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Manuscripts Division, Stanford University
Department of Special Collections, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, California 94305-6004
Phone: (650) 725-1022
Fax: (650) 723-8690
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Collections with online items: 39
Physical collections: 1224
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African Americans, collection of sheet music by and about

The collection consists of sheet music by African American writers or African American publishers, as well as music with African-American themes. Both series may involve the use of caricature both in lyrics and in cover imagery. All were published between...

Aguilar (Laura) papers

The Aguilar Papers and Photographs include the personal and professional materials of Laura Aguilar and occupy 2.75 linear feet. The collection traces through correspondence with mentors and friends both Aguilar's artistic development and her struggle with dyslexia. Her professional achievements...

 
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Bacon (David) photography archive

Physical materials are predominantly photographic materials: primarily prints, with some slides, proof sheets, and negatives, of David Bacon's work as a photojournalist. A set of photographs of elementary students includes release forms from parents allowing their children's images to be...

Baldwin Locomotive Works records

This collection represents a small portion of the records of the Philadelphia steam locomotive production firm known as the Baldwin Locomotive Works. The materials include ledgers, specification books, and drawings for construction and decoration of locomotives, as well as publications...

Buenzle (Fred J.)

Manuscripts, scrapbooks, correspondence and photographs from Fred J. Buenzle (1872-1946), Chief Yeoman of the United States Navy.

 
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California lithographs (Reid W. Dennis collection)

Collection of primarily 19th century lithographs depicting San Francisco, California and environs, along with related newspapers, posters, and panoramic photographs. Most physical items have been scanned and are accessible digitally. Many are also on display at Stanford Libraries' Green library.

Charlotte Painter papers

The Charlotte Painter papers, including manuscripts, reviews of her books and correspondence, are arranged around the publication of her major works, preserving her own organization. A bibliography of Painter's work has been included at the beginning of this guide. An...

Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA) records

The Chinese American Citizens Alliance is a nonprofit based in San Francisco, California. The organization began in 1895 as the fraternal order of the Native Sons of the Golden State, and by 1920 had a number of lodges nationally and...

Comhaire-Sylvain (Suzanne) papers

The collection contains the research and writing of anthropologist Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain, as well as material from her siblings and husband Jean Comhaire. Her papers include manuscripts with field notes; newpapers (); published and unpublished articles; photographs of Haiti and her...

 
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DeCamp (David) collection of Jamaican creole tape recordings

Small collection of audio recordings of Creole speech and song collected or recorded by linguist David DeCamp in Jamaica and Belize.

 
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Evans-Wentz (W.Y.) Buddhism and Eastern Religions Collection

Asian religious texts, largely collected by professor Walter Evans-Wentz.

 
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Fadiman (Dorothy) / Concentric Media papers

The collection consists of materials related to the career of filmmaker, producer, author and teacher Dorothy Fadiman from 1976-2018. Papers document publicity, interviews, production, fundraising, reception of films, festival showings, and work with television, such as PBS. Also included are...

Fitch (Bob) photography archive

The Bob Fitch Photography Archive consists of the photographic work of activist and photojournalist Bob Fitch, documenting the civil rights movement, the farm worker movement, the peace movement, other social justice movements and issues, cultural change, religion, as well as...

Fuller (R. Buckminster) conversations

Audiovisual interviews with scholars and associates of Buckminster Fuller, including records of two symposia on Fuller.

 
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Gardiner (William Everard) transportation collection

Collection of photographs and research material concerning railroads, street cars and other public transportation in and around Oakland and Berkeley, California.

Ginsberg (Allen) Papers

Collection contains correspondence, manuscripts by Ginsberg and other poets and authors, business records, notebooks and journals, clipping files, books, periodicals, audiotapes, videotapes, photographs, and posters. Some accessions have not yet been processed.

Griffith (E.V.) papers

E.V. Griffith was a small press publisher of poetry from the 1950s into the early 1990s. He edited several little magazines, including , , and .

 
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Hershman-Leeson (Lynn) Collection of videotape interviews for Women Art Revolution

Video interviews with over 40 women artists, critics, historians, and curators by Lynn Hershman-Leeson for the film , documenting the development of the feminist art movement from the 1970s through 2008.

Howard (Elbert "Big Man")

Elbert "Big Man" Howard was a civil rights activits, journalist, and author. He was one of the founding members of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense.

