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Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, 1999 Aug. 30. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Steven Mandeville-Gamble.Finding aid is written in English.Guide to the David Brainerd Spooner Papers , 1899-1925Collection number: M0011Department of Special Collections Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CaliforniaContact InformationDepartment of Special CollectionsGreen LibraryStanford University LibrariesStanford, CA 94305-6004 Phone: (650) 725-1022Email: speccoll@sulmail.stanford.eduURL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/Processed by: Special Collections staffDate Completed: ca. 1959

Descriptive SummaryDavid Brainerd Spooner Papers , 1899-1925Special Collections M0011Spooner, David Brainerd, 1879-1925.5.5 linear ft. Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections. Administrative InformationAccess Restrictions

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Provenance

Gift of Mrs. Lawrence E. Norem, 1959.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item] David Brainerd Spooner Papers , M0011, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Scope and Content

The Spooner Papers contain D. B. Spooner's correspondence from 1899 to 1922. The bulk of the correspondence was written between 1915 and 1918. The collection also includes manuscript, typescript, and printed copies of articles by D. B. Spooner. There are many manuscript and typescript language notebooks and studies. Also included are booklets in foreign languages and a large section of personal memorabilia.

Spooner's primary work was concerned with Indian Archaeology and Indian Religion. Of secondary importance are his works concerning Indian History and various language studies.

Biographical Note

David Brainard Spooner was born at South Vernon, Vermont, February 7, 1879. Educated at Stanford University, AB 1899, then taught in Japan at the Prefectural College of Omi at Oatsu. Later he taught at the School of Foreign languages, Tokyo, and then at the Imperial University. He was the first foreigner to graduate from the Imperial University with an Lit.D. Attended the British Government College at Benares, 1901-02 and the Sanskrit College in Benares, 1902-03. He was attached to the Siamese Legation at one time. Granted a fellowship by Harvard and was awarded a Ph.D. from King Frederick William University in Berlin, 1906.

Spooner went to India prior to 1908 as a member of the British Archaeological Survey. In 1910 he is credited with discovering the remains of Buddha near Peshawar, India. In 1915 Spooner married Elizabeth Colton of Easthampton, Mass. He became head of the British Archaeological Survey and did considerable work and writing in archaeology, Indian religion, Indian History, languages, and linguistics. Spooner died at Agra, India, Jan. 30, 1925, and is buried there.

(For a more complete biography see Spooner Correspondence File)

Series DescriptionSeries 1. CorrespondenceSubseries : Letters of D. B. Spooner; February, 1899 - January, 1922.

arranged chronologically

1Correspondence Out-going, February, 1899 - December, 1916.27 Folders228 - 44Correspondence Out-going, Jan., 1917 - Jan., 1922.Subseries : Letters concerning D. B. Spooner, letter notes, letter fragments.245outgoing letter fragments.246miscellaneous letter notes.247letters concerning D. B. Spooner, but not from him nor to him.248-52Subseries : Letters to D. B. Spooner:

arranged alphabetically by signer of letter and chronologically under each signer.

