Description
The majority of these files date from Dr. Dodd's term as Dean of the School of Humanities and Director of Special Programs
in the Humanities. Also included are miscellaneous files created during his service on various University committees, including
one on Far Eastern Studies; files and film footage from two programs written and narrated by Dodds and filmed by KQED (public
television station, San Francisco): AMERICAN MEMOIR and THE MEASURE OF MAN; and the published version of AMERICAN MEMOIR,
1961.
Background
Professor of English at Stanford (1937-1967; emeritus 1967- ), interim head of the Department of French and Italian (September
1972-April 1973), Dean of the School of Humanities and Director of Special Programs in the Humanities.