Webster Wilkinson and Chinese Immigration Law of the 1920s & 30s
This is a guest post from project archivist Alyssa Tou.
Blog topic: New acquisitions
East Asia Library acquires two new sets of Tibetan Buddhist canonical texts
The East Asia Library recently acquired two large sets of Tibetan Buddhist canonical materials, the comparative (dpe bsdur ma) editions of the Kanjur (Bka' 'gyur) and Tanjur (Bstan 'gyur), which contain over four thousand Buddhist texts in the Tibetan language.
Adelante Comunidad: New exhibit showcases four decades of graphic arts by the Stanford Chicanx & Latinx community
Adelante Comunidad opens this week in the South Lobby of the East Wing of Green Library. The exhibit, which draws on posters and other materials from the collections of the Stanford University Archives, celebrates over four decades of graphic arts produced by the Stanford Chicanx and Latinx community. Many of the posters were transferred from El Centro Chicano y Latino earlier this year, and highlight educational events and speaking series sponsored by El Centro, and Stanford MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlán).
New titles in Music Reference, September 2018
The Music Library invites you to browse our reference collection. Note the following new additions, listed in no particular order:
John Cage : a research and information guide / Sara Haefeli.
Music library and research skills / Jane Gottlieb (2nd ed.).
Alma Mahler and her contemporaries : a research and information guide / Susan M. Filler.
New databases at East Asia Library: Siku quanshu, English newspapers, and more
The East Asia Library has recently added several new e-resources, including a new online edition of the Siku quanshu 四庫全書, two English-language newspaper databases, and a new database trial.
New Anti-Vietnam War, Nonviolence archive open for research: Robert P. J. Cooney, Jr. papers on the Institute for the Study of Nonviolence, 1965-1987
In the wake of a number of anniversaries marking fifty years since the Vietnam War, including last October’s commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Stop the Draft Week, the largest militant anti-Vietnam War demonstration up to that time, the Stanford Libraries are pleased to announce the acquisition and opening of the papers of activist, author, and graphic designer Robert P.J. Cooney, Jr., including a substantial amount of archival material from the Institute for the Study of Nonviolence during the 1970s.
New database trial: Party and Government Documents in English
From April 9 through May 9, 2018, Stanford users will have trial access to a newly released database entitled Party and Government Documents in English.