Guide to the Stanford University, Public Affairs Office Records
SC0105
University Archives staff
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010; September 2023
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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Stanford University, Public Affairs Office records
Identifier/Call Number: SC0105
Physical Description:
9.25 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1960-1980
Summary: The collection
consists of correspondence, memoranda, press releases, photographs, maps, and other
documents concerning various events and controversies dealt with by the Public Affairs
Office, 1960-1980. Subjects include the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford
Industrial Park, Ladera Dam and flood control on the San Francisquito Creek, Stanford in
Britain overseas campus, dismissal of H. Bruce Franklin, ROTC on campus, the Winds of
Freedom Foundation, and the inauguration of university president Kenneth S. Pitzer. Includes
audio tapes of a press conference on KZSU with Stanford President Richard W. Lyman, May 30,
1972; and of a talk by John Kaplan to the Los Angeles Stanford Club on the Bakke
case.
Language of Material:
Undetermined .
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Administrative transfer, Office of University Relations, 1973-1983.
Information about Access
The materials are open for research use.
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Cite As
Stanford University, Public Affairs Office Records (SC0105). Department of Special
Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
The University Relations Office acted as liaison between the University and the public. The
office was renamed the Public Affairs Office in December 1974 and was enlarged to include
federal, state, and community government relations as well as other University relations
activities.
Description of the Collection
The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, press releases, photographs, maps,
and other documents concerning various events and controversies dealt with by the Public
Affairs Office, 1960-1980. Subjects include the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford
Industrial Park, Ladera Dam and flood control on the San Francisquito Creek, Stanford in
Britain overseas campus, dismissal of H. Bruce Franklin, ROTC on campus, the Winds of
Freedom Foundation, and the inauguration of university president Kenneth S. Pitzer. Includes
audio tapes of a press conference on KZSU with Stanford President Richard W. Lyman, May 30,
1972; and of a talk by John Kaplan to the Los Angeles Stanford Club on the Bakke case.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ladera Dam (Calif.)
Governor Stanford Locomotive.
San Francisquito Creek (Calif.) -- Flood control
Records Series 1
1960-1973
Box 1, folder 1
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center - powerline dispute
1964-1965
Scope and Contents note
Includes schematic landscape design - Stanford Linear Accelerator. General plan
building and End Station area. 1962 July 6; two informational pamphlets about
SLAC.
Box 1, folder 2
SLAC powerline dispute
1964
Scope and Contents note
Includes transcript of hearing by Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. Hearing on plans
for supplying the electric energy requirements of the Stanford Linear Accelerator
Project, SLAC - 1964 January 29; notebook summarizing the materials on the powerline
controversy from 1964 January 16 to 1964 February 7. Includes copies of letters of
principals involved in the controversy and relevant press releases, photographs and
clippings.
Box 1, folder 3
SLAC powerline dispute
1964
Scope and Contents note
Includes Paul McCloskey's Memorandum to the Board of Trustees re: proposed Searsville
powerline compromise, 1964 February 13; abstract of talk by W.K.H. Panofsky to SLAC
staff on "Powerline situation", 1964 March 5; press releases on the powerline dispute,
1964 March 23.
Box 1, folder 4
SLAC powerline dispute
Undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs of the poles and sites in question.
Box 1, folder 5
SLAC powerline dispute
1964
Scope and Contents note
Includes transcript of news conference conducted at site of SLAC with Chairman of the
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Stanford Provost and Vice-President, Director of SLAC
and the Vice-President of Commercial Operations, Pacific Gas and Electric Company,
1964 April 2.
Box 1, folder 6
SLAC powerline dispute
1964-1965
Scope and Contents note
Includes SLAC's collection of newspaper clippings re: the powerline controversy.
Box 1, folder 7
Ampex annexation dispute - Extending of the industrial park
1960-1961
Scope and Contents note
Includes miscellaneous documents re: Stanford's land development program, 1960-1961;
miscelleaneous publications containing information on the Ampex controversy,
1960-1961; photographs of Coyote Hill, 1960.
Box 2, folder 1
Ladera Dam controversy - San Francisquito creek flood control
1961-1967
Scope and Contents note
Includes brief presented to the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, Washington
DC, stating Stanford's position on the Ladera Dam project proposed by the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, 1961 October 18; statement by Stanford Trustees relating
Stanford's position and reasons for opposing the Ladera Dam project, 1961 October 19;
TL Copy. To Dr. Sterling from Thomas H. Kuchel, U.S. Senator, on the progress of the
San Francisquito project, 1962 February 23; a copy of a letter from Major General
Keith Barney stating the reasons the army recommended the project over Stanford's
objections 1962 February 8; confidential report to the Stanford Trustees on the status
of the Ladera Dam project, 1962 February 27 with cover letter from the Director of
University Relations, Lyle M. Nelson; confidential memorandum to Dwight Adams of the
Stanford Business Office from Ray K. Linsley, Dept. of Civil Engineering re: San
Francisquito creek flood control, 1963 July 9; press release summarizing the
alternatives to the Ladera Dam, issued by Stanford's University Relations office, 1963
October 15.
