Guide to the Stanford Oral History Project Interviews
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University Libraries.
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives.
October 2010
Copyright © 2013 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
Overview
Call Number: SC1017
Creator:
Stanford Historical Society.
Title: Stanford Oral History Project interviews
Dates: 1971-1995
Physical Description:
4 Linear feet (285 audiocassettes)
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives.
Stanford University Libraries.
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Stanford, CA 94305
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Administrative Information
Information about Access
Open for research use.
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Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Scope and Contents note
The Stanford Oral History Project (SOHP), a joint effort of the Stanford University Archives and the Stanford Historical Society,
began in 1978 as an extension of their efforts to collect, preserve and make available to researchers the historical record
of the Stanford University community. These taped interviews and their transcriptions supplement the already strong collection
of written and photographic materials in the University Archives, and provide a unique resource containing experiences and
viewpoints not often found in traditional documents.
The oral history interviews in the SOHP collection are carefully planned historical documents which we hope will serve a wide
range of scholarly interests. Five additional sets of oral history interviews are listed separately: a set of interviews with
members of the early
Aurora newspaper collective; a set of interviews with participants in Stanford's Community Committee for International Students
(CCIS); a set of interviews conducted by Joan Bromberg of the American Institute of Physics for the Laser History Project;
a set of interviews with graduates of the Stanford School of Nursing; a set of interviews with Stanford-associated "Silicon
Valley" scientists (a component of the Stanford and the Silicon Valley Project); and a set of interviews with family and friends
of Dr. Robert Reid Newell, professor in the School of Medicine.
For most of the interviews, a typed transcript, edited for accuracy by both interviewer and narrator but otherwise unchanged,
is available.
Arrangement note
The interviews are arranged in seven series: 1. Stanford Oral History Project Inteviews; 2. Aurora Interviews; 3. Community
Committee on International Studies Interviews; 4. Laser History Project Interviews; 5. Stanford Nurse Alumnae Interviews;
6. Silicon Valley Project Interviews; and 7. Dr. Robert Reid Newell Interviews.
Access Terms
Abramowitz, Carrie
Abrams, Herbert L.
Adams, Ephraim Douglass, 1865-1930.
Almond, Dorothea
Alway, Robert
Anderson, Reid
Angell, Thomas
Applewhite, Liat
Ashley, Celeste
Bacon, Harold
Bacon, Rosamund
Baer, Carolyn
Bailey, Thomas Andrew
Bancroft, Kim
Barclay, Thomas Swain, 1894-
Bark, Eleanor
Beard, Rodney.
Berry, Chester
Blake, Marilyn
Bliss, James
Bloch, Felix , 1905-
Botsford, Margaret
Bowes, Ruth Garland
Boyd, Harold
Brandin, Alf
Bretall, Norah
Brown, Phyllis
Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974.
Carley, Lucille O.
Ceideberg, Holly
Chandler, Loren R.
Chandler, Loren Roscoe
Chuck, Frank Y.
Clark, Esther Bridgman.
Cline, Laura
Cohen, Stanley N.
Colby, Edward E.
Craig, Phyllis H.
Crosten, William Loren
Crothers, George E. (George Edward), 1870-1957.
Crowell, Peggy
Cuthbertson, Kenneth.
Davis, Margo.
Davis, Paul H.
Davis, Paul
Deal, Bruce E.
Demoit, Debby
Denhard, Alice
Dinkelspiel, John.
Dinkelspiel, Lloyd W.
Dodds, John W. (John Wendell), 1902-
Dodds, Marjorie.
Dornbusch, Sanford M.
Dutton, Dorothea
Dwight, Herbert H.
Dwight, Herbert Mcgilvray
Edgar, Jean
Edwards, Paul C., (Paul Carroll), 1882-1962.
Englebart, Douglas
Eurich, Alvin C., (Alvin Christian), 1902-1987.
Eurich, Alvin C.
Farley, James A.
Farnsworth, Paul
Fejos, Paul.
Ferguson, Charles A. (Charles Albert), 1921-1998
Fischel, Eleanor
Fishman, Joshua A.
Fishman, Joshua
Franklin, H. Bruce (Howard Bruce), 1934-
Freeman, Szebelski ("Sibby")
Gibson, Helen
Gillingham, Jane
Ginzton, Edward L. (Edward Leonard), 1915-
Glover, Frederic O.
Goff, Harry And Kay
Goheen, John
Goldsborough, John
Gonzales, Leenda
Green, Cecil H.
Grundt, Carolyn
Guerard, Albert.
Gunst, Morgan A.
Guthrie, Luell Weed
Hall, Harvey
Hall, Marion Dwight
Hanna, Paul Robert, 1902-1988.
Hansen, Ralph Waldo
Hansen, W. W. (William Webster), 1909-1949
Harder, Virginia
Hargadon, Fred
Harwood, Lee
Hastorf, Barbara
Haswell, Roka
Hawes, Josephine
Hewlett, William R.
Hewlett, William
Hobart, J.
Hofstadter, Robert, 1915-1990
Hoover, William
Howard, Mildred Dye
Hutchinson, Eric.
Hänsch, Theodor
Ichihashi, Yamato
Irwin, Will, 1873-1948.
Jacobson, David S.
Jahns, Richard H.
Jensen, Margaret
Jessup, R.Bruce
Johnson, Melba Beard
Johnson, Olivia
Johnston, Beatrice
Jones, Henry.
Kaplan, Leah
Keen, A. Myra (Angeline Myra), 1905-1986
Keesling, Francis V.
Kendrick, Betty Roth
Keohane, Nannerl
Kershaw, Henrietta
Keyes, Pat
Krauskopf, Konrad
Krebs, Ruby
Kriss, Joseph P., 1919-1989.
Lane, Joane
Leu, Anna Jagels
Levison, Robert Mark, 1899-
Lewis, Janet
Linvill, John, 1919-2011
Lutz, Ralph Haswell, 1886-1968.
Lyman, Jing
Manson, Clara
Mcdowell, John Ezra.
Mellott, Annette
Mendelowitz, Daniel M.
Mercer, Michelle
Merriman, Sue
Millar, Kay
Mitchell, J. Pearce.
Mitchell, Sidney
Mumford, Lewis
Murphy, Michael H.
Newell, Alan.
Norman, Ruth
Nunan, Craig
Packard, David, 1912-1996
Packard, Martin
Page, Virginia
Pearson, Daryl H.
Peck, Templeton.
Press, Harry.
Price, Harry.
Proctor, Elizabeth
Purdy, Ann Peril.
Qualls, Katherine
Rawlings, John, 1950-
Rempel, Robert
Reynolds, Harry B.
Richards, Victor.
Ricker, Christine
Ringressy, Grace.
Robinson, Edgar Eugene, 1887-1977
Roesler, Fran
Roseberry, Louis H.
Rosenzweig, Robert M.
Roth Sisters
Roth, Almon.
Rothert, Harlow Phelps.
Ruddock, K.
Rusmore, Jean
Ryan, Harris J. (Harris Joseph), 1866-1934.
Schawlow, Arthur B.
Schofield, Mary
Sears, Robert R. (Robert Richardson)
Siegman, A.E.
Silber, Bernice
Skarin, Miriam
Slaven, Helen Adell
Sloss, Leon.
Smith, Stephanie
Snyder, Rixford K., (Rixford Kinney), 1908-
Spaeth, Sheila
Spears, Virginia
Stanford Historical Society.
Stanford Oral History Project.
Sterling, J. E. Wallace, (John Ewart Wallace), 1906-1985
Sterling, Wallace
Stolz, Lois Meek, 1891-1984.
Stuart, Graham.
Swank, Raynard C.
Terman, Frederick Emmons, 1900-1982
Terman, Lewis Madison, 1877-1956
Torf, Adrienne
Treat, Payson J. (Payson Jackson), 1879-1972
Tresidder, Donald Bertrand, 1894-1948
Varian, Russell Harrison, 1898-1959
Veblen, Thorstein, (Thorstein Bunde), 1857-1929.
Vickers, Joseph
Walker, Frank Fish, 1896-1978
Wallingford, Janice
Warnlof, Mary Ann
Webster, David Locke, 1888-1976.
