Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Guide to the Richard W. and Elizabeth Lyman papers
SC1587
SC1587
View entire collection guide
Search this collection
Table of contents
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Richard W. and Elizabeth Lyman personal papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC1587
Physical Description:
101.75 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1940-2013
Physical Location: Special Collections and University
Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more
information on paging collections, see the department's website:
http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to
examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made
available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction
beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or
assigns.
[identification of item], Richard W. and Elizabeth Lyman papers (SC1587). Department of
Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Box 12 is restricted for 75 years from the date of creation, otherwise materials are open
for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be
reformatted to a digital use copy.
Elizabeth (Jing) Lyman (wife of Richard Lyman, seventh president of Stanford University)
was active in community affairs, the Women's Resource Center, and other foundations.
Richard W. Lyman, who served as Stanford's seventh president from 1970 to 1980. During the
25 years he spent at Stanford he was a history professor, associate dean of the School of
Humanities and Sciences, provost, president, and founder and director of the center now
known as the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Primarily contains materials relating to Elizabeth (Jing) Lyman's activities in community
affairs, personal correspondence, and activities of both Elizabeth and Richard Lyman.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, 2020.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Stanford University -- Administration.
Women -- California -- Societies and clubs
Philanthropy -- History
College presidents -- California -- Stanford.
Lyman, Richard W.
Lyman, Jing