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Call Number: SC0211
Creator:
Fehrenbacher, Don Edward, 1920-1997.
Title: Don Edward Fehrenbacher papers
Dates: 1928-1997
Physical Description:
11.5 Linear feet (25 boxes)
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
Custodial History
Gift of Prof. Don E. Fehrenbacher, 1979-1997, and of Mrs. Don E. Fehrenbacher, 1999.
None.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections and University
Archives.
[Identification of item], Don Edward Fehrenbacher Papers, SC 211, Stanford University Archives, Stanford, Calif.
Don Edward Fehrenbacher, noted Lincoln scholar and winner of the Nobel Prize in history in 1979 for his book
The Dred Scott Case,was the William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies at Stanford University. He earned his B.A. at Cornell
University in 1946 and his graduate degrees at the University of Chicago (M.A. 1948 and Ph.D. 1951). He taught at Coe College
in Iowa, 1949 to 1953, before coming to Stanford in 1953.
His awards included a Guggenheim fellowship in 1959-60, a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship, 1975-76, and the
Lincoln Prize for Civil War studies in 1997. He was the Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford University, 1967-68,
and the Harrison Professor of History at the College of William and Mary, 1973-74.
His other books included
Prelude to Greatness: Lincoln in the 1850s,
A Basic History of California,and
The Era of Expansion 1800-1848.With his Stanford colleague David Potter, he coedited
The South and the Concurrent Majority.
Fehrenbacher was appointed Professor Emeritus in 1984; he continued to lecture and publish during his retirement and was a
consultant on Ken Burns' epic film
The Civil War,which aired in 1990. He died in December 1997.
These papers document Fehrenbacher's career as historian, writer, and professor at Stanford University. Included are his incoming
and outgoing correspondence, 1945-1997; syllabi, lectures, and examinations from his classes; manuscripts, drafts, and some
research files from his books
The Dred Scott Caseand
The Minor Affair;reference files, notes, lectures, and published articles (largely from his research on Abraham Lincoln), ca. 1948-1988; and
reviews of his published works.
The correspondence, arranged chronologically, is with other historians, publishers, professional associations, Stanford colleagues,
and his students, with some family letters included. Correspondents include McDonald Forrest, Bernard Weisberger, William
T. Hutchinson, Lionel E. Fredman, Norman Graebner, Michael Burlingame, Carl N. Degler, David M. Potter, George H. Knoles,
Richard W. Lyman, and Earl Pomeroy.
Burlingame, Michael,, 1941-
Degler, Carl N.
Fredman, Lionel E.
Graebner, Norman A.
Hutchinson, William T., (William Thomas), 1895-1976.
Knoles, George Harmon.
Lyman, Richard W., 1923-2012.
McDonald, Forrest.
Pomeroy, Earl S., (Earl Spencer), 1915-2005.
Potter, David Morris
Stanford University. Department of History. -- General subdivision--Faculty.;
Weisberger, Bernard A.,, 1922-
Manuscripts (for publication).
Slavery--Law and legislation--United States.
United States--History--Study and teaching.
The Dred Scott case : its significance in American law and politics.
The Minor affair : an adventure in forgery and detection.
PARTIAL INDEX TO CORRESPONDENTS
The following is a partial listing of correspondents in Series 1 and the year(s) where their letters may be found.
Craven, Avery
1962, 1963, 1965
Degler, Carl N.
1963
Fleming, Donald
1966
Frankenstein, Alfred
1957
Fredman, Lionel E.
1958
Graebner, Norman
1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1966
Hutchinson, William T.
1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1969, 1970
Knoles, George H.
1968, 1972
Littell, C. F. (Judge)
1958, 1961, 1962, 1965
Lyman, Richard
1968
McDonald, Forrest
1957, 1958
Pomeroy, Earl
1969, 1970, 1971, 1972
Potter, David
1962, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970
Sharp, William F.
1965
Weisberger, Bernard
1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1970