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Guide to the Willard Gurdon Oxtoby Papers
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  • Overview
  • Administrative Information
  • Biographical/Historical Sketch
  • Description of the Collection
  • Access Terms

  • Overview

    Call Number: SC0719
    Creator: Oxtoby, Willard Gurdon.
    Title: Willard Gurdon Oxtoby papers
    Dates: 1950-1955
    Physical Description: 1.25 Linear feet
    Summary: Collection consists of syllabi, exam schedules, reading lists, bibliographies, class handouts, and Oxtoby's notes and papers from classes he took at Stanford in history, humanities, philosophy, and political science, 1952-1955.
    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

    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

    Willard Gurdon Oxtoby Papers (SC0719). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Associated Materials

    Oxtoby's senior honors thesis can be found in the Stanford University Humanities Honors Program, Senior Honors Theses, Series Pre-1990, Box 15.

    Biographical/Historical Sketch

    Willard G. Oxtoby, religious scholar and founding director of the Centre for Religious Studies at the University of Toronto, earned his A.B. in philosophy at Stanford University in 1955, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

    Description of the Collection

    Collection consists of syllabi, exam schedules, reading lists, bibliographies, class handouts, and Oxtoby's notes and papers from classes he took at Stanford in history, humanities, philosophy, and political science, 1952-1955.

    Access Terms

    Oxtoby, Willard Gurdon.
    Humanities--Study and teaching (Higher).
    Philosophy--Study and teaching (Higher).