Guide to the Virgil Keeble Whitaker Papers
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0174
Creator:
Whitaker, Virgil Keeble, 1908-
Title: Virgil Keeble Whitaker papers
Dates: 1945-1973
Physical Description:
3 Linear feet (2 boxes)
Summary: Professor Whitaker's office files contain primarily Stanford material relating to his years as Professor of English, his membership
on various university committees and professional interests. Includes correspondence, minutes and general material relating
to Whitaker's career.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Language(s): The material is 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
Provenance
Gift of Virgil Whitaker, 1974.
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
Virgil Keeble Whitaker (SC0174). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Professor of English at Stanford (1934-1967; emeritus 1974-1984 ); Associate Provost; and Dean of the Graduate Division (1965-1969).
Description of the Collection
Professor Whitaker's office files contain primarily Stanford material relating to his years as Professor of English, his membership
on various university committees and professional interests. Includes correspondence, minutes and general material relating
to Whitaker's career.
Arrangement
The material is arranged alphabetically by subject.
Access Terms
Stanford University. Dean of Graduate Studies.
Stanford University. Department of English. Faculty.
Stanford University. Department of English. -- General subdivision--Faculty.;
Whitaker, Virgil Keeble, 1908-
Original Accession
Papers
1945-1973
Box 1, Folder 2
A.A.U.P. (American Association of University Professors)
1951-1961
Box 1, Folder 3
American Studies Group
1945-1953
Box 1, Folder 4
Articles of Organization of the Faculty
1951-1958
Box 1, Folder 5
Bacon Foundation
1960-1961
Box 1, Folder 6
Committees, miscellaneous
1948-1951
Box 1, Folder 7
Composition Teaching Study
1946
Box 1, Folder 8
Curriculum Committee
1951-1955
Box 1, Folder 9
Curriculum Committee
1972
Box 1, Folder 10
Enrollment Policies, Comm. on
1966-1969
Box 1, Folder 11
Executive Comm., Academic Council
1953-1963
Scope and Content Note
Minutes.
Box 1, Folder 12
Executive Comm. of Humanties & Sciences
1953-1962
Scope and Content Note
Minutes.
Box 1, Folder 13
Financial Awards, Committee on
1953-1955
Scope and Content Note
Minutes.
Box 1, Folder 14
Foreign Centers Search Committee
1973
Box 1, Folder 15
Freshman Composition - Student Opinion
Undated
Box 1, Folder 16
General Studies, Committee on
1957-1961
Scope and Content Note
Minutes.
Box 1, Folder 17
General Studies, Committee on - Subcommittee on Italian Study Center
1958
Folder 18
Graduate Study Committee
1953-1957
Box 1, Folder 19
Graduate Study Committee
1958-1962
Box 1, Folder 20
Graduate Study Committee , Subcommittee on "Applications for Candidacy for Master of Arts"
1951-1952
Box 1, Folder 21
Graduate Study Committee, Subcommittee on Policies
1958
Box 1, Folder 22
Humanities & Sciences, miscellaneous
1962
Box 1, Folder 23
Humanities, Graduate Program in - Subcommittee
1954-1963
Box 1, Folder 24
Humanities Conference
1946 May 23-26
Box 1, Folder 25
Humanities - Honors Program, Committee on
1950-1951
Scope and Content Note
Minutes.
Box 1, Folder 26
Humanities, Ph.D. in, Program Committee
1952-1956
Box 1, Folder 27
Humanities, Ph.D. in, Santa Barbara meeting
1953
Box 1, Folder 28
Humanities - Special Programs
1954
Box 1, Folder 29
Independent Study Committee
1945, 1946
Box 1, Folder 30
Lectures - Western Civ.
1955
Box 1, Folder 31
Liberal Arts Program at Stanford
1945
Box 1, Folder 33
MLA (Modern Language Assn.), Eng. V
1958
Box 1, Folder 37
MLA - Shakespeare Section
1953
Box 1, Folder 38
MLA - Shakespeare Section
1954
Box 2, Folder 1
MLA - Spenser Section
1953
Box 2, Folder 3
Phi Beta Kappa, Univ. of Oregon
1962-1963
Box 2, Folder 4
Philological Association of the Pacific Coast
1951-1962
Box 2, Folder 5
Philological Association of Stanford
1953
Box 2, Folder 6
Public Exercises, Committee on
1958-1959
Box 2, Folder 7
Public Exercises - Founders Day, Subcommittee on
1958-1959
Box 2, Folder 8
Publications Committee
1951-1958
Box 2, Folder 9
Schedules & Exams, Comm. on
1946, 1947
Box 2, Folder 10
Senior Colloquia, Comm. on
1961-1965
Box 2, Folder 11
Shakespeare Quarterly
1959-1963
Box 2, Folder 12
Stanford in Britain
1971-1972
Box 2, Folder 13
Stanford in Britain, Subcommittee on
1973
Box 2
Stanford Study of Undergraduate Education, Advisory Committee (2 folders)
1954-1956
Box 2, Folder 16
Student-Faculty Educational Policies Cornrnission
1950
Box 2, Folder 17
Summer Festivals, Comm. on
1969
Box 2, Folder 18
Supplementary Research Grants
1957-1958
Box 2, Folder 19
Undergraduate Curriculum, Committee on, ''Meditations on the difference between training and education," prepared by F.W.
Strothmann
1954 Nov 1
Box 2, Folder 20
Undergraduate Library Committee
1957-1963
Box 2, Folder 21
Undcrgraduate Library Committee, pamphlets
1957, undated
Box 2, Folder 22
University Testing Program Committee
1949-1950
Box 2, Folder 23
Viking Fund Grant
1947-1948
Box 2, Folder 24
Viking Fund Grant - Humanities-Anthropology Conference
1947 May 16-17
