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Title: John Ewart Wallace Sterling, chancellor of Stanford University, papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0333
Contributing Institution:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
70.0 Linear feet
Date (inclusive): circa 1968-1985
Summary: 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.
creator:
Sterling, J. E. Wallace, (John Ewart Wallace), 1906-1985
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of the Sterling family and transfer from Office of the Chancellor, Stanford University, 1985.
Restricted until 2005; for more information contact the archivist.
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.
Jon Ewart Wallace Sterling, Chancellor of Stanford University, Papers (SC0333). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
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.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
American Revolution Bi-Cenntennial Commission.
American Revolution Bicentennial Commission..
Canadian American Association of Northern California.
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery..
Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, Calif.
Stanford University--Administration.
Stanford University--Finance.
Stanford University--Presidents.
Stanford University. Board of Trustees.
Stanford University. Chancellor's Office.
Stanford University. -- General subdivision--Administration.;
Sterling, J. E. Wallace, (John Ewart Wallace), 1906-1985