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Title: John W. Gardner papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0908
Contributing Institution:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
50.0 Linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1935-2004
Summary: Collection includes speeches and writings by, as well as articles about Gardner; correspondence, awards and honors, photographs,
audiovisual material, and files from many of Gardner's organizations including Common Cause, the White House Fellows, the
Haas Center for Public Service, and the John W. Gardner Center. Collection also contains biographical files and material from
memorial services held throughout the nation for Gardner. Notes and materials related to the PBS documentary John Gardner:
Uncommon American are also included.
creator:
Gardner, John W. (John William), 1912-2002
This collection is open for research.
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.
John W. Gardner Papers (SC0908). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
John Gardner earned his B.A. and M.A. in Psychology from Stanford University and his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University
of California, Berkeley. Gardner served as the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under President Lyndon Johnson
from 1965-1968. He founded the citizen's advocacy group Common Cause and was the chairman of the Commission on White House
Fellowships. Gardner served on the Stanford University Board of Trustees from 1968 to 1982. He was a founding member of the
national advisory board of the Haas Center for Public Service and remained active with the center. In 1989, Gardner was named
the first Miriam and Peter Haas Centennial Professor in Public Service. He was a consulting professor in the School of Education
at the time of his death in 2002.
Collection includes speeches and writings by, as well as articles about Gardner; correspondence, awards and honors, photographs,
audiovisual material, and files from many of Gardner's organizations including Common Cause, the White House Fellows, the
Haas Center for Public Service, and the John W. Gardner Center. Collection also contains biographical files and material from
memorial services held throughout the nation for Gardner. Notes and materials related to the PBS documentary John Gardner:
Uncommon American are also included.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Common Cause (U.S.).
Common Cause (U.S.)
Gardner, John W. (John William), 1912-2002
President's Commission on White House Fellowships (U.S.)
Stanford University. Haas Center for Public Service.
Stanford University. School of Education.