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Call Number: SC0615
Creator:
Greenberg, Joseph H. (Joseph Harold),
1915-2001
Title: Joseph H. Greenberg papers
Dates: 1961-2000
Physical Description:
40 Linear feet
Summary: Papers largely date from his tenure at Stanford and include
correspondence, research notes and notebooks, course files, and reprints.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Gift of the estate of Joseph Harold Greenberg, 2001.
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is
given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission
must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Joseph H. Greenberg Papers (SC0615). Department of Special Collections and
University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Greenberg, a linguist who studied the origins of the world's languages, studied
anthropology at Northwestern, receiving his Ph.D. in 1940. He taught at the University
of Minnesota and Columbia before coming to Stanford in 1962. While at Stanford he was
not only a professor of anthropology, but also helped to found the linguistics
department and organized the African Studies Center in the 1960's. He died in 2001.
Papers largely date from his tenure at Stanford and include correspondence, research
notes and notebooks, course files, and reprints.
Greenberg, Joseph H. (Joseph Harold),
1915-2001
Stanford University--Faculty.
Language and languages.
Linguistics.
Collection is unprocessed; please consult the University Archivist for access.