
4	1	Charles Dickens and His Publishers, re-issue, 1989-1990
	2	Moody Chair search, 1989-1990
	3	English Department, 1989-1992
	4	Rhodes-Marshall scholarships, 1989-1992
	5	[Rice English Department] Symposium on Literary Criticism and Theory, "Dickens, Cruikshank, and the Death of the Author," 1990 February
	6	Dickens Project, 1990 February
	7	Midwest Victorian Studies Association meeting, "Cruikshank's Margins," 1990 April
	8	Research Society for Victorian Periodicals, "The Artist as Editor: George Cruikshank's Periodicals," 1990 September
	9	South Central Modern Language Association meeting, "Copyediting, Ethics, Asthetics, Politics," 1990 October
	10	Dickens Project, 1990
	11	Grunwald Center for Graphic Arts, UCLS, director search, 1990
	12	Hamilton College [NY], exhibition, 1990
	13	Illustrations for Sketches by by Boz, circa 1990
	14	Friends of Fondren Library, 1990-1992
	15	Interdisciplinary 19th Century Studies conference, 1991 April
	16	Dickens Project, 1991 August
	17	English Department, 1991-1992
	18	IRC Steering Committee, circa 1992
	19	Textual Technologies Text, Image, and History Conference, 1992 March
	20	Council of Editors of Learned Journals, contest, 1992 December
	21	Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, list of holdings, 19th Century women writers, 1992 February
	22	Cruikshank exhibition at Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, 1992-1993
	23	NEH Dissertation grants program, 1992-1993
	24	English Department, meeting materials, 1992-1993
	25	Dissertations directed, 1992-1993, 1996
	26	English Graduate Committee reports, memos, 1992-1994
	27	N.I.C.E. meeting materials, 1992-1994
		Dickens Society, correspondence, 1992-1995
	29	Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, conference, "Visual vs Verbal Literacy in the 1830's," 1993
	30	Friends of Fondren award, 1993 October
	31	Center for the History of the Book, inauguration, "When Is a Book Not a Book?," 1993 November
	32	Galveston College Lecture Series, "The Mystery of Charles Dickens," 1993 December
	33	Museum of Printing History, "Story Time" Project, 1993-1994
	34	Dickens Project, 1993-1996
B	Folder
4	35	South Central Society for 19th Century Studies, meeting, 1994 February
Box	Folder
4	36	"Visualizing Aids," panel discussion, 1994 March
	37	Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP), annual conference, "Oliver Twist's Contexts," 1994 July
	38	Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies seminar, "Workshop: The Early Nineteenth-Century Urban Sketch," 1994 October
	39	Jane Austen Society of North America, "Contesting Language in Pride and Prejudice, 1994 November
	40	The Houston Seminar, 1994-1997
	41	Biblion: The Bulletin of the New York Public Library publication, correspondence, 1994-2000
	42	Leave, "Development of Christmas," 1995
	43	Southeastern American Society for 18th Century Studies, conference, "Getting Into Print," 1995 February
	44	Bucknell University, Robbins Lecture, "The Very Dickens: Oliver's Twisted History," 1995 November
	45	University of Pennsylvania, lecture on getting published, 1995 November
	46	Center for Women's Studies, interviews, 1995 December
	47	Research grant proposal, circa 1995
	48	Museum of Fine Arts, Houston NEH Self-Study Grant Proposal, 1995-1996
	49	Domestic Partner Benefits, 1995-2000
Box	Folder
5	1	Retirement party, Sally Hubbard, 1996 January 18
	2	Friends of Fondren Library, authors reception remarks, 1996 January 31
	3	ESFA lecture, "Dickens Invents Himself as Author: Plagiarism as a Capitalist Plot," 1996 March
	4	E.D.H. Johnson tribute, 1996 March 9
