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Call Number: SC0246
Creator:
Stanford University. News Service.
Title: Stanford University, News Service, director's records
Dates: 1955-1967
Physical Description:
2 Linear feet
Summary: Records cover three topics: Sigma Chi fraternity (issue of
discrimination in membership 1965), Proposition 14 (written in 1964 to overturn
California's Rumford Fair Housing Act, which prohibited discrimination on the basis of
race and national origin), and student demonstrations and the McClellan probe (Permanent
Subcommittee on Investigations headed by U.S. Senator John L. McClellan). Sigma Chi
materials include correspondence, 1955-67, clippings and publications, 1965-67, and
materials relating to a legal case against Sigma Chi in Colorado. The files on
demonstrations and the McClellan probe, 1969, include news releases, drafts of
administrators' statements before the McClellan subcommittee, news on SRI, President
Pitzer's statements before the McClellan subcommittee, and letters from Stanford's legal
service. The files on Proposition 14 include news releases, ads, clippings, newsletters,
housing information, and articles on housing and property values. Major correspondents
include Robert Beyers, Jack H. Friedenthal, Paul E. Kamerick, Kenneth S. Pitzer, and
William R. Rambo.
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 transfer 1981.
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.
Stanford University, News Service, Director's Records (SC0246). Department of Special
Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Robert W. Beyers directed the Stanford news service from 1961 to 1990.
Records cover three topics: Sigma Chi fraternity (issue of discrimination in membership
1965), Proposition 14 (written in 1964 to overturn California's Rumford Fair Housing
Act, which prohibited discrimination on the basis of race and national origin), and
student demonstrations and the McClellan probe (Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
headed by U.S. Senator John L. McClellan). Sigma Chi materials include correspondence,
1955-67, clippings and publications, 1965-67, and materials relating to a legal case
against Sigma Chi in Colorado. The files on demonstrations and the McClellan probe,
1969, include news releases, drafts of administrators' statements before the McClellan
subcommittee, news on SRI, President Pitzer's statements before the McClellan
subcommittee, and letters from Stanford's legal service. The files on Proposition 14
include news releases, ads, clippings, newsletters, housing information, and articles on
housing and property values. Major correspondents include Robert Beyers, Jack H.
Friedenthal, Paul E. Kamerick, Kenneth S. Pitzer, and William R. Rambo.
Beyers, Robert W.
Discrimination in education.
Discrimination in housing --California.
Friedenthal, Jack H.
Kamerick, Paul E.
Pitzer, Kenneth S., (Kenneth Sanborn),
1914-1997
Rambo, William R. (William Ralph), 1916-
Stanford Research Institute.
Stanford University. News Service.
Director.
Greek letter societies.
Student movements--California--Stanford
Students--Political activity