Guide to the Stanford Divestment Collection SCM0285

Finding aid prepared by Daniel Hartwig

Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives

Stanford University Libraries.

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, California, 94305

Repository email: speccollref@stanford.edu

October 2010

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Title: Stanford divestment collection

Identifier/Call Number: SCM0285

Contributing Institution: Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 1.0 folder(s)

Date: 1985

Summary: These materials primarily pertain to a meeting of the Board of Trustees in May 1985 that was marked by student protest over the issue of divesting from firms doing business in South Africa. Included are statements by the student group Stanford Out of South Africa, their brochure "A Stanford Divestment Primer," letter to trustees from Mario Huerta on divestment, and clippings. Other items include a letter from Rosamond Bacon pertaining to the sorority-fraternity situation and a press release on new alumni members to the Board of Trustees.

creator: Hanson, Katherine H., collector

creator: Hanson, Katherine H.,, collector.

Information about Access

This collection is open for research.

Cite As

Stanford Divestment Collection (SCM0285). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biographical/Historical Sketch

Hanson earned her AB in economics at Stanford University in 1969 and later served on the Stanford Board of Trustees.

Description of the Collection

These materials primarily pertain to a meeting of the Board of Trustees in May 1985 that was marked by student protest over the issue of divesting from firms doing business in South Africa. Included are statements by the student group Stanford Out of South Africa, their brochure "A Stanford Divestment Primer," letter to trustees from Mario Huerta on divestment, and clippings. Other items include a letter from Rosamond Bacon pertaining to the sorority-fraternity situation and a press release on new alumni members to the Board of Trustees.

General note

There are related materials in the Stanford University Archives Museum Collection (AM 2005-041).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Bacon, Rosamond Clarke.

Hanson, Katherine H., collector

Huerta, Mario.

Stanford Out of South Africa.

Stanford University. Board of Trustees.

Stanford University.. Board of Trustees..

Apartheid--South Africa.

Students--Political activity.

Box 1

Papers

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