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Rally the Resistance Rally, 2017
Stanford Prison Experiment
Stanford University by Edward M. Farmer, 1934
Stanford family
Stanford Arts Institute
The horse in motion
Gaieties, 2008
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Stanford Powwow, 2006
Cornerstone laying, 1887
ReMix 2007
Rose Bowl--1971, Jim Plunkett
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Hana/Connor Yankowitz

Guest blogger: Hana/Connor Yankowitz (Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies & University Archives Student Intern) - Pt. 1

February 13, 2023
by Josh Schneider

Hello everyone! :D I go by Hana or Connor Yankowitz (they/them), and I am a fifth-year Stanford undergrad studying queer art, culture, and history in the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program (aka FGSS; formerly known as Feminist Studies). I’m also currently a historical research intern for FGSS at the University Archives, unearthing the history of my favorite interdisciplinary academic program as well as its predecessors in gender and sexuality studies. ...

Bradley Strauss and Christian Guallpa processing the Department of Economics collection

New additions to the Department of Economics records available for research!

January 10, 2023
by Hanna Ahn

Early in 2022, the University Archives was contacted by the Department of Economics regarding a recently unearthed trove of historical documents which had been tucked away in a storage closet for many decades. University Archivist Josh Schneider and Assistant University Archivist Hanna Ahn went to investigate, and were ecstatic to find that the files and notebooks inside those dusty boxes were indeed related to the early history of the department!

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