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Stanford Archives Reference and Research Guide: Students and Alumni

This guide offers an introduction to researching Stanford history using University Archives collection materials and includes instructions for identifying, accessing and working with Special Collections materials.

Students and alumni

In addition to the general resources shared above, the Archives provides access to many specific resources -- archival collections, oral histories, publications, exhibits, archived websites, data sets, and more -- to aid in your research into Stanford students and alumni:

Please Note: The University Archives does provide or mediate access to student transcripts. Please check with the registrar to request access according to FERPA guidelines. The Archives also does not provide digital access to undergraduate honors theses without the express authorization of the student author. 


Archival collections

Oral histories 

Publications

  • Stanford Alumni Directory, 1891-1955 (part 1part 2): More recent directories are only available in person for privacy reasons.
  • Stanford Daily Archive: Full-text searchable website that supports access to all previous issues of the Stanford Daily through 2014. Founded in 1892 as the Daily Palo Alto, the student-run newspaper became independent of the University in 1972. More contemporary articles can be searched directly through the current website of the Stanford Daily.
  • Stanford Quad yearbook, 1894-2014: Digitized yearbooks spanning 1894 through 2014; more recent yearbooks are only available in person at Green Library for privacy reasons.
  • Theses and dissertations: The Archives holds thousands of doctoral dissertations, master's theses, and undergraduate honors theses. Master's theses and dissertations are typically cataloged individually in SearchWorks. Honors theses are typically listed by department in the Online Archive of California.
     

Online exhibits