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Janet Camp Troxell Collection of Rossetti Manuscripts
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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
Overview and metadata sections
Janet Camp Troxell was a scholar who conducted and published studies of the Rossetti family, featuring Dante Gabriel Rosetti, a British author and painter, but also focusing on other members of the Polidori/Rossetti clan.
The Troxell Collection contains over 3000 manuscripts relating to the Rossettis and their friends. While Dante Gabriel is the central figure, his brother and sisters (William Michael, Christina Georgina, Maria Francesca) are also represented, as are several other members of the Polidori/Rossetti families. Other research interests amply supported by the collection include the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and Victorian art, poetry, and literature.
A general summary of the Rossetti material follows: I. Christina-many AMss of her poems, the AMs of Commonplace and Other Stories, over 60 letters, a lock of hair, and various photographs, portraits, and newspaper clippings. II. Dante-numerous AMss of poems, including "Eden Bower," The House of Life, other sonnets and lyrics; proofs to stages of Poems, before and after the exhumation of his manuscript from his wife's grave; over 250 letters; memorabilia, newspaper clippings, photographs, portraits, and supplementary material. III. Maria-11 letters and supplementary material. IV. William-AMss, including his introduction to the P.R.B. Journal; over 200 letters, 3 documents, and 1 photograph.
Papers of other persons in the Rossetti "circle," or family friends, include correspondence of manuscripts from Mackenzie Bell, including the AMs and printer's galleys for his biography of Christina; Ford Madox Brown; Robert Browning; Edward Burne-Jones, including drawings and sketches; Hall Caine, including the AMs of Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti; William Holman Hunt; William Morris, William Bell Scott (sizable correspondence); Algernon Charles Swinburne; and Theodore Watts-Dunton. In addition, there are 5 boxes of Janet Troxell material, primarily notes, correspondence, and articles about the collection. Information about the book portion of the troxell Collection can be obtained from the Rare Books Department.
The following sources were consulted during preparation of biographical note: WilsonWeb: Biography from British Authors of the 19th Century (1936).
The material in the collection was acquired by Janet (Camp) Troxell between 1930 and 1965. Sizable portions of it are due to her acquisition of the Mackenzie Bell archive of material relating to Christina Rossetti and much of the William Bell Scott archive sold at Sotheby's (London) on March 10-11, 1952.
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This collection was processed in 1996. Finding aid written in 1996.
Biography written by Jessica Marati, '08.
A run of The Torch (1891-96) was removed from the collection and transfered to Rare Books. It is available in the catalog .
No appraisal information is available.
People
- Rossetti family.
- Bell, Mackenzie (1856-1930)
- Rossetti, Christina Georgina (1830-1894)
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882)
- Rossetti, William Michael (1829-1919)
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Occupation
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- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 1996
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research use.
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Collection Inventory
Consists of materials related to Christina Georgina Rossetti, including her works, correspondence, memorabilia, photographs, portraits, and clippings.
This series is arranged six subseries: Works, Correspondence, Works as Subject, Memorabilia, Photographs/Portraits, and Newspaper Clippings.
Physical Description3 boxes
Consists of the works of Christina Georgina Rossetti, including "I am the First and the Last, and the Living One?," "Innocent Eyes Not Ours," "The Succession of Kings," as well as others.
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Consists of the correspondence of Christina Georgina Rossetti with individuals such as Julia Cameron, Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), Edmund Gosse, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and William Rossetti, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
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Consists of a collection of dealer/auction descriptions of the works of Christina Georgina Rossetti.
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Consists of a lock of Christina's hair, cut in 1832.
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Consists of portraits and photographs of Christina Georgina Rossetti.
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Consists of clippings related to Christina Georgina Rossetti as well as her obituaries.
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Consists of materials related to Dante Gabriel Rossetti, including his works, correspondence, documents, memorabilia, clippings, and photographs.
This series is arranged into eight subseries: Works, Correspondence, Documents, Works as Subject, Memorabilia, Newspaper Clippings, Photographs/Portraits, and Supplementary Materials.
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Consists of manuscripts of the works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, primarily of his poetry.
Arranged by genre of material.
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Consists of the correspondence of Dante Gabriel Rossetti with individuals such as Ford Madox Brown, Julia Margaret Cameron, Regina Cordium Heaton, William Holman Hunt, William Bell Scott, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Samuel Waddington, and Edmund Yates, as well as his family members and others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
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Consists of the invoice for the exhumation of Elizabeth Siddal Rossetti.
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Consists primarily of notes on the works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, as well as a handwriting analysis of Christina and Dante.
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Consists of monograms for Dante Gabriel Rossetti and E. E. R. as well as a lock of Dante's hair when he was 10 days old.
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Consists of clippings primarily related to the works of Dante.
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Consists of photographs or reproductions of Dante's paintings and watercolors as well as photographs of his residence and gravesite.
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Consists of a copy of a Keats Sonnet as well as a clipping regarding the sale of the home where Dante last lived.
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Consists primarily of the correspondence of Maria Francesca Rossetti.
This series is arranged into two subseries: Correspondence, and Supplementary Material.
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Consists of the correspondence of Maria Francesa Rossetti with Charles B. Cayley, Edmund Gosse, and B. W. Olaf.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
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Consists of a printed obituary and notes on exercise by Maria Francesca Rossetti, Christina Georgina Rossetti, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
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Consists of the papers of William Michael Rossetti, including his works, correspondence, documents, and photographs.
This series is arranged into five subseries: Works, Correspondence, Documents, Works as Subject, and Photograph.
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Consists of a journal about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood as well as works such as "Shelley's Heart (To Edward John Trelawny)" and "The Portraits of Dante Gabriel Rossetti," as well as others.
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Consists of the correspondence of William Michael Rossetti with individuals such as Mackenzie Bell, William Bell Scott, Thomas Woolner, and Charles Cayley, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
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Consists of two receipts belonging to William Michael Rossetti.
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Consists of a dealer description of the letters of William Michael Rossetti.
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Consists of an inscribed photograph of William Michael Rossetti.
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Consists of papers (primarily correspondence) of individuals such as Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Mackenzie Bell, Alice Boyd, Ford Madox Brown, Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), William Gladstone, the Hogarth Club, William Holman Hunt, Jane Morris, William Morris, Elizabeth Siddal Rossetti, John Ruskin, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Thomas Woolner. This series comprises the correspondence of many members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood during Victorian England.
Arranged alphabetically by author.
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Consists of the works and correspondence of Janet (Camp) Troxell.
This series is arranged into three subseries: Works, Correspondence, and Supplementary Material.
Physical Description5 boxes
Consists of manuscripts for the works of Janet (Camp) Troxell, including "The Defense of Guennevere" as well as lectures on the Rossetti family and their associates.
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Consists of correspondence largely with publishers, library organizations, and booksellers.
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Consists of checklists for the collection, catalogs, proofs, and notes related to the collection.
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