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Stanford University Archives: Our Collections
The collections of the University Archives are rich sources of
information regarding academics, administrative concerns, and student
life, as well as the university's involvement in the development
of Santa Clara Valley and the history of California and the West.
Included are:
- Records of campus offices, including academic, administrative,
library and research offices
- Records of student organizations, such as the Associated Students
of Stanford University (ASSU), Ram's Head and the Stanford Chapter
of Phi Beta Kappa
- Professional and personal papers of members of Stanford's faculty,
administrative staff, Board of Trustees, and each of Stanford's
past presidents
- Student letters, diaries, scrapbooks, and photograph albums
relating to their Stanford experiences
- Professional and personal papers of the Leland Stanford family
and of Stanford/Lathrop family members
- Publications produced on campus, both monographic and serial,
such as newspapers, yearbooks, directories, reports, surveys,
and Stanford University Press books
- Photographs, negatives, slides, films, and video
- Theses and dissertations completed by Stanford graduates
- Maps, drawings, blueprints and other architectural drawings,
prints, and posters
- Oral history interviews with faculty, staff and others who have figured significantly in Stanford's history
Historical images of Stanford people, events, and places are available online through the Stanford Historical Photograph Collection.
Access to Collections
Several catalogs, including the Stanford University Libraries' on-line catalog (Socrates), provide access to the resources of the Archives. A guide to finding archives material in Socrates is available.
More specialized finding aids, including descriptive guides to individual archival collections, are located in the department's reading room. Some guides are also available online.
Research Guides
Subject guides for areas of particular research interest are under development. Currently-available subject guides include:
Last modified:
November 4, 2009
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