Guide to the Larry Diamond Papers

Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford, California
October 2010
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Overview

Call Number: SC0910
Creator: Diamond, Larry Jay
Title: Larry Diamond papers
Dates: 1969-1977
Physical Description: 0.75 Linear feet
Summary: Collection includes memos, minutes, reports, correspondence, and background materials from Diamond’s work on the ASSU Task Force on Tenure and Teaching Quality (1976) and the Subcommittee on Female Admissions of the Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid (1971-72), of which he was the chairman. The charge to this committee was to assess the impact of admitting significantly more female students to Stanford.
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

Information about Access

This collection is open for research.

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 94304-6064. 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

. Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biographical Sketch

Larry Diamond received all of his degrees from Stanford University: BA in 1974, an MA in 1978, and a PhD in sociology in 1980. He taught sociology at Vanderbilt University from 1980 to 1985 before returning to Stanford as a fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he is now a senior fellow as well as a professor of political science and sociology by courtesy.

Description of the Collection

Collection includes memos, minutes, reports, correspondence, and background materials from Diamond’s work on the ASSU Task Force on Tenure and Teaching Quality (1976) and the Subcommittee on Female Admissions of the Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid (1971-72), of which he was the chairman. The charge to this committee was to assess the impact of admitting significantly more female students to Stanford.

Access Terms

Associated Students of Stanford University. Task Force on Tenure and Teaching Quality.
Diamond, Larry Jay
Stanford University. Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid. Subcommittee on Female Admissions.
Coeducation.
College teachers--Tenure.
Universities and colleges--Faculty--Evaluation.


 

Papers

 

ASSU Task Force on Tenure and Teaching Quality

Box 1, Folder 1

Minutes, memos, notes April-August 1976

Box 1, Folder 2

Memos, notes, etc. Sept. 1976-January 1977

Box 1, Folder 3

Working drafts of report August-Dec. 1976

Box 1, Folder 4

Policy statements on tenure from SU schools 1976

Box 1, Folder 5

Tenure information 1969-76

Box 1, Folder 6

Correspondence 1976-77

Box 1, Folder 7

Teaching evaluation and improvement materials

Box 1, Folder 8

Teaching evaluation and improvement policies

Box 1, Folder 9

Appendix - evaluation forms, Princeton form, and letters

Box 1, Folder 10

Follow up to report 1977

Box 1, Folder 11

Background information

Box 1, Folder 12

1975 Survey of the American Professoriate, Everett Carll Ladd, Jr. and Seymour Martin Lipset Nov. 1975

Box 2, Folder 1

Report of the Committee on the Professoriate at Stanford (incomplete) 1974

Box 2, Folder 2

Report of the ASSU Task Force on Tenure and Teaching Quality (as published in the Stanford Daily) 1977

 

Subcommittee on Female Admissions (of the Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid)

Box 2, Folder 3

Report, November 1971

Box 2, Folder 4

Memos, drafts and notes 1972

Box 2, Folder 5

Minutes, memos 1972