Weinreich, Max, 1894-1969.
Welis, Alison
Whitaker, Douglas.
Whitaker, Virgil
Wiggins, Ira
Wilbur, Dwight
Wilbur, Mary Sloan
Wilbur, Ray L., (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949
Williams, Gertrude
Willis, Bailey, 1857-1949.
Wright, Mabel
Yalom, Marilyn
Interviews.
Oral histories.
Stanford University--History.
Collection Contents
Series 1
Stanford Oral History Project
Box 1
1-3
Abramowitz, Carrie
1977 Apr 27, May 2
Physical Description:
3 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Known primarily for her sculpture, artist Carrie Abramowitz and her husband, Professor Moses Abramowitz, were a part of the
Stanford community for many years.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Margo Davis, donated to the SOHP; 180 minutes
Box 1
4-6
Almond, Dorothea
1987 Aug 11, 25
Physical Description:
3 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
One of the directors of child care at Stanford, Mrs. Almond discusses the history of child care at Stanford from the beginning.
Interviewed as part of the faculty spouses series.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Mimi Webb; transcribed
Box 1
7-8
Alway, Robert
1980 Apr 1
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Professor of pediatrics, Stanford Medical School; Head, Pediatrics Department; Dean of the Stanford Medical School, 1958-1964;
and Medical Director of Stanford Hospital until his retirement in 1977.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Frederic O. Glover; transcribed, 55 pages
Box 1
9-10
Angell, Thomas
1985 Jun 29
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Thomas Angell, class of 1915, was the son of Dr. Frank Angell, pioneer Stanford faculty member, noted psychologist, and active
leader in Stanford athletic affairs. Thomas Angell made a career as an insurance broker in San Francisco.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Frederic O. Glover; transcribed, 28 pages
Box 1
11-12
Ashley, Celeste
1984 Apr 14
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Actress, teacher of creative dramatics, and theater librarian. In charge of drama collection, Stanford Library, 1953-1976.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Sara Timby; transcribed, 21 pages
Bacon, Harold
1987 Jan 23
Biography/Organization History
Professor of Mathematics Emeritus, at Stanford from 1936 until his retirement in 1972; received his A.B. (1928), A.M. (1929)
and Ph.D. (1933) degrees from Stanford, all in mathematics. Professor Bacon and his wife Rosamund moved into the house at
565 Mayfield in 1930.
Their home, a Stanford historical landmark, was built by Mrs. Harriet Dunn, cousin of Harold's father and a friend of Jane
Stanford.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by 'R.L.'
Box 1
13-14
Bacon, Rosamund
1981 Mar
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Her interview is titled "Life on the Row;" she discusses what life was like living on the Row in the late 1920s.
Biography/Organization History
Rosamund Bacon received an A.B. degree from Stanford in 1930 in History and an A.M. degree in 1932. She was director of the
Union, which included the Row.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Karen Porter
Box 1
15-16
Bailey, Thomas Andrew
1978 Jul
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Margaret Byrne Professor of American History and American diplomatic historian, Dr. Bailey received his A.B. (1924) and Ph.D.
(1927) from Stanford, joining the Stanford faculty in 1926. He became emeritus in 1968.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Frederic O. Glover; transcribed and bound, 66 pages
Box 1
17-19
Barclay, Thomas Swain
1980 Feb
Physical Description:
3 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Professor of political science at Stanford since 1927, became emeritus in1957. Professor Barclay played an active role in
the Democratic Party at both the local and national levels, serving as delegate or alternate to three conventions and presidential
elector in 1944. He died in 1993.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Frederic O. Glover and Harry Press; transcribed and bound, 70 pages
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Adams, Ephraim Douglass, 1865-1930.
Bailey, Margery, 1891-1963
Barclay, Thomas Swain, 1894-
Dornbusch, Sanford M.
Eurich, Alvin C., (Alvin Christian), 1902-1987.
Farley, James A.
Glover, Frederic O.
Ichihashi, Yamato
Lutz, Ralph Haswell, 1886-1968.
Press, Harry.
Robinson, Edgar Eugene, 1887-1977
Stanford Associates.
Stanford Oral History Project.
Stanford University--Students.
Stanford University. School of Medicine.
Sterling, J. E. Wallace, (John Ewart Wallace), 1906-1985
Stuart, Graham.
Terman, Lewis Madison, 1877-1956
Treat, Payson J. (Payson Jackson), 1879-1972
Tresidder, Donald Bertrand, 1894-1948
Veblen, Thorstein, (Thorstein Bunde), 1857-1929.
Walker, Frank Fish, 1896-1978
Whitaker, Douglas.
Wilbur, Ray L., (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949
College teachers--Political activity.
College teachers.
Oral histories.
Sororities.
Student life.
United States--Politics and government.
Box 1
20-22
Bark, Eleanor
1987 Mar-May
Physical Description:
3 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
A graduate of Stanford (1935) and member of the Stanford community from 1947 until her death in 1999, Mrs. Bark was Palo Alto
City Historian (1956-1959) and worked in the Graduate Division at Stanford (1959-1970). Her interview covers her experience
as a volunteer and a staff member and life as a faculty wife.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Joanne O'Donohue; transcribed
Bowes, Ruth Garland
1981 Feb, May
Biography/Organization History
Received her A.B. (1920) and M.D. (1925) from Stanford, and later served as an assistant in the Department of Pediatrics and
Medicine.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Diana Bowes; transcription only
Box 1
23
Boyd, Harold
1980 Sep
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Formerly Associate Dean of Student Affairs (1969-1980), and Director of the Medical Fund in the Office of Development (1980-1995).
Mr. Boyd has been a strong spokesman for equal rights for blacks in both academic and administrative affairs.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Marion Hall and Harvey Hall; transcribed, 22 pages
Box 1
24-28
1987 Jun 12
Physical Description:
5 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Business Manager of the University under Presidents Tresidder and Sterling, Alf Brandin oversaw the development of the Stanford
Industrial Park and the Stanford Shopping Center. As an athlete, Brandin played on the Stanford Rose Bowl team of the 1930s
and was one of the legendary "Vow Boys."
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Robert de Roos; transcribed
Box 7
282
1990 Sep 6
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Interviewed by Fred Glover for Donald Tresidder book project.
Box 1
29
Ceideberg, Holly
1981 Apr 17
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
This tape is a speech by Mrs. Ceideberg to the Stanford Historical society entitled "Recollections of Sam McDonald." She worked
with Sam McDonald on the preparation of his book, Sam McDonald's Farm.
Biography/Organization History
Stanford, Class of 1940.
Box 1
30
Chandler, Loren Roscoe ("Yank")
1979 Jan 22
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Professor of Surgery Emeritus, Chandler was Dean of the Stanford Medical School from 1933 to 1953, and a blunt-spoken participant
in important phases of Stanford medical history. Dean Chandler died in 1982.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Frederic O. Glover; transcribed, 21 pages, 2 page biography
Chuck, Frank Y.
1981 May
Biography/Organization History
Earning his A.B. in Chemistry (1922), Chemical Engineering degree (1923), and Ph.D. in Chemistry (1925) from Stanford, Dr.
Chuck was an active member of Stanford's Chinese student community.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Marion Hall and Harvey Hall; transcribed, 20 pages
Box 1
31-35
Clark, Esther Bridgeman
1979-1980
Physical Description:
5 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Dr. Clark began her medical practice in 1927 as the only pediatrician between San Mateo and San Jose. The daughter of Stanford
professor Arthur B. Clark, she attended the Campus School, and later received her B.S. (1921) and M.D. (1925) from Stanford.
She was one of the founding physicians of the Palo Alto Medical Clinic as well as of the children's Health Council in Palo
Alto.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Marion Hall and Ann Chase; transcribed, 39 pages. A second interview by Phyllis Johnson; transcribed
Box 12-13
278-295, 307-318
Cohen, Stanley N.
1995
Physical Description:
30 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Stanley N. Cohen is a physician and researcher, who has studied the biology of bacterial plasmids (circular deoxyribonucleic
acid (DNA) molecules that replicate independently of the bacterial chromosome), and helped explain the mechanisms underlying
the control of cell growth and gene expression in higher organisms. Cohen is best known for his work with geneticist Herbert
W. Boyer, in which they became the first scientists to transfer a gene from one species to another, proving that the transplanted
gene could function normally in its new home.
