Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Percy Alvin Martin papers
- Dates:
- 1907-1937
- Creators:
- Martin, Percy Alvin
- Abstract:
- Letters to Dorothy Herrington, 1926 and 1937; a travel diary kept by Martin on a trip made to Spain in 1907; and correspondence with Mr̀io Melo, Alan K. Manchester, Joao Carlos Muniz, and John Tate Lanning, 1932-33, pertaining to Brazilian entries in Martin's proposed biographical dictionary for Latin America. Collection also includes 2 oversized certificates, 1927, from groups in Uruquay and Cuba.
- Extent:
- 0.25 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Percy Alvin Martin Papers (SC0781). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Letters to Dorothy Herrington, 1926 and 1937; a travel diary kept by Martin on a trip made to Spain in 1907; and correspondence with Mr̀io Melo, Alan K. Manchester, Joao Carlos Muniz, and John Tate Lanning, 1932-33, pertaining to Brazilian entries in Martin's proposed biographical dictionary for Latin America. Collection also includes 2 oversized certificates, 1927, from groups in Uruquay and Cuba.
- Biographical / historical:
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Professor of history at Stanford (1908-1942). Martin received A.B. (1902), A.M. (1903) from Stanford and A.M. (1907), Ph.D. (1912) from Harvard.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Dorothy Herrington, 1979 and George H. Knoles, 1980 and 1986.
- Physical location:
- Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-01-28 11:28:43 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or 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.
- Preferred citation:
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Percy Alvin Martin Papers (SC0781). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Stanford University Archives, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6064, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022