Papers include correspondence, class materials, drafts of articles, published works, audio tapes, and reference files including many card files.

Dwight L. Bolinger, English linguistic expert and scholar of the Spanish language, was a visiting professor at Stanford University from 1978 until his death in 1992. He earned his AB at Washburn College in 1930, his MA at the University of Kansas in 1932, and his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin in 1936. Before coming to Stanford, he taught at Washburn College, University of Southern California (1944-1960), University of Colorado, and Harvard University (1963-1973). He was the author of 17 books and over three hundred articles.

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