Cohen and Boyer worked only a few dozen miles from each other, Cohen at Stanford and Boyer at the University of California
at San Francisco, but did not meet until both men attended a conference on plasmids in Honolulu in the spring of 1972. Discovering
their similar concerns, they had a late-night conversation over hot pastrami and corned beef sandwiches at a Korean deli on
Waikiki Beach, and began collaborating. In just four months, using Boyer's methodology, they were able to successfully introduce
foreign DNA into a bacterial plasma, and using Cohen's methodology, they were able to subsequently insert this modified plasmid
into bacteria. Because bacteria divide very rapidly, their work allowed the genetic "manufacturing" of engineered drugs and
hormones, leading to the multi-billion dollar biotechnology industry.
Appointments: Kwoh-Ting Li Professor at the School of Medicine (1993 - present) Professor of Genetics, School of Medicine
(1977 - present) Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine (1975 - present)
Education: M.D., University of Pennsylvania, Medicine (1960) B.S., Rutgers University, Biological Sciences (1956)
Professional: Guggenheim Fellowship (1975) Roche Institute V.D. Mattia Award (1977, with Herbert W. Boyer) Lasker Award (1980)
ACS Marvin J. Johnson Award (1981) Wolf Prize in Medicine (1981) National Medal of Science (1988) National Medal of Technology
and Innovation (1989) AGU Robert E Horton Medal (1993, with Boyer) Lemelson-MIT Prize (1996, with Boyer) National Inventors
Hall of Fame (2001) Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine (2004, with Boyer) National Institutes of Health Division of Research
Resources (1970-74) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Editorial Board American Association for the Advancement
of Science (1994) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1978) American Cancer Society American Philosophical Society (2006)
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology American Society for Microbiology (1992) American Society for Pharmacology
and Experimental Therapeutics Association of American Physicians Genetics Society of America Institute of Medicine (1988)
Lasker Foundation Awards Jury (1981-88; 2006-present) National Academy of Sciences (1979) National Research Council Committee
on Biotechnology Nomenclature Wellcome Trust Experimental Therapeutics Advisory Committee (1992-97)
Transcript
Physical Description:
1 computer file(s) (PDF)
Box 1
36-38
Colby, Edward E.
1981 Feb 14
Physical Description:
3 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Music Librarian at Stanford and Archivist, Archive of Recorded Sound.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Carol Bradley for the Collection of Source Materials Documenting the History of Music Librarianship in the United
States, house at SUNY Buffalo.
Box 1
39-42
Craig, Phyllis H.
1986 Nov-1987 Jan
Physical Description:
4 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Member of the Stanford community from 1961 until her death in 2006, Mrs. Craig was a childcare consultant and co-director,
Childcare Resource Center. Interviewed as part of the faculty wives series.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Mimi Webb; transcribed.
Box 2
43-47
Crosten, Wlliam Loren
1983 Mar, 1984 Mar
Physical Description:
5 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Chairman of the Music Department at Stanford, 1946-1973, Professor Crosten speaks of the many developments in the programs,
facilities and repertoire of the department and its faculty.
Scope and Content Note
Interviews by Frederic O. Glover.
Box 2
48-50
Davis, Paul
1979 Nov
Physical Description:
3 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
A national1y known consultant on college fund-raising, Mr. Davis graduated from Stanford in electrical engineering in 1923,
managed the men's athletic program (1922-1925) and later returned to campus in 1936 as Director of the Stanford Fund. He was
named General Secretary in 1941, 1eaving that post in 1946 to serve under Dwight Eisenhower as General Secretary and Vice
President of Columbia University. In 1950, he became an independent consultant, and remained in that work until his death
in 1981.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Frederic O. Glover and Paul R. Hanna; transcribed, 57 pages
Box 7
270-273
Dinkelspiel, John
1988 Jul 1, Sep 5
Physical Description:
4 audiocassette(s)
Box 2
51-53
Dodds, John Wendell
1981 Feb
Physical Description:
3 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Professor of English from 1937 until his death in 1989 and first dean of the School of Humanities (1942-1948). Professor Dodds
also served as director of the war-time Program in Far Eastern Areas and Languages, and of Humanities Special Programs (1948-1967)
when the School reorganized as the School of Humanities and Sciences in 1948. Named Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Humanities
in 1962, Professor Dodds specialized in the literature of 19th century England.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Frederic O. Glover and Paul R. Hanna; transcribed and bound, (70 pages) with a 30-page appendix, "A Few Notes
Toward a Recollection" by J.W. Dodds
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Bailey, Marjorie.
Dodds, John W. (John Wendell), 1902-
Dodds, Marjorie.
Eurich, Alvin C., (Alvin Christian), 1902-1987.
Fejos, Paul.
Franklin, H. Bruce (Howard Bruce), 1934-
Glover, Frederic O.
Guerard, Albert.
Hanna, Paul Robert, 1902-1988.
Mumford, Lewis
Stanford Oral History Project.
Stanford University--Administration.
Stanford University--Faculty.
Stanford University. Dept. of English.
Stanford University. School of Humanities.
Tresidder, Donald Bertrand, 1894-1948
Wenner-Gren Foundation
Wilbur, Ray L., (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949
Willis, Bailey, 1857-1949.
Interviews.
Oral histories.
Box 2
57-59
Eurich, Alvin C.
1980 Oct 6-7
Physical Description:
3 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Professor of Education at Stanford and Vice President under Dr. Donald B. Tresidder, Professor Eurich became acting president
of the University, 1948-1949, following President Tresidder's death. He became Chancellor of the state University of New York
in 1949.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Frederic O. Glover and Paul R. Hanna; transcribed and bound, 77 pages
Box 2
60
Farnsworth, Paul
1978 Jan 10
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Professor of Psychology, 1925-1964. Professor Farnsworth discusses the early years of the Psychology Department at Stanford,
beginning with the founding of the University.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Ernest Hilgard; transcribed, 14 pages
Fishman, Joshua
1997 Dec
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ferguson, Charles A. (Charles Albert), 1921-1998
Fishman, Joshua A.
Rawlings, John, 1950-
Stanford Oral History Project.
Weinreich, Max, 1894-1969.
Yiddish Scientific Institute.
YIVO.
Jewish day schools.
Jews--Social life and customs.
Oral histories.
Yiddish language.
Yiddish secular schools.
Box 2
61-62
Freeman, Szebelski ("Sibby")
1980 Aug
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Member of the Associated Students of Stanford University Council of Presidents, 1979-1980, Sibby Freeman entered Stanford
in 1967. He "stopped out" briefly to do draft counseling for the Eldridge Foundation and other community work. He returned
to Stanford in 1973 and received his A.B. in Anthropology and M.A. in 1981.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Harvey Hall; transcribed, 30 pages
Box 2
63
Goheen, John
1987 Jan 20
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Professor of Philosophy at Stanford, 1950-1972; University Ombudsman, 1974-1985.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Judy Adams; transcribed
Box 2
64-67
Green, Cecil H.
1989 Feb
Physical Description:
4 audiocassette(s)
Box 2
68-69
Guthrie, Luell Weed
1978 Feb
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Former head of the Department of Women's Physical Education (1956-1968), Professor Guthrie joined the Stanford faculty in
1936 and is noted for her activities in Women's intercollegiate tennis and skiing.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Margo Davis; donated to the SOHP; transcribed, 52 pages
Box 2
70
Hall, Harvey
1980 Jan
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
A graduate of UCLA, Mr. Hall taught at Sequoia High School (1932-1950) before coming to Stanford as assistant registrar (1948-1949).
He served as registrar of Stanford University (1950-1970) and Ombudsman (1970-1972). Mr. Hall received the Dinkelspiel Award
for service to undergraduates in 1971, and was elected president of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and
Admissions Officers (1970).
