Overview
Administrative Information
Historical Note
Scope and Content
Access Terms
Overview
Call Number: SC0600
Creator:
Stanford University. Committee of Fifteen.
Title: Stanford University, Committee of Fifteen, records
Dates: 1965-1972
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear feet
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
Provenance
Custodial History
Administrative transfer
Information about Access
None.
Ownership & Copyright
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections and University
Archives.
Cite As
[Identification of item], Stanford University, Committee of Fifteen, Records (SC0600). Dept. of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Historical Note
The Committee of Fifteen, first constituted in the fall of 1965, is composed of six faculty, six students, and three staff
representatives. It was directed by President Wallace Sterling in November 1965 to draft recommendations concerning judicial
procedures and appellate review, although it also considered other issues pertaining to student affairs. After two years of
study, the Committee proposed the Legislative and Judicial Charter, which was approved by a student referendum, the Academic
Council, and the Board of Trustees in 1968. Subsequent to this action, the primary responsibility of the Committee became
that of overseeing amendments to the Charter of 1968.
Scope and Content
These records of the Committee of Fifteen date from 1965 to 1972 and consist of minutes, agenda, memoranda, correspondence,
reports, proposals, clippings, and other documents. Most of the records date from 1970 to 1972 and pertain to the process
of amending the Legislative and Judicial Charter of 1968. Of note is the transcript of an open meeting held on March 8, 1971
which was considering two specific amendments. Issues addressed in the earlier records include the closing of the Union Residence,
the liquor problem on campus, social regulations, the advising process, and student representation on other university committees.
The bulk of these records appear to have been maintained by Prof. Frederick W. Crawford, chair of the Committee from February
1971 to May 1972.
Access Terms
Crawford, Frederick W.
Stanford University -- General subdivision--Administration.;
College discipline--California--Stanford.
Students--Legal status, laws, etc.--California--Stanford.