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University Archives
Stanford University Archives
Stanford University History
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Stanford University Archives was created in 1965 by the Board of
Trustees to collect, preserve, and make available the historically
and legally valuable records of the University and of Stanford community
members. Adjunct to this responsibility is the collecting of all
materials relating to the University's founders, Leland and Jane
Lathrop Stanford, and to those Stanford and Lathrop family members
who were associated with them in business ventures or the creation
of Stanford University. University Archives sources support faculty
teaching and research, graduate level research, as well as undergraduate
thesis and course work. Additionally the University Archives serves
as the major information source for campus offices, such as the
President's Office, the News Service, the Office of Development,
the Facilities Planning Office, and the Stanford Alumni Association.
The collections of the University Archives are rich sources of
information regarding academics, administrative concerns, and student
life, as well as the university's involvement in the development
of Santa Clara Valley and the history of California and the West.
Included are:
- Records of campus offices, including academic, administrative,
library and research offices;
- Records of student organizations, such as the Associated Students
of Stanford University (ASSU), Ram's Head and the Stanford Chapter
of Phi Beta Kappa;
- Professional and personal papers of members of Stanford's faculty,
administrative staff, Board of Trustees, and each of Stanford's
past presidents;
- Student letters, diaries, scrapbooks, and photograph albums
relating to their Stanford experiences;
- Professional and personal papers of the Leland Stanford family
and of Stanford/Lathrop family members;
- Publications produced on campus, both monographic and serial,
such as newspapers, yearbooks, directories, reports, surveys,
and Stanford University Press books;
- Photographs, negatives, slides, films, and video;
- Theses and dissertations completed by Stanford graduates;
- Maps, drawings, blueprints and other architectural drawings,
prints, and posters.
University Archivist
Margaret (Maggie) Kimball
Phone: (650) 725-1161
Fax: (650) 723-8690
Email:mkimball@stanford.edu
Archives Specialist
Pat White
Phone: (650) 723-2952
Fax: (650) 723-8690
Email: pewhite@stanford.edu
Archives Assistant
Christy Smith
Phone: (650) 723-7459
Fax: (650) 723-8690
Email: christy.smith@stanford.edu
Several catalogs, including the Stanford University Libraries'
on-line catalog (Socrates), and manual and local catalogs to photograph,
map, poster, and print collections provide access to the resources
of the Archives. More specialized finding aids, including descriptive
guides to the individual archival collections are available in the
department's reading room. Some guides are also available online.
Last modified:
June 22, 2005
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