Guide to the Willard Gurdon Oxtoby Papers
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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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
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
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.
Stanford University--Curricula.
Stanford University--Students.
Humanities--Study and teaching (Higher).
Philosophy--Study and teaching (Higher).
Collection Contents
Box 1, Folder 1
History II CIV, Winter 1952
Box 1, Folder 2
History 125 Near East, Fall 1953
Box 1, Folder 3
Humanities 61 World Literature, Fall 1952
Box 1, Folder 4
Humanities 100 Colloquium, Fall 1953
Box 1, Folder 5
Humanities 62 World Literature, Winter 1953
Box 1, Folder 6
Humanities 63 World Literature, Spring 1953
Box 1, Folder 7
Humanities R113 Christian Doctrine, Fall 1954
Box 1, Folder 8
Humanities 100 Colloquium, Winter 1954
Box 1, Folder 9
Humanities 100 Colloquium, Spring 1954
Box 1, Folder 10
Humanities 191 Senior Seminar, Fall 1954
Box 1, Folder 11
Humanities 192 Senior Seminar, Winter 1955
Box 1, Folder 12
Humanities 193 Senior Seminar, Spring 1955
Box 1, Folder 13
Humanities R100 Comparative Religion, Spring 1955
Box 1, Folder 14
Humanities 200 Senior Essay, 1954-1955
Box 2, Folder 1
Philosophy 1 Logic, Fall 1952
Box 2, Folder 2
Philosophy 2 Ethics, Winter 1953
Box 2, Folder 3
Philosophy 5 Intro. to Philosophy, Spring 1953
Box 2, Folder 4
Philosophy 181 Philosophy of Language, Spring 1953
Box 2, Folder 5
Philosophy 100 Greek Philosophy, Fall 1953
Box 2, Folder 6
Philosophy 101 Medieval Philosophy, Winter 1954
Box 2, Folder 7
Philosophy 160 Intermediate Logic, Winter 1954
Box 2, Folder 8
Philosophy 102 Modern Philosophy, Spring 1954
Box 2, Folder 9
Philosophy 172 Types of Moral Philosophy, Fall 1954
Box 2, Folder 10
Philosophy 104 Philosophical Background, Winter 1955
Box 2, Folder 11
Philosophy 170 Theory of Value, Winter 1955
Box 2, Folder 12
Philosophy 182 Metaphysics, Spring 1955
Box 2, Folder 13
Philosophy 184 Theory of Knowledge, Spring 1955
Box 2, Folder 14
Political Science, Introduction to Political Thought, Fall
1954
Box 3
Various graded examinations
Access Information
Restricted for 75 years from date of creation.