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Jeff Littleboy
Box 2
71
Hall, Marion Dwight &
Dwight, Herbert McGilvray
1979 Nov
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
"Growing up at Stanford, 1906-1925." As children, Marion and her brother Herbert lived on campus with their grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. John D. McGilvray. (McGilvray was a stone contractor responsible for construction on many major university buildings.)
Marion received her A.B. (1922) and A.M. (1923) from Stanford. Herbert received his A.S. (1925) from Stanford. The interview
covers their childhood and life as students at Stanford. Hall's husband of 62 years was Stanford Registrar Emeritus Harvey
Hall.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Harvey Hall
Box 2
72-73
Hansen, Ralph Waldemar
1979 Aug 21-24
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Manuscripts Librarian (1962-1967), first University Archivist at Stanford (1965-1979) and Chief, Acquisitions Department in
the Stanford University Libraries, (1967-1979) Mr. Hansen played a major role in developing library collections, including
the creation of the Stanford Library Associates (1974). He also served as acting Assistant Director for Collection Development
(1975); Meyer Flood Project coordinator (1978-1979); Palo Alto City Historian (1963-1967); Palo Alto City President (1970-1971).
Scope and Content Note
Interview covers Hansen's personal background, archival training and path to Stanford; metamorphosis of Stanfordiana Collection
into a standard manuscript and archives collection; efforts to gather and centralize university records; difficulties with
salaries at Stanford; Hansen's serving in several concurrent management capacities while attending graduate school at Berkeley;
marketing of Stanford history to alumni and friends; changes to library staff over the years; development of BALLOTS and library
automation; founding of library friends' group (Associates); student unrest in 1960s and 70s, and disruption in libraries;
participation in centennial celebration of transcontinental railroad.
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Hargadon, Fred
1984 Jul 2
Physical Description:
3 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Professor of Political Science (1963-1969) and Dean of Admissions (1964-1969) at Swarthmore College, "Dean Fred" came to Stanford
in 1969, where he served for 15 years as Dean of Admissions. He resigned in 1984 to accept a position as the Senior Vice President
of Administration of the College Board.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Roxanne Nilan and Karen Bartholomew; transcribed, 104 pages
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Hastorf, Barbara
1986 Apr-May
Physical Description:
3 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Member of the Stanford community since 1969, Mrs. Hastorf speaks about her experiences as a volunteer, with the Stanford overseas
program, and as a faculty spouse.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Mimi Webb and Joanne O'Donohue.
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Hofstadter, Robert
1985 Jan 17
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
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Jacobson, David S.
1978 Oct
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Secretary to the University Emeritus, Mr. Jacobson came to work for Stanford in 1936 as assistant to President Donald B. Tresidder
after receiving both his A.B. (1930) and L.L.B. (1934) from Stanford. As General Secretary, he played a key role in the development
of Stanford's fundraising program.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Frederic O. Glover; transcribed, 52 pages
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Jahns, Richard H.
1980 Sep, Oct
Physical Description:
3 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Professor of Geology and Applied Earth Sciences at Stanford from 1964 until his death in 1983; Dean of the School of Earth
sciences, 1965-1979; and first holder of Stanford's Welton J. and Maude L. Cook Professorship of Applied Earth sciences, 1977-1983.
He combined work at the U.S. Geological survey (1948-1983) with his teaching posts at Cal Tech (1946-1960), Penn State (1960-1964),
and Stanford.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Harry Press
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Jessup, Charles R. Bruce
1980 Feb 29
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Clinical Associate Professor, Stanford Medical School; physician, East Palo Alto Medical Clinic. Received his A.B. (1941)
and M.D. (1949) from Stanford.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Claire Still and Georgiana Kjerulff; 60 minutes
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Johnson, Olivia
1982 Mar 9, 1987 Jul 9
Physical Description:
4 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Olivia Rolfe entered Stanford in 1914 as one of the 500 women admitted to the University. The next year, she married Stanford
geologist Harry Johnson.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Harry Press, March 9, 1982. A second interview, by Judy Adams, July 9, 1987
The interview covers her childhood and family life, the 1906 earthquake, and her studies and life as a student at both Stanford
and UCLA.
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Kaplan, Leah
1978 May
Physical Description:
4 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Director of the Help Center and the first woman staff member to become President of the Faculty Club, Ms. Kaplan served as
Assistant Dean of students for Women' s Affairs and as Special Assistant to the Ombudsman. (She was appointed Ombudsman in
1985, after this interview.) A psychiatric counselor to students at Cowell Health Center, Ms. Kaplan acted out of a special
interest in the welfare of women students.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Margo Davis; donated to the SOHP
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Keen, Myra
1977 Jul
Physical Description:
3 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Eminent malacologist and curator of Stanford's collection of over 20,000 shells (which was transferred to the California Academy
of Sciences), Professor Keen joined the Stanford staff in 1934, was named Curator in 1940 and elected to the faculty of paleontology
in 1954.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Margo Davis; donated to the SOHP
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97-98, 264
Kendrick, Betty Roth
Physical Description:
3 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Daughter of Stanford's first Dean of Men under David Starr Jordan, Almon E. Roth, Betty Roth grew up on the Stanford campus
and entered Stanford with the class of 1935. The interview focuses on her father's work, and campus life.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Fred Glover; transcribed, 53 pages.
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Keohane, Nannerl
1988 Apr 27
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
President of Wellesley College (1981-1993), Associate Professor of Political Science at Stanford (1973-1981). Professor Keohane
was one of the founders of the Feminist Studies program at Stanford.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Judy Adams
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Krauskopf, Konrad
1986 Dec-1987 Jan
Physical Description:
3 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Professor of Geology at Stanford and a leader in his field of geochemistry, Professor Krauskopf received his Ph.D. in Geology
from Stanford in 1939 and taught at Stanford from 1935, as an acting instructor, until his retirement in 1976.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Judy Adams
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Leu, Anna Jagels
1980 Nov 17
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Born in 1889, Anna Jagels was a pioneer resident of Mountain View. Her interview relates personal anecdotes about the early
history of Mountain View and Palo Alto.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Frederic O. Glover
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Levison, Robert Mark, 1899-
1980 Apr-May
Physical Description:
3 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Born in San Francisco in 1899, Levison entered Stanford University in 1917. In 1924 he established the San Francisco insurance
brokerage firm of Levison Insurance. Levison has played an active role in Stanford alumni affairs as a member of the Board
of Directors of the Alumni Association. In 1935 he joined the original Board of Governors of the Stanford Associates, serving
for the maximum six years. He was reelected to the Board in 1973. Levison was awarded the Gold Spike in 1973 for his exceptional
work in fundraising activities for Stanford. He is an original member of the Stanford Buck Club and served a full term on
the Stanford athletic board. His many civic activities include serving as President of the Jewish Community Center of San
Francisco and Vice-President of the National Jewish Welfare Board.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Frederic O. Glover; transcribed and bound, 41 pages. Subjects include the development of Stanford University,
fundraising, and the Stanford Associates.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Barclay, Thomas Swain, 1894-
Chandler, Loren R.
Crothers, George E. (George Edward), 1870-1957.
Cuthbertson, Kenneth.
Davis, Paul H.
Dinkelspiel, Lloyd W.
Edwards, Paul C., (Paul Carroll), 1882-1962.
Glover, Frederic O.
Gunst, Morgan A.
Hutchinson, Eric.
Irwin, Will, 1873-1948.
Jacobson, David S.
Keesling, Francis V.
Levison family.
Levison, Robert Mark, 1899-
McDowell, John Ezra.
Mitchell, J. Pearce.
Pearson, Daryl H.
Peck, Templeton.
Price, Harry.
Reynolds, Harry B.
Roseberry, Louis H.
Roth, Almon.
Rothert, Harlow Phelps.
Sloss, Leon.
Stanford Alumni Association
Stanford Associates.
Stanford University--Administration.
Stanford University--Public relations..
Stanford University. Office of Development.
Tresidder, Donald Bertrand, 1894-1948
Walker, Frank Fish, 1896-1978
Wilbur, Ray L., (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949
Oral histories.
Stanford Fund.
