Stanford history

Specialists

Libraries

Blogs

Guest blogger: Hana/Connor Yankowitz (Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies & University Archives Student Intern) - Pt. 2 | March 10, 2023
Guest blogger: Hana/Connor Yankowitz (Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies & University Archives Student Intern) - Pt. 1 | February 13, 2023
New additions to the Department of Economics records available for research! | January 10, 2023
Guest blogger: Teiana Gonsalves (Women's Community Center Archivist & University Archives Student Intern) | August 31, 2022
Tabletop Tuesdays: Getting Clue’d into the mysterious murder of Jane Stanford in July 2022 | August 16, 2022

Notable collections

  • Stanford Historical Photograph Collection

    More than 16,000 images documenting Stanford University and its founders.

    Stanford family

  • Eadweard Muybridge Photographs

    Collection includes original Muybridge glass plate negatives and prints, as well as modern day copy prints of his photographs. Original materials include images of the Stanfords' residences in Sacramento and San Francisco, and two printed cards from his horse in motion series.

  • Hanna House Collection

    Correspondence, blueprints, drawings, photographs, and other records relating to the planning, design and construction of the campus home of Professor and Mrs. Paul R. Hanna designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

    Frank Lloyd Wright

  • Jane Stanford Papers

    Documents the founding and administration of Stanford University, along with her personal and social affairs.

    Jane Stanford

  • Leland Stanford Papers

    Materials relating to the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad, Stanford's political career, business and financial interests, and the founding and construction of Stanford University.

    Leland Stanford, 1824-1893.

  • Edward A. Feigenbaum Papers

    Primarily concerns his work in artificial intelligence at Stanford University.

    Edward A. Feigenbaum, circa 1970s

  • Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program Interviews

    Explores the institutional history of Stanford, with an emphasis on the tranformative post-WWII period.

    Jing Lyman

  • Frederick Emmons Terman Papers

    Documents all phases of his long and influential career as an educator, electronics engineer, administrator, and author.

    Frederick Emmons Terman

  • KZSU Project South Interviews

    Transcripts and audio recordings of interviews with Civil Rights workers in the South recorded by Stanford students during the summer of 1965.

    KZSU Project South

  • Morley Baer Photographs

    Photographs of Stanford University buildings done by Baer for the architects for the University.

    Law School

  • John McCarthy Papers

    Materials pertaining to McCarthy's research and his teaching at Stanford and MIT.

    John McCarthy

  • Stanford University Map Collection

    Maps of campus, other lands owned by Jane and Leland Stanford or the University, and adjacent communities.

  • Stanford University Architectural Drawings Collection

    Drawings of campus buildings and other properties owned by the university and faculty.

    Library

  • Stanford University Poster Collection

    Documents academic and student life, including athletics, drama, lectures, films, musical events, organizations, dances, parties and other social events, and political activities.

    Bruce Connor, Three Films

  • Stanford Football Game Programs

    Stanford football game program covers, 1892-2013.

    1971 Rose Bowl program

  • Stanford University Audio Collection

    Audio recordings of Stanford events and activities.

    Campus planning

  • Stanford University Video Collection

    Video recordings documenting Stanford University events, 1934- .

    Television in classrooms

  • Steven Chu Papers

    Papers pertain primarily to topics in physics and include notes, overhead transparencies from his lectures, reprints, articles, memos, proposals, correspondence, charts, drawings, notebooks, and audiovisual materials. Subjects include electric dipole moment, diode lasers, and dye lasers; there are some materials pertaining to departmental matters.

    Steven Chu, professor of physics, in laser lab.
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