Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Robert Kilburn Root Papers
Root, Robert K. (Robert Kilburn) (1877-1950)
C0674
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16 boxes
7.9 linear feet
1914-1950
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.
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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.
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The collection is open for research.
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Immediate Source of 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).
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Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Robert Kilburn Root Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012.
Root, Robert K. (Robert Kilburn) (1877-1950)
Biographical / Historical
Robert K. Root was a Chaucer scholar and fourth dean of the faculty at Princeton University.
American diaries -- 20th century.
Chaucer, Geoffrey (1400)
"Textual Criticism": Typed Manuscript with Autograph Notes/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787561 folderundated11Syllabi for Courses Taught by Dean Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787571 folder1938-194512"Chaucer and the Comic Spirit" Autograph Essay and "The Noble Philosophical Poete in English" Typed Manuscript/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787581 folderundated13"Pope and the Art of Moralized Song" Lecture on the Shelby Memorial Foundation, Bryn Mawr College/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787591 folder6 March 193114Material Regarding Recommendations and the Phi Beta Kappa Society/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787601 folder195015Autograph Notes on 18th-Century English Literature Authors/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787611 folderundated16Autograph Notes Concerning Chaucer and Boccaccio/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787621 folderundated17Scope and ContentsSome notes are written in Latin.
Autograph Manuscript of "English Letter in the Renaissance"/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787631 folder20 November 191318Typed and Autograph Manuscript of "What Are We Teaching?"/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787641 folderundated19Correspondence Between Root and Colonel Grier/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787651 folder1943 October 30-November 3110Scope and ContentsRegarding Application for Federal Employment, including Root's original application, filled out.
Notes Concerning Jefferson Papers and Printed Card on Canterbury Tales/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787661 folderundated111Scope and ContentsCard is in Latin and contains typed print on one side and autograph notes on the reverse.
Gallery Proofs for The Seventeeth Century, Including Piece Entitled "The Metaphysical Poets"/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787671 folder1 December 1949112"Dean Swift and His Friends" Lecture by Root in Lamont Foundation, Yale University/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787681 folder1930 March 21-24113Scope and ContentsIncludes correspondence from Yale University Department of English and Yale Daily News review of lecture.
Typed Manuscript of "What's in a Name?"/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787691 folderundated114Autograph Manuscript of "The Graduate Study of English"/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787701 folderundated115Autograph Manuscript of "On Translating Old English Poetry"/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787711 folderundated116Correspondence with P. F. Collier & Son Corporation Regarding Publishing Root's Essays in Encyclopedia/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787721 folder1946 December 13-1947 April 24117Scope and ContentsAlso includes autograph manuscript essays on 18-century English.
"Good Reading: Review of Books Recommended by the Princeton Faculty"/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787731 folderSeptember 1950118Autograph Manuscript of "Who Killed the 'Dead Languages'"/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787741 folderundated119Essay on the Relationship Between War and Literature/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787751 folderundated120Scope and ContentsFirst half is typed and remainder is autograph.
"Horizons and Landmarks" Address Given for the Columbus School for Girls Commencement/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787761 folder9 June 1939121Autograph Manuscript of "Great Things and Small" in Notebook Jacket Labeled "Spartan"/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787771 folderundated122Two Articles by William Ringler Sent to Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787781 folder1941-194221Scope and Contents"Poeta Nascitur Non Fit: Some Notes on the History of an Aphorism" and "The First Phase of the Elizabethan Attack on the Stage, 1558-1579"
"The Atlantic Monthly" Including "The Virtue of Intolerance" by Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787791 folderMarch 192022"The Forum" Including "Sport Versus Athletics" by Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787801 folderNovember 192423"Bulletin of the American Association of University Professors"/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787811 folderOctober 192624"Englische Studien" Featuring Articles by Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787821 folder1909-191125"Scribner's Magazine" Including "Our Youth as We Would Have Them" by Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787831 folderJanuary 192026Andreas: The Legend of St. Andrew Translated from the Old English by Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787841 folder7 April 189927"Modern Language Notes" Including "Shakespeare Misreads Chaucer" by Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787851 folderJune 192328Pamphlets Concerning Philology/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787861 folder1901-192729Essays by Root on Chaucer/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787871 folder1909-1924210Scope and ContentsIncludes "A Planetary Date for Chaucer's Troilus," "The Date of Chaucer's Medea," and "Chaucer's Legend of Medea."
