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Call Number: SC1232
Creator:
Midpeninsula Free University.
Title: Midpeninsula Free University publications
Dates: 1966-1970
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives.
Stanford University Libraries.
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
This collection was given by Priscilla Jones Warr, AB 1967, to Stanford University, Special Collections in September 2014.
The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted
to a digital use copy.
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 94305-6064. 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/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
[identification of item], Midpeninsula Free University publications (SC1232). Dept. of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
The Midpeninsula Free University (MFU) was a free university, operating primarily between 1966 and 1971 on the San Francisco
Midpeninsula. The MFU offered an open curriculum; anyone who paid the nominal membership fee of $10 could offer a course in
any subject. Courses were publicized in illustrated catalogs, issued quarterly and widely distributed. The MFU had no campus;
classes were taught in homes and storefronts. Its magazine-style, illustrated newsletter,
The Free You, published articles, features, fiction, poetry, and reviews contributed by both members and nonmembers. The MFU sponsored,
be-ins, street concerts, a restaurant, a store, and was actively involved in every aspect of the flourishing counterculture
on the Midpeninsula, including the anti-war movement at Stanford University. The MFU was eventually disbanded in July of 1971.
Biographical text excerpted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midpeninsula_Free_University
The materials consist of catalogs of course offerings available at the Midpeninsula Free University, as well as its newsletter,
The Free You, from 1966-1970. Also included are some Stanford University student publications from the same era.
Warr, Priscilla Jones
Alternative education--California--San Francisco Bay Area
Free schools--California--San Francisco Bay Area.
Midpeninsula Free University--Catalogs.