Guide to the John McClelland Papers
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0255
Creator:
McClelland, John, 1889-1961.
Creator:
McClelland, John, 1889-1961
Title: John McClelland papers
Dates: 1860-1961
Physical Description:
1.25 Linear feet
Summary: Correspondence between John McClelland and his former student,
Philip Sheridan, spanning the years from Sheridan's graduation from Stanford (M.A.
English) to McClelland's death in 1961; an extensive memorial volume regarding
McClelland's life work, assembled by Sheridan; letters from McClelland to his former
student Phyllis Kerr Yowell and her husband Robert Yowell, 1950-60; a scrapbook of
clippings and illustrations on art and literature kept by McClelland; letters to his
mother while serving in the armed forces during World War I, 1918-1919; and photographs,
ca. 1860-1960. Letters to the Yowells discuss his teaching duties, literature, his
reading, his life in retirement, and his cat. Also included in the papers are several
letters to the Yowells from other academic friends, including one written from the
Hemingway estate in Cuba; and letters to McClelland from J.P. Strachey and Dorothy
Bussy, 1951, concerning Bussy's book OLIVIA.
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
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of Philip Sheridan, 1981, and Phyllis Yowell, 1993.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
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Cite As
John McClelland Papers (SC0255). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Professor of English at Stanford (1925-1954; emeritus, 1955-1961).
Description of the Collection
Correspondence between John McClelland and his former student, Philip Sheridan, spanning
the years from Sheridan's graduation from Stanford (M.A. English) to McClelland's death
in 1961; an extensive memorial volume regarding McClelland's life work, assembled by
Sheridan; letters from McClelland to his former student Phyllis Kerr Yowell and her
husband Robert Yowell, 1950-60; a scrapbook of clippings and illustrations on art and
literature kept by McClelland; letters to his mother while serving in the armed forces
during World War I, 1918-1919; and photographs, ca. 1860-1960. Letters to the Yowells
discuss his teaching duties, literature, his reading, his life in retirement, and his
cat. Also included in the papers are several letters to the Yowells from other academic
friends, including one written from the Hemingway estate in Cuba; and letters to
McClelland from J.P. Strachey and Dorothy Bussy, 1951, concerning Bussy's book
OLIVIA.
Access Terms
Bussy, Dorothy.
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.
McClelland, John, 1889-1961.
Sheridan, Philip.
Stanford University. Dept. of
English--Faculty.
Photoprints
World War, 1914-1918.
Collection Contents
Letters between Sheridan and McClelland
Box 1, Folder 1
Letters, John McClelland to Philip Sheridan
1944-1961
Box 1, Folder 2
Letters, Philip Sheridan to John McClelland
1942-1944
Box 1, Folder 3
Letters, Philip Sheridan to John McClelland
1945-1961
Box 1, Folder 4
Letters between Sheridan and McClelland
Undated
Memorial to John McClelland
Box 1, Folder 5
"The Paw Under the Door," by Philip Sheridan, I. "Animals"
Undated
Box 1, Folder 6
II. "People. A Crowd of Porcupines," III. "Pictures. You Remember the
Pictures"
Undated
Box 1, Folder 7
IV. "Books. The Spot of Blue Color"
Undated
Box 1, Folder 8
V. "Books. None of Your Damned Punctilio," VI. "Books. The People on
Stupidity Street"
Undated
Box 1, Folder 9
VII. "Books. Like a Pasturing Cow," VIII. "Some Observations. The
Genial Amusement of Passers By"
Undated
Letters, photographs, and other papers
Box 2, Folder 1
Letters, McClelland to Robert and Phyllis Yowell
1950-1951
Box 2, Folder 2
Letters, McClelland to Robert and Phyllis Yowell
1952
Box 2, Folder 3
Letters, McClelland to Robert and Phyllis Yowell
1953
Box 2, Folder 4
Letters, McClelland to Robert and Phyllis Yowell
1954
Box 2, Folder 5
Letters, McClelland to Robert and Phyllis Yowell
1955
Box 2, Folder 6
Letters, McClelland to Robert and Phyllis Yowell
1956
Box 2, Folder 7
Letters, McClelland to Robert and Phyllis Yowell
1956
Box 2, Folder 8
Letters, McClelland to Robert and Phyllis Yowell
1957
Box 2, Folder 9
Letters, McClelland to Robert and Phyllis Yowell
1957
Box 2, Folder 10
Letters, McClelland to Robert and Phyllis Yowell
1958
Box 2, Folder 11
Letters, McClelland to Robert and Phyllis Yowell
1959-1960
Box 2, Folder 12
Letters, McClelland to Robert and Phyllis Yowell
Undated
Box 2, Folder 14
Letters from others to the Yowells
1951-1953
Box 2, Folder 15
Miscellaneous items
Undated
Box 3, Folder 1
Correspondence
1918 Mar-Jul
Box 3, Folder 4
Correspondence
1918 Oct-Dec
Box 3, Folder 5
Correspondence
1919 Jan-Mar
Box 3, Folder 7
Letters by Ted McClelland to Jack and Mrs. McClelland
1918
Box 3, Folder 8
French postcards and clipping
1918, 1960
Box 3, Folder 11
Letters re: book OLIVIA from J.P. Strachey and Dorothy Bussy
(author)
1951
Box 3, Folder 12
OLIVIA, Hogarth Press
1950
