Students
Administrative office records and faculty papers tell only part of the Stanford University story. Materials created by Stanford students are a core component of the University Archives, providing unique insight into student experiences both inside the classroom and elsewhere on campus.
The University Archives is committed to preserving documentation of the full range of Stanford student experience, including the experience of Stanford students of color, Stanford women, members of the queer community, and activists. Please see more information about this ongoing intiative.
We actively seek materials from current and former students relating to academic work, papers, course notes, extracurricular activities, athletics, and residential life. We collect materials regardless of format, including digital files.
Items of particular interest include:
- Diaries, journals or blogs
- Course notes, syllabi, and assignments
- Photographs
- Audio and video recordings
- Memorabilia, flyers, posters, or other promotional materials
- Scrapbooks
- E-mail
- Social media
Student organizations
The Archives also collects in the records of student organizations as these materials document the cultural and social network of Stanford student life. Preserving these records not only provides documentation of the groups and the individuals who participate in them, but also the events they sponsor and the evolution of the social, cultural and political circumstances bringing them together. These materials are of particular interest to scholars who study social and political movements, leadership, campus culture, and university policies.
The Archives would like to help Stanford student organizations document their history and their activities and invite them to donate their records for preservation and research. The Archives is interested particularly in:
- Constitutions and bylaws
- Annual reports
- Meeting minutes and supporting documentation
- Correspondence of student organizations that documents programs, activities, and events
- Membership rosters
- Photographs, clippings, press releases, and scrapbooks
- Publications/newsletters
- Social media