Universities and colleges--Public relations
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Lewis, Janet
1977 Nov
Physical Description:
4 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Poet, novelist and lecturer in creative writing at Stanford, Janet Lewis is best known for her novels The Invasion and The
Wife of Martin Guerre. She came to Stanford in 1928 with her husband, poet and Professor of English Yvor Winters and taught
creative writing at Stanford.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Margo Davis; donated to the SOHP; transcribed and bound, 97 pages
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Lyman, Jing
1977 Aug 29-Sep2
Physical Description:
6 audiocassette(s)
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Manson, Clara
1980 Oct
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Librarian at Lane Library, Stanford Medical School, in San Francisco (1948-1949) and after its move to the Stanford campus
(1959-1971).
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Claire Still; 60 minutes
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Mendelowitz, Daniel M.
1978 Dec
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Emeritus Professor of Art, who taught at Stanford for 36 years--a talented artist and gentle commentator on the history of
art; received his A.B. (1926) and M.A. (1927) from Stanford. Professor Mendelowitz died in 1980.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Frederic O. Glover
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Mitchell, Sidney
1990 Mar 21
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
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Murphy, Michael H.
1980 Jun
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Author, and founder of the Esalen Institute, Mr. Murphy received his A.B. in psychology (1952) from Stanford, where he was
active in student affairs.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by John Callaghan; 120 minutes
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Page, Virginia
1987 May 28
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
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278
Purdy, Ann Peril
1977 Jun 16
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
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Ricker, Christine
1979 Dec
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
As Director of Dining Halls and the Stanford Union for 37 years, Ms. Ricker was responsible for student food services. She
retired in 1958.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Harry Press; 60 minutes.
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Rosenzweig, Robert M.
1983 Jan-Mar
Physical Description:
5 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Vice-President for Public Affairs at Stanford (1974-1983), and now President of the A.A.U., Dr. Rosenzweig came to Stanford
in 1962 after receiving his Ph.D. from Yale and working briefly at Amherst and with the U.S. Department of Education. He first
served as Assistant Dean of the Graduate Division (1962-1967) and as Associate Provost (1967-1971). He became Vice-Provost
and Presidential Advisor under President Richard Lyman in 1971 and in 1974 became Stanford's first Vice-President of Public
Affairs. This interview provides especially good insight into years of great administrative changes, student activism and
a change in the University's attitude towards governmental relations.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Karen Bartholomew and Donald Carlson; transcribed, 103 pages
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Roth Sisters
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Daughters of Almon E. Roth, Comptroller of the University from 1919 to 1937 and Stanford graduate, class of 1909. The interview
covers the projects completed during Mr. Roth's tenure as comptroller, including Stanford Stadium, Sunken Diamond, and the
Stanford Golf Course.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Robert de Roos
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Schofield, Mary
1987 Apr 21
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
A Stanford graduate, class of 1929, Miss Schofield worked in the Hoover Institution Library from 1933 until her retirement.
She donated her large collection of children's books to the Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Library.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Judy Adams.
Schofield has a long association with Stanford, as child of students, student herself, and employee. Interview describes her
history and background on her parents.
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Sears, Robert Richardson
1982
Physical Description:
11 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
David Starr Jordan Professor of Psychology, emeritus, Bob Sears returned to Stanford in 1953 after teaching at Harvard, Yale,
and Iowa State University. The son of Professor Jesse B. Sears, he was born in Palo Alto in 1908 and received his A. B. from
Stanford in 1929, his Ph.D. from Yale in 1932. He has also served as Dean of Humanities and Sciences (1961-1969) and as chairman
of the Psychology Department during years of great growth. He is particularly well known for his work in the social psychological
development of children, in personality and motivation.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Frederic O. Glover; transcribed and bound, 107 pages
A separate set of interviews, conducted by Hamilton Cravens of Iowa State University's Program in the History of Science and
Technology, and donated to the SOHP, focuses on Professor Sears' contributions to the field of child development. The first
set is transcribed, 117 pages The second set is transcribed, 80 pages
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Snyder, Rixford K.
1979 Mar-Apr
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Long-time Dean of Admissions (1950-1969), Professor Snyder also served as Associate Professor of History (1940-1943, 1946-1969)
after receiving his A.B. (1930), A.M. (1934), and Ph.D. (1940) in history from Stanford. Director of the Alumni Travel Study
Program of the Stanford Alumni Association from 1969 until his formal retirement in 1974, but kept a workspace in the Travel/Study
office, where he compiled his memoirs and continued to go on alumni trips well into his 70s.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Frederic O. Glover and George Knoles; transcribed and bound, 80 pages
Sterling, Wallace
Biography/Organization History
Stanford University President, 1949-1968.
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"Remembering Wallace Sterling"
1985 Aug 9
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Peter C. Allen came back to Stanford in 1946 as Editor of the Stanford Review, the Stanford Alumni Association magazine. He
first met Dr. Sterling when he and Fred Glover interviewed him after the Big Game in 1948. Allen succeeded Glover as Director
of Information in 1953 and later became the first Director of the News and Publications Service. He was University Editor
when he retired in 1977 and he was University Editor Emeritus at the time of this taping session.
Ernest C. Arbuckle knew Dr. Sterling from the time they were both graduate students in 1933. They were good friends when Dr.
Sterling was at Caltech and at the Huntington Library, and were close personal friends by the time Arbuckle was elected a
University trustee (1954-58). Dr. Sterling appointed him Dean of the Graduate School of Business in 1958 and he served until
1968. Arbuckle was also Chairman of the board of Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) 1966-70. But he left
the deanship in 1968 to become Chairman of the Board of Wells Fargo Bank and Wells Fargo Co. He served a second term on the
Board of Trustees, 1973-76. He was elected Chairman of the Board of Saga Corporation in 1978 and served until 1982. [Mr. Arbuckle
and his wife Katherine were killed in an automobile accident on January 17, 1986.]
Alf Brandin also knew Dr. Sterling from the early 30s when he was a member of Stanford's "Vow Boys" football team. He was
appointed University Business Manager in 1946 by President Donald Tresidder and continued to serve in that capacity under
Dr. Sterling. In 1953 Brandin became Executive Officer of the Stanford Land Development Program as well, and the following
year was made Vice President for Business Affairs. He left Stanford in 1970 to become Senior Vice President and member of
the Executive Committee of the Board of Utah Construction and Mining Company [known as Utah International Inc. when this session
was held] .
E. Howard Brooks was an Acting Instructor of History in 1949 when he first met Dr. Sterling. He called on the president to
ask if he would assist in judging a graduate student essay contest. (He did.) In 1951 Brooks became Assistant Director of
Admissions under Professor Rixford Snyder. In 1957 Provost Frederick Terman tapped Brooks for the position of Assistant to
the Provost and Director of the Summer Session. From 1965 to 1971 Brooks held the position of Vice Provost. When this taping
session took place, he was Provost Emeritus of the Claremont Colleges of California.
Donald T. Carlson returned to Stanford in 1951 as Assistant Director of Information to Director Fred Glover. His first meeting
with Dr. Sterling had been a year earlier when he was Executive Secretary of Oregon State College. He served in the General
Secretary's Office (now Development) 1952-54, as Assistant to the President, 1954-61, and in both the University Relations
Office and President's Office, 1961-68. He was Director of University Relations in the Office of Public Affairs at the time
of this taping.
Kenneth M. Cuthbertson came back to the University in 1954 as Assistant to the President, replacing Robert Wert as Dr. Sterling's
budget control officer. He very soon became Dr. Sterling's point man in all matters of financial consequence to the University.
Cuthbertson was named Vice President for Finance in 1959, and later took on the responsibility for managing the University's
fund raising program as well. He was the principal University officer responsible for the successful conduct of two major
fund raising campaigns, the $100,000,000 Plan of Action for a Challenging Era, 1962-64, and the Campaign for Stanford, 1972-77,
that reached a total of $304,000,000. From 1970 to 1977 he was Vice President for Development. He held that title as emeritus
and was President of the James Irvine Foundation when this taping took place.
