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Call Number: SC0434
Creator:
Johnston, Oliver Martin, 1866-
Creator:
Johnston, Oliver Martin.
Title: Oliver Martin Johnston papers
Dates: 1893-1987
Bulk Dates: 1893-1947
Physical Description:
2.25 Linear feet
Summary: Papers primarily consist of his notebooks as a doctoral student on French and Italian grammar and literature, 1893-1895; other
items include his dissertation, articles, correspondence, family history, published autobiography, and notes for sermons.
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
Gift of Dr. Martha Bigelow, 1991.
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.
Oliver Martin Johnston Papers (SC0434). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Oliver Martin Johnston was a professor of Romanc Languages at Stanford University from 1897 until his retirement in 1932.
He received his a.b. and M.A. from Mississippi College and his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1896. He taught one
year at Bryn Mawer before joining the Stanford faculty to teach French. He served as head of the Department of Romanic Languages
for twenty-two years, from 1914-1932.
Dr. Johnston was active in the First Baptish Church of Palo Alto. He was one of the founders of the Berkeley Baptist Divinity
School and served on its Board of Directors for many years. prof. Johnston died in 1953.
The papers of Dr. Johnston primarily consist of his notebooks from his years as a doctoral student at John Hopkins Unviersity.
The collection also includes his dissertation, articles, correspondence, greeting cards, family history, his published autobiography,
notes for sermons, and other miscellaneous papers.
Johns Hopkins University --Students.
Johnston, Oliver Martin.
French language.
French literature.
Italian language.
Italian literature.