Guide to the Stanford University, Institute of American History, Records
SC0162
Finding aid prepared by Daniel Hartwig
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Stanford University Libraries.
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, California, 94305
Repository email: speccollref@stanford.edu
October 2010
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Title: Stanford University, Institute of American History, records
Identifier/Call Number: SC0162
Contributing Institution:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
6.25 Linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1938-1973
Summary: The administrative records include correspondence predating the Institute's official founding, correspondence regarding THE
CRISIS OF THE UNION (1966), manuscripts of articles, publications, materials relating to conferences, workshops, committees,
special scholarships, the Coe fellowships, and other Institute activities.
creator:
Stanford University. Institute of American History
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Administrative transfer, History Department: Institute of American History, 1977.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
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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, Institute of American History, Records (SC0162). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
The Institute was founded in 1942 by Professor Edgar E. Robinson and the Stanford History Department to examine current conceptions
of American History, and current methods of presenting American History in the schools, colleges and university.
Description of the Collection
The administrative records include correspondence predating the Institute's official founding, correspondence regarding THE
CRISIS OF THE UNION (1966), manuscripts of articles, publications, materials relating to conferences, workshops, committees,
special scholarships, the Coe fellowships, and other Institute activities.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Robinson, Edgar E.
Robinson, Edgar E.
Stanford University. Coe Fellowships.
Stanford University. Dept. of History.
Stanford University. Institute of American History
Toynbee, Arnold,, 1889-1975.
Toynbee, Arnold.
Records Accession ARCH-1994-005
Box 1, Folder 1
"Historical Bases of Americanism" - note cards, 1952
Box 1, Folder 2
Interpreting American History (E. E. Robinson) - typescript
Box 1, Folder 3
Hystory Syllabi - E. E. RAobinson
Box 1, Folder 4
Seminar 330, 8/16/55 - notes from, book lists
Box 1, Folder 5
Misc. Syllabi, book reviews
Box 1, Folder 6
Scholarship and Cataclysm (E. E. Robinson) - typescript, correspondence, etc.
Box 1, Folder 7
White House Library list, 1963
Box 2, Folder 1
"Adjustment of the College Curriculum to Wartime Conditions and Needs," 1943
Box 2, Folder 2
Correspondence (largely of E. E. Robinson), 1944 - 46
Box 2, Folder 3
History Courses in Junior College & College
Box 2, Folder 4
Inst. of Amer. History - Misc. pubs., memos
Box 2, Folder 5
Misc. Items re. Teaching History
Box 2, Folder 7
NY Times Survey on Teaching of U.S. History in Colleges, 1942
Box 2, Folder 8
Sources: "News of the Nation"
Box 2, Folder 9
Stanford Conf. of Ca. College and Univ. Teachers of American History, 1942
Box 2, Folder 10
Survey on the 11th Year Social Studies
Box 2
Clippings and Publications
Box 3
Clippings and Publications