Frederic O. Glover joined President Donald Tresidder's staff as Director of Information in 1946. His acquaintance with Wallace
Sterling began in the early 30s when he was training for the Stanford boxing team and Dr. Sterling was a graduate student
working out regularly in the gymnasium. Glover moved into the President's Office to replace Tom Spragens as Assistant to the
President in 1954, and became Executive Assistant to the President in 1959. He served in that capacity until Dr. Sterling's
retirement in 1968 and continued with President Kenneth Pitzer. In 1970 Glover became Secretary to the University, continuing
his responsibility for trustee affairs, a title he held as emeritus at the time of this taping.
Robert H. Moulton, Jr. came back to Stanford from the Ford Foundation in 1957 as Assistant to the President. He was Dr. Sterling's
aide for financial forecasting during the planning period that led to the PACE campaign of the early 60s. In 1960 he was also
made Associate Director of "Project M" (for Monster), when a two-mile-long electron accelerator was only a pile of plans on
paper—lots of paper. Moulton continued to be an assistant to Dr. Sterling until 1968. He retired from the Stanford Linear
Accelerator Center in 1983 as Associate Director Emeritus.
Lyle M. Nelson left the vice presidency for University Relations at the University of Michigan in 1961 to become Stanford's
Director of University Relations in Dr. Sterling's administration. He was public relations and political counsel to Dr. Sterling
for the remainder of his tenure and continued to be his informal counsel through his years as chancellor. Nelson served in
the faculty as Professor of Communication and Journalism and as Chairman of the Department of Communication. He was nearing
emeritus status when this taping session took place.
Scope and Content Note
Nine men who worked closely with President J. E. Wallace Sterling during his administration gathered together in the Stanford
Faculty Club one afternoon following his death (July 1, 1985) to share their thoughts about the kind of man he was, the problems
he faced and how he dealt with them, and not least, some of his accomplishments.
The Participants: Peter C. Allen, '36 Ernest C. Arbuckle, '33, MBA '36 Alf E. Brandin, '36 E. Howard Brooks, '42, M.A.'47,
Ph.D.'50 Donald T. Carlson, '47 Kenneth M. Cuthbertson, '40, MBA '47 Frederic 0. Glover, '33 Robert H. Moulton, Jr. '40 Lyle
M. Nelson, Oregon '41
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"Reminscences, 1949-1960," interviews with Glover, Allen, Carlson
1977 Mar-Apr
Physical Description:
8 audiocassette(s)
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Anecdotes
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
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141-142, 262-263
Stolz, Lois Meek
1977 Jul
Physical Description:
4 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Professor of Psychology at Stanford since 1946, Professor Stolz is well-known for her work in child psychology and child care,
and has long maintained an interest in Stanford women. She was active in her field until her death in 1984.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Margo Davis; donated to the SOHP; transcribed and bound, 80 pages
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Davis, Margo.
Stanford Oral History Project.
Stanford University. Dept. of Psychology--Faculty..
Stolz, Lois Meek, 1891-1984.
Interviews.
Oral histories.
Photoprints.
Psychological research.
Psychology.
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Swank, Raynard C.
1980 Sep 25
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Director of Libraries at Stanford from 1948-1962, Dr. Swank undertook a badly-needed revitalization of the library system,
providing more effective service to instruction and research.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Frederic O. Glover. Description of campus (by Glover) in 1948 to emphasize changes during Swank's 14 years; Swank/Wilson
report on library needs 1946-47; focus on service to undergraduates, including initial planning for undergraduate library;
Stanford fundraising campaigns, and omission of libraries from them; collection building under Swank; centralizing records
and inclusion of branch libraries in union catalog; Technical Information Service that served industrial park businesses;
increasing humanities resources to match sciences; changes in library science education since 1960s.
Terman, Frederick Emmons, 1900-1982.
1971-1978
Biography/Organization History
Engineer and educator Frederick Emmons Terman began his teaching career at Stanford in 1925 and became a full professor in
1937. In 1937, he also became head of the Electrical Engineering Department. As Dean of the School of Engineering (1945-1960)
and as Provost (1955-1965) and Vice President (1959-1965) of the University, Terman played a key role in developing University
faculty, research facilities and funding. Interviews done by Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley.
Scope and Content Note
Subjects covered by the interviews include his teaching and research career at Stanford University, the National Defense Research
Committee, the Harvard Radio Research Laboratory, post-war research at Stanford, and the electronics industry, especially
the Hewlett-Packard Company and its founders William R. Hewlett and David Packard.
Note
These interviews were a joint project of the History of Science and Technology Program at the University of California at
Berkeley and the Stanford Oral History Project at Stanford University.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Bancroft Library. History of Science and Technology Program.
Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974.
Ginzton, Edward L. (Edward Leonard), 1915-
Hansen, W. W. (William Webster), 1909-1949
Harvard University. Radio Research Laboratory.
Hewlett, William R.
Hewlett-Packard Company.
Packard, David, 1912-1996
Ryan, Harris J. (Harris Joseph), 1866-1934.
Stanford University. Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Terman, Frederick Emmons, 1900-1982
United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. National Defense Research Committee.
Varian, Russell Harrison, 1898-1959
Webster, David Locke, 1888-1976.
Electronics.
Engineering--United States--History.
High technology industries--California
High technology--Research.
Klystrons.
Microelectronics industry--California--Santa Clara County.
Microelectronics industry--United States--History.
Oral histories.
Science--History.
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Vickers, Joseph
1984 Nov
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
A Stanford alumnus of the class of 1912, Judge Vickers had a distinguished legal career, part of it serving as a Judge of
the Superior Court of Los Angeles. Vickers had an extensive history of volunteer work on Stanford's behalf.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Donald Carlson and Edward Raleigh
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Whitaker, Virgil
1982 May
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Shakespearean scholar, head of Stanford's English Department (1951-1963) and Dean of the Graduate Division (1964-1968), Professor
Whitaker was also the originator and director of the Summer Festival of Arts, and was active in American Indian affairs.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Eleanor Bark, Marion Hall and Harvey Hall, transcribed and bound, 47 pages.
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Wiggins, Ira
1980 Apr
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Professor of Botany at Stanford since 1929. Director of the Natural History Museum and the Dudley Herbarium, (1940-1964).
Following his graduation from Occidental College in 1923, he received his A.M. (1925) and Ph.D. (1930) from Stanford.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Sara Timby and John Rawlings; transcribed and bound, 57 pages
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Wilbur, Dwight Locke
1981 May
Physical Description:
5 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Wilbur joined the clinical faculty of the Stanford Medical School in 1937 (Emeritus, 1968-) and became chief of medical services
at French Hospital. Dr. Wilbur received his A.B. in Zoology from Stanford (1923) and M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania
(1926). The second son of Stanford President Ray Lyman Wilbur, Dr. Wilbur was very active in medical and community affairs.
He married Ruth Esther Jordan (Class of 1927) in 1928.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Frederic O. Glover
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Wilbur, Mary Sloan
1980 Jun 23-24
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Active in community affairs, including the presidency of the Stanford Hospital Medical Auxiliary, Mrs. Wilbur came to Stanford
from Arizona in 1918. Here she met and eventually married Blake Colburn Wilbur (Class of 1922), the eldest son of Stanford
President Ray Lyman Wilbur and later one of the founding physicians of the Palo Alto Clinic. Mary earned in BA (Zoology) in
1922.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Marion Hall and Ann Chase
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Yalom, Marilyn
1987 Jul 16
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Deputy Director of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender and lecturer in Modern Thought and Literature, Marilyn Yalom
was at Stanford from 1976-1987. Interview by Judy Adams
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Aurora Interviews
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Applewhite, Liat
1981 May 12
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Note
Interview by Sally Thomas and Stephanie Poggi
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Bancroft, Kim and
Jensen, Margaret
1981 Apr 23
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
Note
Interview by Sally Thomas and Stephanie Poggi
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Brown, Phyllis
1981 May
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Note
Interview by Sally Thomas and Stephanie Poggi.
Brown was a founder and early participant in Aurora feminist student newspaper at Stanford.
