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Call Number: SC0401
Creator:
Watt, Ian P.
Title: Ian P. Watt papers
Dates: 1956-1989
Physical Description:
55 Linear feet
Summary: Correspondence, lectures, notes, course materials,
bibliographies, articles, proofs, clippings, and reprints pertaining to courses he
taught, departmental business, academic associations, and other professional activities.
Some of the material pertains to his teaching at UC Berkeley before he came to Stanford;
also included are materials pertaining to his experiences as a Japanese prisoner of war
during World War II and the building of the bridge over the River Kwai.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Preliminary inventory available.
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.
Ian P. Watt Papers (SC0401). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Watt earned his degrees at Cambridge and taught there and at UC Berkeley before joining
the Stanford faculty in 1964 as Professor of English. In 1971 he was named Jackson Eli
Reynolds professor of the humanities and was the first director of the Stanford
Humanities Center.
Correspondence, lectures, notes, course materials, bibliographies, articles, proofs,
clippings, and reprints pertaining to courses he taught, departmental business, academic
associations, and other professional activities. Some of the material pertains to his
teaching at UC Berkeley before he came to Stanford; also included are materials
pertaining to his experiences as a Japanese prisoner of war during World War II and the
building of the bridge over the River Kwai.
Stanford University. Dept. of
English--Faculty.
Stanford University. Dept. of English.
Stanford University. Humanities Center.
Watt, Ian P.
Watt, Ian P.
English literature--Study and teaching
World War, 1939-1945--Prisons and prisoners, Japanese.