Notable collections

Primarily concerns his work in artificial intelligence at Stanford University.

Books and manuscripts related to Isaac Newton and the development of the physical sciences in the 17th century.

Documents all phases of his long and influential career as an educator, electronics engineer, administrator, and author.

Papers done by Stanford undergraduates along with student papers from other institutions where Hopkins Marine Station was the study site.

Materials pertaining to McCarthy's research and his teaching at Stanford and MIT.

Frank Mace MacFarland was a member of Stanford faculty for almost sixty years. His long and intensive study of the nudibranchs brought Dr. MacFarland world-wide recognition as an authority on the life and habits of these animals. In the early summer of 1892 Dr. MacFarland came to Stanford as an instructor and advanced student, less than a year after the University first opened. During his long association with the University, Dr. MacFarland contributed much to its development.

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

Papers pertain primarily to topics in physics and include notes, overhead transparencies from his lectures, reprints, articles, memos, proposals, correspondence, charts, drawings, notebooks, and audiovisual materials. Subjects include electric dipole moment, diode lasers, and dye lasers; there are some materials pertaining to departmental matters.