R. A. Cecil Correspondence, 1946-1993

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Cecil, R. A. (Robert Arthur) (1921-1994)

Title:

R. A. Cecil Correspondence

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/mw22v551m

Dates:

1946-1993

Size:

1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Storage Note:

ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1

Language:

English

Abstract: Consists of letters to English curator R. A. Cecil primarily concerning the writing and publication of books about the Trollopes.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of letters to Cecil primarily concerning the writing and publication of books about the Trollopes. Included are letters by N. John Hall, Helen Heineman, author of Mrs. Trollope: The Triumphant Feminine in the Nineteenth Century (1978), Katharine M. Longley, Claire Tomalin, author of The Invisible Woman, the Story of Nelly Turner and Charles Dickens (1990), Herbert Van Thal, Harold Acton, and Lloyds Bank concerning the estate (1954) of M. R. Trollope. Also present are a small file of correspondence (1946-1947) of Cecil's mother, Beatrice Cecil, with Roger Senhouse, Michael Sadleir, and Bradford Booth, concerning her objections to parts of the book The Trollopes (1945), by L. & R. P. Stebbins, and photostats of the wills of Frances Eleanor Trollope and T. Adolphus Trollope.

Collection Creator Biography:

Cecil

R. A. Cecil was curator of the Wallace Collection in London and a great-grandson of T. Adolphus Trollope (1810-1892) and Theodosia Garrow.

Collection History

Acquisition:: This collection was the gift of Mrs. Caroline M. Oldridge in 1995.
Appraisal: No appraisal information is available.
Processing Information: Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012.

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