Collection includes lecture audio and audiovisual reels, with one audio reel from a lecture in The Sequoia Seminar series on "Realizing Our Highest Potentialities" given at the Palo Alto Library, 1955, reformatted and available as a digital asset. Addenda 2010-022 includes publications, correspondence, speeches, manuscripts, and other documents related to Rathbun's business law courses and his work for the Creative Initiative Foundation.

Harry J. Rathbun first studied engineering at Stanford University, earning his A.B. in 1916 and his Engineer's degree in 1920. After several years as an engineer, he returned to Stanford to study law, receiving his J.D. in 1929. He joined the faculty in the Law School that same year, reaching the rank of professor in 1937; his specialty was business law. Rathbun, along with his wife Emilia, founded several non-profit organizations interested in social justice and anti-war issues.

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