Stanford history

Specialists

Libraries

Blogs

Remembering the Martin Luther King Jr. International Freedom Games | January 12, 2021
Timeline of Stanford community activism added to Activism @ Stanford exhibit | January 6, 2021
New LibGuide showcases the history of the Asian and Asian American community at Stanford | October 19, 2020
Stanford University and the Women’s Suffrage Movement | August 26, 2020
New LibGuide supports research into Stanford's Chicana/o-Latina/o Community | August 24, 2020

Notable collections

  • Stanford family

    Stanford Historical Photograph Collection

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

  • 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.

  • Frank Lloyd Wright

    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.

  • Jane Stanford

    Jane Stanford Papers

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

  • Leland Stanford, 1824-1893.

    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.

  • Edward A. Feigenbaum, circa 1970s

    Edward A. Feigenbaum Papers

    Primarily concerns his work in artificial intelligence at Stanford University.

  • Jing Lyman

    Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program Interviews

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

  • Frederick Emmons Terman

    Frederick Emmons Terman Papers

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

  • KZSU Project South

    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.

  • Law School

    Morley Baer Photographs

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

  • John McCarthy

    John McCarthy Papers

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

  • Stanford University Map Collection

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

  • Library

    Stanford University Architectural Drawings Collection

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

  • Bruce Connor, Three Films

    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.

  • 1971 Rose Bowl program

    Stanford Football Game Programs

    Stanford football game program covers, 1892-2013.

  • Campus planning

    Stanford University Audio Collection

    Audio recordings of Stanford events and activities.

  • Television in classrooms

    Stanford University Video Collection

    Video recordings documenting Stanford University events, 1934- .

  • Steven Chu, professor of physics, in laser lab.

    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.

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