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Guide to the Stanford University, Committee on Vocational Guidance, Records
SC0811
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Call Number: SC0811
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Stanford University. Committee on Vocational Guidance
Title: Stanford University, Committee on Vocational Guidance, records
Dates: 1916-1947
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
Summary: Records include minutes from committee meetings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, publications by the Committee, and clippings.
Publications include VOCATIONAL INFORMATION, issued as a University Bulletin in 1919 and again in 1923 and UNIVERSITY TRAINING
AND VOCATIONAL OUTLETS, 1935. Other items of note are "Memorandum on Plan for Vocational Advice" produced by an inter-university
committee, 1924; minutes from the Conference on Vocational Guidance in College at the National Research Council, Jan. 1, 1925,
with a letter from Truman L. Kelley to President Wilbur reporting on his attendance; "Practical Aids on How to Study" by C.
Gilbert Wrenn, ca. 1931; "Vocational and Community Activities of Stanford Alumnae" by C. Gilbert Wrenn, 1936; and "Summary
of Questionnaire on Training and Placement of College and University Teachers," 1941.
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
This collection is open for research.
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.
Stanford University, Committee on Vocational Guidance, Records (SC0811). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
The committee was organized in 1913 with two purposes: to study vocations open to graduates and to assist students in making
an intelligent choice of vocation.
Records include minutes from committee meetings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, publications by the Committee, and clippings.
Publications include VOCATIONAL INFORMATION, issued as a University Bulletin in 1919 and again in 1923 and UNIVERSITY TRAINING
AND VOCATIONAL OUTLETS, 1935. Other items of note are "Memorandum on Plan for Vocational Advice" produced by an inter-university
committee, 1924; minutes from the Conference on Vocational Guidance in College at the National Research Council, Jan. 1, 1925,
with a letter from Truman L. Kelley to President Wilbur reporting on his attendance; "Practical Aids on How to Study" by C.
Gilbert Wrenn, ca. 1931; "Vocational and Community Activities of Stanford Alumnae" by C. Gilbert Wrenn, 1936; and "Summary
of Questionnaire on Training and Placement of College and University Teachers," 1941.
Kelley, Truman Lee, 1884-1961.
Stanford University. Committee on Vocational Guidance
Wrenn, C. Gilbert (Charles Gilbert), 1902-
Educational counseling.