ePADD v4.0 beta 1 released!
We are thrilled to announce the beta release of ePADD v4.0! Read on for more details about this release, as well as updates on community engagement efforts and project staffing.
Special Collections Unbound
Students Speak Out! A new exhibit on Stanford student publications
The University Archives is pleased to announce a new exhibit opening this week in the South Lobby/East Wing of Green Library, highlighting its vibrant collection of Stanford student publications. An online exhibit sharing these same titles and more can be accessed via exhibits.stanford.edu/stanford-pubs.
Small Treasures in the John Marcum Papers (Part 5)
For our fifth and final Friday peek at the John Marcum papers, we pick some items concerning music and radio in Africa. All of these images are from Series 31.
Small Treasures in the John Marcum Papers (Part 4)
Welcome to part four of our week-long venture into the John Marcum papers. In the midst of revolution and upheaval, many African countries found themselves courted by both East and West in a proxy Cold War. Naturally, much of the battle was fought with propaganda, and these items reflect the urgency and tension of those times.
Small Treasures in the John Marcum Papers (Part 3)
For part three of this week's series on the recently processed John Marcum papers, we focus on ephemera. Most of these items might be overlooked by those mining the rich correspondence and notes, but they certainly have their own tales to tell.
Small Treasures in the John Marcum Papers (Part 2)
This week we celebrate the release of the John Marcum Papers with daily posts highlighting various aspects of this Africanist scholar's collection. Today we present various material from Series 22. South Africa.
South African author Nadine Gordimer instructing Marcum to send his book on Angola discretely packaged:
Small Treasures in the John Marcum Papers (Part 1)
Special Collections is very proud to announce the availability of the John Marcum papers. Marcum (1927-2013) was an Africanist scholar whose foundational research on the revolutions in Angola and Mozambique was only a part of his long academic career.
KZSU Project South exhibit features streaming audio and transcripts of 1965 civil rights campaign
The University Archives is happy to annouce the availability of a new exhibit for the KZSU Project South Collection featuring streaming audio and downloadable transcripts for this pioneering civil rights campaign. During the summer of 1965, eight students from Stanford University spent ten weeks in the southern states tape-recording information on the civil rights movement.