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Guide to the Kennell A. Jackson Collection on Branner Hall
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Call Number: SC0789
Creator:
Jackson, Kennell A., 1941-2005.
Title: Kennell A. Jackson collection on Branner Hall
Dates: 1960-2004
Physical Description:
3.75 Linear feet (7 boxes)
Summary: These materials were collected by Kennell A. Jackson during his tenure as Resident Fellow in Branner Hall at Stanford. Included
are Branner yearbooks, directories, and assorted newsletters; scripts from Branner orientation skits, 1991-2003, and other
plays put on by dorm residents; dorm guides, brochures, rules, etc.; Jackson's communications to Resident Assistants and the
dorm in general and letters he received from residents and former residents, 1983-2004; flyers from Branner Presents and other
dorm events; a photograph album from the 1974-1975 year and other loose photographs; and reports by dormitory staff, 1987-1999.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
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
This collection was given to the Stanford University Archives by the estate of Kennell A. Jackson in 2005.
Materials in box 7 are restricted. The collection is otherwise open for research; materials must be requested at least 48
hours in advance of intended use.
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.
[Identification of item], Kennell A. Jackon Collection on Branner Hall (SC0789). Dept. of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Kennell A. Jackson, who joined the Stanford faculty as professor of African history in 1969, was the Resident Fellow in Branner
Hall (an all-freshman dormitory) from 1980 until his death in 2005.
These materials were collected by Kennell A. Jackson during his tenure as Resident Fellow in Branner Hall at Stanford. Included
are Branner yearbooks, directories, and assorted newsletters; scripts from Branner orientation skits, 1991-2003, and other
plays put on by dorm residents; dorm guides, brochures, rules, etc.; Jackson's communications to Resident Assistants and the
dorm in general and letters he received from residents and former residents, 1983-2004; flyers from Branner Presents and other
dorm events; a photograph album from the 1974-1975 year and other loose photographs; and reports by dormitory staff, 1987-1999.
Other items of note are materials on the design and construction of the Branner puppet head and items pertaining to the theft
of a "Grimace" statue from a local McDonald's, 1987.
Stanford University. Branner Hall.
College students--California.
Dormitory life--California--Stanford