Overview
Administrative Information
Description of the Collection
Access Terms
Overview
Call Number: V0206
Creator:
Stanford Channel (Television station : Stanford, Calif.)
Title: "Becoming Stanford: The Making of an American University" [videorecording]
Dates: 1999
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear feet 2 videotapes (VHS)
Summary: Part 1, "The Founding," covers the origins and building of the university through World War I; highlights include Stanford
family history, the first Big Game between Stanford and UC Berkeley, early student life, the rise of tenure, and the 1906
earthquake. Part 2, "The Transformation," covers the development of Stanford as a world-renowned research university; highlights
include the administrations of Provost Frederick E. Terman and President J. E. Wallace Sterling, the role of federal funding
in the university's expansion, the turmoil of the 1960s, and the growth of new technologies leading to the personal computer
revolution.
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
Administrative Information
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
"Becoming Stanford: The Making of an American University" (V0206). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Description of the Collection
Part 1, "The Founding," covers the origins and building of the university through World War I; highlights include Stanford
family history, the first Big Game between Stanford and UC Berkeley, early student life, the rise of tenure, and the 1906
earthquake. Part 2, "The Transformation," covers the development of Stanford as a world-renowned research university; highlights
include the administrations of Provost Frederick E. Terman and President J. E. Wallace Sterling, the role of federal funding
in the university's expansion, the turmoil of the 1960s, and the growth of new technologies leading to the personal computer
revolution.
Access Terms
Stanford Channel (Television station : Stanford, Calif.)
Stanford University -- General subdivision--History.;
Videorecordings.