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Mercer, Michelle
1981 May 12
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Note
Interview by Sally Thomas and Stephanie Poggi
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Merriman, Sue
1981 May
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Note
Interview by Sally Thomas and Stephanie Poggi
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Smith, Stephanie and
Gonzales, Leenda
1981 May 12, 1985 May 6
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
Note
Interview by Sally Thomas and Stephanie Poggi
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Torf, Adrienne
1981 May 12, 1985 Jun 4
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Note
Interview by Sally Thomas and Stephanie Poggi
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Community Committee on International Students (CCIS)
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Baer, Carolyn
1984 Dec 19
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Lee Harwood and Virginia Spears; transcribed, 27 pages
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Botsford, Margaret
1985 May 22
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Carolyn Grundt; transcribed, 23 pages
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Bretall, Norah
1987 Mar 30
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
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Cline, Laura
1987 Feb 2
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
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Dutton, Dorothea
1987 Mar 31
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
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Gibson, Helen
1986 Mar 10
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Roka Haswell.
Interview includes descriptions of hosted students and of students who worked for board and room; mostly Chinese students.
Employment vs. friendship and hosting, keeping boundaries.
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Goff, Harry and
Goff, Kay
1987 Mar 30
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Descriptions of students the Goffs hosted and have kept in touch with; how Bechtel center was acquired
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Grundt, Carolyn Stipe
1984 Jul 7
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Roka Haswell; 23 minutes
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Harwood, Lee
1984 Aug 6
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Virginia Spears and Gertrude Williams; 36 minutes
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Haswell, Roka
1984 Jul 6
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Annette Mellott; 55 minutes
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Johnston, Beatrice and
Silber, Bernice
1986 Mar 10
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Lee Harwood and Bernice Silber; 27 minutes
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Kershaw, Henrietta
1985 Apr 9
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Roka Haswell; 43 minutes
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179
Keyes, Pat
1984 Sep 27
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Virginia Spears and Gertrude Williams; 38 minutes
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180
Krebs, Ruby
1986 Mar 18
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Carolyn Stipe; 47 minutes
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181
Lane, Joane
1987 Mar 18
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
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182
Mellott, Annette
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Carolyn Grundt, July 6, 1984; 30 minutes
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183
Millar, Kay
1986 Jul 22
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Gertrude Williams and Virginia Spears; 40 minutes
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184
Norman, Ruth
1987 Mar 30
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
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185
Page, Virginia
1987 Apr 15
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Interview covers early organizational structure and participants of CCIS; location(s) of the CCIS program on campus; Homestay
Program and permanent housing; personal connections to Japanese students; students in School of Earth Sciences; students who
return to their home countries vs. students who stay in the US; rewards of participating in the program.
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Proctor, Elizabeth
1986 Jun 10
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Carolyn Stipe; 50 minutes
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188
Qualls, Katherine
1985 Sep 18
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Roka Haswell; 43 minutes
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187
Roesler, Fran
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Box 5
189
Rusmore, Jean
1986 Jun 2
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Lee Harwood and Bernice Silber; 35 minutes
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191
Spaeth, Sheila
1985 Apr 26
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Virginia Spears and Gertrude Williams; 30 minutes.
Spaeth discusses the early organizational structure and participants of CCIS
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Spears, Virginia
1984 Jul 16
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Gertrude Williams and Lee Harwood; 45 minutes.
Interview includes descriptions of students the Spears hosted and have kept in touch with; students from India and Japan featured.
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193
Warnlof, Mary Ann
1984 Nov 28
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Carolyn Grundt; 38 minutes
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194
Wells, Alison
1986 Jul 21
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Box 5
195
Williams, Gertrude
1984 Jul 11
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Box 5
196
Wright, Mabel
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Roka Haswell
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Series 4
Laser History Project Interviews
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Dwight, Herbert McGilvray
1984 Jan 18
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
By Joan Bromberg At Spectra-Physics, San Jose, California
Note
See Hall, Marion Dwight.
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198
Goldsborough, John
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Laser specialist. Received his B.S. from Lehigh University in 1956, and Ph.D. in Physics from Stanford University in 1961.
Research staff member, 1960-1966, Director of Research, 1966-1968, and Senior Project Engineer, 1968-1974 at International
Business Machines Corporation; Engineering Department Manager, Spectra-Physics, Inc. Has conducted research on Magnetic Resonance,
photo conductivity, and low temperature physics.
Scope and Content Note
Interview focuses on his research at Spectra-Physics.
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Hänsch, Theodor
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Winner of 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics, along with John L. Hall, for their contributions to the development of laser-based
precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique. A native of West Germany, and specialist in lasers
and physics. Received his M.S. (1966) and Ph.D. (1969) in physics from the University of Heidelberg. Assistant professor of
physics, University of Heidelberg, 1969-1970, NATO fellow 1970-1972, and associate professor, 1972-1975. Concurrent position
as Sloan Foundation Fellow, 1973-1975. Professor of Physics, Stanford University, 1975-1986. Alexander Von Humboldt Sr. U.S.
Scientist Fellow, 1978-79. Research accomplishments in spectroscopy and quantum electronics; developed powerful monochromatic
pulsed dye lasers; high resolution nonlinear spectroscopy of atoms and molecules.
Scope and Content Note
Interview covers: laser research at the University of Heidelberg, 1965-1970. Thesis research. Collaboration on a commercial
laser. Hansch's laboratory style. Frustrations of doing spectroscopy with the early, non-tunable lasers. Laser research at
Stanford University, 1970-circa 1973. Comparison of resources at Heidelberg and Stanford. The high resolution, tunable laser
of 1971 and the research program it engendered.
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Hobart, J.
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Oral history interview covers: Hobart's background at the University of Michigan and with Trion Instruments Company; his management
of accessory-product development at Spectra-Physics; Coherent Radiation, Inc., and the Coherent Carbon Dioxide laser; Spectra-Physics--Coherent
rivalry; Coherent's service and customer training policies; sources of capital; developing a commercial argon-ion laser; the
start of profitability for Coherent in 1969.
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Rempel, Robert
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Oral history interview covers the founding of Spectra-Physics; Rempel's reasons for choosing to be an entrepreneur; attitudes
toward patenting; the collaboration with Perkin-Elmer; Role of John Atwood; Spectra-Physics' advertising approach; acquisitions;
pricing policies; steps toward achieving high quality products; the step camera; the geodolite.
Biography/Organization History
B.A. Pomona College (1948); M.S. Stanford University (1950); Ph.D. in Physics (1956). Varian Associates consult. 1954-1956,
resident physicist, 1956-1961. President Spectra-Physics, Inc., 1961-1970, and Chromatix, Inc., 1970-1980 .
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Ruddock, K.
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Interview covers: Designing magnetometers at Varian; early non-laser ''bread and butter" development projects for Spectra-Physics;
laser rangefinders for airborne commercial applications. Also covers the Spectra-Physics geodolite and its applications to
geologic surveys, mapping of Artic ice, aircraft and missile tracking, and ocean wave heights.
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Schawlow, Arthur B.
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Interview covers: Boyhood in Ontario, Canada. High school and college education, graduate work at the University of Toronto.
Post-doctoral research in microwave spectroscopy at Columbia University with Charles Townes. Influence of peers and professors.
Bell Labs, research in superconductivity and in lasers. Development in communication ability of autistic son. Move of Stanford.
Connections with "Silicon Valley" industry.
Biography/Organization History
Physicist, specializing in lasers. Winner of 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to laser spectroscopy. Professor
of physics, Stanford University, 1961-1996.
