Guide to the Charles N. Fifer collection of Stanford English Department Miscellany

Jenny Johnson
Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford, California
February 2013
Copyright © 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.


Overview

Call Number: SC1154
Creator: Fifer, Charles N., 1922-
Title: Charles N. Fifer collection of Stanford English Department miscellany
Dates: circa 1960s-1980s
Physical Description: 1.5 Linear feet
Summary: Collection consists of materials related to the Stanford English Department, including the Cliveden campus (part of the Bing Overseas Studies Program), and correspondence with other English department faculty members. Also included is the two volume work by Fifer, Correspondence of James Boswell with Members of the Literary Club.
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

The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

Cite As

[identification of item], Charles N. Fifer collection of Stanford English Department miscellany (SC1154). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biographical Note

Charles N. Fifer earned his BA and MA at Northwestern University and his Ph.D. (1954) at Yale. He taught at Lawrence College and the University of Illinois before joining the faculty in the Department of English at Stanford University in 1956.

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of materials related to the Stanford English Department, including the Cliveden campus (part of the Bing Overseas Studies Program), and correspondence with other English department faculty members. Also included is the two volume work by Fifer, Correspondence of James Boswell with Members of the Literary Club.

Access Terms

Boswell, James, 1740-1795
Islas, Arturo, 1938-1991
Stanford University. Department of English. Faculty.
Authors, American--20th century.
English literature--Study and teaching.


Box 1, Folder 1

English Department

Box 1, Folder 2

Cliveden

Box 1

Correspondence of James Boswell with Members of the Literary Club, Volume I

Physical Description: 1 volume(s)
Box 1

Correspondence of James Boswell with Members of the Literary Club, Volume II

Physical Description: 1 volume(s)
Box 1

Arturo Islas, English Department

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (VHS)