Call Number:

C0334

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 23 boxes
• 9.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Robert Bernard Martin Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1852-1980 (inclusive)

Creator:

Martin, Robert Bernard.

Form:

Biographies -- 20th century. and Correspondence -- 20th century

Abstract:

Consists of two distinct groups of papers of author Robert Bernard Martin: material relating to his scholarly research and writings on the English novelist and clergyman Charles Kingsley and manuscripts of eight of Martin's published novels and works of non-fiction.

A graduate of the University of Iowa, Robert Bernard Martin pursued additional degrees at Harvard and Oxford after World War II. From 1951 to 1975, he taught literature at Princeton University. After his retirement he moved to Oxford, England. His published works include books about the Victorian era and mystery novels under the pseudonym of Robert Bernard. Martin died in 1999.

The collection consists of two distinct groups of papers: material relating to Martin's research and writings on the English novelist and clergyman Charles Kingsley and manuscripts of eight of Martin's published books unrelated to Kingsley. The Kingsley material includes photostats and microfilm of correspondence, transcripts of correspondence, many with notes and corrections by Martin, and photographs. In addition, there is correspondence between Martin and various publishers, dealers, and libraries, as well as research notes, transcripts, galley proofs, pre-publication and publication copies of Dust of Combat (1959), a biography of Kingsley, and An Edition of the Correspondence and Private Papers of Charles Kingsley (1950), Martin's doctoral dissertation from New College at Oxford.

The other group of papers include typed manuscripts, proofs, and Xeroxes of five of Martin's scholarly works-- Enter Rumour (1962), an examination of four early Victorian scandals, Victorian Poetry (1964), The Accent of Persuasion (1966), a study of four Charlotte Bronte novels, Triumph of Wit (1974), an exegesis of Victorian comic theory, and Tennyson, The Unquiet Heart (1980)--and three mysteries he wrote under the pseudonym "Robert Bernard": Death Takes a Sabbatical (1967), Deadly Meeting (1970), and Illegal Entry (1972).

Arranged in this order: Charles Kingsley material--photostats, transcripts, and microfilm of his correspondence, photographs of Kingsley, and Martin's correspondence about Kingsley; Martin material--published manuscripts.