Description
The collection consists of
correspondence, memoranda, press releases, photographs, maps, and other documents concerning
various events and controversies dealt with by the Public Affairs Office, 1960-1980.
Subjects include the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford Industrial Park, Ladera
Dam and flood control on the San Francisquito Creek, Stanford in Britain overseas campus,
dismissal of H. Bruce Franklin, ROTC on campus, the Winds of Freedom Foundation, and the
inauguration of university president Kenneth S. Pitzer. Includes audio tapes of a press
conference on KZSU with Stanford President Richard W. Lyman, May 30, 1972; and of a talk by
John Kaplan to the Los Angeles Stanford Club on the Bakke case.
Background
The University Relations Office acted as liaison between the University and the public. The
office was renamed the Public Affairs Office in December 1974 and was enlarged to include
federal, state, and community government relations as well as other University relations
activities.
Restrictions
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.
Availability
The materials are open for research use.