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Shaw, John Bennett, 1913-1994

 Person

Biography

Book collector.

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

An Index of Stanford Writers

 Item
Identifier: 1981.010.5
Scope and Contents

Compilation of brief, alphabetical biographical notes on authors.

Dates: 1862 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1925 - 1970

Bibliographical Notes on Ernest Hemingway, 1930-10

 Item
Identifier: 1977.003.2.1.2
Scope and Contents

"The following notes are excerpts from a Hemingway letter in answer to questions concerning editions and number of copies...."

Dates: Publication: 1930-10

Book list

 File
Identifier: 1963.004.1.1
Scope and Contents

Printed book list from the collection of John Bennett Shaw.

Dates: 1929 - 1962

Letter from G.N. Morris to John Bennett Shaw, 1949-01-13

 Item
Identifier: 1981.010.5
Scope and Contents

"...Apart from K.M. [Katherine Mansfield] the only people I have collected systematically are James Joyce and James Branch Cabell...."

Dates: 1949-01-13

Letter from John Bennet Shaw to Phyllis Braunlich, 1989-02-27

 Item — Box 8: [Barcode: 000020952648], Folder: 20, item: 7
Scope and Contents

Tyypes and signed letter from John Bennett Shaw regarding Braunlich's boo.

Dates: Other: 1989-02-27

Letter from John Bennet Shaw to Phyllis Braunlich, 1989-03-09

 Item — Box 8: [Barcode: 000020952648], Folder: 20, item: 8
Scope and Contents

Tyypes and signed letter from John Bennett Shaw regarding Braunlich's boo.

Dates: Other: 1989-03-09

Letter from Maude E. Morris to John Bennett Shaw, 1949-07-07

 Item
Identifier: 1981.010.5
Scope and Contents

"...Your letter to my husband of June 3rd remains unanswered. Unfortunately he died in May while we were in Wellington (NZ) attending ythe 50th jubilee celebrations of Victoria, our old university college...."

Dates: 1949-07-07

New York Heard Tribune Article about Stephen Crane, 1961-09-10

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 7, item: 1
Identifier: 1971.002.1.7.1
Scope and Contents

This is a newspaper article about Stephen Crane, with a large photo of him on the front page. In the bottom right corner is stamped "BKS 2 OCT 63/John B Shaw/1381 East 26th St/Tulsa Okla/Z-6"

Dates: 1961-09-10

Nova Virginiae Tabula, 1634

 Item — Map-case 4, drawer: 1, map: 2
Identifier: 1500.026.4.1.2
Scope and Contents

Detailed miniature map of the area of VIrginia around Chesapeake Bay. Page 639-640, removed from Jansson's Atlas Minor Gerardi Mercatoris. Latin text on verso.

Dates: 1634

Oklahoma Governor's Conference on Libraries, 1964-09-23

 File
Identifier: 2006.012.11
Scope and Contents

Presentation packet for the first conference held at the Center for Continuing Education, Norman. John Bennett Shaw, Chairman.

Dates: Event: 1964-09-23