Overview
Administrative Information
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Description of the Collection
Access Terms
Overview
Call Number: SC0105
Creator:
Stanford University. Public Affairs Office.
Title: Stanford University, Public Affairs Office records
Dates: 1960-1980
Physical Description:
9.25 Linear feet
Summary: 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.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Stanford University. Libraries & Academic Information Resources
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, Office of University Relations, 1973-1983.
Information about Access
The materials are open for research use.
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, Public Affairs Office Records (SC0105). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
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.
Description of the Collection
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.
Access Terms
Bakke, Allan Paul.
Brigham Young University.
Fagan, Elmer.
Franklin, H. Bruce (Howard Bruce), 1934-
Kaplan, John, 1929-1989.
Kennedy, Donald, 1931-
KZSU (Radio station: Stanford, Calif.)
Lyman, Richard W.
Pitzer, Kenneth S., (Kenneth Sanborn), 1914-1997
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Stanford University--Administration.
Stanford University--Public relations..
Stanford University. Public Affairs Office.
Stanford University. Stanford in Britain.
Stanford University. Summer Festival.
Sterling, J. E. Wallace, (John Ewart Wallace), 1906-1985
United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
Governor Stanford Locomotive.
Ladera Dam (Calif.)
San Francisquito Creek (Calif.) --Flood control.