Guide to the Richard Foster Jones Papers SC0118

Daniel Hartwig & Presley Hubschmitt

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

October 2010

Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford 94305-6064

specialcollections@stanford.edu

URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

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Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Title: Richard Foster Jones papers

Creator: Jones, Richard Foster

Identifier/Call Number: SC0118

Identifier/Call Number: 15087

Physical Description: 7.75 Linear Feet

Date (inclusive): 1903-1965

Abstract: Collection contains manuscripts dating from his period at Stanford as well as papers from his student days at Cornell (1909-1918) and correspondence written during his service as Dean of Graduate Studies at Washington University (1943-1945). Also included are personal business papers and correspondence from 1945-1965. Accession 2021-111 consists of letters to and from Richard Foster Jones. The letters are mainly between him and his wife, Lucile Law Jones, with dates ranging from 1903-1940.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Gift of anonymous, 1972.

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

Richard Foster Jones Papers (SC0118). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biographical/Historical Sketch

Richard Foster Jones was a Professor of English at Stanford (1945-1952) and founder of the Stanford Creative Writing Center.

Description of the Collection

Collection contains manuscripts dating from his period at Stanford as well as papers from his student days at Cornell (1909-1918) and correspondence written during his service as Dean of Graduate Studies at Washington University (1943-1945). Also included are personal business papers and correspondence from 1945-1965. Accession 2021-111 consists of letters to and from Richard Foster Jones. The letters are mainly between him and his wife, Lucile Law Jones, with dates ranging from 1903-1940.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Manuscripts (for publication).

Personal Correspondence

Love letters.

Stanford University. Department of English. Faculty

Jones, Richard Foster

Papers

box 1, folder 1

Typescript – "The Rhetoric of Science in England of the Mid-seventeenth Century"

box 1, folder 2

Research notes for "The Rhetoric of Science in England of the Mid-seventeenth Century"

box 1, folder 3

Research notes for "The Rhetoric of Science in England of the Mid-seventeenth Century"

box 1, folder 4

Research notes for "The Rhetoric of Science in England of the Mid-seventeenth Century"; and Early papers written while a student at Columbia

box 1, folder 5

"Poetry" – typed

box 1, folder 6

"Literary Scholarship in an Atomic Age" – typed

box 1, folder 7

"Browning and the Greek Drama" – holograph

box 1, folder 8

"Racine and the English Critics of the Neoclassical Period" – typed

box 1, folder 9

"Bacon and the Idea of Science" – typed

box 1, folder 10

"Swift's Fight Against Pedantry" – typed

box 1, folder 11

"Greek Lyric Poetry in the Elizabethan Lyric" – holograph

box 1, folder 12

"Wordsworth's Characters" – holograph

box 1, folder 13

"Dialogue to Pantomime" and "In Imitation of Dobson" – holographs

box 1, folder 14

"Charlotte Hallaran Jones – a Sketch" by Kate E. White. A biography of Jones' mother, 2 copies

box 1, folder 15

Pamphlet – "By Appointment of His Majesty, Biographer of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D." by James M. Osborn

box 1, folder 16

Research notes for a book on language

box 1, folder 17

Research notes from Robert Ferguson's "The Interest of Reason in Religion, 1675" – holograph and type copies

box 2, folder 1

Research notes – miscellaneous and unsorted, 1963

box 2, folder 2

Bibliography of Jones' published writings, 1919-1947; Correspondence

box 2, folder 3

Incoming correspondence from U. S. Armed Services, 1917-1918

box 2, folder 4

Outgoing correspondence, Aug. 14, 1943 – June 30, 1945, written when Dean of Graduate Studies, Washington University

box 2, folder 5

Correspondence with Kenneth Brown, estate manager, 1948-1961

box 2, folder 6

Miscellaneous academic papers; includes degrees, manuscript, class registration booklets (1909-1918), and newspaper reviews.

box 2, folder 7

Miscellaneous financial papers, includes business and tax receipts, medical expenses, and insurance correspondence, 1945-56

box 2, folder 8

Tax files and other personal business correspondence, Feb. – Oct. 1965

box 3, folder 1

Miscellaneous financial papers, 1948-1961

Additional papers Accession 2021-111

Box 1, Folder 1

Correspondence 1903

Box 1, Folder 2

Correspondence 1904

Box 1, Folder 3

Correspondence 1907

Box 1, Folder 4

Correspondence 1908

Box 1, Folder 5

Correspondence 1908

Box 1, Folder 6

Correspondence 1909

Box 1, Folder 7

Correspondence 1909

Box 1, Folder 8

Correspondence 1909

Box 1, Folder 9

Correspondence 1909

Box 1, Folder 10

Correspondence 1910

Box 1, Folder 11

Correspondence 1911

Box 2, Folder 1

Correspondence 1912

Box 2, Folder 2

Correspondence 1912

Box 2, Folder 3

Correspondence 1912

Box 2, Folder 4

Correspondence 1912

Box 2, Folder 5

Correspondence 1912

Box 2, Folder 6

Correspondence 1912

Box 2, Folder 7

Correspondence 1912

Box 2, Folder 8

Correspondence 1913

Box 2, Folder 9

Correspondence 1913

Box 2, Folder 10

Correspondence 1913

Box 2, Folder 11

Correspondence 1913

Box 2, Folder 12

Correspondence 1913

Box 2, Folder 13

Correspondence 1913

Box 2, Folder 14

Correspondence 1913

Box 3, Folder 1

Correspondence 1913

Box 3, Folder 2

Correspondence 1913

Box 3, Folder 3

Correspondence 1913

Box 3, Folder 4

Correspondence 1914

Box 3, Folder 5

Correspondence 1914

Box 3, Folder 6

Correspondence 1914

Box 3, Folder 7

Correspondence 1914

Box 3, Folder 8

Correspondence 1914

Box 3, Folder 9

Correspondence 1914

Box 3, Folder 10

Correspondence 1914

Box 3, Folder 11

Correspondence 1914

Box 3, Folder 12

Correspondence 1914

Box 3, Folder 13

Correspondence 1914

Box 3, Folder 14

Correspondence 1915

Box 4, Folder 1

Correspondence 1916

Box 4, Folder 2

Correspondence 1916

Box 4, Folder 3

Correspondence 1916

Box 4, Folder 4

Correspondence 1917

Box 4, Folder 5

Correspondence 1917

Box 4, Folder 6

Correspondence 1918

Box 4, Folder 7

Correspondence 1919

Box 4, Folder 8

Correspondence 1920

Box 4, Folder 9

Correspondence 1923

Box 4, Folder 10

Correspondence 1923

Box 4, Folder 11

Correspondence 1924

Box 4, Folder 12

Correspondence 1924

Box 4, Folder 13

Correspondence 1932

Box 4, Folder 14

Correspondence 1934

Box 4, Folder 15

Correspondence 1936

Box 4, Folder 16

Correspondence 1940

Box 5, Folder 1

Undated Correspondence

Box 5, Folder 2

Undated Correspondence

Box 5, Folder 3

"Women's Rights" Poem by Richard Foster Jones

Box 5, Folder 4

Calling Cards

Box 5, Folder 5

Lucile Law Jones Europe Trip

Box 5, Folder 6

Lucile Law Jones University Degree

Box 5, Folder 7

Unidentified Photograph of Woman

Box 5, Folder 8

Dance Card and Miscellaneous Articles