Guide to the Larry Diamond Papers
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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
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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.
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 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 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 4
Memos, drafts and notes
1972