Guide to the Richard W. Holm Collection
ARS.0114
Finding aid prepared by Franz Kunst
Archive of Recorded Sound
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Stanford University
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Richard W. Holm Collection
Dates: 1967-1969
Collection number: ARS.0114
Collection size:
1 box
: 40 open reel tapes (4 5" reels ; 36 7" reels) ; 3 audiocassettes ; 2 videocassettes
Repository:
Archive of Recorded Sound
Abstract: A small collection of science-related recordings donated by Stanford biologist Richard Holm. Includes tapes from the American
Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Dallas, Texas, and broadcasts from the Pacifica Tape Archive.
Language of Material: English
Access
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assistance.
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Preferred Citation
Richard Holm Collection, ARS-0114. Courtesy of the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Sponsor
This finding aid was produced with generous financial support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Scope and Contents
Richard W. Holm (1925-1987) was a noted professor of biology at Stanford University. This is a small collection donated by
Holm of science-related recordings, including several tapes from sessions at the American Association for the Advancement
of Science annual meeting in Dallas, Texas in 1968, three Pacifica Tape Archive broadcasts, and what appears to be some recordings
of animal sounds.
Box 1
American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, Dallas Texas
1968-12
Physical Description:
26 7" open reel tapes
Scope and Contents
Audio from the following sessions: Use of Space By Animals and Men (12 tapes) ; Global Effects of Environmental Pollution
(8 tapes) ; Unanticipated Environmental Hazards (4 tapes) ; Latin American Development (2 tapes) ; Research For the World
Food Crisis (4 tapes).
Box 1
Beecher, William and Marguerite. 37. Beyond Success And Failure. Educational Technology Division
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette
Box 1
Bio Core Advisory Board. Swift, Edgar, Ehrlich, Holm [Stanford Core Biology board meeting]
1967-12-18
Physical Description:
1 7" open reel tape
Box 1
Charter, S.P.R. For Unto Us a Child is Born: A Human Ecological Overview of Population-Pressures (Man On Earth, SPR Charter,
Olema, California)
1969
Physical Description:
3 5" open reel tapes
Box 1
Cricket ; Cicadas ; Katydids ; Fish ; Amphibians ; Chickens ; Penguins
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette
Box 1
Hoffer, Eric. The Temper of Eric Hoffer. P-23 (Pacifica Tape Library)
Physical Description:
1 7" open reel tape
Scope and Contents
Hoffer talks With Byron Bryant about his self-styled philosophy.
Box 1
Holm - Cultural Evolution
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette
Box 1
Huxley, Aldous. Visionary Experience Lecture at Monterey Peninsula College. P-33. (Pacifica Tape Library)
Physical Description:
1 7" open reel tape
Box 1
Side 1. Huxley - Darwin Cent. Side 2. Alan Watts
Physical Description:
1 7" open reel tape
Box 1
Mead, Margaret. Sexual Freedom and Cultural Change. P-4 (Pacifica Tape Archive)
Physical Description:
1 7" open reel tape
Scope and Contents
Mead speaking at a public forum held in San Francisco called The Pill and The Puritan Ethic.
Box 1
Nature - Pollination ; Plate Tectonics - Galapagos
Physical Description:
2 videocassettes
Sony Dynamicron L-165 and L-500
Box 1
[unidentified, but loose notes suggest these may be animal sounds]
Physical Description:
2 open reel tapes
