Overview
Administrative Information
Description of the Collection
Access Terms
General note
Overview
Call Number: SC0799
Title: Stanford student self-government collection
Dates: 1909-1913
Physical Description:
0.25 linear foot
Summary: Records pertaining to student self-government consist of
individual answers by Stanford students to a survey requested by Frank Kiernan of the
School Citizens Committee on the advantages of self-government, 1913. Collection also
includes a petition from Stanford students for a course in public speaking and completed
survey forms on debating societies at other universities, 1912; and responses from
fraternities to a request by Stanford president David Starr Jordan for their opinion on
a proposed rule to limit membership when a chapter's academic performance
falls.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Administrative Information
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
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.
Cite As
Stanford Student Self-Government Collection (SC0799). Dept. of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Description of the Collection
Records pertaining to student self-government consist of individual answers by Stanford
students to a survey requested by Frank Kiernan of the School Citizens Committee on the
advantages of self-government, 1913. Collection also includes a petition from Stanford
students for a course in public speaking and completed survey forms on debating
societies at other universities, 1912; and responses from fraternities to a request by
Stanford president David Starr Jordan for their opinion on a proposed rule to limit
membership when a chapter's academic performance falls.
Access Terms
Stanford University--Students.
College student government.
Debates and debating.
Greek letter societies--California--Stanford
General note
These records were originally received in the President's Office.