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Guide to the Profiles of Stanford Faculty and Staff
SC0739  
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  • Overview
  • Administrative Information
  • Biographical/Historical Sketch
  • Description of the Collection
  • Access Terms

  • Overview

    Call Number: SC0739
    Creator: Stokes, Donald.
    Title: Profiles of Stanford faculty and staff
    Dates: 1979-1986
    Physical Description: 1 Linear feet 69 audiocassettes
    Summary: Collection includes audiocassettes, some typescript drafts and partial transcripts of tapes, press releases, and copies of the finished article published in the CAMPUS REPORT.
    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

    Profiles of Stanford Faculty and Staff (SC0739). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Alternative Formats

    The audiocassettes have been digitized and are available in streaming format.

    Biographical/Historical Sketch

    Stokes joined the Stanford University News Service as an academic writer in 1978; prior to that he had served as British consul-information in San Francisco (1962-78). He was known as Stanford's Boswell for the hundreds of news profiles he wrote on faculty and staff. He received his bachelor's degree at the University of London in 1941 and served with the Royal Navy and the British Foreign Service before moving to San Francisco in 1960. He died in 1986.

    Description of the Collection

    Collection includes audiocassettes, some typescript drafts and partial transcripts of tapes, press releases, and copies of the finished article published in the CAMPUS REPORT.

    Access Terms

    Stokes, Donald.
    Interviews.
    Oral histories.
    Stanford University--Faculty.
    Universities and colleges--Faculty.