Stanford University, Department of Physics, records, 1905-1994, bulk 1960-1994

Summary

Creators:

Stanford University. Department of Physics

Extent:

60.25 Linear Feet

Language:

Undetermined .

Preferred citation:

[identification of item] Stanford University, Department of Physics, Records (SC0952). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes minutes of faculty meetings (1905-1948), administrative files, budget and financial records, grant files, technical reports, correspondence, and other materials. Some of the files are from the period when Walter Meyerhoff was chair of the department but other chairmen are also represented in the records. Also of note are files pertaining to the recruitment of minority students and women students and files on the Mexican-American Program: Stanford Summer Program of Mexican-American High School Students (mid-1960s).

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

Subjects:

Mexican American students.
Physics -- Study and teaching.
Minority college students

Names:

Stanford University. Department of Physics
Stanford University. Department of Physics. Faculty
Walecka, John Dirk
Meyerhof, Walter E. (Walter Ernst)

Restrictions:

Boxes 51-74 are restricted. Materials are otherwise 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:

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:

[identification of item] Stanford University, Department of Physics, Records (SC0952). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:

Stanford University, University Archives

Stanford University Archives, Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US

Contact:

(650) 725-1022

specialcollections@stanford.edu

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