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Guide to the Stanford Student Self-Government Collection
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  • Overview
  • Administrative Information
  • Description of the Collection
  • Access Terms
  • General note

  • Overview

    Call Number: SC0799
    Creator: Stanford University
    Title: Stanford student self-government collection
    Dates: 1909-1913
    Physical Description: 0.25 Linear feet
    Summary: Records pertaining to student self-government consist of individual answers by Stanford students to a survey requested by Frank Kiernan of the School Citizens Committee on the advantages of self-government, 1913. Collection also includes a petition from Stanford students for a course in public speaking and completed survey forms on debating societies at other universities, 1912; and responses from fraternities to a request by Stanford president David Starr Jordan for their opinion on a proposed rule to limit membership when a chapter's academic performance falls.
    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

    Stanford Student Self-Government Collection (SC0799). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Description of the Collection

    Records pertaining to student self-government consist of individual answers by Stanford students to a survey requested by Frank Kiernan of the School Citizens Committee on the advantages of self-government, 1913. Collection also includes a petition from Stanford students for a course in public speaking and completed survey forms on debating societies at other universities, 1912; and responses from fraternities to a request by Stanford president David Starr Jordan for their opinion on a proposed rule to limit membership when a chapter's academic performance falls.

    Access Terms

    College student government.
    Debates and debating.
    Greek letter societies--California--Stanford.

    General note

    These records were originally received in the President's Office.