Series 2. Articles and Poems353Distribution List for Spooner Articles354-93Subseries : Articles arranged alphabetically by titles, or suggested titles within an alphabetical subject arrangement.The American Boarding SchoolAnalytical Index to the Legends and Devices on Indian SealsA Critical Study of Mallinatha's Commentary on the MeghadulaThe Bodh Gaya PlaqueBricks in IndiaThe Buddha Relics in JapanBuddhism and ParseeismThe CharbindaThe Dasyavah of BeharThe Dedarganu Image now in Patna MuseumThe Discovery of Kanishka's ViharaThe Field of Indian ArchaeologyThe Fravashi of GautamaThe Hindu SaturnaliaIndian ArchaeologyIndian LinguisticsThe Indian Reform Scheme inIts RelationsThe Indira of Bankim ChandraThe Iranian Element in Ancient IndiaThe Iranian Element in Early IndiaThe Kiratarjuniya of Bharavi Magh MelaMerv and MeruMauna, Mauni and MaunindraThe Mrigadava at SarnathOn a Houseboat in KashmirOrigin of Indian ArtA Plea for the BanditQuaint Stories from the JapaneseReply to Professor KeithReview of the Household TroopsShort Discription of work in IndiaShort Guide to the Archaeological Galleries in the Indian Museum, CalcuttaSome English Speaking Birds in IndiaStanford UniversityMr. Tatan Tata's Excavations at PataliputraThe Triarchic FaithVarieties of the Visnu ImageVedic NotesWho Were the Prasioi?Subseries : Fragments of articles, notes on books, poems.4-594 - 107Fragments and single pages of articles by D. B. Spooner4-5108Gazatteer Appendix to the Index4-5109 - 111Notes on Books4-5112 - 123PoemsSeries 3. Research MaterialSubseries : Notebooks and typescript copies of Spooner's works on Buddhism and Indian Religion.5Four notebooks with typescript annotatedy by hand on “Gautama the Archi-Magus.”5Two sheafs of typescript on “Gautama the Archi-Magus”6Selections from the Poet Hali, Pearls and Cowrie Shells (poems by D. B. Spooner), Kiratarjuniya of Bharavi (prose translation and blank verse) manuscript, Manuscript Register of Dated Indian Images, Dr. Lee's Career by Miles Chapin7Three notebooks typescript and manuscript entitled “The Gods of Hindustan”Subseries : Notebooks, also typescript copies of Zoroastrian Period of Indian History.7124Manuscript on Zoroastrian Period of Indian History7125Manuscript on Zoroastrian Period of Indian History7126Temple Types in TirhutSubseries : Research materials in Notebooks8Manuscript copies of a chronological history of IndiaSubseries : Notebooks and studies of Asian Languages. Booklets in various languages.9Language Notebooks

Six notebooks and two folders containing smaller notebooks on Asian, especially Indian languages

10Language Study Notes10129-133Studies of Asian languages10134Booklets in Japanese10135-137Booklets and Documents in Indian Languages10138Register of Chinese Characters as Used by the JapaneseSeries 4. Newspaper Clippings

Large scrapbook filled with clippings. Also loose clippings in the front of the scrapbook.

10Scrapbook

Scrapbook filled with newspaper clippings. Most clippings pertain to the discovery of the remains of Buddha

Series 5. Memorabilia11Subseries : Personal papers and documents of D. B. Spooner and Mrs. D. B. Spooner. Memorabilia.

Personal Papers and documents of D. B. Spooner and Mrs. Spooner. Diaries of Spooner which were kept while he was at Stanford and while he was in Japan. Container consists of folders 139-155

