Overview
Administrative Information
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Description of the Collection
Access Terms
Overview
Call Number: SC0719
Creator:
Oxtoby, Willard Gurdon.
Title: Willard Gurdon Oxtoby papers
Dates: 1950-1955
Physical Description:
1.25 Linear feet
Summary: Collection consists of syllabi, exam schedules, reading lists,
bibliographies, class handouts, and Oxtoby's notes and papers from classes he took at
Stanford in history, humanities, philosophy, and political science,
1952-1955.
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
Information about Access
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.
Cite As
Willard Gurdon Oxtoby Papers (SC0719). Department of Special Collections and
University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Associated Materials
Oxtoby's senior honors thesis can be found in the Stanford University Humanities
Honors Program, Senior Honors Theses, Series Pre-1990, Box 15.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Willard G. Oxtoby, religious scholar and founding director of the Centre for Religious
Studies at the University of Toronto, earned his A.B. in philosophy at Stanford
University in 1955, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Description of the Collection
Collection consists of syllabi, exam schedules, reading lists, bibliographies, class
handouts, and Oxtoby's notes and papers from classes he took at Stanford in history,
humanities, philosophy, and political science, 1952-1955.
Access Terms
Oxtoby, Willard Gurdon.
Stanford University--Curricula.
Stanford University--Students.
Humanities--Study and teaching (Higher).
Philosophy--Study and teaching (Higher).