Overview
Administrative Information
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Description of the Collection
Access Terms
Overview
Call Number: SC0401
Creator:
Watt, Ian P.
Title: Ian P. Watt papers
Dates: 1956-1989
Physical Description:
55 Linear feet
Summary: Correspondence, lectures, notes, course materials, bibliographies, articles, proofs, clippings, and reprints pertaining to
courses he taught, departmental business, academic associations, and other professional activities. Some of the material pertains
to his teaching at UC Berkeley before he came to Stanford; also included are materials pertaining to his experiences as a
Japanese prisoner of war during World War II and the building of the bridge over the River Kwai.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Administrative Information
Provenance
Preliminary inventory available.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
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.
Cite As
Ian P. Watt Papers (SC0401). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Watt earned his degrees at Cambridge and taught there and at UC Berkeley before joining the Stanford faculty in 1964 as Professor
of English. In 1971 he was named Jackson Eli Reynolds professor of the humanities and was the first director of the Stanford
Humanities Center.
Description of the Collection
Correspondence, lectures, notes, course materials, bibliographies, articles, proofs, clippings, and reprints pertaining to
courses he taught, departmental business, academic associations, and other professional activities. Some of the material pertains
to his teaching at UC Berkeley before he came to Stanford; also included are materials pertaining to his experiences as a
Japanese prisoner of war during World War II and the building of the bridge over the River Kwai.
Access Terms
Stanford University. Department of English. Faculty.
Stanford University. Department of English.
Stanford University. Humanities Center.
Watt, Ian P.
English literature--Study and teaching.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.