Stanford Archives Reference and Research Guide: General resources
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.
General Resources
Instruction
- Annual Announcement of the School of Education (1923-1975)
- Annual Register (1891-1947)
- Announcement of Courses (1906-1957)
- Courses and Degrees (1957-1995)
- Stanford University Bulletin (1995-2001)
- Stanford University Syllabi (2007-2014)
Administration
- Founding Grant
- Administrative Guide (archived website, 2011-)
- Administrative Guide (revision notices, 1961-2011)
- Annual Report of the President (1904-1948)
- Annual Financial Report
- Endowed professorships & directorships at Stanford University
- Stanford Facts
Research
Publications about the History of Stanford Academics
- The Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, 1891-1976. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Department of Chemistry, 1977.
- Sandstone and Tile: Quarterly newsletter published by the Stanford Historical Society featuring articles on Stanford history.
- Scholarship through Stanford University Archives, 2000-: Monographs, dissertations, masters theses, and honors theses published using materials from the Stanford Archives since 2000.
- Stanford Daily Archives: Full-text searchable website that provides access 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 Publications exhibit: Includes departmental newsletters, yearbooks, and other university publications, including Faculty-Staff Newsletter, 1957-1968, Campus Report, 1968-1995, and Stanford Report, 1995-2009.
- Stanford Quad yearbook collection: Digitized yearbooks spanning 1894 through 2014; more recent yearbooks are only available in person at Green Library for privacy reasons.
- The Stanford Senate of the Academic Council: reflections on fifty years of faculty governance, 1968-2018
Online exhibits
- Stanford Photographs exhibit: Includes over 300,000 photographs, such as the Stanford Historical Photograph Collection.
- Stanford Historical Society exhibit: Includes all issues of Sandstone and Tile (and its predecessor, the Stanford Historical Society Newsletter), oral history recordings and transcripts, program recordings, and links to digitized publications.
- Stanford in the News exhibit: Includes photographs and media created by Stanford News Service. Note that Stanford community members may also be able to access related images via sallie.stanford.edu.
- Becoming Stanford: Explores the historical elements underlying the design and adoption of Stanford's insignia.
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