Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Stanford Humanities Center records
- Dates:
- 1982-2008
- Creators:
- Stanford Humanities Center
- Abstract:
- The records pertain to administrative matters, including the Center's various homes, and its programs, including fellowships, lectures, and workshops. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports, proposals, publicity, and photographs. Audio-visual materials are cataloged under a separate call number (SC 827) and have their own finding aid.
- Extent:
- 15.5 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Stanford Humanities Center Records (SC0876). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The records pertain to administrative matters, including the Center's various homes, and its programs, including fellowships, lectures, and workshops. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports, proposals, publicity, and photographs. Audio-visual materials are cataloged under a separate call number (SC 827) and have their own finding aid.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Stanford Humanities Center, founded in 1980 by then-President Donald Kennedy, is dedicated to the advanced study of human history and culture. Humanities Center programs stress work of a multidisciplinary and collaborative nature. Now one of the most dynamic humanities centers in the country, the Stanford Humanities Center offers up to thirty-five fellowships every year, supports fifteen to twenty year-long research workshops, and stages numerous public events.
- Acquisition information:
- Administrative transfer, 2007-2014
- Physical location:
- Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-02-04 14:58:30 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Preferred citation:
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Stanford Humanities Center Records (SC0876). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Stanford University Archives, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6064, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022