Guide to the Rolfe Humphries Papers ,
1940-1970
Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by C. Del Anderson
Department of Special Collections
Green Library
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, CA 94305-6004
Phone: (650) 725-1022
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
© 1998
The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Guide to the Rolfe Humphries Papers ,
1940-1970
Collection number: M0971
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, California
Contact Information
- Department of Special Collections
- Green Library
- Stanford University Libraries
- Stanford, CA 94305-6004
- Phone: (650) 725-1022
- Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
- URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
- Processed by:
- Special Collections staff
- Date Completed:
- 1998
- Encoded by:
- C. Del Anderson
© 1998 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Rolfe Humphries Papers ,
Date (inclusive): 1940-1970
Collection number: Special Collections M0971
Creator:
Humphries, Rolfe
Extent:
.5 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Provenance
Gift of D.L. Merrill, 1998
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] Rolfe Humphries Papers , M0971, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Biography
American poet and translator of classics, notably Virgil's AENEID and Ovid's THE ART OF LOVE. A native of Philadelphia, he
attended both Stanford and Amherst, and later taught at both universities as well as others. His poems were published both
as collected works and individually in many journals. He loved horse races and baseball. He was living in Woodside, California,
when he died.
Scope and Content
Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, clippings, photographs, and biographical material.
Access terms
American literature--20th century.
Box 1, Folder 1
Newspaper, Magazine Clippings
1959 - 1970
Box 1, Folder 2
Correspondence - Death of Rolfe Humphries
1969, April 22
Box 1, Folder 3
Correspondence - personal
1955 - 1969
Box 1, Folder 4
Correspondence - personal
1960 - 1968
Box 1, Folder 5
Estate Filings - legal
1969, May
Box 1, Folder 6
Kent State University Press Agreement for publication of "Wolfville Yarns of Alfred Henry Lewis"
1968, Jan 1
Box 1, Folder 8
"Ovid" sales flyer
1955, May 23
Box 1, Folder 9
Rolfe Humphries Family Photographs
n.d.
