Guide to the Oliver Martin Johnston Papers
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
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
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of Dr. Martha Bigelow, 1991.
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
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.
Description of the Collection
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.
Access Terms
Johns Hopkins University --Students.
Johnston, Oliver Martin.
French language.
French literature.
Italian language.
Italian literature.
Box 1, Folder 3
Greeting Cards, 1935-1985.
1935-1985
Box 1, Folder 4
Biographical Papers and Family History.
Box 1, Folder 5
Sermon Notes and misc. Church Papers.
Box 1, Folder 6
Personal Papers, Speaking Engagements.
Box 1, Folder 8
Dissertation: The Historical Syntax of the Atonic Personal Pronouns in Italian. 1898.
1898
Box 1, Folder 9
Autobiography: The Measure of a Man. 1947.
1947
Box 2, Folder 1
Notebook: Italian Literature (1894), Physiological Phonetics (1894).
1894
Box 2, Folder 2
Italian (1895, Paris Research Notes).
1895
Box 2, Folder 3
Notebook: Italian (1894-1895).
1894-1895
Box 2, Folder 4
Notebook: Italian Texts (1895, Johns Hopkins).
1895
Box 2, Folder 5
Notebook: Italian Literature (1895, Johns Hopkins).
1895
Box 2, Folder 6
Notebook: Italian-English Notebook.
Box 2, Folder 8
Notebook: Italian Grammar .
Box 2, Folder 10
Notebook: Italian (1894-95).
1894-1895
Box 3, Folder 1
Notebook: Italian Grammar.
Box 3, Folder 2
Notebook: Italian Grammar.
Box 3, Folder 4
Notebook: Italian Grammar.
Box 3, Folder 5
Notebook: Italian Grammar.
Box 3, Folder 6
Notebook: Italian (1895, Milan).
1895
Box 3, Folder 7
Notebook:Old French Phonology (1893), Modern French Literature (1895). Johns Hopkins University.
1895
Box 3, Folder 8
Notebook: Old French Phonology (1893).
1893
Box 4, Folder 1
Notebook: Fables of Marie de France (1894) .
1894
Box 4, Folder 2
Notebook : The New Moral Drift in French Literature (1894); Spanish Literature (1894).
1894
Box 4, Folder 3
Notebook: Lectures on Old French Literature by F.M . Warren (1896, John Hopkins University).
1896
Box 4, Folder 4
Notebook: Misc. French, Greek, English (1894-95).
1894-1895
Box 4, Folder 5
Notebook: French grammar (n.d.).
Box 4, Folder 6
Notebook: Literature (1894, Paris).
1894
Box 4, Folder 7
Notebook: Old French Literature; Modern French Literature (1896) .
1896
Box 4, Folder 8
Notebook: Paleography (n.d.).
Box 4, Folder 9
Notebook : History (1894).
1894
Box 4, Folder 10
Notebook: Literature; Composition (n.d.).
Box 5, Folder 1
Notebook: Medieval Versions of Ant and Grasshopper.
Box 5, Folder 2
Notebook: Mind and Scope of Negro Education ; Elementary French; Modern French (n.d.).
Box 5, Folder 3
Notebook: French grammatical history (n.d.) .
Box 5, Folder 4
Notebook: Biblioteque Nationa1e research notes (Paris, 1895).
1895