Hummel (R. Stuart)

The collection contains correspondence, diaries, photographs, and ephemera, documenting the Stuart and Hummel families' life and work in China as Methodist missionaries in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It also contains materials relating to R. Stuart Hummel's work...

 
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Kane (Elisha Kent) Papers

Journal, annotated sketch, photograph, silhouette, biography from book, and juvenalia. The journal is one kept by Kane during the Second Grinnell Expedition, the purpose of which was to search for Sir John Franklin. The handwritten journal dates from June 4,...

Kepes (György) papers

Collection contains the personal papers of artist, designer, and visual theorist György Kepes.

Kistler Family papers

This small archive consists mainly of information relating to Olga Ritso's family history, and Walter Kistler's scientific work. It illustrates the interconnectivity between Estonia and the US in the twentieth century.

 
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Lind (Jenny) collection

This collection contains correspondence (1835-1919), financial papers, musical compositions, and other papers. Included are published and unpublished biographical material about Miss Lind, a manuscript copy of her contract with P. T. Barnum (1849), scores used by her in concerts and...

Lucas (Don) collection of Mattachine Society audio recordings

1950s and 60s Audio recordings from the Mattachine Society and other gay rights organizations, including meetings, conferences, broadcasts, and other material.

 
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Marcum (John) papers

John Marcum was an Africanist scholar and political historian who published extensively on post-colonial southern Africa, especially Angola, Mozambique, and South Africa. Marcum was also involved with education and study abroad programs both in Africa and elsewhere.

Medieval and early modern documents

Collection mostly purchased as a group from dealer Frank L. Kovacs. Mostly unrelated documents, primarily 17th and 18th century, in French and German, but also a few in Old French, English, Italian, Latin, and Hebrew. Many from Bern (some of...

Musical Acoustics Research Library (MARL)

The MARL collection is dedicated to the study of all aspects of musical acoustics. The collection, established in 1996, came about through the joint effort of the representatives of the Catgut Acoustical Society (CAS), founded by Carleen M. Hutchins and...

 
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New Dimensions Media records

570 linear feet of media (circa 6600 quarter-inch audio tapes, DATs, cassettes, minidiscs, and CDs) and 66 linear feet of archival records, including organizational files, resource files, press/promotional and mailings, photographs and slides, NEW DIMENSIONS JOURNAL and NEWSLETTER, and business...

New Mexico : glass plate negatives with prints of Navajos at Bosque Redondo

Glass plate negative images of Navajo Indians held at a government camp in Bosque Redondo, New Mexico in the mid-1860s.

 
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Omura (James) papers

The James M. Omura papers, 1912-1994, represent the life work of this influential Japanese American writer, journalist, and civil rights activist.

 
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Ravenswood High School collection

A collection of audio and video material—analog originals and preservation-quality digital copies (transferred and preserved by the Bay Area Video Coalition) relating to (and produced at) Ravenswood High School in East Palo Alto, ca. early 1970s, along with additional printed...

 
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Sloss (Hattie Hecht) music collection

Autograph letters and cards from musicians, singers, composers and conductors. Also postcards, autographs, and a few photographs, in English and German, and songbooks from Greenland....

Stop Aids Project records

Founded in 1984 (non-profit status attained, 1985), the STOP AIDS Project is a community-based organization dedicated to the prevention of HIV transmission among gay, bisexual and transgender men in San Francisco. Throughout its history, the STOP AIDS Project has been...

Strauss (Joseph) Bridge Plans

Original bridge plans and construction drafts. Four different bridge types are represented: Strauss direct lift bridge, Strauss trunnion draw span, Strauss trunnion bascule bridge, and Strauss vertical lift bridge.

Sun (Leon)

Consists of 10 folders containing photographic negatives, cd-roms; flash drive and contact sheets for documentary photos taken by Leon Sun. The photographic materials document Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign, pro-choice rallies, labor strikes, San Francisco's Chinatown, peace rallies, Asian/Pacific Islander...

 
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White (Amy) photograph album of the American West

Photo album from the early 1870s commemorating a trip to California with prints by Carleton Watkins, Alfred Hart, Eadweard Muybridge, and others.

Wong (H. K.) oral history collection

Collection of oral histories about the history of Chinese immigrants in the American West conducted by H. K. Wong, as well as recordings of radio programs interviewing Wong and others.