Box 2, folder 2
Ladera Dam controversy - San Francisquito creek flood control
1961-1967
Scope and Contents note
Includes reconnaissance report on the floods of 1967 January 21-24; Santa Clara Flood
Control and Water District, 1967 January.
Box 2, folder 3
Ladera Dam controversy
1961-1973
Scope and Contents note
Includes clippings and publications concerning Ladera Dam controversy.
Box 2, folder 4
Ladera Dam controversy
Undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes maps of the area involved in the controversy.
Records Series 2
1961-1966
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Acquired in 1978 July
Box 3, folder 1
Athletics
1963-1966
Scope and Contents note
Exchanges between the Athletics Department and University Relations
Box 3, folder 2
Communications Committee
1962-1963
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and miscellaneous documents relating to attempts to survey alumni
opinion and to bring a closer working relationship between "fund raisers" and "friend
raisers" during the PACE campaign
Box 3, folder 3
Disaster Council
1962-1963
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous documents regarding the Civil Defense Disaster Plan
Box 3, folder 4
Professor Elmer Fagan
1961
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and miscellaneous documents regarding the retirement dinner given for
Fagan, professor of economics [Public finance and taxation] at Stanford,
1928-1961.
Box 3, folder 5
Governor Stanford Locomotive (Engine #1)
1963
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, newsclippings related to the loan of the Gov. Stanford to the
Locomotive History Society for exhibit in San Francisco and its removal from the
Stanford Museum.
Box 3, folder 6
KZSU Radio
Undated
Scope and Contents note
Student radio station at Stanford
Box 4, folder 1
Liquor
1962-1966
Scope and Contents note
Sharon Heights license application
Box 4, folder 2
Liquor
1962-1963
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, etc. relating to sale of liquor near campus
Box 4, folder 4
Stanford in Britain
1966
Scope and Contents note
Press conference
Box 4, folder 5
Stanford in Britain
1966 January
Box 4, folder 6
Stanford in Britain
1966 February
Box 4, folder 7
Stanford in Britain
1966 May-June
Scope and Contents note
The above four folders relate to the dedication of the first Stanford in Britain
site, Harlaxton Manor, Grantham, Lincolnshire, 1966 April 16.
Box 4, folder 8
Student-Faculty advisory
1965
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and newsclippings related to the push for student self-government,
beginning with the dismissal of Dean of Women, Lucile Allen.
Box 4, folder 9
Summer festivals
1964-1966
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and newsclippings relating to Stanford's very successful summer
festivals, including Shakespeare and Mozart performances.
Box 5, folder 2
Twenty questions
1962-1963
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and miscellaneous documents relating to the effort to arm PACE
volunteers with answers to recurring questions from donors.
Box 5, folder 3
White House conference on education
1965
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and other documents, including a transcript of proceedings, relating
to this conference, held at Stanford (Lyle Nelson, coordinator; Bob Byers,
publicist)
Box 5, folder 4
White memorial plaza
1964
Scope and Contents note
Invitation to the dedication of the plaza and its fountain and artists drawings.
Box 5, folder 5
Winds of Freedom foundation
1963-1964
Box 5, folder 6
Winds of Freedom foundation
1965-1966
Scope and Contents note
The above two folders of correspondence and other documents relate to the first
organized effort by conservative alumni to curb "rampant" liberalism at Stanford.
Records Series 3
1969-1978
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Received 1980 June
Box 6, folder 1
Brigham Young University (BYU): University Human Relations
committee
Undated
Scope and Contents note
"The Brigham Young Decision" summary by Andrew Doty, and other correspondence.
