- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Contents and Arrangement
Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Root, Robert K. (Robert Kilburn) (1877-1950)
- Title:
- Robert Kilburn Root Papers
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/02870v93s
- Dates:
- 1914-1950
- Size:
- 16 boxes, 7.9 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP - Remote Storage (scarcpxm)
- Boxes 1-16
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of scholar Robert K. Root's manuscript and notes for his annotated edition of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde (1926), as well as six diaries he kept between the years 1914 and 1920.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Root's manuscript and notes for his annotated edition of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde (1926), as well as six diaries he kept between the years 1914 and 1920. Also includes numerous correspondence between Root and members of Princeton faculty and faculty at other Universities.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Root, Robert K. (Robert Kilburn) (1877-1950)
Robert K. Root was a Chaucer scholar and fourth dean of the faculty at Princeton University.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
This collection was a gift from Mrs. Evelyn Ringler in 1990 (AM 1990-104) with additional gifts from Mrs. Ringler in 1991 (AM 1992-31) and 1993 (AM 1993-127).
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Robert Kilburn Root Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/02870v93s
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP - Remote Storage (scarcpxm)
- Boxes 1-16
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- Genre Terms:
- American diaries -- 20th century.
- Names:
- Chaucer, Geoffrey (1400)
