UW Libraries - Rosemary T. VanArsdel Endowment

The purpose of the Endowment is for collections relating to the Victorian and Edwardian period including books, periodicals, sets of collected works, facsimiles of manuscripts, electronic and all other information formats.

Rosemary T. VanArsdel ('47) was an Acting Instructor in English at the UW in 1961 and joined the English faculty at the University of Puget Sound (UPS) in 1965. She was a founding member of the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals and has served on the board of the Friends of the UW Libraries. She is currently Distinguished Professor of English, Emerita, UPS.

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