Acquires and preserves manuscripts, rare books, and university archives.
Blogs
- The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability—Designing for Abundance | May 17, 2013
- Ira Nowinski 2006 Powwow Photographs: On View Now at the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center | May 8, 2013
- Leland and Jane Stanford papers available via SDR | May 7, 2013
- Psychedelic therapy: Betty Grover Eisner and LSD | April 29, 2013
- SMPL begins reformatting of Benoit Mandelbrot audiovisual media | April 29, 2013
Topic guides
Course guides
| Course number | Term | Guide | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|
| FEMST 109 | Spring 2013 | Looking Back, Moving Forward: Raising Critical Awareness in Gender and Sports | Myers, K. |
Notable collections
Complete texts of 100 books from the series, Secret Service, illuminate perceptions of race in turn-of-the-century America.
Fuller's versatile career as an architect, lecturer, mathematician, writer, and social critic is documented extensively.
Scores of operas, symphonic works, chamber music, and choral works by major composers from the 17th to 20th centuries.
The collection includes over 100 music manuscripts by Spanish composer Julio de Osma.
George Antheil was born on July 8, 1900 in Trenton, New Jersey. He studied briefly with Constantin von Sternberg and Ernest Bloch.
Florence Underwood studied with Darius Milhaud at Mills College in the 1940s.
Philosophy Talk is a talk radio program co-hosted by Stanford professors John Perry and Ken Taylor.
This collection includes original Muybridge glass plate negatives and prints, as well as modern day copy prints of his photographs.
Correspondence, blueprints, drawings, photographs, and other records relating to the planning, design and construction of the campus home of Professor and Mrs. Paul R. Hanna designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Documents the founding and administration of Stanford University, along with her personal and social affairs.
Materials relating to the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad, Stanford's political career, business and financial interests, and the founding and construction of Stanford University.
Primarily concerns his work in artificial intelligence at Stanford University.
Explores the institutional history of Stanford, with an emphasis on the tranformative post-WWII period.
Professional and personal papers documenting research on transistors and electronics; genetic influences on intelligence; and science education.
Documents all phases of his long and influential career as an educator, electronics engineer, administrator, and author.
Transcripts of interviews with Civil Rights workers in the South recorded by Stanford students during the summer of 1965.
Photographs of Stanford University buildings done by Baer for the architects for the University.
Research and teaching files, professional files and correspondence, audiovisual materials, professional papers, and materials documenting the Stanford Prison Experiment.
Maps of campus, other lands owned by Jane and Leland Stanford or the University, and adjacent communities.
Drawings of campus buildings and other properties owned by the university and faculty.
Documents academic and student life, including athletics, drama, lectures, films, musical events, organizations, dances, parties and other social events, and political activities.
Video recordings documenting Stanford University events, 1934- .
Subject Librarians
Head, Technical Services--Manuscripts, Manager, Born-Digital Program--Special Collections
(650) 521-2255
Special Collections Librarian for Manuscripts Processing & Electronic Media
(650) 804-6372
Head of Special Collections & Frances and Charles Field Curator of Special Collections
(650) 387-6816
Collections Management & Processing Archivist
(650) 721-1529
Assistant University Archivist
(650) 725-1021
University Archivist
(650) 725-1161
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