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Course- and topic-based guides to collections, tools, and services.
Library info; guides & content by subject specialists
  1. American History

    Stanford Libraries' American History collections include print and online materials for the study of American history, and extensive photographic, archival, and rare books collections.

  2. British History

    Stanford Libraries' British History collection includes print and online resources for the study of British and Commonwealth history, and in particular an extensive collection of digital and microfilm materials relating to the history of Great Britain.

  3. History of Science and Technology

    The History of Science and Technology Collections in the Stanford Libraries support research and instruction in the history of science and technology and related fields.

Exhibits

Digital showcases for research and teaching.
  1. National History Day | Maps Edition

    A Guide for Finding, Analyzing, and Using Maps in Projects

  2. Tibet Oral History Project

    With their own eyes || In their own words

  3. African American Histories in Silicon Valley

    From the Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford Libraries

  4. Stanford Historical Society Collections

    Publications, Oral Histories, and Program Recordings

  5. VABAMU

    The Aim is Freedom: A History of Occupations and Independence in Estonia

  6. William Gardiner Transportation Collection

    Oakland and San Francisco transit history in photographs

  7. Silicon Genesis

    Oral Histories of Semiconductor Technology

  8. Becoming Stanford

    The History and Meaning of Stanford's Insignia

  9. The Baltic Way

    History and Culture in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania 1918–2018

  10. Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies @ Stanford

    A History of Local Feminist & Queer Scholarship and Community

  11. Medicine and Innovation

    Oral Histories and Archive of Medical Technology

Geospatial content, including GIS datasets, digitized maps, and census data.
  1. American history map.

    McKinley Publishing Co

    Title from maps.; "Under the superintendence until 1877 of Dr. Persifor Frazer."; "J. P. Lesley, state geologist."; Assistant topographers: George ...

  2. Employment History, Paraguay, 2002

    East View Cartographic, Inc and Paraguay. División de Estadística y Censos
    2002

    This polygon shapefile contains statistics on employment history from the 2002 Census of Paraguay. The census information was collected by the Divi...

  3. Denmark : agreeable to modern history

    Moll, Herman, -1732

    Imprint derived from the atlas in which the map was issued.; Numbered 7.; Notes about the countries.; Shows boundaries, rivers, roads, forests and ...

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