Box 6, folder 2
BYU: Brigham Young University issue
1969 January-1970 January
Box 6, folder 3
BYU: Pitzer form letters (DTC)
1970 January 12
Box 6, folder 6
BYU
1976-1978
Scope and Contents note
With some background to the problem
Records Series 4
1960-1980
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Acquired in July 1983
Box 7, folder 1
SLAC dedication
1967 September 9
Box 7, folder 4
SLAC Status report
1966 June
Box 7, folder 5
SLAC
1965 October-1966 March
Box 7, folder 13
SLAC
1965 January-February
Box 7, folder 16
SLAC
1964 October-December
Box 7, folder 20
SLAC Power problems
1964-1970
Box 7, folder 24
SLAC
1963 November-December
Box 8, folder 8
Two cassette tapes
1972 May 30 and undated
Scope and Contents note
: R.W. Lyman - Weekly Press Conference KZSU, 1972 May 30; Robert M. Brown - KZSU,
1972 May 30 and Public Affairs - John Kaplan to L.A. Stanford Club on Bakke case
Box 9, folder 1
Ladera Dam, Masters for copies
Undated
Box 9, folder 2
Ladera Dam, Governor Brown
Undated
Box 9, folder 3
Ladera Dam, Preliminary Economic Review
Undated
Box 9, folder 4
Ladera Dam, SLAC letter: Panofsky/Army Engineers
Undated
Box 9, folder 6
Ladera Dam clippings
Undated
Box 9, folder 7
Ladera Dam data sheets
Undated
Box 9, folder 8
Ladera Dam
1960-1961 September
Box 9, folder 10
Ladera Dam, Report to Board of R and H
1961 October 18
Box 9, folder 11
Ladera Dam
1961 November-December
Box 9, folder 12
Ladera Dam, Report to Board of R and H
1961, December 11
Box 9, folder 13
Ladera Dam
1962 January-February
Box 9, folder 17
Ladera Dam
1962 August-December
Box 9, folder 18
Ladera Dam
1963 January-April
Box 9, folder 19
Ladera Dam
1963 May-August
Box 9, folder 20
Ladera Dam
1963 September-October
Box 9, folder 21
Ladera Dam, summary
1963 October
Box 9, folder 22
Ladera Dam
1963 November-December
Box 9, folder 23
Ladera Dam
1964 January-May
Box 9, folder 24
Ladera Dam
1964 June-September
Box 9, folder 25
Ladera Dam
1964 October-December
Box 9, folder 26
Ladera Dam
1965 January-March
Box 9, folder 27
Ladera Dam
1965 April-May
Box 9, folder 28
Ladera Dam
1965 June-August
Box 9, folder 29
Ladera Dam
1965 September-December
Box 9, folder 31
Ladera Dam
1967 January-February
Box 9, folder 32
Ladera Dam
1967 March-April
Box 9, folder 34
Ladera Dam
1967 June-September
Box 9, folder 35
Ladera Dam
1967 October-December
Box 10, folder 1
Ladera Dam
1968 January-June
Box 10, folder 2
Ladera Dam
1968 July-December
Box 10, folder 3
Ladera Dam
1969 January-June
Box 10, folder 4
Ladera Dam, clippings: extra copies
Undated
Box 10, folder 5
Ladera Dam, notes; names
Undated
Box 10, folder 7
Ladera Dam, technical subcommittee reports
Undated
Box 10, folder 8
Ladera Dam, highlights
1961-1966
Box 10, folder 10
Ladera Dam, San Francisquito Creek Flood Control
Undated
Box 10, folder 11
Bruce Franklin, Decision, Advisory Board
1972
Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 12
Bruce Franklin injunction
1971
Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 13
Bruce Franklin court rulings
1973-1980
Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 1
Bruce Franklin information
1971 January-September
Box 11, folder 2
Bruce Franklin information
beginning 1972 January 18
Box 11, folder 3
Bruce Franklin correspondence
1971 April-December
Box 11, folder 4
Bruce Franklin correspondence
1971 January-March
Box 11, folder 5
Bruce Franklin correspondence
1969-1970
Box 11, folder 6
Bruce Franklin, Complaints: Letter Lists
through 1972 November
Box 12, folder 2
ROTC Mann Committee Report
Undated
Box 12, folder 3
ROTC general correspondence
1971
Box 12, folder 4
ROTC at Stanford (pca)
1970-1973
Box 12, folder 5
ROTC general information
1971
Box 12, folder 6
ROTC
1970 June 16-30 and later
Box 12, folder 9
ROTC general file: information and correspondence
1970
Box 13, folder 1
Inauguration of Kenneth S. Pitzer as University President, correspondence
file
1968-1971
Box 13, folder 2
Inauguration committee
circa 1969
Box 13, folder 3
Inauguration plan
circa 1969
Box 13, folder 4
Pitzer, K.S. - remarks at his inauguration
circa 1969
Box 13, folder 5
Gardner, John W. - remarks at inauguration
circa 1969
Box 13, folder 6
Inauguration of Kenneth S. Pitzer as University President, Invitation and
program
circa 1969
Box 13, folder 7
Inauguration of Kenneth S. Pitzer as University President, Order of
exercises
circa 1969
Box 13, folder 8
Inauguration of Kenneth S. Pitzer as University President, Miscellaneous
items
circa 1969