John Ewart Wallace Sterling, chancellor of Stanford University, papers, circa 1950-1985

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Summary

Abstract:
Personal and professional correspondence, research notes, teaching notes, appointment books, day-books, and ephemera regarding his activites as Chancellor and as a professional historian. Additional files regarding the American Revolution Bi-Centennial Commission, the Huntington Library, and the Canadian American Association of Northern California, are included.
Extent:
70 Linear Feet
Language:
Undetermined
Preferred citation:

Jon Ewart Wallace Sterling, Chancellor of Stanford University, Papers (SC0333). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

Personal and professional correspondence, research notes, teaching notes, appointment books, day-books, and ephemera regarding his activites as Chancellor and as a professional historian. Additional files regarding the American Revolution Bi-Centennial Commission, the Huntington Library, and the Canadian American Association of Northern California, are included.

Biographical / historical:

J. E. Wallace Sterling, 1906-1985, served as Stanford University's fifth president from 1949 to 1968, the University's greatest period of expansion. His contributions as Chancellor, from 1968-1985, were equally impressive. He served on the Stanford Board of Trustees from 1969 to 1975, and from 1972 to 1977 was national co-chairman of the $300 million Campaign for Stanford. In 1978, he received Stanford University's highest honor, the "Degree of Uncommon Man." During this period, Sterling also served as chairman of the American Bicentennial Caommission, and as founding president and chairman of the national advisory board of the Filoli Center in Woodside, California, an historic property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. He received honorary degrees form institutions in this country and abroad, including in 1976 an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II in honor of his contributions to education and his scholarship in British history.

Acquisition information:
Gift of the Sterling family and transfer from Office of the Chancellor, Stanford University, 1985.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The materials are open for research use.

Terms of access:

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.

Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Preferred citation:

Jon Ewart Wallace Sterling, Chancellor of Stanford University, Papers (SC0333). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Stanford University Archives, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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