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Call Number: SC0863
Creator:
Morgan, Bayard Quincy.
Title: Bayard Quincy Morgan papers
Dates: 1907-1964
Physical Description:
8 Linear feet
Summary: These papers include his translations of works by German authors into English with a few other translations; subject files
which contain notes, articles, drafts of papers, lectures, exam questions, and a small amount of correspondence, 1922-51 and
undated; course files, containing mostly notes, syllabi and reading lists, 1939-48 and undated; picture files consisting of
printed illustrations of authors, historical figures, politicians, scientists, musicians, and others, undated; miscellaneous
professional papers which include typescripts of papers and talks (some in German), a small amount of correspondence, and
notebooks, 1920-42 and undated; and his reprints, 1907-1964.
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
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.
Bayard Quincy Morgan Papers (SC0863). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Morgan earned his Ph.D. from the University of Leipzig in 1907. He taught at the University of Wisconsin from 1907 to 1934,
when he joined the Stanford faculty as head of the German department. He focused on the field of translation and published
a large number of translations of German literary works. He was appointed Professor Emeritus in 1948. He died in 1967.
These papers include his translations of works by German authors into English with a few other translations; subject files
which contain notes, articles, drafts of papers, lectures, exam questions, and a small amount of correspondence, 1922-51 and
undated; course files, containing mostly notes, syllabi and reading lists, 1939-48 and undated; picture files consisting of
printed illustrations of authors, historical figures, politicians, scientists, musicians, and others, undated; miscellaneous
professional papers which include typescripts of papers and talks (some in German), a small amount of correspondence, and
notebooks, 1920-42 and undated; and his reprints, 1907-1964.
Morgan, Bayard Quincy.
German literature --Translations into English.
Translations.