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Siegman, A.E., 1931-2011
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Tony Siegman was born November 23, 1931, and raised in rural Michigan. He received the AB degree summa cum laude after three
years as a National Merit Scholar at Harvard, where he played the clarinet in the Harvard Marching Band. After two years on
a cooperative plan with the Hughes Research Labs in Culver City, leading to an MS degree in Applied Physics from UCLA in 1954,
he followed his former Hughes supervisor, Dr. Dean A. Watkins, to Stanford as a research assistant. He was appointed to the
Stanford faculty on an acting basis in 1956 and received the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering in 1957 with a dissertation
on microwave noise in electron beams and traveling-wave tubes. Shortly thereafter he switched to work on microwave masers
and parametric devices, which, after 1960, evolved into a research and teaching career in lasers and optics. He was promoted
to full professor at Stanford in 1964 and retired from his Stanford position as the Burton J. and Ann M. McMurtry Professor
of Engineering in November 1998. Following his formal retirement, he continued to lecture, consult, and publish in his field,
including work on gain-guided optical fibers and fiber lasers. In 2010 he made a round-the-world trip on behalf of LaserFest,
celebrating 50 years of laser innovation. From 1999 through 2011 he spent winters at north Tahoe, cross-country skiing daily
with his wife and dogs. A campus resident, he was a founding officer of the Stanford Campus Residential Leaseholders, Inc.,
and also served on the boards of the Stanford Historical Society and the Stanford Emeriti Council. His other interests included
antique scientific instruments, opera, sailing, and snorkelling. During his Stanford career he supervised some 40 PhD dissertations
and published numerous scientific articles and three textbooks: Microwave Solid-State Masers (McGraw-Hill, 1964), An Introduction
to Lasers and Masers (McGraw-Hill, 1972), and Lasers (University Science Books, 1986). Lasers, at 1,283 pages, became the
standard reference in the field. He was regarded by many as a true patriarch, since one of his Ph.D. students, Stephen E.
Harris, continued on to his own prominence on the Stanford faculty and in turn supervised the Ph.D. of (now) Stanford professor
Robert L. Byer. Byer in turn supervised the Ph.D. of (now) professor Martin M. Fejer, several of whose students have gone
on to notable careers and have mentored students of their own, making four generations of academic "offspring" in Quantum
Electronics and other fields. Burton J. McMurtry, another of Tony's early Ph.D. students, served most recently as president
of Stanford's Board of Trustees. Tony was Director of the Ginzton Laboratory from 1978 to 1983 and again in 1998-99, and served
on numerous academic committees and as a member of the Stanford Faculty Senate and its Steering Committee. He spent sabbaticals
as Visiting Professor of Applied Physics at Harvard in 1965, Guggenheim Fellow at the IBM Research Labs in Zurich in 1969-70,
and Humboldt Senior Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany, in 1984-85. Tony was an
active participant in the historic first Quantum Electronics symposium at Shawanga Lodge in 1959, which marked the start of
serious research into lasers. Thereafter, he began to move his research from microwaves and masers to optics and lasers. Early
in his career he was Program Chair for the 1966 International Quantum Electronics Conference and Conference Chair for the
1968 IQEC, and later served as co-director of laser schools in South Korea and Taiwan. He was a member of the U.S. Air Force
Scientific Advisory Board during 1974-80 and served on advisory groups for NBS, NIST, NSF, and other government agencies.
He received a number of awards from major professional societies, held several patents in his field, and was elected to the
National Academy of Engineering in 1973 and the National Academy of Sciences in 1988. In 1996 he was elected as Vice-President
of the Optical Society of America, serving as President of the OSA during 1999. He married the former Virginia (Jeannie) Howard
in 1974. He is survived by his wife Jeannie, his children by a previous marriage: Anne Lorraine (Jessica), Winn, and Patrick;
by his stepdaughter Elaine Lissner; and his two grandchildren.
Scope and Content Note
Oral history interview traces his path to Stanford and his career as a faculty member, focusing on Siegman's education from
1949 to 1957 as an undergraduate at Harvard, a Hughes Aircraft Company work-study fellow at the University of California in
Los Angeles, and a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University.
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Stanford Nurse Alumnae Interviews
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Blake, Marilyn and
Gillingham, Jane
1988 Apr 30
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
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208
Carley, Lucille O.
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
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209-210
Crowell, Peggy and
Harder, Virginia Bennett
1980 Apr 29
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
Box 5
211
Denhard, Alice
1988 Mar 23
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Box 5
212
Edgar, Jean
1988 Apr 30
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Box 5
213
Fischel, Eleanor and
Skarin, Miriam
1988 Jun 14
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
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306
Geddo, Frances,
Hutting, Ruth,
Mori, Masae
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Box 5
214
Hawes, Josephine
1985 Aug 9
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Box 5
215
Howard, Mildred Dye and
Wallingford, Janice Lee
1988 Apr 30
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
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216
Johnson, Melba Beard
1988 Apr 30
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
1934 grad of Stanford school of nursing; describes schooling and subsequent career.
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Ringressy, Grace
1988 Apr 13
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Box 5
217
Slaven, Helen Adell
1988 May
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Box 11
305
Smith, Edythe
1986
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
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Series 6
Silicon Valley Project Interviews
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218-221
Anderson, Reid
1987 May
Physical Description:
4 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Physics, engineering. Magnetic storage devices and electronics. Bell Labs, Anderson-Jacobson, Inc., Verbatim.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Henry Lowood; transcribed, 74 pages
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222-224
Bliss, James
1987 Jun-Aug
Physical Description:
3 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Engineering. SRI, Founder of Telesensory Systems.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Judy Adams; transcribed, 55 pages
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225-228, 55-56
Deal, Bruce E.
1988 Jun-Nov
Physical Description:
6 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Consulting professor of electrical engineering at Stanford; chemist, helped to develop metal oxide semiconductor technology
during the early 1960s at Rheem Semiconductor and Fairchild Semiconductor. Interview covers his education, work experience,
his relationship with Silicon Valley pioneers, and the contacts between Stanford and Silicon Valley researchers.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Henry Lowood
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229-236
Englebart, Douglas
1986 Dec-1987 Apr
Physical Description:
8 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Computer Science (SRI). Inventor of the "Mouse" and design of the computer work station concept and software.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Judy Adams and Henry Lowood; transcribed, 184 pages
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237-242, 103
Ginzton, Edward
1987 Aug-1988 Mar
Physical Description:
7 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, 1946-1968. Helped develop Klystron tube with Professor William Hansen
and the Varian brothers; developed microwave tubes. Director, Stanford Microwave Laboratories (1949-1959), Project M (SLAC)
(1957-1960). President (1964-1968), Chairman of the Board (1959-1984), Varian Associates.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Joel Shurkin, Henry Lowood and Bruce Hevly
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115-116
Hewlett, William
1989 Oct 26
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Engineer and the co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP). Hewlett received his Bachelor's degree
from Stanford University in 1934, an MS degree in electrical engineering from MIT in 1936, and the degree of Electrical Engineer
from Stanford in 1939. Hewlett attended classes taught by Fred Terman at Stanford and became acquainted with David Packard
during his undergraduate work at Stanford. He and Packard began discussing forming a company in August 1937, and founded Hewlett-Packard
Company as a partnership on January 1, 1939. The company incorporated in 1947 and tendered an initial public offering in 1957.
He was President of HP from 1964 to 1977, and served as CEO from 1968 to 1978. He remained chairman of the executive committee
until 1983, and then served as vice chairman of the board until 1987.
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Linvill, John, 1919-2011
1987 May 5
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Electrical Engineering (Stanford Center for Integrated Systems). Integrated electronics. Developed the Optacon (electronic
reading device for the blind). Telesensory Systems; Spectra Physics, Cromemco, Anderson-Jacobson.
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Judy Adams
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266-269
Nunan, Craig
1989 Jan 12, 13, 17
Physical Description:
4 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Henry Lowood
Box 6
244-251
Packard, Martin
1988 May-Jul, Oct
Physical Description:
8 audiocassette(s)
Biography/Organization History
Received his Ph.D. in physics from Stanford in 1949, under Professor Felix Bloch. Developed the technique of nuclear magnetic
resonance (NMR) and applied it to chemistry and other fields. Varian Associates, 1951 to present (Vice President since 1963,
Assistant to the Chairman since 1974).
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Henry Lowood
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Series 7
Dr. Robert Reid Newell Interviews
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275
Abrams, Herbert L.
1990 Apr 25
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
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303
Beard, Rodney
1986 May 21
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Box 11
301
Jones, Henry
1987 Apr 16
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Box 11
276, 302
Kriss, Joseph P., 1919-1989
1986 Jul 1
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
Box 11
304
Lowenstein, Gerald
1988 Mar 21
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
Box 11
296-298
Newell, Alan
1986 Jun 26
Physical Description:
3 audiocassette(s)
Box 11
299-300
Newell, Jeanette
1986 Apr 7
Physical Description:
2 audiocassette(s)
Box 7
277
Richards, Victor
1989 Feb 1
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette(s)
