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Letters of Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, 1937-1959
4 folders
Description:

2 ALsS from Rosamund Frer, 1937. 31 ALsS to Janet Troxell, 1938-1952. 37 ALsS to Mrs. Troxell, 1953. 3 ALsS to Mrs. Troxell from Dorothy Hawksley. 1 to Cockerell from "Margaret", 1953. 1 from "Janet", 1953. 1 from not legible [Mrs. Troxell], 1953. 46 ALsS to Janet Troxell, 1954. 9 to Troxell from Dorothy Hawksley, 1954. 1 to Cockerell signed "Anna", 1954. 1 to Cockerell from [Janet Troxell]. 20 ALsS to Janet Troxell, 1955, 4 are written by Hawksley but signed by Sir Sydney. 9 ALsS to Janet Troxell, 1956. 2 ALsS to Janet Troxell, written by Hawksley but signed by Cockerell, 1957. 2 ALsS to Janet Troxell from Dorothy W. Hawksley, 1957. 1 ALsS to Cockerell from "Gilliam", 1957. 1 to Janet Troxell, written by Hawksley, but signed by Cockerell, 1958. 2 ALsS to Janet Troxell, 1958. 1 ALS to Janet Troxell, 1959. TL to Cockerell, Xmas not signed [Troxell]. TL to Cockerell, not signed [Troxell]. 3 TL to Cockerell? not dated or signed. 1 ALS to "Dearest Carlie", 1920, by John Ruskin Jevern.

14 Photographs and photographs of drawings by Dorothy W. Hawksley, 1952-1954
1 folder
Description:

Printed Material, 1931-1964
1 folder
Description:

5 newspaper clippings, 1 envelope addressed to Mrs. Troxell from Cockerell, 1964. 1 to Cockerell, 1931. 1 telegram from Cockerell to Troxell. 3 pieces of printed matter.

Scope and Contents

The collection contains approximately 175 letters by Cockerell, written after Cockerell's retirement as director (1908-1937) of the Fitzwilliam Museum, to Janet Troxell, an American collector of manuscripts, discussing, in part, William Morris, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the Kelmscott Press, and Cockerell's rare book and manuscript collections. Also present are correspondence between Dorothy Webster Hawksley, the artist, and Janet Troxell, some photographs of Cockerell, and photographs of drawings by Hawksley.

Collection Creator Biography:

Cockerell

Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell was a British museum curator and rare book and manuscript collector. Janet Troxell was an American collector of manuscripts.

Acquisition:

Gift of Mrs. Troxell via. Prof Dudley Johnson April 3, 1981 (AM81-63).

Appraisal

No appraisal information is available.

Processing Information

Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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Credit this material:

Letters of Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell to Janet Camp Troxell; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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