"The American Church Monthly" Including "English Poetry and the Catholic Faith" by Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787881 folderMay 1923211"Reviews" from Speculum/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787891 folderJanuary 1928212"Plan of Study Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts," Princeton University/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787901 folderAugust 1945213Scope and Contents"A Report to the University Faculty by the Committee on the Course of Study"
Troilus Photostat/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787911 folderundated31Correspondence Between Root and H. Russell Regarding Planets/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787921 folder1923 February 21-April 1332"Report of the Special Committee of Five," Princeton University/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787931 folder1921 November 15-1922 January 2633Material Regarding Professor Root's Retirement as Chairman of the English Department/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787941 folder1933 October 9-1934 May 2134Inter-Office Correspondence Regarding Preceptorial System at Princeton University/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787951 folder1928 January 17-March 1435Inter-Office Correspondence Regarding Princeton During WWII/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787961 folder1945 August 16--1950 June 3036Notes Regarding Research by Various Departments at Princeton During WWII/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787971 foldercirca 1945-195037Notes Regarding Statistics of Princeton Students and Faculty Serving During WWII/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787981 folder195038Autograph Notes Regarding Princeton During WWII/repositories/5/archival_objects/8787991 folderundated39Pamphlets: "Dedication of WWII Panels in the Memorial Room of Nassau Hall"/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788001 folder1945 August-1949 June 12310Scope and ContentsAlso includes "Plan of Study Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts."
Autograph Drafts of Chapters Regarding Princeton During WWII/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788011 folderundated311Chapters Regarding Princeton University Before and After Pearl Harbor, Typed Manuscripts/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788021 foldercirca 1950312Chapters Regarding Pre-Medical Students, Athletics, and The Belle Mead Project During Wartime, Typed Manuscripts/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788031 foldercirca 1950313Chapters Regarding Princeton Students in Armed Services During WWII, Typed Manuscripts/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788041 foldercirca 1950314Chapter Regarding Princeton Faculty During WWII, Typed Manuscripts/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788051 foldercirca 1950315Chapters Regarding ROTC, NROTC, and Selective Service Programs at Princeton During WWII/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788061 foldercirca 1950316Chapters Regarding Weekend and Shortened Courses at Princeton During WWII/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788071 foldercirca 1950317Chapters Regarding Commencements and Memorial Services, Typed Manuscripts/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788081 foldercirca 1950318Scope and ContentsOne chapter describes a memorial service for President Wilson and another describes a memorial service for Princeton students and alumni who died during WWII.
Baptism Certificate for Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788091 folder4 July 188541Robert Root's First Bills for Kindergarten, Dentist, and General Goods/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788101 folder1882-188642Robert Root's Early School Reports/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788111 folder1886-189143Robert Root's Early Letters to His Mother/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788121 folder1894-189644Robert Root's Early Letters to His Father/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788131 folder1883-188745"The Handy House Herald" and "The Dialy Root" Written by Robert Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788141 folder1887-189046Scope and ContentsRoot most likely meant "Daily" but instead wrote "Dialy" since he was only ten years-old at this time.
Photographs of Robert Root in Captain's Uniform/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788151 folderundated47Scope and ContentsAlso includes a photograph of an unidentified nude man hunched over.
Official Documents of Robert Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788161 folder1918 February 4-1932 June 348Scope and ContentsIncludes passport, documents appointing Root to Major in U.S. Army, War Department Certificate of Identity, and Officer's Record Book.
War Department Correspondence and Memoranda/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788171 folder1918 January 31-1929 April 3049Letter to Robert Root from Gerry/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788181 folder11 February 1919410Receipts for Insurance and Shipping/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788191 folder1918-1922411War Department Orders for Robert Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788201 folder1918-1924412Vaccination Register and Memoranda Regarding Report of Physical Examination/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788211 folder1918-1929413Correspondence: Publisher's/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788221 folder1905-1937414Correspondence: Gerry Gerould/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788231 folder5 January 1919415Correspondence: United States Senate/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788241 folder25 February 1913416Scope and ContentsInvitation to the Inauguration Ceremony for President Woodrow Wilson.
Correspondence: New Jersey Senate and General Assembly/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788251 folder17 January 1911417Scope and ContentsInvitation for Inauguration Ceremony of Governor Woodrow Wilson.
Correspondence: President Woodrow Wilson/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788261 folder15 May 1917418Scope and ContentsIncludes letter from Woodrow Wilson to Root as well as invitation to Eleanor Randolph's (Wilson's daughter) wedding.
Correspondence: Princeton University/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788271 folder1905-1945419Scope and ContentsIncludes correspondence from the Board of Trustees, Princeton Tower Club, the Whig-Clio Society, and faculty members.
