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Robinson (Edgar Eugene) Papers
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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Edgar Eugene Robinson papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0029B
Physical Description:
67 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1880-1986
Language of Material:
Undetermined .
Correspondence, journals, newsclippings, drafts and manuscripts, lecture notes, syllabi,
student term papers and administrative documents relating to Dr. Robinson's tenure as
chairman of the History Department, his publications, work with the Commonwealth Club, and
local defense activities during World War II.
Correspondents include E.D. Adams, Margery Bailey, Thomas A. Bailey, Edwin A. Cottrell,
Ellwood P. Cubberley, Max Farrand, Albert Leon Guerard, David Harris, David Starr Jordan,
George H. Knoles, Walter Lippman, Ralph H. Lutz, Alice M. Rose, Lewis M. Terman, Payson
Jackson Treat, Frederick Jackson Turner, Ray Lyman Wilbur, John D. Works, and Yamato
Ichihashi.
The collection also includes correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia of his first wife
Katherine Young Robinson; and correspondence of his second wife Lisette Robinson.
The University Archives also has seven reel-to-reel tapes of Professor Robinson's memoirs
and the taped readings about Herbert Hoover from his journal which are housed with the
Archives' tape collection.
Edgar E. Robinson was the Margaret Byrne Professor of History at Stanford University
(1911-1952; emeritus, 1952-1977) and chairman of the History Department (1935-1952). He also
served as Director of Independent Studies and of the Institute of American History.
Especially well known for his work on American political parties, voting behavior, and
presidential leadership, Professor Robinson played an integral role in the establishment of
the Western Civilization course at Stanford.
[Identification of item], Edgar Eugene Robinson Papers (SC0029B). Dept. of Special
Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Gift of Edgar E. Robinson, 1966 and Mrs. Edgar E. Robinson, 1979, 1983, and 1991.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the
documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the
Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
The materials are open for research use.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Notes.
Photoprints.
History -- Research.
Syllabi.