	5	University of California, Irvine, Dean of School of Humanities search, 1996 April
	6	Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, NEH report, 1996 July
	7	Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing conference, "Rewriting Christmas in Britain, 1843-1848," 1996 July
	8	Dickens Symposium, 1996 September
	9	"Perception, Evolution, and Culture, " 1996 October
	10	Luminaries: Princeton Faculty Remembered,"Faculty Legends - Edward Dudley Hume Johnson," 1996
	11	Rhodes-Marshall scholarships, 1996-1997
	12	SHARP, book prize correspondence, lists, 1996-1997
	13	Renovations, 1996-1999
	14	Texas A&M, Lewis Lecture, "Birthing the Author: Charles Dickens Fathers Oliver Twist," 1997 April
	15	TIAE evaluation, 1997 May-June
	16	European Comics Seminar materials, 1997 September
	17	Job application seminar, 1997 October 9
	18	South Central Modern Language Association, meeting, "Titular Identity and the Construction of the Author," 1997 October - November
	19	Univeristy of Houston, English Chair search, 1997-1998
	20	Art historian/chair search, 1997-1998
	21	Terence Hoagwood, Kathryn Ledbetter correspondence, 1997-1999
	22	School of Humanities, Outreach Committee, 1997-2000
	23	"Publishable Papers," 1998 January 30
	24	Committee on Committees, correspondence, reports, 1998 Spring
	25	19th Century Geographies Conference, "From House to Square to Street: Narrative Traversals," 1998 March
	26	Research Society for Victorian Periodicals, 1998 July
	27	Dickens Project lecture, 1998 August
	28	Texas Council for the Humanities, Outstanding Teaching the Humanities award to Mrs. Naomi Fanettm, Klein Forest High School, 1998 September
	29	Museum of Fine Arts Houston, "Evenings for Educators," 1998 October 19
	30	SAMLA Convention, 1998 November
	31	Curriculum, 1998
	32	Faculty Council, spousal hires, 1998-1999
	33	Sarofim pegagogy seminar correspondence, 1998-1999
	34	Scholarships and Awards Committee, applications, correspondence, 1998-1999
	35	Victorian Studies Review, 1998-1999
	36	Center for Study of Cultures, correspondence, reports, announcements, grants, 1998-2000
	37	The Letters of Charles Dickens, Pilgrim edition, 1998-2000
	38	Alumni College, 1999
	39	Commencement, correspondence, memos, Marshalls information, 1999
	40	Scottish Centre for the Book, "Dickens as Serial Author: A Case of Multiple Identities, " 1999
	41	'The History of Sex," History Channel, 1999
	42	Houston Seminar, 1999
	43	Museum of Fine Arts Houston, book club, 1999
Box	Folder
6	1	Scholar's Forum Lecture Series, 1999
	2	Outreach, correspondence, reports, 1999
		The South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA), 1999
	4	18th Century faculty search, 1999-2000
	5	Ad-Hoc Health Committee, 1999-2000
	6	Scholarships and awards, 1999-2000
	7	Wagoner Scholarship, applications, 1999-2000
	8	Texas (U.T.) Humanities Regional Center, proposal information, 1999-2000
	9	AEB Review, 2000 March
	10	Houston Seminar, 2000 Spring
	11	Marshall's notebook, commencement, 2000
	12	MacArthur Foundation, 2000
	13	Council of Editors of Learned Jounrals (CELJ) Special Issue competition, 2000
	14	Dickens Quarterly, regarding Bill Axton, 2000
	15	Visual Culture position search, 2001 January
	16	Houston Seminar, 2001 April
	17	Victorian Marriage Plot, mini-conference, 2001 May
	18	Dickens Society, 2001 Fall
	19	MLA, 2001
	20	Victorian Geographics, 2001-2002
		Teaching Awards, Continuting Studies, 2001-2002
	22	Dickens Project, Winter conference, 2001-2002
	23	Renaissance literature candidates, 2002 January
	24	Joel Bratten, correspondence, 2002 January - February
	25	RUSP , 2002 January - February
	26	Fathom course, 2002 February - June
