Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- The papers document Knorr's career as scholar and professor and include lectures, research notes, publications, class files (syllabi, student papers, class evaluations, course readers, etc.), photographic copies of sources and maps, and microfilm of source materials.
- Extent:
- 60 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Undetermined .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Wilbur Richard Knorr Papers (SC0933). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The papers document Knorr's career as scholar and professor and include lectures, research notes, publications, class files (syllabi, student papers, class evaluations, course readers, etc.), photographic copies of sources and maps, and microfilm of source materials. The materials were received in three accessions.
- Biographical / historical:
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Wilbur Richard Knorr, historian of science and the classics, was educated at Harvard (B.A. in 1966 and Ph. D. in 1973). He taught at the University of California in Berkeley and at Brooklyn College before joining the Stanford faculty 1979 as an assistant professor in the History of Science program, which he helped to develop. Although his interests were extraordinarily broad, his focus was on the history of ancient Greek mathematics and its medieval continuations. He died in 1997.
- Acquisition information:
- The collection was given to the Stanford University Archvies by the estate of Wilbur Richard Knorr in 1997.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Mathematics, Ancient
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The electronic files in accession 1997-196 are closed pending processing. Boxes 1-3 in accession 1997-172 are closed for 75 years from the date of creation. The collection is otherwise open for research; materials must be requested at least 48 hours in advance of intended use.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Wilbur Richard Knorr Papers (SC0933). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Stanford University Archives, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6064, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022