Pennsylvania – Connecticut Edition of the Works of Theodore Dreiser

 Since 2000 the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, with other University of Connecticut centers and colleges and in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Rare Book and Manuscript Library, has sponsored the publication of the Pennsylvania – Connecticut Edition of the Works of Theodore Dreiser, a scholarly edition of the writings of the American novelist. Other sponsors at the University of Connecticut include the Graduate School, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the English Department. This publication has been edited by UConn Emeriti Professor of English Thomas P. Riggio since 1986.

The University of Pennsylvania, the trustee of the Dreiser Estate, owns the literary rights to all Dreiser's manuscripts, including his books, unpublished writings, letters and diaries, and personal holdings. Most of these are housed in the Annenberg Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

It is the Dodd Research Center’s hope that this project will provide more opportunities for the English Department’s faculty and students to collaborate in other areas and encourage our facilities as a resource for housing and editing their materials.

More information can be found at http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/rbm/dreiser/