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English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Norman Foerster papers addenda
Identifier/Call Number: M0251
Identifier/Call Number: 1883
Physical Description:
5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1837-1970
Abstract: Correspondence, scrapbooks, publications, and memorabilia from Norman Foerster's personal life and career. Also includes
photograph albums, lectures, notes, and essays on the subject of humanism.
Physical Location: Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 36 hours in advance.
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was purchased by Norman Foerster to Stanford University, Special Collections in 1974.
Norman Foerster was an American author and editor. Foerster was also a professor of literature and a proponent of the New
Humanist movement. He was born 14 April 1887 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and died 1 August 1972 in Palo Alto, California.
A.B. Harvard: 1910; A.M., University of Wisconsin: 1912; Litt.D., Uuniversity of South: 1931. University professor and instigator
of New Humanist movement in American criticism. As its chief spokesman, he edited its manifesto Humanism and America (1930).
Instructor in English, University of Wisconsin, 1911-1914; associate professor English, University of North Carolina, 1914-1919,
professor, 1919-1930; director School of Letters and professor English, University of Iowa, 1930-1944; visiting professor
English, Duke University, 1948-1949. Author of Outlines and Summaries, Sentences and Thinking, Nature in American Literature,
American Criticism, The American Scholar, Towards Standards, The American State University, The Future of the Liberal College,
The Humanities and the Common Man. Editor of Essays for College Men, Selected Literary Essays from James Russell Lowell, Chief
American Prose Writers, American Ideals, English poetry of the 19th century, American Poetry and Prose, Humanism and America,
and American Critical Essays.
[identification of item], Norman Foerster papers addenda (M0251). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
The collection was listed and partially processed when it came to Stanford in 1974. At that time, a number of books written
and collected by Foerster were transferred to Stanford's Rare Book collection. As part of a library move in 2023, the collection
was rehoused. The original order from the earlier processing was maintained as much as possible. As an example, the original
Box 1 was rehoused as Boxes 1A, 1B, and 1C.
Stanford Libraries also holds the following related collections:
M0052: Norman Foerster papers, ca.1900-1949
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4082957
M0173: Norman Foerster papers addenda, 1918-1940
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4082911
M0183: Norman Foerster papers addenda, 1907-1965
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4082998
The collection contains personal correspondence, scrapbooks, notes, and writings of English professor Norman Foerster. Also
included are various articles, papers, pamphlets, and other publications about the New Humanism movement in literary criticism.
The collection is an addenda to Foerster's papers that were already at Stanford. See related materials note for collection
numbers.
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Foerster, Norman