Guide to the Stanford University, Housing Advisory Committee, Records

Stanford University Libraries Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Stanford, California

October 2010

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Overview

Call Number: SC0175

Creator: Stanford University. Housing Advisory Committee.

Title: Stanford University, Housing Advisory Committee, records

Dates: 1968-1974

Physical Description: 1 Linear feet

Summary: Records include correspondence, notes, data, draft and final report, committee meeting minutes, newsclippings, and other documents assembled by committee chairman, Professor Gordon Wright.

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 Information

Provenance

Administrative transfer, Gordon Wright, 1977.

Information about Access

This collection is open for research.

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 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.

Cite As

Stanford University, Housing Advisory Committee, Records (SC0175). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biographical/Historical Sketch

The ad hoc Housing Advisory Committee, established in 1969 by the President of Stanford University, studied the possibilities of development of low and middle income housing on Stanford land; final recommendations were submitted in 1974.

Description of the Collection

Records include correspondence, notes, data, draft and final report, committee meeting minutes, newsclippings, and other documents assembled by committee chairman, Professor Gordon Wright.

Access Terms

Stanford University. Housing Advisory Committee.

Wright, Gordon.

Clippings.

Minutes.

Public housing.

Reports.

Universities and colleges --Planning.

Collection Contents

Records

Box 1, Folder 1

Low Cost Housing Committee 1969 Apr 12

Scope and Content Note

(appointed by Acting President Glasser, November 1968) : Final report. (20 leaves, two xerographic copies)

Box 1, Folder 2

Housing Advisory Committee Charge and Board of Trustees Approval 1969

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Pres. Kenneth Pitzer's charge to the Ad Hoc Housing Advisory Committee, 29 October 1969.; Approval of recommendation of the Board's Committee on Land Development, 13 June 1969.

Box 1, Folder 3

Committee Meetings with the Board of Trustees and President Pitzer 1969 Dec-1970 Mar

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Minutes and correspondence

Box 1, Folder 4

Housing Advisory Committee Meetings 1969 Nov 12-1970 Apr 23

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Minutes

Box 1, Folder 5

Correspondence 1969

Scope and Content Note

Includes - Report of Alan S. Maremont, 28 October 1969; Junior faculty housing survey, January 1969; E.A. Scoles Junior faculty housing proposal, November 1969; Stanford Housing Research Group

Box 1, Folder 6

Correspondence 1969 Oct-1970 Jan

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Re: Committee membership

Box 1, Folder 7

Correspondence 1970 Jan

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Includes - Stanford Conservation Group's report to the Committee; Minutes of a "grass roots" meeting to discuss Stanford's responsibilities in ecology and housing crises, 7 January 1970

Box 1, Folder 8

Correspondence 1970 Feb-May

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Includes - comments from Stanford's legal advisors

Box 1, Folder 9

Committee Notes and Data 1969-1970

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Abstracted data from P.A. Wilson's "The effect of Stanford University on the local housing market" (1969); Santa Clara County Planning Dept.'s "The housing situation: 1969, Santa Clara County" (1969)

Box 1, Folder 10

#1 Draft of Committee Report Undated

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, data and notes

Box 1, Folder 11

#1 Draft of Committee Report Undated

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Draft (n.d.) "For discussion only" (25 leaves, typescript with annotations)

Box 1, Folder 12

#2 Draft of Committee Report 1970 Apr 30

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Draft (30 April 1970) (21 leaves, xerographic and typescript, with annotations)

Box 1, Folder 13

#2 Draft of Committee Report Undated

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Draft (n.d.) Second working copy? (25 leaves. Xerographic copy, with annotations)

Box 1, Folder 14

Final Report of the President's Ad Hoc Housing Advisory Committee 1970 May 12

Scope and Content Note

Professor Gordon Wright, chairman. 12 May 1970. (52 leaves. Xerographic copy. two copies.)

Box 1, Folder 15

Final Report of the President's Ad Hoc Housing Advisory Committee 1970 May 12

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Professor Gordon Wright, chairman. 12 May 1970. (75 leaves. Xerographic copy. With additional appendices.)

Box 1, Folder 16

Abramovitz, Moses (Professor of Economics at Stanford) Undated

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Comments on the Final Report of the President's Ad Hoc Committee. n.d. (6 leaves. Xerographic copy. two copies)

Box 2, Folder 17

Correspondence 1970 Jun

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Includes - Petition signed by 56 residents in favor of low cost housing

Box 2, Folder 18

Correspondence 1970 Jul-Nov

Scope and Content Note

Includes - Palo Alto City Managers staff report on the problem of housing in Palo Alto, July 1970; KMC draft of statement for the Palo Alto Council, July 1970; Yale University memo re: Yale's participation in community housing. (n.d.)

Box 2, Folder 19

Correspondence 1971

Scope and Content Note

Includes - Low/Moderate Income Housing Hearing, Stanford University, July 1971

Box 2, Folder 20

Correspondence 1972

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Re: Frenchman's Terrace. Includes - Palo Alto Dept of Planning staff report on pre-zoning of terrace area (first and revised drafts, September 1972); Palo Alto Planning Commission environmental impact report.

Box 2, Folder 21

Correspondence 1974

Box 2, Folder 22

Palo Alto Planning Commission 1970 Jan 7-1972 Oct 4

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Minutes

Box 2, Folder 23

Mid Penninsula Citizens for Fair Housing Undated

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Mailers

Box 2, Folder 24