About the exhibit
The University Archives is pleased to announce that a Spotlight exhibit on Asian American Advocacy at Stanford University is now available!
This exhibit showcases the history of Asian American advocacy at Stanford, with a focus on student activism related to fostering cultural awareness, creating protected spaces on campus, and establishing Asian American Studies as a formal academic discipline within the University. The exhibit is a work in progress and represents an ongoing, collaborative effort between the Stanford Archives and the University community.
The Spotlight exhibit on Asian American Advocacy at Stanford University comprises selections from University Archives collections that document student-led activism regarding spaces and academic programs for Asian Americans on campus.
Curated features
There are several ways to navigate and engage with this exhibit. For a quick overview of the exhibit scope, please visit the Advocacy Highlights section that is linked on the landing page. To learn more about the history of Asian American activism at Stanford, take a look at the Timeline.
Also included in our curated features is a video history of Asians and Asian Americans at Stanford, written and directed by Mimi Gan, and produced by Stanford Asian Pacific American Alumni Club with funding from Stanford Alumni Association in 2017.
Browse categories
For a more detailed journey into this history, please check out our exhibit Browse Categories. These categories consist of selected University Archives materials related to the formation and development of Asian American Studies, the Asian American Theme Dorm, the Asian American Theatre Project, and student activism over the years. We’ve also added categories for student publications related to Asian American community and advocacy work on campus, relevant oral history transcripts and recordings, and photographs.
Acknowledgments
We would like to acknowledge the many people who have helped to make this exhibit possible, including past and present members of the Stanford community who shared their materials, time, advice, voices, and wisdom with us. These include current and former Asian American Activities Center staff Linda Tran, Jerald Adamos, Cindy Ng, and Rick Yuen; Stanford faculty Gordon Chang and David Palumbo-Liu; former Stanford trustee and alumna Bernadine Chuck Fong; and Stanford alumni Douglas Chan, Judy Wu, Julius Paras, and Jacob Wang. And we would also like to extend a very special thanks to alumnus and Stanford Libraries colleague Ron Nakao.
We also want to acknowledge the many people who support collecting, arranging, describing, and digitizing University Archives collections, and accessioning digital materials to the Stanford Digital Repository so they can be preserved and made broadly accessible for teaching and research. We especially want to thank current and former University Archives staff, including Hanna Ahn, Claudia Willett, and Josh Schneider; the Stanford Historical Society, including Oral History Program Manager Natalie Marine-Street and Administrative Officer Charlotte Kwok Glasser; the Conservation and Preservation Departments, with a special shout-out to Ryan Lieu; the Metadata Department, including Jessica Cebra; the Acquisitions Department, including Nicole Yoneda, who helped scan, digitize, and describe many of the files; and the various units of Digital Libraries Systems and Services that support our mission, including the Stanford Media Preservation Laboratory (SMPL), the Stanford Digital Production Group (DPG), the Born Digital Forensics Laboratory (BDFL), and the Product & Service Management team (PSM), especially Cathy Aster, Dinah Handel, Andrew Berger, and Astrid Usong. We also want to thank current and former student library employees Ingrid Chen, Bradley Strauss, Christian Guallpa, Avi Udash, Rohan Cherivirala, Ayesha Rahman, Devin Moua, and Paw Mar Gay.
Connect with us!
Please note that this exhibit is a work in progress and represents an ongoing, collaborative effort between the Stanford Archives and the University community. If you have any questions about the scope of the project, or what content is included (or not included), please contact the University Archives.
About Spotlight
This exhibit was created using Spotlight at Stanford, a layer of services that integrates with Stanford Libraries' discovery, access, and preservation infrastructure. Spotlight at Stanford is available for use by members of the Stanford community who wish to enhance user engagement with their digital materials. If you are interested in learning more about Spotlight at Stanford, please contact the service team.