	27	RUSP, Spring 2002
	28	9/11 memorial, 2002 May-September
	29	New York Public Library, 2002 June
	30	Free Library of Philadelphia, Dickens exhibition, 2002 June - August
	31	John Glavin visit, 2002 September - December
	32	19th Century Geographies, contract, 2002 October
	33	Free Library of Philadelphia, 2002
	34	MLA, Dickens Panel, 2002 November - 2003 February
	35	Gregory Kaplan course, 2002-2003
	36	Philip Gossett, 2002-2003
	37	Dickens Winter conference, 2003
	38	Dave Kopay visit, 2003
	39	New CELJ award, 2003-2004
	40	Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2001 April - May
	41	Lew Eatherton talk, "NetBook Agreement," 2004 December 10
	42	John Glavin visit, 2004
	43	Years work in Victorian Studies, 2004
	44-45	Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature, "Nineteenth Century Book Illustration," 2004-2005
Box	Folder
7	1	Studies in the Novel, review, 2004-2005
	2	Society of Rice University Women, "Happy Birthday Charles Dickens," 2005 February 7



Series II: Teaching Files, 1969-2004
Box	Folder
7	3	English 355a: Early Victorian Literarture, 1969 Fall
	4	English 566: Victorian Seminar, 1969 Fall
	5	English 340b: 19th Century Novel, 1970 Spring
	6	English Honors Seminars, 1970
	7	English 565a: The Long Victorian Poem, 1970 Fall
	8	English 355a: Early Victorian Literature, 1970 Fall
	9	English 340b: The Victorian Novel, 1971 Spring
	10	English 355b: The Later Victorian Period, 1971 Spring
	11	English 515b: Victorian Pro-Seminar, 1971 Spring
	12	English 355a: Early Victorian Literature, 1971 Fall
	13	English Honors Seminar, 1971 Fall
	14	English 340b: The Victorian Novel, 1972 Spring
	15	English 355b: Middle and Late Victorians, 1972 Spring
	16	English 100a: Critical Reading and Writing, 1973 Fall
	17	English 566a: Dickens Graduate Seminar, 1973 Fall
	18	English 250b: Masters of English Literature, 1974 Spring
	19	English 340b: 1974 Spring
	20	English 454b: Balzac and Dickens, 1974 Spring
	21	English 101a: Critical Reading and Writing, 1974 Fall
	22	English 515a: Victorian Pro-Seminar, 1974 Fall
	23	English 252b: Masters of English Literature, 1975 Spring
	24	English 342b: The English Novel in the 19th Century, 1975 Spring
	25	English 101a: Freshman Seminar, 1975 Fall
	26	English 565a: The Long Victorian Poem, 1975 Fall
	27	English 581a: Directed Reading in the English 18th Century Novel, 1975 Fall
	28	English 306b: Studies in a Major Writer - Charles Dickens, 1976 Spring
	29	English 342b: English Novel in the 19th Century, 1976 Spring
	30	English 515b: Victorian Pro-Seminar, 1977 Spring
	31	English 342b: English Novel in 19th Century, 1977 Spring
	32	English - Intrusive Narrator in Victorian Fiction, circa 1977
	33	English, "Evolution and Entropy in 19th Century Literature," circa 1978
	34	English 503: Introduction to Graduate Study, 1978 Fall
	35	English 566a: Charles Dickens in Context, 1978 Fall
	36	English 342b: English Novel in the 19th Century, 1979 Spring
	37	English 361a: 18th Century British Fiction, 1979 Fall
	38	English 362b: 19th Century British Fiction, 1980 Spring
	39	English 562b: 19th Century British Fiction, 1980 Spring
	40	English 622b: Directed Reading in 18th Century British Fiction, 1980 Spring
	41	English 403a: Studies in a Major British Author - Charles Dickens, 1982 Fall
	42	English 357b: Victorian Literature, 1983 Spring
	43	Continuing Studies, "Oliver with a Twist," 1983 Spring
	44	English 362a: 19th Century British Fiction, 1983 Fall
	45	English 562a: 19th Century Novel, 1983 Fall
	46	English 252b: Major British Writers, 1984 Spring
	47	English 401b: Crime and Punishment in Victorian England, 1984 Spring
