Guide to the Stanley K. Sheinbaum Oral History Interview
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Stanford, California
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Call Number: SC0432
Creator:
Sheinbaum, Stanley K.
Title: Stanley K. Sheinbaum oral history interview
Dates: 1984
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear feet
Summary: Collection consists of four audio cassettes and transcribed notes from an oral history interview conducted by George M. Goodwin.
Subjects include his childhood and family life in New York; student and intellectual life at Stanford including his experiences
with antisemitism; his interest in Vietnam and ultimate anti-war position; Robert Maynard Hutchins and the Center for the
Study of Democratic Institutions; his involvement in Democratic politics, including Eugene McCarthy's presidential campaign
in 1968; his involvement with the Daniel Ellsberg case; Jewish politics and organizations; and his work as a University of
California Regent.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
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Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Gift of George M. Goodwin, 1992.
This collection is open for research.
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Stanley K. Sheinbaum Oral History Interview (SC0432). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Sheinbaum, born in New York City in 1920, attended Stanford University on the G.I. bill after his service in World War II.
He earned his a.b. in history in 1949 and stayed on to pursue graduate work in economics. He held a Fulbright fellowship in
France, 1953-55, and then joined the faculty at Michigan State University. He was a fellow at the Center for the Study of
Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara from 1960 to 1970 and a Democratic candidate for Congress in 1966 and 1968. He later
served as a Regent for the University of California system.
Collection consists of four audio cassettes and transcribed notes from an oral history interview conducted by George M. Goodwin.
Subjects include his childhood and family life in New York; student and intellectual life at Stanford including his experiences
with antisemitism; his interest in Vietnam and ultimate anti-war position; Robert Maynard Hutchins and the Center for the
Study of Democratic Institutions; his involvement in Democratic politics, including Eugene McCarthy's presidential campaign
in 1968; his involvement with the Daniel Ellsberg case; Jewish politics and organizations; and his work as a University of
California Regent.
Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions.
Democratic Party (U.S.).
Ellsberg, Daniel.
Goodwin, George M.
Hutchins, Robert Maynard, 1899-1977
McCarthy, Eugene J., 1916-2005
Sheinbaum, Stanley K.
University of California (System). Regents.
Antisemitism.
Oral histories.
Phonotapes.
Political activists.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements.
