Special Collections & University Archives

Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Benoit Mandlebrot
Benoit Mandlebrot
Stanford Powwow, 2006
Stanford Powwow, 2006
Eric Gill's The Four Gospels, 1931
Eric Gill's The Four Gospels, 1931
San Carlos Borromeo Basilica Mission choir book, Carmel, CA
San Carlos Borromeo Basilica Mission choir book, Carmel, CA
Ampex NOVA
Ampex NOVA
Carleton Watkins, Mission
Carleton Watkins, Mission
Baskerville's Virgil, 1757
Baskerville's Virgil, 1757
Bay area video arcade, Ira Nowinski, 1981-1982
Bay area video arcade, Ira Nowinski, 1981-1982
Robert Schumann's Sonata #4 for Piano (manuscript fragments)
Robert Schumann's Sonata #4 for Piano (manuscript fragments)
Ampex video and audio tape technology
Ampex video and audio tape technology
Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA, 1889.
Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA, 1889.
Geoffrey Tory, Champfleury, 1549
Geoffrey Tory, Champfleury, 1549
"Extra" SF Chronicle issued following attack on Pearl Harbor, 1941 Dec 7
Special Collections serves 1,700 Stanford students a year in over 120 classes.
The horse in motion
The horse in motion
Kelmscott Press, Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, 1892
Kelmscott Press, Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, 1892
Albrecht Dürer, Underweysung der Messung, 1525
Albrecht Dürer, Underweysung der Messung, 1525
Homer, Works, 1488-1489
Homer, Works, 1488-1489
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Featured collections

Here are a few of our notable collections. Check more out on the Libraries' Collections page.

R. Buckminster Fuller

Fuller's versatile career as an architect, lecturer, mathematician, writer, and social critic is documented extensively.

Edward A. Feigenbaum, circa 1970s

Primarily concerns his work in artificial intelligence at Stanford University.

William Shockley

Professional and personal papers documenting research on transistors and electronics; genetic influences on intelligence; and science education.

Special Collections Unbound

Steven Chu, professor of physics, in laser lab.

The University Archives is pleased to announce the acquisition of a major addition to the Steven Chu papers. The materials, spanning Chu's career, consist of correspondence, research and subject files, teaching files, awards, and posters.

Posted in Special Collections Unbound by Daniel Hartwig | June 11, 2013 at 1:00pm