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History of Science and Technology Collections

General Information

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

• About History of Science and Technology Collections
• Curatorial Staff

Collections at Stanford

History of Computing

Rare Books in the History of Science

• The Barchas Collection
• The Frederick E. Brasch Collection of Newton and Newtoniana

History of Science & Technology in Special Collections

List of finding aids for manuscripts & archival materials in astronomy, biochemistry, biological sciences, civil and electrical engineering, classical and high-energy physics, computer science, industrial revolution & heavy industry, military science, photography, and telecommunications

Electronic Resources

• Electronic Journals available at Stanford University NOTE: some of these electronic journals may be restricted to Stanford affiliates only, due to licensing or purchase arrangements.
  
  
• History of Science, Technology, and Medicine database journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in the history of science, technology, and medicine and allied historical fields. It integrates four bibliographies: the Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, the Current Bibliography in the History of Technology (Technology and Culture), the Bibliografia Italiana di Storia della Scienza and the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Covers 1975 to the present.
  NOTE: restricted to institutions with subscriptions - available at Stanford
  
  
• Scholarly Societies Project facilitates access to information about scholarly societies across the world since 1994. Includes Digital Archives of Early Scholarly Journals.

Academics and Research at Stanford

• Program in History of Science
• Program in Science, Technology and Society (STS)

Library-Related Research Projects, Symposia & Exhibits

• The World of Athanasius Kircher, S. J. (1602-80) Exhibit of the Athanasius Kircher Collection, recently acquired by Special Collections, as well as a large collection of letters to Kircher available on-line through the Athanasius Kircher Correspondence Project. An international conference inaugurated the exhibit. Also includes a reconstruction of Kircher's Magnetic Clock.
  
• How They Got Game: History & Culture of Interactive Simulations and Video Games
           Related course offering,  winter quarter:
           History of Computer Game Design: Technology,  Culture, and Business (STS 145/HPS 163).
  
• Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution A day-long, public symposium held on December 9th, 1998 to commemorate and reflect upon Doug Engelbart's vision of computing as put forth in 1968. Videos can be viewed here
  
• MouseSite A resource for exploring the history of human computer interaction beginning with the pioneering work of Douglas Engelbart and his colleagues at Stanford Research Institute in the 1960s.
  
• Bits of Culture: New Projects Linking the Preservation and Study of Interactive Media. Mini-workshop, Oct. 2002.
  

History of Science, Technology and Medicine on the Internet

• History of Science and Science Studies Links
  • History of Science Society

• History of Technology and Technology Studies Links
  • SHOT - Society for the History of Technology

• History of Medicine and Health Sciences Links
  • AAHM - American Association for the History of Medicine

Unusual & Humorous

Comments? Please Send to:

Dr. Henry E. Lowood
ph.: (650) 723-4602
Fax: (650) 725-1068
email: lowood@stanford.edu

Website maintained by Colyn Wohlmut, HRG, Green Library.
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Last modified: August 13, 2010