Correspondence: Yale University/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788281 folder1900-1945420Correspondence: General Letters to Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788291 folder1900-1943421Written Examination of Richmond Brown in Root's English Course/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788301 folderundated422Autograph Notes and Poems/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788311 folderundated423Printed Reviews of Root's Work/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788321 folder1906-1953424Presentation Ceremony of Portrait-Bust of Woodrow Wilson in Nassau Hall/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788331 folder1945425Correspondence: Harvard University/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788341 folder1926426Correspondence: Letter's to Root from His Father/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788351 folder1882-1892427Forbes Magazine: Correspondence Regarding Citations for "50 Foremost Business Leaders"/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788361 folder1947 March 31-October 1451Forbes Magazine: Rough Draft Citations for "50 Foremost Business Leaders" by Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788371 folder194752Forbes Magazine: Final Citations for "50 Foremost Business Leaders" by Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788381 folder194753Forbes Magazine: Issue Containing "50 Foremost Business Leaders" by Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788391 folder15 November 194754Forbes Magazine: Invoices for Payments Made to Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788401 folder194755Forbes Magazine: Invitation to Banquet Held in Honor of 30th Anniversary of Magazine/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788411 folder5 November 194756Correspondence: Letters from Chauncey Brewster Tinker/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788421 folder1910-191657Correspondence: Letters from Chauncey Brewster Tinker/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788431 folder1917-192058Correspondence: Letters from Chauncey Brewster Tinker/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788441 folder1921-192359Correspondence: Letters from Chauncey Brewster Tinker/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788451 folder1924-1928510Correspondence: Letters from Chauncey Brewster Tinker/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788461 folder1929-1933511Correspondence: Letters from Chauncey Brewster Tinker/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788471 folder1934-1937512Correspondence: Letters from Chauncey Brewster Tinker/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788481 folder1938-1939513Correspondence: Letters from Chauncey Brewster Tinker/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788491 folder1940-1942514"The University Library: An Address on Alumni University Day by Chauncey Brewster Tinker"/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788501 folder1924515Correspondence: William A. Ringler, Class of 1934/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788512 folders1936-194161-2Correspondence: Letters from William Ringler and Chauncey Brewster Tinker/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788521 folder1935-193963Correspondence: Letters from William Ringler and Chauncey Brewster Tinker/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788531 folder1941-194264Correspondence: Letters from William Ringler and Chauncey Brewster Tinker/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788541 folder194365Correspondence: Letters from William Ringler and Chauncey Brewster Tinker/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788551 folder194466Correspondence: Letters from William Ringler and Chauncey Brewster Tinker/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788561 folder1945-194767Correspondence: Letters from William Ringler and Chauncey Brewster Tinker/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788571 folder1948-195068Correspondence: Letters to William A. Ringler from Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788581 folder1935-193871Correspondence: Letters to William A. Ringler from Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788591 folder194272Correspondence: Letters to William A. Ringler from Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788601 folder194373Correspondence: Letters to William A. Ringler from Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788612 folders194474-5Correspondence: Letters to William A. Ringler from Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788621 folder194576Correspondence: Letters to William A. Ringler from Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788631 folder1948-196177Newspaper Clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788641 folder1934-194481Correspondence and Photographs Regarding 18th-Century Conference Group/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788651 folder1947 January 17-2182Itineraries for Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788661 folder1935-195083Framed Picture by Ella Fillmore Lillie/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788671 folderundated84"The Journal of Higher Education" by Ohio State University/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788681 folder194485Scope and ContentsIncludes "Princeton Program for Servicemen" by Root.
Documents Regarding the Four-Council Survey for Princeton University and the Death of William Magie/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788691 folder1943-194786"The Princeton University Library Chronicle"/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788701 folderNovember 194487Address Book/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788711 folderundated88Miscellaneous Articles and Addresses Written by Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788721 folder1939-194589Miscellaneous Notes Written by Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788731 folderundated810Blank Postcards and Holiday Cards/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788741 folderundated811Miscellaneous Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788751 folder1909-1928812Miscellaneous Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788761 folder1938-1946813Miscellaneous Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788771 folder1949-1950814Miscellaneous Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788781 folderundated815"Sam Shellabarger" Autograph Manuscript (Photocopy)/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788791 folderundated816Immediate Source of AcquisitionAM 21878
Autograph Diary Written in "The Old Farmer's Almanac"/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788801 folder1919817Immediate Source of AcquisitionAM 22077
Scope and ContentsDiary is of someone close to Robert Root, possibly wife or girlfriend (?).
Personal Documents of Dean Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788811 folder1933-194691Scope and ContentsIncludes funeral arrangements, brief resume of Dean Root, and some correspondence.
Appraisal of Estate of Robert K. Root and Last Will and Testament/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788821 folder1947-195192Appraised Valuation of Root's House by The Federal Appraisal Company/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788831 folder20 November 193593Letters from Trustees of Princeton University/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788841 folder1914-193394Scope and ContentsIncludes notices of increased salary, election as Dean of Faculty and Professor of English, and granting leave of absence during war.
