Description
Collection consists of materials compiled by Tranquada while covering the Stanford
divestment movement as a reporter for the Stanford Daily in 1977-1978. The material
includes leaflets created by the Stanford Committee for Responsible Investment Policy
(SCRIP); press releases issued by SCRIP, Stanford News Service, and ASSU; copies of
Board of Trustees correspondence; reporters' notes' press coverage of the divestment
movement at Stanford and elsewhere; and copies of organizing booklets published by
campus progressives, including Fire and Sandstone (Stanford, circa 1970), Disorientation
(Berkeley, circa 1977); and Organize (Stanford, circa 1978).