Correspondence files of the executive heads of the department: Herbert Dean Meritt, Richard F. Jones, Virgil K. Whitaker, George F. Sensabaugh, John C. Loftis, and Thomas C. Moser; and minutes from Executive Committee, 1951-1987, department meetings, 1965-1993, and faculty meetings, 1967-1987. Correspondents include Stanford faculty and administrators, English faculty from other colleges, and prospective students. Subjects include faculty appointments, student dissertations, curriculum matters, inquiries from other colleges about faculty candidates among the department's graduate students, and administrative affairs of the department.

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