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Language of Material:
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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Joseph H. Greenberg papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0615
Physical Description:
64 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1961-2000
Abstract: Papers largely date from his tenure at
Stanford and include correspondence, research notes and notebooks, course files, and
reprints.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of the estate of Joseph Harold Greenberg, 2001.
This collection is open for research.
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.
Joseph H. Greenberg Papers (SC0615). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Greenberg, a linguist who studied the origins of the world's languages, studied
anthropology at Northwestern, receiving his Ph.D. in 1940. He taught at the University of
Minnesota and Columbia before coming to Stanford in 1962. While at Stanford he was not only
a professor of anthropology, but also helped to found the linguistics department and
organized the African Studies Center in the 1960's. He died in 2001.
Papers largely date from his tenure at Stanford and include correspondence, research notes
and notebooks, course files, and reprints.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Linguistics.
Language and languages.
Greenberg, Joseph H. (Joseph Harold)