Stanford Libraries' African American Studies collections support interdisciplinary research on Black life including social movements, politics, racial ideologies and the distinctive artistic, literary, cultural experiences of people of African descent.
Join the Silicon Valley Archives as author John Tinnell discusses his book, The Philosopher of Palo Alto: Mark Weiser, Xerox PARC, and the Orginal Internet of Things .
Biblical text from the Book of John with a miniature painting. Courtesy Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries.
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In 1973, renowned Black queer writer Nikki Giovanni (1943–2024) and the New York City Community Choir (NYCC), under the direction of their co-founder Benny Diggs, released the album Like a Ripple on a Pond . Co-produced by Giovanni and Diggs, the album features ten recordings, each a conversation between one of Giovanni’s poems and one of NYCC’s renditions of Black American spirituals and gospel songs.
The Cantor Art Center’s Asian American Art Initiative (AAAI)—a series of long-term installations, special exhibitions, research, and education projects that operate in tandem with the museum’s ever-expanding collection of works by Asian American and Asian diaspora artists—has launched the Martin Wong Catalogue Raisonné (MWCR) in collaboration with Stanford Libraries and the Martin Wong Foundation (MWF). The MWCR is a free online resource featuring the paintings, drawings, poetry, and ceramics of artist Martin Wong (1946–99).
Stanford University Libraries are honored to welcome the Hanoch Levin Archive to our collections through a collaboration with The Taube Center for Jewish Studies, and the dedicated work of Eitan Lev Kensky, the Reinhard Family Curator of Judaica and Hebraica Collections. Page from a handwritten play by Hanoch Levin, revealing multiple stages of drafting.
Bram Dijkstra, professor emeritus at UC San Diego, and renowned literary agent Sandra Dijkstra have donated their music collection, nearly 65 years in the making, of irreplaceable recordings of jazz, Jamaican music, blues, soul, and other genres. Stanford University Libraries has accepted the generous donation of the Dijkstra Black Music Collection, a selection of approximately 8,000 commercial vinyl discs in near-mint condition.
What a time Haydn must have had during his London stays in the early 1790s! Already hailed as a great composer, and preceded by the performance and publication of numerous successful works including symphonies, string quartets, and works for keyboard, he was eagerly embraced by London society. As reported in the Lady’s Magazine , January 1791: “A remarkable circumstance happened this evening, in the ball-room at St.
The Ken and Caretha Coleman Archive of Black Histories in Silicon Valley will preserve vanishing records and inform future scholarship.
On what would have been his 90th birthday, the Dolby Family and Stanford Libraries announce the placement of Ray Dolby’s papers at Stanford University. Dolby’s papers join the archives of Ampex Corporation, an industry leader in magnetic recording and where Dolby worked early in his career.