Examinations Taken by Root as an Undergraduate at Yale/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788851 folder1894-189895Financial Documents of Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788861 folder1942-194996"L'Humanisme de Saint Thomas d'Aquin" Address by Professor Maritain at the Medieval Academy/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788871 folderundated97Correspondence and Report from Arthur Fox, Assistant to President of Princeton, to Dean Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788881 folder23 May 194998Scope and ContentsRegarding History of Army Training Units at Princeton University during WWII.
Hand-Drawn Map of a Portion of Essex County, Vermont/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788891 folderundated99Photographs of Unidentified Houses/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788901 folderundated910Photographs of a Navy Aircraft Carrier/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788911 folderundated911Photographs of a Two Friends of Root's/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788921 folderundated912Photographs of a Camping Trip (?)/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788931 folderundated913Photographs of Robert Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788941 folderundated914Scope and ContentsIncludes photographs of Root as a 4-year-old, a child, an undergraduate at Yale, and Dean of Faculty at Princeton.
Miscellaneous Photographs/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788951 folderundated915"On my Novel 'The Magic Mountain'" by Thomas Mann/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788961 folder1 April 1940916Printed Material/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788971 folder1833-1914917Scope and ContentsIncludes "The Pre-Christmas Antiphons," "A Discourse Delivered in the Congregational Church in North Branford by Judson A. Root," and "Description of the Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45"
Troilus: H2 BOC Translated by William Michael Rossetti with Autograph Notes by Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788981 folder1873101Troilus: J.-CP.-H3 Comparative Translations of Three Texts with Autograph Notes by Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8788991 folderundated102Specimen Extracts Edited by William McCormick and Robert Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8789001 folder1914103Scope and Contents"From the Nine Unprinted MSS. of Chaucer's "Troilus" and From Caxton's and Thynne's First Editions"
Troilus: CL.-H1.-G. Comparative Translations of Three Texts with Autograph Notes by Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8789011 folderundated151Troilus Comparative Translations of Two Texts with Autograph Notes by Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8789021 folderPlease be careful as the pages are very fragile.undated104Diaries of Robert Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8789031 folder1914-1920111Scope and ContentsWritten in "The Old Farmer's Almanack"
Observations on the Language of Chaucer's Troilus and A One-Text Print of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde/repositories/5/archival_objects/8789041 folder1888-1891112Scope and ContentsIncludes autograph notes by Robert Root.
Two Copies of The Textual Tradition of Chaucer's Troilus by Robert Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8789051 folder1916113Chaucer's Troylus and Cryseyde/repositories/5/archival_objects/8789061 folder1873114Scope and Contents"Compared with Boccaccio's Filostrato Translated by William Rossetti"
Autograph Translation of Troilus and Criseyde: Book I, Lines 1-1092/repositories/5/archival_objects/8789071 folderundated121Autograph Translation of Troilus and Criseyde: Book II, Lines 1-1757/repositories/5/archival_objects/8789081 folderundated122Autograph Translation of Troilus and Criseyde: Book III, Lines 1-1820/repositories/5/archival_objects/8789091 folderundated123Autograph Translation of Troilus and Criseyde: Book IV, Lines 1-1701/repositories/5/archival_objects/8789101 folderundated124Autograph Translation of Troilus and Criseyde: Book V, Lines 1-1869/repositories/5/archival_objects/8789111 folderundated131Notes on Biblical Passages in Short-Hand/repositories/5/archival_objects/8789121 folder1939132Scope and ContentsContained in envelope from The Curtis Institute of Music, addressed to Mr. Alfred Brinkler.
Correspondence from Robert Root to William Ringler/repositories/5/archival_objects/8789131 folder1938133Correspondence from Robert Root to William Ringler/repositories/5/archival_objects/8789141 folder1939134Correspondence from Robert Root to William Ringler/repositories/5/archival_objects/8789151 folder1940135Correspondence from Robert Root to William Ringler/repositories/5/archival_objects/8789161 folder1941-1942136Correspondence from Robert Root to William Ringler/repositories/5/archival_objects/8789171 folder1943137Correspondence from Robert Root to William Ringler/repositories/5/archival_objects/8789181 folder1944-1946138Correspondence from Robert Root to William Ringler/repositories/5/archival_objects/8789191 folder1948-1951141Correspondence from Evelyn Ringler to Robert Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8789201 folder1947-1950142Correspondence from Princeton Bank and Trust to William Ringler Regarding Estate of Root/repositories/5/archival_objects/8789211 folder1951143Newspaper Clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/8789221 folder195014424 Photographs of Manuscripts/repositories/5/archival_objects/8789231 boxPlease be careful with these photographs as they are fragile, especially on the edges.undated16Scope and ContentsManuscripts are possibly works by Chaucer. Parts and line numbers are written on the reverse side of each photograph.