Subseries : Buddhist Sermon, Chinese Scroll11156Satipatthana Buddha's Sermon on Meditation written on wooden stripsFramed picture of D. B. Spooner. Framed picture of Ronald Shay?11157Buddhist Scripture written on wooden sheets158Chinese scroll, rolled, contains writing in ChineseSubseries : Photographs of Japan and IndiaPhotographs of Japan and Japanese studentsPhotographs of Indian archaeological remains, religious edifices, D. B. Spooner, Mrs. Spooner, and various collegues of D. B. SpoonerOversized photos of Japan and India. One photo of the Dali Lama holding the casket containing the remains of Buddha(This container is stored in file case for oversized material.)Subseries : Chinese ScrollChinese Scroll(This scroll is filed in the case for oversized material.)Items Removed from the General Manuscript Collection1. Printed materials in the Spooner Collection, removed to acquisition department.Book of Mark in Sankrit 1899, CalcuttaOverland Monthly, January 1901. Contains article by Spooner, “Welcoming the Buddha's Most Holy Bones.”2 Copies.Handbook to the Sculptures in the Preshawar Museum by D. Brainerd Spooner, 1910, Bombay.2 copies.The Empress, May, 1914. Has article on Spooner and the excavations at Pataliputra.“Temple Types in Tirhut” by D.B. Spooner. June 1916 reprint from “The Journal of the Bihar & Orissa Research Society.2 copies“The Janibigna Inscription” and “Dates of Skanda-Gupta and his Successors” by H. Panday. Both 1918 reprints from The Journal of the Bihar & Orissa Research Society.“Importance of the Janibigna Inscription of the Year 83 of the Lakshmana-Sena Era” by K. P. Jayaswal. 1918 reprint from The Journal of the Bihar & Orissa Research Society.“Note on Prehistoric Antiquities Including Antiquities from Mohen-jo-Darn” by Ramaprasad Chanda. December, 1924.Yearly Archeological reports, printed.Excavations at Shah-Ji-Ki-Dheri. 1908-9.3 copies.An inscribed Sculpture in the Preshawar Museum. 1908-9.2 copiesArcheological Survey of India. 1908-9.1 copy.Excavations at Sahri Bahlol. 1909-10.5 copies.The Kanishka Casket Inscriptions. 1909-10.7 copies.The Vishnu Images From Rangpur. 1911-12.12 copies.Mr. Ratan Tata's Excavations at Pataliputra.15 copiesExcavations at Takht-I-BahII. no date.6 copies.A new Find of Punchmarked Coins. no date.1 copyExcavations at Sahribahlol. no date.1 copy.“The Chief Function of the Hebrew University” by Sol Rosenbloom. Reprinted from The Menorah Journal, February, 1921.1 copy.“The Survey of Cities” by P. Geddes. Reprinted from the Sociological Review, Vol. I, No. 1, Jan., 1908.1 Copy.Bookreview of Interpretations and Forecasts: a Study of Survivals and Tendencies in Contemporary Society. By Victor Branford. Review by A. E. Crawley. Reprinted from Nature, June 18, 1914.1 copy.“Women, the Census, and the Possibilities of the Future” Notes of Lectures by Prof. Patrick Geddes. Summer 1921.1 copy.“The Classification of Statistics and its Results.” By Patrick Geddes. From the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, vol. XI. Read March 21, April 4, and May 2, 1881.1 copy.“Public Health in the Industrial Age” Number 6 of Papers for the Present. By Patrick Geddes. Reprinted from The Sociological Review, Vol. XI, No. 1, Spring 1919.1 copy.“A Gardener of Paradise” Number X of Papers for the Present. By George Sandeman.1 copy.“Mythology and Life: An Interpretation of Olympus; with Applications to Eugenics and Civics.” Abstract of a paper read by Professor Geddes before the Sociological Society, October 15, 1912.1 copy.“The Worlds First Sociological Laboratory.” By Charles Zueblin. Reprinted from The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. IV, No. 5, 1899.1 copy.“Beginnings of a Survey of Edinburgh.” By Prof. P. Geddes. Reprinted from The Scottish Geographical Magazine, Vol. XXXV, August-September-October 1919.1 copy.The World-Story of 3000,000,000 (?) Years by J. Reeves. 1922.1 copy.The Nature and Attributes of God According to the Shastras. By Babu Chhajju Singh. Meerut, 1903.1 copy.The Aim and Scope and A Synopsis of the Plot of Diamond Jubilee Maharani Tilotama, by Kunwar Bihari Lal Ajiz. Zemindar, Lucknow District. No date.1 copy.[Testimonial] by G. Thibaut. Benares, 24 May, 1899.1 copy.“Atharva-Veda: Critical Notes; with Some Account of Whitney's Commentary,” by Charles R. Lanman. Reprint from Album--Kern, May, 1903.1 copy.Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Vol. XXXI, March, 1904,1 copy.Asiatic Society of Japan. List of Transactions Constitution and By-Laws. Tokyo, 1903.1 copy.“Preliminary Notes on Coeloplana,” by James Francis Abbott. Reprinted from the Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, vol IV, Part 4, 1902.2 Copies.2. Eight early photographs of Stanford, removed to the Stanford Collection.