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Call Number: SC0706
Creator:
Fredrickson, George M., 1934-2008
Title: George M. Fredrickson papers
Dates: 1965-2002
Bulk Dates: 1980-2002
Physical Description:
18 Linear feet
Summary: Papers largely reflect his career as historian and professor and
include course files, conference and organizational files, lectures, articles and
papers, and correspondence. Most of the course files are from those he taught at
Stanford University, with a few from courses at Northwestern. Subjects include Civil
War, race relations, and African American history.
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
This collection is open for research.
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.
George M. Fredrickson Papers (SC0706). Department of Special Collections and
University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
George M. Fredrickson, the Edgar E. Robinson Professor of United States History
(emeritus) at Stanford University, earned his A.B. (1956) and Ph.D. (1964) from Harvard;
he matriculated as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Oslo (1956-7) and was
awarded an honorary M.A. from Oxford University in 1988. He taught at Harvard and
Northwestern before joining the history faculty at Stanford in 1984. He has published
seven books on the Civil War, African American history, and racism and published
numerous articles, including more than twenty-five pieces in THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF
BOOKS. In 1985, he was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He
was also a co-director of the Research Institute of Comparative Studies in Race and
Ethnicity at Stanford and in 2000 was awarded the Cox Medal for fostering undergraduate
research.
Papers largely reflect his career as historian and professor and include course files,
conference and organizational files, lectures, articles and papers, and correspondence.
Most of the course files are from those he taught at Stanford University, with a few
from courses at Northwestern. Subjects include Civil War, race relations, and African
American history.
Fredrickson, George M., 1934-2008
Stanford University--Faculty.
Stanford University. Dept. of History.
African Americans --History --Study and teaching (Higher).
United States --History --Study and teaching (Higher).