	48	English 357: Victorian Literature, 1984 Fall
	49	English 357: British Literature of the Victorian Period, 1984 Fall
	50	English 102: Critical Reading and Writing/Poetry, 1985 Spring
	51	English 562: 19th Century British Fiction, 1985 Spring
	52	English 362: 19th Century British Fiction, 1985 Spring
	53	English 369: The Novel, Cervantes to 1900, 1985 Fall
	54	English 404: Charles Dickens, 1985 Fall
	55	English 252b: Major British Writers - 1800 to Present, 1986 Spring
	56	English 362: 19th Century British Fiction, 1986 Spring
	57	English 562: 19th Century British Fiction, 1986 Spring
	58	English 357: British Literature of the Victorian Period, 1986 Fall
	59	English 369: The Novel - Cervantes to 1900, 1986 Fall
	60	English 557: British Literature of the Victorian Period, 1986 Fall
	61	English 252: Major British Writers - 1800 to present, 1987 Spring
	62	English 362: 19th Century British Fiction, 1987 Spring
	63	English 562: 19th Century British Fiction, 1987 Spring
	64	English 369: The Novel - Cervantes to 1900, 1989 Fall
	65	English 511: The Long Victorian Poem, 1989 Fall
	66	English 403: Studies in Major British Authors - Dickens, 1990 Fall
	67	English 252: Major British Writers, 1800 - Present, 1990 Spring
	68	English 252: Major British Writers, 1800 to Present, 1981 Spring
	69	English 515: Pedagogy class materials, 1991 Fall
	70	English 501: Directed Reading, 1991 Fall
	71	English 622: Directed Reading, 1992 Spring
	72	English 362: Nineteenth-Century British Fiction, class materials, 1992 Fall
	73	English 252.1: Major British Writers, 1800 - Present, class materials, 1993 Spring
	74	English 252.2: Major British Writers, 1800-Present, class materials, 1993 Spring
Box	Folder
8	1	Continuing Studies, "What Makes Great Fiction Great," 1993 Spring
	2	Continuing Studies, "Art Politics: The Cruikshank Mix," 1993 March
	3	Continuing Studies: Master Teachers Course, 1993 April
	4	English 517: Textual Embodiments in 19th Century Fiction, class materials, 1994 Spring
	5	English 363: 19th Century British Fiction, 1995 Spring
	6	Continuing Studies, "From Mayhem to Murder: Mystery Fiction at Its Best," 1995 Spring
	7	English 211.2: Major British Writers, 1800 - Present, 1997 Spring
	8	English 491: Studies in Major British Authors - Dickens, 1997 Fall
	9	HONS 470, 1997 Fall
	10	English 543" Victorian Poetry and Prose, 1998 Spring
	11	English 511: Pedagogy, class materials, 1998 Spring
	12	English 603: Pedagogy, class materials, 1998 Fall
	13	English 211, Major British Writers, 1800-Present, 1999 Spring
	14	English 437: History of the Book in 19th Century Britain, 1999 Fall
	15	English 494: Autobiographies, Letters, and Journals: A Student Led Seminar, 2000 Spring
	16	English 211: Major British Writers, 1800 - Present, 2000 Spring
	17	English 491: Studies in Major British Authors - Dickens, 2000 Fall
	18	Continuing Studies, "Re-Imagining Copyright: The Victorian Dilemma," 2000 November
	19	English 341/622: Victorian Literature, Excluding Fiction, 2001 Spring
	20	Continuing Studies, "Victoria and the Victorians," 2001 Fall
	21	Continuing Studies, "Introduction to the English Country House," 2003 March
	22	English 490.1: Major British Authors - Charles Dickens and the Birth of the Industrial Strength Author, 2003 Fall
	23	English 605, Caroline Levander class, 2003 Fall
	24	English 543: Victorian Poetry and Prose, 2004 Spring
	25	Caroline Levander, Writing Workshop and Frances Ferguson visit, 2004 Fall



Series III: Palgrave Advances in Charels Dickens Studies, 2000-2006
	Correspondence, 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.
