Guide to the Richard Foster Jones Papers
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0118
Creator:
Jones, Richard Foster, 1886-1965.
Title: Richard Foster Jones papers
Dates: 1909-1965
Physical Description:
1 linear foot
Summary: Collection contains manuscripts dating from his period at
Stanford as well as papers from his student days at Cornell (1909-1918) and
correspondence written during his service as Dean of Graduate Studies at Washington
University (1943-1945). Also included are personal business papers and correspondence
from 1945-1965.
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
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of anonymous, 1972.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
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Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is
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intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission
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Cite As
Richard Foster Jones Papers (SC0118). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Professor of English at Stanford (1945-1952) and founder of the Stanford Creative
Writing Center.
Description of the Collection
Collection contains manuscripts dating from his period at Stanford as well as papers
from his student days at Cornell (1909-1918) and correspondence written during his
service as Dean of Graduate Studies at Washington University (1943-1945). Also included
are personal business papers and correspondence from 1945-1965.
Access Terms
Jones, Richard Foster, 1886-1965.
Stanford University. Dept. of
English--Faculty.
Manuscripts (for publication).
Collection Contents
Box 1, Folder 1
Typescript – "The Rhetoric of Science in England of the Mid-seventeenth
Century"
Box 1, Folder 2
Research notes for "The Rhetoric of Science in England of the
Mid-seventeenth Century"
Box 1, Folder 3
Research notes for "The Rhetoric of Science in England of the
Mid-seventeenth Century"
Box 1, Folder 4
Research notes for "The Rhetoric of Science in England of the
Mid-seventeenth Century"; and Early papers written while a student at
Columbia
Box 1, Folder 6
"Literary Scholarship in an Atomic Age" – typed
Box 1, Folder 7
"Browning and the Greek Drama" – holograph
Box 1, Folder 8
"Racine and the English Critics of the Neoclassical Period" –
typed
Box 1, Folder 9
"Bacon and the Idea of Science" – typed
Box 1, Folder 10
"Swift's Fight Against Pedantry" – typed
Box 1, Folder 11
"Greek Lyric Poetry in the Elizabethan Lyric" – holograph
Box 1, Folder 12
"Wordsworth's Characters" – holograph
Box 1, Folder 13
"Dialogue to Pantomime" and "In Imitation of Dobson" –
holographs
Box 1, Folder 14
"Charlotte Hallaran Jones – a Sketch" by Kate E. White. A biography of
Jones' mother, 2 copies
Box 1, Folder 15
Pamphlet – "By Appointment of His Majesty, Biographer of Samuel
Johnson, L.L.D." by James M. Osborn
Box 1, Folder 16
Research notes for a book on language
Box 1, Folder 17
Research notes from Robert Ferguson's "The Interest of Reason in
Religion, 1675" – holograph and type copies
Box 2, Folder 1
Research notes – miscellaneous and unsorted, 1963
Box 2, Folder 2
Bibliography of Jones' published writings, 1919-1947;
Correspondence
Box 2, Folder 3
Incoming correspondence from U. S. Armed Services,
1917-1918
Box 2, Folder 4
Outgoing correspondence, Aug. 14, 1943 – June 30, 1945, written when
Dean of Graduate Studies, Washington University
Box 2, Folder 5
Correspondence with Kenneth Brown, estate manager,
1948-1961
Box 2, Folder 6
Miscellaneous academic papers; includes degrees, manuscript, class
registration booklets (1909-1918), and newspaper reviews.
Box 2, Folder 7
Miscellaneous financial papers, includes business and tax receipts,
medical expenses, and insurance correspondence, 1945-56
Box 2, Folder 8
Tax files and other personal business correspondence, Feb. – Oct.
1965
Box 3, Folder 1
Miscellaneous financial papers, 1948-1961
