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Guide to the Dr. Wilfred Healey Stone Papers, ca. 1940-1990 M0207
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  • Language of Material: English
    Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Title: Wilfred Healey Stone Papers
    Identifier/Call Number: M0207
    Identifier/Call Number: 917
    Physical Description: 9.5 Linear Feet (15 manuscript boxes, 2 flat-boxes)
    Date (inclusive): ca. 1940-1990
    Abstract: Research materials from the career of Stanford English professor Wilfred Healey Stone.
    Physical Location: Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 36 hours in advance.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Dr. Wilfred Stone 1971, 1989, 1990, 1991

    Biography

    Wilfred Healey Stone (1917-2015) was an author and professor of English at Stanford University. He joined the Stanford faculty in 1950 after earning his PhD from Harvard University, and served in the Department of English for 36 years His areas of research included nineteenth century and modern English literature with a particular emphasis on the Bloomsbury Group. He published two books on the fiction of these periods: Religion and Art of William Hale White (Mark Rutherford) in 1954, and The Cave and the Mountain: A Study of E.M. Forster in 1966.

    Preferred Citation:

    [Identification of item] Dr. Wilfred Healey Stone Papers, M0207, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Scope and Content

    The collection is mainly research materials on the Bloomsbury group, E.M. Forster, and William Hale White. Materials include lectures, research card indexes, and materials for Stone's publications. Also included are correspondence with E.M. Forster, Arthur Sale, Noel Annan, Basil Willey, Leonard Woolf, David Garnett, and relatives of William Hale White. Some materials about Stone's academic career at Stanford are also included.

    Conditions Governing Use

    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.