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Guide to the Gorbachev at Stanford scrapbook
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  • Administrative Information
  • Biographical/Historical note
  • Scope and Contents
  • Access Terms

  • Overview

    Call Number: A0123
    Title: Gorbachev at Stanford scrapbook
    Dates: 1990-1992
    Physical Description: 1.5 Linear feet (1 album)
    Summary: Scrapbook documenting visit of Mikhail Gorbachev at Stanford on June 4, 1990.
    Language(s): The materials are in English.
    Physical Location: Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 36-48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
    Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Green Library
    557 Escondido Mall
    Stanford, CA 94305-6064
    Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
    Phone: (650) 725-1022
    URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

    Administrative Information

    Information about Access

    The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

    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 94305-6064. 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/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.
    Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

    Cite As

    [identification of item], Gorbachev at Stanford scrapbook (A0123). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Biographical/Historical note

    Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was born March 2, 1931. He served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the country's head of state from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991 (titled as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1988 to 1990 and President of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991). On June 4 he visited the Stanford campus and gave an address at Memorial Auditorium.

    Scope and Contents

    Scrapbook documenting visit of Mikhail Gorbachev at Stanford on June 4, 1990. Album presented to Donald Kennedy on his tenth anniversary as President of Stanford University from the Stanford Board of Trustees and his staff on October 8, 1990. Scrapbook album contains official event program, newspaper clippings from Stanford newspapers as well as other Bay Area and national papers, photographs of the event, a commemorative USPS postal envelope, and letters from George P. Shultz.

    Access Terms

    Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-.
    Kennedy, Donald, 1931-
    Schultz, George
    Stanford University. Board of Trustees.
    political leaders