Box	Folder
8	26	John Bowen, Eleanor Birne, 2000-2001
	27	Eleanor Birne, 2000-2002
	28	Palgrave/MacMillan, general correspondence, 2000-2005
	29	John Bowen, 2001-2003
	30	Palgrave, sytle protocols, 2002, 2004
	3	Rosemarie Bodenheimer, 2002-2005
	32	Joseph Childers, 2002-2005
	33	Helena Michie, 2002-2005
	34	Robert L. Patten, 2002-2005
	35	John Sutherland, 2002-2005
Box	Folder
9	1	David Vincent, 2002-2005
	2	Palgrave, contracts, contacts, 2002-2006
	3	Carolyn Deaver, 2002-2006
	4	Emily Rosser, Paula Kennedy, 2002-2006
	5	Steven Connor, 2003-2004
	6	Palgrave, chapter material, 2003-2004
	7	Catherine M. Robson, 2003-2005
	8	Hilary M. Schor, 2003-2005
	9	Catherine Waters, 2003-2005
	10	John Bowen, 2003-2006
	11	Palgrave, tracking chart, 2004-2005
	12	John Bowen, essay, correspondence, 2004-2005
	13	Paula Kennedy, 2004-2006
	14	Malcolm Andrews, 2004-2006
	15	Palgrave, Introduction, 2005
	16	Essay, "Performing Character," Malcolm Andrews, [2005]
	17	Essay, "Dickens and the Writing of a Life," Rosemarie Bodenheimer, [2005]
	18	Essay, "Dickens and the Force of Writing," John Bowen, [2005]
	19	Essay, "Psychoanalyzing Dickens," Carolyn Deaver, [2005]
	20	Essay, "From Blood to Law: The Embarrassments of Family in Dickens," Helena Michie, [2005]
	21	Essay, "Publishing in Parts," Robert L. Patten, [2005]
	22	Robert L. Patten, 2005
	23	Essay, "Historicizing Dickens," Catherine Robson, [2005]
	24	Essay, "Dickens and Plot," Hilary Schor, [2005]
	25	Essay, "Visualizing Dickens," John Sutherland, [2005]
	26	Essay, "Politicized Dickens: The Journalism of the 1850s," Joseph W. Childers, [2005]
	27	Essay, "Dickens Reading Public," David Vincent, [2005]
	28	Essay, "Reforming Culture," Catherine Waters, [2005]
	29	Palgrace Advances in Charles Dickens Studies, proof, 2005
	30	Proof, front matter - Chapter 9, 2005
	31	Chapter 10 - Acknowledgments, 2005
	32	Palgrave, Index, [2005]
	33	Bibliography, [2005]
	34	Correspondence, 2005
	35	Literature Online, search results, "Abell," 2005
	36	Helene Craine, Oliver Howard, 2005-2006
	37	Reviews, 2006



Series IV: Swarthmore College, 1971-1982
Box	Folder
10	1	Recruiting, 1971-1975
	2	Alumni Council, 1976
	3	Alumni Council, 1977
	4	Committee on course/honors curriculum, 1977
	5	Admissions, 1977-1980
	6	Extern Program, 1978
	7	Alumni Council/Association, 1978-1979
Box	Folder
11	1	Recruiting, 1982-1985



Series V: Personal , other administrative papers, 1988-1993
Box	Folder
11	2	Robert L. Patten, administrative correspondence, biographical materials, 1988-1997
	3	Theresa Munisteri, 2003-2006
	4-8	Professor Jane Chance, correpondence, memoranda, clippings, 1987-1993