Guide to the Stanford University, Ninth Presidential Search Committee, Records
Stanford University Archives staff
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
December 2012
Copyright © 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
Overview
Call Number: SC1143
Creator:
Stanford University. Ninth Presidential Search Committee.
Title: Stanford University, Ninth Presidential Search Committee, records
Dates: 1991-1992
Physical Description:
2 Linear feet (2 boxes)
Summary: Records from the Stanford University Ninth Presidential Search Committee, including notes on candidates, reports on the search
process, and financial documents.
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
Administrative transfers, 2000.
Information about Access
Materials in the collection are restricted. Contact the University Archivist for more information.
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 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/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
[identification of item], Stanford University, Ninth Presidential Search Committee, Records (SC1143). Dept. of Special Collections
and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical note
The Presidential Search Committee for Stanford's ninth president was appointed by the Board of Trustees in October 1991. Its
charge was to make a recommendation to the Board for a successor to Donald Kennedy, Stanford's eighth president. In March
1992, Gerhard Casper, provost at the University of Chicago, was announced as Stanford's ninth president.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains records from the Stanford University Ninth Presidential Search Committee, including notes on candidates,
reports on the search process, and financial documents.
Access Terms
Casper, Gerhard
Box 1, Folder 1-2
Search committee binder
1991-1992
Box 1, Folder 3-4
Ad Hoc Committee on Presidential Selection
1991-1992
Box 1, Folder 5-6
Archival report, Search for Stanford's Ninth President
1992 Sep
Box 1, Folder 7
Casper, Gerhard
1991-1992
Box 1, Folder 11
Search criteria
1991-1992
Box 1, Folder 12-13
Notes re possible candidates
1991-1992
Box 1, Folder 14-16
Interview notes
1991-1992
Box 1, Folder 18-30
Search Committee expenses
1992
Box 2, Folder 1-2
Report compiled for archives
1992
Box 2, Folder 3-4
News clippings and press releases
1991-1992
